Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-11-22
MAN FROM INDIANA
IMPRESSED BY W.S.C.
DR.. w. Austin Praises Work of the
College in Letter TO Editor of
His Home Paper
The following letter was printed in
the Summitville (Ind.) Reporter:
Pullman, Wash.

J.
Pullman, Wash.
Editor Summitville Reporter:
According to promise | will now
try to interest your readers with
some facts concerning the work of
the Washington State College and
Experiment Station in scientific
farming The state has several hun
bred acres here beside the campus
parade grounds, ball grounds and
park great barns, green house, and
cut houses.
The professors of agriculture and
horticulture are members of our
Senior Sunday school class and felt
freedom in visiting their office in
Science hail. where they informed
ME that the creamery just last week
shipped out four and one-fourth tons
/ of butter to a Spokane wholesale
Ngrocery house, for which they will
receive about $4,000 The butter was
manufactured during the summer by
I the college dairy and kept in cold
storage.
j A field of about 100 acres of the
college farm planted in corn yielded
seven tons of ensilage to the acre
1 This climate is too cold for corn,
the season is too short for this crop
to mature as it does in the corn
belt They raised $500 worth of
field peas on IA acres of the farm.
The grasses are all good crops.
There are great number of farm
and garden products raised by the
students and hired men on this large
farm, beside all kinds of fruits
! adapted to this climate, shade trees
Z of strange and foreign kinds, flow
4 ers and shrubs, nuts, etc, and all
kinds of live stock.
u There are over 200 students en-
gagged all the time in this scientific
z farming, dairying, horticulture and
kindred studies-1200 in all. Chem
istry and microscopy are taught in
their farm laboratory, as an essen
tial in farming successfully.
4 They have large Science ball,
where great many subjects are
taught, wireless telegraphy, electric
ty, biology, plant life and others too
numerous to mention here.
4 The prof ssor informed me that
Oy crossing different varieties Of
4 wheat they have developed a hybrid
I which, under their improved meth
COS, soil and care, will YIELD u busr-
els per acre.
Scientific farming is said to be in
It's primitive stage only 1t is now
paying large dividends to our edu-
@ted farmers, for even long expert
ence VIII not, can not, compete with
Nchnical training, no more in farm
ING than in other callings. But do
not misunderstood: technical train
ing first, then experience, will win.
Inc schools and all business men
uere, as in Indiana, are encouraging
q
ers by having public exhibits of farm
aao garden products.
want to ask pardon of my pro-
'essional friends for writing a little
PERSONAL experience in strange case
nau patient with an attack of in
nuenza or la grippe, resulting in a
ueep seated abscess in the infraor-
'''al region, anterior to malar and
aear the alanasi bones, and thought
wise to take her up to the col
%se hospital where | held a hurried
sVusuitation with the professor of
surgery. He advised an operation at
I'VE winch ! agreed to and he pro-
.eeued to steralize his instruments,
80 hands and my patient and dress
l'nisef in long white robe. We
a'eu her on the operating table
uu the professor made a deep in
Neion into the abcess, liberating the
H'ehts' then closed up the wound
he usual way, dressing it with
uiseptics. My patient stood the
.peration well without an anes-
4etlc and is at this writing doing
s Wen and will soon recover. AS
fine, well formed, full
~ pretty, young Indian Gam
am very anxious for her re-
sry The professor is the college
nary surgeon and teaches in
Respectfully yours,
W. AUSTIN.