Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-11
County Experiment Stations.

The county court of Jasper county,
Missouri, has just arranged 10 take adj
vantage of the law making i, possible for
each Missouri county to have an agricul,
tural experiment station Of its own. The
county will put up $500 annually for a
period of five years, and additional ex'
penses will be paid by the state. The
location for the new station will be
agreed upon at once. Prof. NJ. i. Miller,
Of the Agricultural College at Col.
umbia. representing the state, and
the ground will he made ready FOR the
1869 season. This is the first station of
the kind to be established in Missouri,
and il is said to be the first in the United
States. But several other Missouri oun
ties will probably arrange for similar sta
I on just as soon as possible. Tie cost Of.
such a station in any county need not
exceed a few hundred dollars, at most,
while the great value is hard to estimate.
The law providing for the establish
ment Of county agricultural experiment
stations known AS the Nelson law, from
the name of the authOr) was euacted in
1901. Section | reads. in part: "In
order to determine and demonstrate the
importance Of improved seed, of better
cultural methods, and to favor the gen
eral adoption OF better agricultural prac
tice, and to bring lie result Of the
scientific research Of the state experiment
station and Of the federal department OF
agriculture within reach Of all the tarm
ers OF Missouri, the county court Of any
county in the state MAY establish and
maintain a county experiment station
Such county experiment station may
he located on the county farm or else
where The State Experiment station at
Columbia furnishes. without expense to
the county, all necessary advice and
assistance in the planning Of the expert
,ncDts, the selection OF suitable land. and
in the laying ont Of the plots, 1t also
furnishes seed and fertilizers, and, where.
ever possible, a proper otRe.r to superin
tend the planting and harvesting and ia
make sucl, photographs and records as
may be needed the reports to bc printed
for public distribution.
Al a county experiment station expert
nients are to he conducted 1or the pur
pose of testing different crops and var.
ieties Of seeds in which the farmers of tlu
county may be especially interested
New and untried crops may also bc,tried,
crop rotation studied, and fertilizers tes',
ed. Improved seed may also also be
grown tor dissemination within the
caunty.
In brict. a county experiment station
is for the farmers Of the county. II they
wan a half dozen varieties of seed oat,
tested they can have It done right Il,
home and wi,liou, EXPENSE, thus dcterm
ing which variety is best. Or tEcy MA,
sc, definite information OF corn, iryirp
eight or ten different varieties. In so,rc
counties alfalfa information may be
wanted, aisi.t.st plats, updcr diferen,
conditions, sowed. Tins will they &c,
an answer 10 The qgestlos, III aiialf.
@ro'Y in ~t'is'comtr,' The. pa.si;Aitie'
are not limited TO ths aus" IN. :.
single proh'ct..t
Ever cogu,v in ,Mis,ouri may irave. q /.
agricultural experiment sta,.a ii i
wants It, hat it may not l.. possible Il
reach all ht once, Il wrl! Lc a case 81
INST conie, hsst served !"
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