Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
EXPERIMENT STATION.

The Arizona Agricultural EXperi- ment Station of Arizona was organized temporarily in July. 1889 and work was begun at that time to equip the station.
 A permanent organization was form ed in October, 1890.
 The experiment station is a depart ment of the University of Arizona at Tucson. The office and the botanical and chemical laboratories are also at Tucson. The agricultural, horticultur- al and animal husbandry departments are located at the Station Farm three miles nortwest of Phoenix. on Grand avenue. The range study tract is near Tucson( cooperative L. s. D. Al. The Tempe and Yuma Date Orchards Cooperative, U. s. D. Al are located three miles southeast of Tempe and one mile southwest of Yuma respect lively.
 The station staff is composed of the following members. K. C. Babcock, president; R. H. Forbes, director, J. J. Thornber. botanist: 4. F. Vinson. as- sociate chemist, F. w. Wilson, animal husbandman; c. E. P. Smith, irriga- ton engineer: w. B. McCallum, asso- ciate botanist: J. E. Colt, associate hOrticulturilist; W. H. Ross, assistant chemist; T. D. A. Cockerell, entomOlo- gist; w. O. Hays, clerk.
 The station has for its purpose the improvement of the different lines of agriculture. horticulture. animal in- dustry. irrigation and kindred subjects.
 Visitors are cordially invited, and correspondence relative to agricultural subjects receive careful attention.
 Correspondence should be addressed to the Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona.
 Samples of water, fertilizer, etc. which are of agricultural interest and which are sent to the station at Tucson with full information are analysed free of charge, as time permits.
 Samples ot milk and cream will be tested for butter fat on Wednesday and Saturdays Of each week. with a small fee of 90 cents for the first sam pie and g cents for each additional sample. The sample should be prop erly preserved and should be sent to the station farm if convenient
 This charge is for time and break age involved in making the test. The station publishes bulletins which are of interest to Arizona farmers and series of Timely Hints, which are short publications that are intended to be timely in their appearance tO the farmer. Each year a report of the station $ made to the governor in which many valuable articles appear and which do not come out in the oth- CT publications.
 The Bulletins, Timely Hints and the Reports are mailed to all who may apply. It is especially desired that all errors, change of addresses. and the names of neighbors. especially new arrivals should be sent to the office at Tucson.
 A large correspondence from eastern people, who, are interested in Arizona make it evident that this territory is of TO little agricultural importance.
 A great many people do not distin- guish between the Experiment station and the United States Department of Agriculture. The experiment station is a territorial institution and is a de- partment of the University If Ari- zona Funds for the station are deriv- ed from the United States government and from the territorial legislature from time to time.
 It IS only on rare occasions that seeds. plants and trees are for sale or for free distribution as the institution is not in a commercial line of work, but the station is glad at any time to and methods of planting at any time.