Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-24
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE NOTES.
Another ex-Student Will Go to Manila to
Try His Fortune.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

Mesilla Park, N. M, December I'll
Capt. Jack Crawford voluntarily deliv-
cred to the students of the agricultural
college at Mesilla Park a most delight
full and interesting address on the 4th
inst. His humor and pathos were great
ly enjoyed by the students and teachers
alike. ....
The Christmas vacation Of the college
begins on Saturday, December %, and
ends on January 6, 1901. A good num-
Der of the students, will go home for
their holidays, taking advantage of the
low railroad rates offered.
A bell and mountings, weighing SIS
pounds, has been ordered for the col
lege, to be placed in the tower of the
main building. The cost of the bell has
Deer betrayed by a fund raised by the
sophomore class of the institution, who
have shown a most commendable spirit
and interest in the matter.
Wood carving in the preparatory de-
partment of the college has been intro
duced during the present school year
for the first time. All students take
regular work in this branch, and the re-
suits so far are surprisingly good. The
native students in the department APP
pear to be especially proficient in this
handiwork, and in clay modelling, which
has now been taught for two years.
The consignment of high-grade cattle,
consisting of S%horthorns and Here
fords, purchased by the college and ex-
pertinent station during the last sum-
mer, recently arrived. This marks the
beginning of a new line of investigation
at the college, and one which will be of
much value and interest to the stock
growers of the territory. The college de-
sires to arouse more interest in the
raising of high-grade cattle, and it will
make thorough and careful investiga-
tons and experiments in feeding and
along other lines, and will publish the
results in bulletin form.
An interesting and not widely known
cure for alfalfa bloat in cattle was re-
Gently tried at the college, when one of
the cattle bloated. This remedy consists
of giving large doses of linseed oil inter-
nally to induce belching. In the case
referred to, no linseed oil was at hand,
and the matter being urgent, ordinary
coal oil was given with the desired re-
suit, the cow recovering rapidly.
Nothing daunted by the defeat admin
istered to the foot ball team of the col
lege by the Indian school at Albuquer-
que, the boys are determined to. gain
more victories during the present sea-
son. On the 18th inst. the college boys
defeated the Las Cruces team by a
score of Is to 0, and again on the 10th
inst. by a score of 6 to 0. A match game,
is arranged with the Organ team for
the I'd at the college, and with the
Ell Paso team or Christmas day.
Another ex-student of the %stenogra-
ply department of the college is about
to go to the Philippines as ~stenographer
in English and Spanish. Inspired by the
success of a former student, Ralph p.
McFie, who holds a most lucrative po-
sition in Manila as a stenographer, j. e.
Owen, Of Albuquerque, will leave early
in the new year for the distant islands.
The college is receiving FAR more ap-
plications for English-Spanish stenog-
raphers than it has graduates to send
out, these demands coming from all
parts of Mexico and the United States.
The chemical department of the col
lege, in a press bulletin recently issued,
gives some results of sugar beet analy-
SEES for the past eason 1t again be-
comes most apparent that New Mexico
beets stand unequaled in this
country for the quality and amount of
contained therein. The best SUI
gar beets in the territory are grown in
San Juan and Santa Fe counties, and
these beets, in results covering the last
four years, give a percentage of sugar
from 25 to 70 per cen greater than is
usually considered necessary to max,
them a paying crop. These investiga-
tons should be Of much value in at
tracing capital to this territory in con-
with the sugar industry.