Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-20

department of agriculture. which is
very interesting in connection with
the bill now pending before the leg
stature.
The letter follows.
Washington, Feb. 10. 1903.
DR.. w, Il. Garrison.
President A. and NJ. College.
Agricultural College, \. NJ.
My Dear Mr., President:
Your letter of February 9TH en-
closing bin to establish n maintain
farmers institutes and cooperative
experiments in agriculture in the ter
ritory of New Mexico has Just been
received. The bill seems to me to be
wen adapted to the conditions that
exist in your territory.
Perhaps YOU viii be interested in
some experience hat ! have had IN
the matter of branch experiment sta
tons. When the Pennsylvania state
college first received the benefits Of
the land grant act of 1862. 1t appro-
priated the one-tenth part. amount
ing to $40. 600. for the purchase Of
three experiment farms. me situated
at the college. which is in the CEN
trail part Of the state; another near
Philadelphia, about two hundred
miles east; and another near Pitts
burg. almost the same distance west
.InHSG three liIf1lS tbii~iSAllN VI aVNhN
100 acres each. were equipped in 1863
and a series of experiments was de-
vised to be conducted at these -sepa-
rate stations. The general manage
ment was at the college, and super
intendents were employed to be IN
immediate charge OF the work upon
each of the farms. In 1871 ! was
made professor Of agriculture at the
college and given charge OF the dl-
rection Of the experiment work upon
the experiment farms in connection
with my other duties. continued in
charge of these farms for about ten
years and the result, briefly stated,
can be summed up in a single SEN
tence hat they failed to meet the OK
p%ectations Of their founders and they
failed because there was an insuffi-
cient mou of money to conduct
them properly. As a consequence
the trustees went to the legislature
and received authority to sell the two
outlying farms, the n near fnlla-
dclphia and the other near P%ittsburg'
ana concentrate the energies of the
institution upon the one farm ut tbs
college. Immediately better results
were obtained until now this farm
expends annually in its operations
something like 100000 and a much
larger amount could be advantage
ously used if it could be secured Inc
| chief difficulty was in securing cap
able superintendent il kne"
enough of experiment work to per
form the operations with the degree
Of accuracy and intelligence needed
valuable data because the superin-
tendents had failed to perform all OF
the operations that the experiments
required.
If YOU had Il large amount or money
In order tina the results might be
depended on. Each year we los
J then YOU could have outlying sta
tione. but with a comparatively small
amount such as is at your dispose
in New Mexico. | feel very confident
that YOU will fail to meet the cN'
pectations of the friends of agricul-
ture if YOU distribute it over a mum
Der Of outlying stations. You vii
find that the expenses connected witt
the proper conduct of experiment
stations viii be far beyond your abil-
ity to meet.
In Canada Professor Iavitz has
utilized the cooperative method unit
last year over 1000 of the farmers
of the province Of ontario conduct
ed experiments that were devised ano
directed by the agricultural expert
mont station at Guelph. In the Uni
ted States the disposition of the lead
crs in agriculture is to utilize intclli
gent m more than as been done
in te past. in carving on experiment