Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-14
Agricultural College Notes.
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Agricultural College, N: D., '.s
.$t5. 5zz April IS, 1907,
DR.. Bait occupied the Convocation
hour last Monday in most inter-
esting manner, reading selections
from Muirhead's American Con-
trasts" and Robert Louis Steven
sons american Journalism ga
Mixed Blessing and Humor of Man
in a Car. =
President was at Langdon last
week to help in the selection of a
quarter section suitable for the sub
experiment station at that point.
President Worst will return to Lang
don a fortnight or so later when the
snow has gone. He reports as find
ing every interest in that locality
very favorable to the station.
Thursday night President Worst
and Professor Sheppard left for viii
liston where they have gone to advise
with the agricultural interests Of
that neighborhood as to the sub-sta-
ton that is to be established at that
point for experiments in dry land aad
irrigation farming It is probable
that the land for this station will be
selected at this time sl VI
The correspondence relative to
trees and other horticultural matters
is unusually large this spring and is
indicative of very general activity
along these lines in all parts of the
state
The city of Larimore has undertake
en- a campaign of civic improvement,
especially along the line of street
tree planting and park improvement.
The city has entered into negotia-
tions with Prof. Waldron who will
go up there. soon to draw the plans
and provide specifications for carry
ing out the work. y.
Special bulletins numbers 5 and 81
have just been issued by the chem
zeal department. Bulletin No. 5 con-
tains the agricultural laws regulat-l
4 ing the sale OF stock foods, formalde-s
hyde, paris green and commercial
fertilizers. Bulletin No. e contains
the new food law, drug law, the
paint law and the rulings and dis
cussions under the same Already
there is a very large demand for
these bulletins.
Mr.. Pope of the Chemical Depart
ment, has been giving considerable
time of late to the examination of
formaldehyde. Already about one
hundred samples have been examined
and all found of good strength. Only
two samples have been found which
were milky in appearance or poly
merized hi M HI :5sii
This class of formaldehyde has
proven to be unfit for use as a smut
DESTROYER. 1t is not readily soluble
in water and the insolubIe particles
settling upon the grain soon destroy
It's terminating power. Farmers,
therefore, should see that the for
maldehyde purchased is as nearly
! a water solution in appearance ais
possible.
Professor Ladd recently sent out
notice to all paint manufacturers
that barn paints, floor paints and all
other paints offered for sale in North
Dakota must from this time be fully
labeled in compliance with the re-
quirements of the law and it is ex-
pected that there will be consider
able work undertaken In the exam
nation of this class Of paints in the
chemical laboratories.
The department OF agriculture
through DR.. Wiley recently offered
to Professor Holley Of the Chemical
Department a position under the new
food and drug law for work inindus-
trial chemistry. DR.. HoIley would
no doubt have reached the head OF a |
diyisionship In this work, but he has
preferred to remain with the Agri-
cultural College.