The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-22
EXPERIMENTAL
STATION 4 GO
Prof. Lawrence Assists the Citizens
to Secure Land for the Elk.
perimental Station.

Prof Lawrence of Pullman, WASH,
connected with the experimental sta
ton of agriculture came to Quincy
Monday last and addressed the Com
mercitl club at their meeting that
evening. He outlined the method
that would be carried on here pro-
vided an experimental station was
placed here this spring. He stated
that the sub-soil packer was already
shipped for this place and special
harrow that is used in the Campbell
system of dry land farming. The
choicest of grains will also be shipped
in as soon as the season permitted
of work being done on the lands.
Eighty acres will be put in as fol-
lows: Twenty acres will be worked
in the manner followed by Prof.
Campbell with the dry land imple-
ments; 20 acres alongside of this to
be worked in the old way so as to
give the best contrast in the two
be summerfallowed to be sown to al
falfa; 10 acres will be put in in two
five acre tracts, of acts, one called
the so day oat, the other the Cur
sen oat, both of which this last year
at Pullman, produced about 70 BUSH
els to the acre; 20 acres will be SUBJ
divided into many different tracts to
be experimental upon with several
different kinds of seeds.
Mr.. Lawrence stated that the col
lege would like lease on the land
to be put in, for three years, and if
possible a continuance of the lease
for the forth He stated that the in
structions given regarding the sowing
of the different kinds of seed must
be followed as the college was held
responsible for the success or fail
ure of the experiments. AS this is
state proposition, he stated that
whoever did the work of the station
would be sure of payment of Their
bills for said work, bills to pc pay
able monthly. 1t would need a man
and two teams to attend to the work
and that there would be between
$3.50 and $500 spent here for the
labor expended upon the land.
The professor is highly pleased
with the outlook for station at
this point and is sure that the sta
ton will be great benefit to the
farmers in the growing of their
crops. The experiments will, more
over, be interesting to the college at
Pullman, as the season here is much
earlier than at any of their other sta
tions He is sure that if the farm
ers of this community take hold of
this proposition with a will we shall
have an institution which will do
more good for the country than can
at present be estimated
Another meeting was held We'd
nesday evening in the rooms of the
Commercial club at which the COM
mittee appointed Monday night re-
ported that they had secured IS
acres from T. o. Purcell, mile
and a half southeast of town, at a
rental of 50 per acre per annum;
also 20 acres was secured from Mr.
Cochran at the edge of town free of
rental Mr. Lawrence was quite well
satisfied at this, and stated that the
grain experiments would be follow
ed on Mr.. Purcells land and the
vegetable experiments on Mr.. Coch-
rams. A petition was drawn up for
the business men to subscribe to, to
pay the rental of the above land and
names were freely placed thereon.
Quincy now has practically won
the experimental station and added
another feature to her laurels.
another features to her laurels.-
Quincy Gazette.