The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-21
NEW EXPERIMENT
STATIONS PLANNED
u0ARD or asRIcpEFuRE DECIDES
TO HAVE THREE MORE IN As
MANy SECTIONS OF STATE.
CAN DO BETTER WORK
MEABKRs INSPECT TRUCKING STA
TfoNt IN NORFOLK AND ARE
MUCH PLEASED WITH RE
Suits OF WORK.

Three new agricultural experiment
stations VIII be established Immediate
IL in Virginia by the State board of
agriculture. One will be located in
AccomAc county, and will be in
charge OF Professor Johnson. of the
truckers experiment station in Nor
folk county. and the others will be
located ia Charlotte and Henry coun-
ties under the supers isfon of the Viz
g.nia agricultural experiment sta
tion at Biacksburg.
IL is the purpose Of the board to
employ experts from technical schools
to give a portion of their time TO
the work at these experiment stations
and another part of the time 10 lee
lures in the high schools OF the dis
trtct in which the stations are To-
Gated, using the work conducted at
The stations as physical demon
stratiou for the benefit and training
OF the students in the course of agri-
culture, and In this manner co~operat-
In with the high. schools.
Inspect Trucking station.
The decisive action regarding the
establishment of the new exper- ment
stations was taken AT a meeting OF
the STATE hoard OF agriculture held
tanuins until yesterday morning at
Norfolk, during which period the
members Of the board nsde a thor
ougk inspection Of the Virginia truck
exper iment station In Norfolk county.
This statich is conducted by appro-
priations from the State and the
board Of agricalture. the buildings
and improvements having been fur
nisKed as the Tidewa ter Truckers as
ISOLATION.
President Berkeley y. Adams. Of
the board. returned to Richmond yes
ferday afternoon TO finish his work
with the State auditing committee.
AMI Commissioner w. q. Keiner re-
turned last night. Others present at
the meeting besides President Adams
and Commissioner Koiner We're: w.
u. sproRfes. OF Augusta county: T. ID.
Burch. of Martinsville: N. w. Mock.
Of Accomac: Frank Lindsey, of Nor
folk county, and John La Taylor. OF
Chesterfield
The purpose Of the board of agri-
culture, sad President Adams yes
fersfay in to locate the experimental
stations In every section OF the state
In order that their work may be OF
the most practical value to the
farmers. In other words, while the
board maintains a splendid agricul-
tural experiment station at Blacks
burg, the valuable information OBJ
tanned from the tests and experiments
made there would not meet the con-
d.tions which the farmer of Tide
water has to face.
Value of Specific Work.
I'VE found. for example,. said
President Adams. through the aid
Of the experiment station, that the
truckers there have been spending
thousands of dollars for fertilizer
with large percentage OF potash.
and this money was practically
thrown away, for the reason that
the soil of that section is plentIfuny
supplied with potash by nature All
three sections Of the S,ate--the Val
ley, the Piedmont and the Tide
water --have their own characteristic
soils, and while general advice and
experiments are all OF more or less
value what liz sauce for the goose
does not always suit the gander. 1t
HI the idea of the board to so locate
this work that We can make specific
experiments that will be OF direct
value to the various sections. and
take t that this experiment station
work IL fully as important as the test
Ing OF seeds and fertilizers, the m
stitutes and the other work in which
fne DUdfo dn1 iis huNtiiaFktSs nto ~
r. red for the uplift of agric ultnre in
Virginia
Meet Next In january.
The trucking experiment station.
President Adams says. the board
found In fine shape. and doing ii
valuable work for tho truckers OF
Underwater, Virginia IN saving them
money and helping them to make
more fron their crops The meeting
was frost harmonious and the mem
beers 81 the beard are much encourag-
ed over the outlook for the future,
The plans for the establishment of
tho three rev stations viii be gotten
urder way at once. The next meet
! srg Of the hoard will be held the
II middle Of January