The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-19

of Governor Mclean attracted the at
 tention of the members of the conven | tion. It was stirring address.
 The forenoon session to-day was de- l layed in the opening. The first persor
 to address the board was Acting Presi- dent R. w. Stimson, of the Connecticut
 agricultural college. The college was l the subject of his address. He gave q | hist orical sketch of the college since it's l foundation, from the time it was start l ed as an experiment and supported by 1 private subscriptions, and originally known as Storrs agricultural school, down to the present time. He made a strong plea for liberal state support and money for better building facilities
 than the college can now boast of and he invited public inspection and exami- | nation. During the winter months he said there would be given ten day courses on special subjects. This, he said, would afford the farmers an op-
 portunity of seeing and examining what
 the school does. If we cannot stand the
 test of scrutiny it is time the state
 knew it.
 President Stimson spoke of the sue
 cess of the graduates of the college in
 various walks of life, and especially
 farming. He made a plea for more
 money, The state gives the college $15,00O a year, He said he wanted
 money for permanent buildings, for
 blasting rocks, for building walks. etc. The best rooms of the college were be- spattered by water that came in from the roof. He said state college should be an ideal school It is a permanent institution, and is working In harmony. There never was q president who never made 8 mistake, but as the faculty is now composed it was working in har- mony. Il was not political plaything. Since he had been acting as president politics had never put its nose in the door. He urged that the members of the board and farmers call and give it their inspection and, if necessary, their suggestions.
 Professor Stimson did not refer to the recent troubles in the college.
 Professor S. A. Beach, of the New York agricultural experiment station, spoke of disease and insects injurious to orchards and field crops. He said that long ago Connecticut became noted for product. the nutmeg. But in 1875 it started the first. agricultural station in the United States. The movement such force that national bill was passed placing an experimental station In every state.
 In speaking about different diseases he said that the chief cause of disease in vegetables was parasitic funge. This was bacteria. He spoke of the differ ent classes of funge, and told in detail why the fungus remained over unfavor- able climatic conditions. The diseas ses that can be cured by spraying are those that prey in orchard and some field crops, such as bitter rot, the fly-speck. the scab, the leaf spot, etc.; in field crops the leaf blot and mildew.
 The onion, the barley, the oat and the wheat sweets and potato scab can be cured by disinfecting the soil. or the seed before planting. Black knot of the plum and cherry should be disseminat- ed by the saw, the pruning knife and | fire. Peach yellows is treated by cut ing down the entire tree. Apple can- Ser can be cured by cutting off the of lending limb.
 Paris green may be used against po- .dtO DttlleS III cuIlUbClIuIl WllH DOTueT mixture. This is also used in treating ,arrot beetles.
 The flea beetles on grapevines should ,e treated in spring with the border mixture and later arsenical posons, If hey come out. The border mixture in with the poisons can be lsed against most all the insects of the orchard. Great care should be given to he mixture of paris green. Some of he foliage, especially of peach trees, an be injured by it. One pound of ,aris green to 100 gallons of water is mple.
 The papers for the afternoon and for his evenings sessions were as follows
 Forestry for the Farmer, and What lie Station is Doing for its Encourage Mulford of the station taff
 "Flavoring Extracts What They Are nd How They Are Adulterated"-A L. Vinton, of the Connecticut Experiment tation.
 7:3O D. m-"The Yale Forest School nd it's Purposes Professor H. S. ; iraves, director
 Insects and Their Relation to Agri- ulture' Illustrated with stereopticon) w. F. Britton. state entomoogist /