Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-03
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM Or. Traps
Tells OF His Observations of Asricul.
tural Colleges and Experimental
Farms In Scotland.

Dr. G. S. Traps, state chemist Of
Texas, with headquarters at A. & NJ.
college, is now touring Europe on a
visit of inspection to each of the agri-
cultural experiment stations in that
country. 1t Is a tour of education for
him, and he will return well equipped
with information that will be valuable
to him in his work here. Writing from
Glasgow, Scotland, DR.. Traps says:
I'VE spent the day visiting the
Halves farm where the dairy school
for Scotland is located. About eighty
students take the dairying course,
over half being girls. We We're shown
through thoroughly, seeing all the pro-
cesses and the various kinds OF cheese
made, also samplng the cheese and
butter. The director, DR.. Drummond,
| Is Canadian, and has also been In
Texas at Cotulla Each student Is pro-
vided with churns, ETC., and makes
butter or cheese of the various kinds,
and otherwise goes through all the
dairy operations. The climate is so
cool here that the cheese is cured In
I the houses without the use OF artificial
cooling. as has to be done so much in
the United States The Chiffon cheese
DIR. Drummond termed the king OF
cheese both in flavor and in profit to
be secured from it, | can not but be
impressed with the fact that our con-
ditions and tastes are radically diner-
ent. Besides the dairy department
there is a poultry department, farm
department, horticultural department
and experimental We went over all
these and saw the experimental fields,
feeding experiments, brooders' incu'
! bators, crosses of hens, dairy nerd
etc. took several photographs which
will be available later We visited the
heart of the district from which come
the Ayrshire cattle and saw hundreds
OF them.
I'VE went through the Trossacks,
\ said 10 be the most beautiful trip IN
Scotland, but have seen plenty OF
places in America that were scenic
ally quite as beautiful. Our spots
lack. however, the association with
SCOTS poetry, especially the Lazy OF
the Lake. which gives a glamour 10
this trip. Unfortunately for the poetic,
the city of Glasgow has raised the
level of Loeb Katrine about twenty
feet. using it for water supply, ana
covered the silver strand and part OF
the island on which the Lady OF the
Lake lived.
Through the highlands we made
agricultural observations. The couh
try is sparsely settled and we saw
practically no cultivated land. We saw
several forest plantations, some sheep
and a few of the shaggy highland cat
tie. but dwellings were few and ran
between.
AT Edinburgh we visited the Edin
burgh and East of Scotland Agrlcui
tural College. and Dr. Gardner, pro
lessor of chemistry, and Others OF the
staff were very courteous TO us. inns
college has about l20 day students
and 800 evening students taking spe
fcial courses. 1t requires four years
three in college and one on the farm
They have a farm of ten acres. Ihey
are carrying on about eighty eo-opera'
tive experiments with farmers, some
what similar to those carried on Dy
our own department.
I'VE visited Lord Rosebery's nome
farm. 1t is in splendid state of cult
walton and is said TO produce 80 TO l0u
bushels of oats, 60 10 so bushels OF
wheat and 400 bushels of potatoes 10
the acre. These and hay are the chlet
crops. We saw some splendid cattle
mostly shofthorn and angus. We also
saw trees planted by Gladstone, the
emperor of Germany, King Edward
the present king of England. King
George. and many other notables. We
had a splendid view of the Forth
bridge. which is said to be one of the
largest in the world, and IN the as
lance we could see Carnegies native
village.
1--WE visited the Midland Agricul-
tural School at Kingston. They make
seventeen kinds of cheese there. Inc
school is a small one. only about forty
students. Very few of them take a
course longer than one year. Hall the
students in the dairy course are girls
The agricultural colleges we have
seen in England and Scotland do not
seem to me to rank in equipment OF
in work with our American colleges
Their courses do not appear to me 10
he so thorough or fundamental as
ours They are not doing the work
we are doing. Except for the college
at Edinburgh they appear to me TO
be more like high schools than col
Ileges. What they do, they do thor
oughly, however; such Is my impress
sion. The colleges appear to place
more emphasis upon the students ac'
tually doing the work.
Dr. Traps is getting a lot OF good
experience by this trip.