Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-14
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Fine Stock Bought for Experiments in
Feeding Meeting Of Board Of Regents

| Special Cor. New Mexican.
| Mesilla Park, N. NJ, December l2,-
A. j. Coats, the agent at the depot here
is building an adobe house, on stone
| foundations, on the lots recently pur-
chased by him from the Rio Grands
Land Company.
| Arcadia Palacios, Jr., is a new student
| who has just entered the stenograph.
department of the college, coming from
| Chihuahua, Mex, to take advanced
work in English stenography and thc
short course provided here in Spanish
stenography.
The results of the football games
played at Las Vegas and at Albuquer-
que between the teams of those towns
and the college team were a disappoint-
ment, though not a great surprise 10
the students here. The college football
team this year is considerably the ia
ferior of that which last year wrest ID
the territorial championship from the
strong Indian school team at Albn-
querque. The college boys are much
lighter than heretofore, and nearly all
are new men at the work. Both the Las
Vegas and Albuquerque games were
characterized by fair play and goo
feeling, and the college boys speak IN
high terms of the good treatment re-
ceived by them at the hands of their op
ponents.
Capt. Jack Crawford who has dellv
cred several of his lectures in this part
of the country recently, delighted the
student body by voluntarily coming
down to the college one afternoon last
week and entertaining them in his
characteristic manner for an hour or
more. His address was brilliant with
wit and humor, and his manner of ad
dressing his hearers struck a respon
sive chord in the hearts of both young
men and young women. His rendering
of his poems entitled Bicycle VS.. Bron
cho" and THAT Little Crippled Boz
That Died. was particularly appreci-
ated.
The high grade cattle, ordered by the
experiment station here some time
since, have just arrived. They consist
Of two Hereford and two Shorthorn
cattle, and come from the best strains
to be procured in the country. The
shorthorns come from Wisconsin, and
the Herefords from Iowa, and the pur-
chase Of the stock was made with the
aid of the Iowa Agricultural College
authorities. 1t is interesting to note
that the attempt of the college here 10
arouse more general interest in the
question of raising high-grade stock in
New Mexico is bearing fruit, for as a
direct result of this effort. there came
with the college cattle two other con
signments of high-grade pedigreed
stock for outside parties in the terri
tory. One of these was a particularly
fine shipment Of Poland China ami
Berkshire hogs, and a thoroughbre
Jersey heifer for John A. Shryock, of
sheep for Mr.. Harry Lee, of Roswell.
The stock purchased by the college CAT
cost Of about $4,000 will be used in
feeding and other experiments, and the
results published in bulletin form for
distribution throughout the territory
The regular quarterly meeting of tn :
board of regents Of the college was held
yesterday in Las Cruces There wei 9
present Regents G. A. Richardson, OF
Roswell, ~and the local members, Re
gents Curran and Moreno. Besides at
tending to the ordinary routine busi-
ness, the board discussed at length the
question of the selection Of the public
lands for the college, and the more ur-
gent needs of the institution with ref
erence to the forthcoming session Of the
legislature. F. 3. LESTER.