Evening journal., 1909-03-06
NEEDS OF DELAWARE
COLLEGE AND FARM

ricultural Experiment STATION al Dela- /
ware College. has written letter to
a number OF Changers and farmers
throughout the State in behalf of the
Delaware College and Experiment sta
ton appropriation bills pending in the
Legislature. In his letter Professor
Haywad says:
Dear Sir:-A bill appropriating
i7,5OO.OO for new barns and equipment
on the state farm is now before the
Legislature. Two years ago the State
bought a farm OF 212 acres for the
use of Delaware College and Expert
ment Station but made no provision
for its equipment; a matter of vital
Importance TO an institution charged
with the responsibility of conducting
scientific investigation.
"The functions Of College barn are
many. In the first place, il should be
a building in which the work of an
Experiment Station, as far as il per-
tains to the farm. can be carried on
with the least possibility of error. To
this end. there should be suitable pro-
vision for storing a large number of
different kinds Of seeds and forage with
the assurance that they will not be
disturbed by vermin. that they viii
not be mixed. and that they viii not
be in daner OF injury from mould or
decay.
"A College barn should be model
OF neatness and convenience in ar
rangement in which the maximum
amount of work can be done with the
minimum amount of labor; a building
in which the most modern labor saw
ing devices may be demonstrated for
the benefit of students and visitors.
Again. on a farm as large as that
which the State has so generously
given. a large amount of stock should
be kept not only TO consume the rough
age grown, and for the value of fer
rilizer produced. but. primarily. to pro-
vide the animals for a considerable
amount of investigating that needs to
be done in the important field of Animal
Ilusbandry. It would be impossible
10 house any number of animals in
stables such as we now have at our
disposal. Present knowledge demands
that farm animals be kept in comfort
able. light airy. well ventilated, and
otherwise sanitary buildings.
The present College barn is made
guate because it is: 1. Much too small
for present needs .. Poorly adapted
10 College and Station work g. I'm
sanitary. 4. Badly out of repair 5.
Badly located, being on low ground.
TN accordance with the regulations
under which the United States Exper-
iment Station appropriations are dis
persed these funds cannot be used for
building purposes. In consequence, all
new buildings provided for the work
of Delaware College and Experiment
Station must come from the State. AT
this time important experiments that
have been outlined. and the plans ap-
proved by the authorities in Washing
ten. cannot be carried out on account
OF not having suitable buildings on the
state farm.
THE passage of the bill providing
for the desired buildings would make
II possible, not only to carry on ex-
periments already planned. but would
also provide for the proper housing oi
q herd of pure bred cattle which It 4.
planned to purchase with United state:
funds. 1t is the desire of the College
Trustees TO distribute the surplus male,
from this herd, as well as from the
registered herd of pigs and flock O
sheep that the College already has, in
the State in such way that It vii
aid In the improvement OF the qualit,
Of the States stock.
The buildings asked for on tn,
State farm win make il possible L
conduct the farm much more econom
ically, and. in consequence. make i
more efficient in its work Of demon,
strating new ideas in farm practice
not only to students but to farmers
I'm the state who visit the State farm
in large numbers each year.
There is another bill before tn,
General Assembly appropriating 5000
p year for two years for the repairs
and maintenance Of the College build
ings, which is needed in order to NEE
the demands resulting from the in
creasing numbers OF students and I,
keep the College buildings in a stat
Of preservation. The trustees hav
been obliged to ask the State for al
appropriation for this purpose as tn
1rederal Government doe snot allow an
Of the money appropriated for educa
tional purposes to be used on build
ings either for their erection or main
tenancc
Il think you will cOncede that Della
ware College i'm all its branches
doing more really effective work THAI
over before. and if it is your opinion
that the State should supplement tn
appropriations of the United State
Government for education and agricul
tural investigation in our state. viii
you kindly see or write your Senate
and Representative and ask them t.
consider favorably these two measures
Yours very truly,
II Hayward Dean and Director.
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