Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-06-10
THE FARM AND RANGE
Colorado Agricultural College.

The correspondent OF the Denver
News gives the following report OF the
graduating exercises at the State Agri-
cultural College ut Fort Collins June
End:
The years school work at the Agri-
cultural College was concl,sied here to-
day by the commencement exercises OF
the four-year course graduates this
morning ut 1880 o'clock. and u simi-
Var program this afternoon. when d.
.plomas were granted to the two-year
student graduates. Owing to the
Threatening storm. there was but q
small crowd In attendance at the ex-
!ercises this morning. The exercises
opened with u cornet solo by Willett
iiarton. after which Rev. J. W. Skinner
bf the Presbyterian Church offered
| prayer.
President Barton o. Aylesworth
| called attention to the important ser
wees rendered the state and college BY
the congrcssman-at-la large, and intro
auced Hon. Franklin +. Brooks OF Col
orado Springs. Mr.. Brooks address
Was u radical departure from those
heretofore given here. He spoke for an
hour without giving the graduates .
| ns to how to attain success. His sub
ject was THE Work OF the United
States Government and the Various
Land Grant Schools In Developing tho
Agricultural Resources Of the United
States lie quoted figures to prove
that In spite OF mcngcr appropriations
the agricultural development OF this
country exceeded that OF all the rest Of
the world combined. He said:
while Il IN true that the distribu-
tion OF rare seeds from foreign coun-
tries was begun sixty years ago. tho
real recognition Of the greatest indus
| try OF the United States occurred few
ccars ago. when Secretary Morton was
put at the head Of the Agricultural De-
fartmcnt.
He laid the foundation Tor a work
which Is now International In extent.
Secretary James Wilson. his successor.
now controls the disbursement Of &c.
pO1. 900 annually. which is used To en-
.ploy the greatest body OF scientists
that the world has ever known. each
onc pursuing distinct branch Of work.
hut all relating to what Is now the sci
cncc Of farming. Among the recent
achievements of this body In the pro-
duction Of n fccdlcfH orange and the re-
cent discoveries promised us Of seed
itss apple. II has demonstrated that
by taking bottle full OF germs
whole acre OF Hoii can be inoculatcd and
made TO produce twofold. The Import
aEcc Of agricultural research may be
| illustrated in no better way than by
saying that II every head OF wheat In
she United tSa,cs can be made to grow
one grain more. the result will bc a total
rain OF 100000.
'But the work which concerns you
ard me the most IL what the Depart
nient OF Agriculture is doing for Colo
rado. Fifty thousand dollars was APP
| Itopriated at the last session Of Con-
gress for feeding and breeding expert
,mcnt. n considerable portion of which
| will be given 10 Professor Carlyle OF
| this Institution for the development
| OF n cavalry horse that shall be the
worlds standard.
THE investigation that has already
begun in raising Colorado beet seed
that will produce bcets which contain
double the amount OF sugar that Is now
secured from bects raised from seeds
imported from Germany Is well under
| way. and there Is not the slightest
| doubt of It's success. From all plants
| except the sugar beet single germ
seeds are to be had. with the beet. for
| some cause. each seed contains many
germs. and when planted sends up
| numerous plants. SO many that II ts
| necessary to employ hundreds Of men
and children at the wages of skilled
iaborcrs to pull from the ground
the surplus plants.
''The Department Of Agriculture il
cooperating with your institution here
in conducting experiments which Will
| result, I believe. in this year finding
sh a, hoe
THE department Of Agriculture Is
employing young men from the va
rious colleges of the United States to
take up its work as specialists In cv-
cry branch OF study which II Is con-
Quoting. Several young men who have
graduated at the Colorado Agricultural
College have been employed by the de-
partment, and there Is room for more
Of the brightest graduates of this In
| stitution.'
President u. o. Aylseworth then. In
a speech exhorting the graduates to be
true to their alma mater and their
training. presented diplomas to the fol.
lowing: May Barkeley. Nellie Beach.
Leonard Graves. Ansel Harding. Clara
Hotchkiss. II. v. Hubbell. c. II. Jones,
Jessie Kissock. George l.. Morton. Ern.
| est Newson. Fred Nichols. Ralph Par
shall. Grace Sankey. Ethel Schurcman.
Howard Sneddon. Emma Stuver and
Perry venor. Medals were given to
George Morton. 'O4. for superior schol.
arship In all agricultural subjects. a
gold medal and silver medal were
also given to W. L. Putnam for schol.
arship work. and n silver medal to
Otto Prien for horse judging. Ralph
Parshall and II. V. Hubbell OF the civil
engineering course were given gold
medals awarded by Bert Langridge of
Boulder for the best grades made In