Newark post., 1911-06-21
STATE BOUGHT A FARM.

STATE A FARM.
Continuing Professor Hayward said:
"The first thing that 1 did on arriving
here was to set out to get a suitable
farm on which to carry on experiment
work. l find it is impossible to get the
farmers interested in what you are doing
along this line unless they know that
you are meeting the same problems as
themselves during all seasons and under
similar conditions, and there was no
other way to do this than to get farm.
Some OF the trustees thought it would
be impossible to get the State to appro-
pirate money with which to purchase a
farm, but .,-s 80 the fact that num-
Der of progressive farmers cfampioned
the cause, a bill presented to the Cen
eral Assembly of 1907, appropriating $780,
600 with which to buy the farm, passed
with hardly a dissenting vote. Les
islative Commission of which Governor
Lea was chairman, finally selected the
| BALLET farm (the present State farm,
as being the most suitable for research
work. To get the farm however, the
Commission found ii necessary to eXpend
the entire State appropriation. There
fore, when the College took possession
there was not 81 of the State funds
| left for equipment. However the college
went on using what funds it could and
| the work was started in April, 1907. At
! the next session of the Legislature, bill
appropriating Sl7.5O0, to remodel the old
| building and erect new ones suitable for
| the work was presented. Owing to
lack Of funds the General Assembly fin
| ally passed a bill appropriating $4,000.
! This amount was used to remodel the
! old barn erect a suitable horse and
! storage barn and to build the present
dairy barn, which is considered a model
of its kind"
1.-The last Legislature appropriated
$4,000 for a new tenant house, dairy
house, storage pit for manure and to
make some additions upon the present
dairy barn and finish repairs of old
buildings 1t will be noticed that all
the State appropriations have gone to-
wards the land and buildings. The equip
ment of the farm including tools, ma
chinery and live stock has been secured
from the Federal appropriations and
sales. Up until the present time the
State has put $4,000 into the Expert
ment Station plant The College has spent
over $4,000 in live stock and other
equipment besides improving the land
materially. 1t should be seen that the
plaut should be worth more than what
| { cost the State and as the State holds
title to all the property, from business
point Of view, it can not be a loser"
STATE FARM PRODUCTS SOLD.
The act appropfiating the money to buy
the State farm, states that the funds
obtained from the sale Of the farm pro-
duce shall be used for maintenance and
farm equipment. Director Hayward says
that up until the present time the an
nual farm sales have mounted to from
81, 800 to $4,000, but that it should be
remembered that this represents what is
obtained from only 100 acres and an in
complete equipment. The live stock
equipment and especially dairy cows is
not complete. The Horticulturist has
about SO acres set in trees, that are not
old enough to return any income. The
Agronomist has 25 acres devoted to sew
eral hundred small plots and there are
vrsy little i any marketable material
from this land Asid. from the amount
of farm sales mentioned the farm has
supported large number of working
| stock, as we'll as some young stock, with
farm produce. 1t is hoped, says Profess
sor Hayward, that when once the State
farm is fully equipped on the present
basis there will be an income consider
able larger than at present. This is on
the assumption that the orchards will
bring substantial returns and the sales
from the herd of cattle and pigs will be
considerable larger than now.
GROUND NEEDS UNDERTAKING..
Professor Hayward says that much yet
remains to be done before the farm can
be expected to produce maximum crops.
He also states, that those familiar with
the nature of the land will appreciate
the fact that much of it is low and needs
under drainage, before it is as fertile as
sorre of the better drained pieces now.
1t is the plan of the trustees to begin
laying under drain tile shortly. This
will not only have tendency to increase
crop fields, but will give better results
on experimental plots. To show how
part of the college farm was held by
practical men, DR.. Hayward says, a mem-