The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1908-02-01
PROVIDES (
For Sub-ExDeriment
Stations.
Important Bill Introduces
by Senator III. Ii. Smith
Affecting Agricnl-
tnrai Interests.
DIRECTOR SCOVELL APPROVES
DIRECTOR scovELL APPROVES

Experiment stations In eastern and
western Kentucky will be Of interest
Ito every farmer IN the State. The
bill was introduced by Senator H. H.
Esmith, Of Iindman, KY who repre-
SCENTS ten mountain counties. 1t is
Endorsed by Prof. NJ A. Sccve.l, Direc.
For OF the Kentucky Experiment
IStation at Lexington, and. 1t has a
splendid chance to become law.
The bill in full is as follows: Z
An Act To Establish A ,Sub-Experi-
ment Station In Eastern Kentucky,
And A Like Station In Western
Kentucky.
Whereas, there is such a diversity
of soil conditions in the State of Ken
lucky; and whereas, there are three
distinct types of soil in the Eastern,
Central and Western sections of the
State; and whereas, the experiments
carried on at the present Experiment
Station in Central Kentucky do not
reflect the conditions existing In East
ern and Western Kentucky; there
fore,
Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth of Ken.
lucky:
Sec. /. That a sub-experiment sta
tion be located at some advantageous
point in Eastern Kentucky. and a like
station at some advantageous point in
Western Kentucky, in order that the
true conditions may bereflected in the
analysis Of the soils, for the benefit
Of the interests OF practical and scien-
tific agriculture, and for the develop
ment of the vast agricultural resources
in the Eastern and Western sec
tions Of the State of Kentucky.
Station shall be under control and
general supervision of the Experiment
Station at Lexington, Kentucky AID
with like powers and duties. !,
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted that
the location of these sub-stations be
placed in the hands of a committee,
composed Of the Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, the Director of the Expert
ment Station and one member of the
Senate appointed by the President
thereof. whose duty 1t shall be to
locate and purchase a site for each
of the said sub-experiment stations.
Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriate
ed, for the purpose of purchasing the
necessary lands and erecting the nee
essary buildings thereupon. for said
experiment stations, the sum of $4,000
each, and an annual amount of $4,000
each for the maintenance of said sub
stations.
Sec. 5. That there shall be a man
at the head of each of said sub-sta-
tions chosen by the trustees of the A.
& M. College, Lexington, Kentucky,
whose duties and powers shall be to
supervise said sub-experiment sta
lions under the supervision of the
Director of the Experiment Station at
Lexington, Kentucky.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
Bureau of Forestry be established
and run in connection with each of
said Experiment stations for the pro-
lection of forestry.
Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the
Bureau of Forestry to thoroughly in
quire into the character and extent
of the forests in Eastern and Western
sections of the State; to investigate
the causes which are in operation to
produce their waste and decay; to
suggest what legislation, If any,
may be necessary for the development
of a national system of forestry,
adapted to the wants and conditions
of the said Eastern and Western sec
tons of the State.
Sec. s. All acts and parts of acts
in conflict herewith, are hereby re
pealed.