The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

The close Of the academic yea
brings to the front activities which 1
an agricultural college are more or les
obscured by the presence OF student.
and the interest taken in them and tn
work that they are set TO do.
The activities that make possible tn
work Of the student year are in ful
swing during the summer months, am
the visitor TO the agricultural coIleg
campus will not lack for matters Of in
terest to engage his attention.
Building operations are under way
and as already noted I'm these column
the veterinary building has the lead u
time Of construction. II is already be
ginning 10 show above ground enough
to give the sight-seer an idea of thu
size and general form it win take
Situated between Francis hall and tn.
farm house. II win add greatly TO the
appearance Of the lmpus, and i'm
measurably to the equipment of tht
school I'm it's mission of reaching the
farmers Of the state, and catering tC
their needs.
Among the minor improvements that
deserve mention fs a Ssx41-foot two
story addition TO that part OF engineer
ing building now used as a forge shop
This new addition will contain the Law
RtOries and locker rooms for the boys
taking that line Of work. and on the
ground floor an office for the instruc-
tor, and a repair shop TO meet the
needs Of the blacksmithing work OF
the school and the station. The en-
trance to this new addition will be
just back Of or beyond the present old
engineering building
A two thousand bushel storage room
is being added to the mill for the pur-
pose Of rightly taking care Of the mill
ing samples that come in from all
parts OF the country Mr.. Fitz. the
government grain expert stationed
here, Is touring the eastern and south
ern wheat growing sections this sum
mer in order to collect samples repre-
Benting the entire eastern and south
ern wheats. He will be in the field
during the entire vacation. and will
have on hand when he returns mater
ial for another seasons experimental
work. Experimental work with the
bread making qualities Of wheats,
especially the durums, will continue
without interruption during the sum-
mer, and results WIFI be commented
on in these columns from time to time.
Dean Ladd states that his depart-
ment will, in addition to the milling
tests mentioned above. continue the
pure foods Investigations. and Will
carry on work under the pure bever-
ages law recently placed on the statute
books Special work win he done with
testing paints. both on buildings and on
the fences erected at the college for
that purpose: analyses Of the soils Of
the demonstration farms and the sub
stations will be carried forward. espec-
Tally TO Get at the amount Of disable
plant food each soil contains. And I'm
addition 10 this. laboratory tests are
under way at the present time. and
will be continued until the work is
done, to determine TO what extent the
-four at this time on the market has
been subjected to the so-caIled bleach
Ing process"
Dean Shepperd is now visiting In
Iowa and the east. where he was called
on business connected with the IT 8
department o fagriculture's estimate
Of the years crop Of cereals. He will
return within a few days. The agrI-
cultural department is expanding its
lines Of work as rapidly as men and
means allow. Messrs. Donephue and
Churchill have made the agrononv
work Of the past year a verv desirable
course to the student, and the courses
outlined In the new catalogue speak
Tor better things In the year to come.
Mt. Doneghue, the soils man Of the
college. is cooperating with MANY
farmers throughout the state in an eff |