Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-07-30

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ne has served for thirty-f1ve consecu-
I've years as college president. Twenty
Two years of this period have been devoted
10 the State College of Washington
poses There was a scant $4,000 in
vested In working equipment. The
College Farm had never seen crop Of
corn, alfalfa or red clover. Agricul-
tural experimentation Of any kind was
scarcely begun.
Clover, brought in shortly after Mr..
Bryan's arrival, this year is beating al
falfa In many parts of eastern and
western Washington. AS a rotation
crop In grain farming 1t has about es-
tablished its superiority over its great
rival, alfalfa Alfalfa appeared on the
College Farm In the middle nineties.
The first field of It grown in the imme-
date vicinity of Pullman was shown
10 President Bryan by its grower, e.
", D0Wnen, In 1895. Soon afterward
was introduced on the State Farm.
It's usefulness as forage crop and
leftllity restorant for grain weary soil
not discredited by the apparent su-
perlority of red clover In shorter rota-
uons-that is, In situations where the
FARMER does not wish to cease the pro-
uuclOn or wheat on a tract for the
several years necessary to secure the
~a4lmum benefits from alfalfa.
Inc present year the Agricultural
department of the State College has
astriouted In all parts of Washington
wv pounds of pure acclimated seed
urn Ihis represents only a fractional
part OF the amount which has been
panted. There is no doubt that the
s'"i 1910 witnesses the greatest plant
Is ana harvesting of corn ever seen
~ washington. With corn have come
stock. i' 'ii0ie ii'e
A' bryan believes that the introduc-
wv OF corn, red clover. alfalfa and
e eOlege wheat hybrids" into Wash
ms'on farming is a greater achieve
- u' Juan the erection on the Campus
~ splendid buildings and the installa.
W. W. lnerein of necessary equipment,
aO"eVer' the Institutional eouipment
~ Ia use by the twenty-one collegi.
mo- nv departments of the State College
R nss, slightly above $500, 900.
non,-ss now In use and put on the
a . Dy President Bryan inventory
vos sisntly above 100000. In other
nv nus, tne State College has developed
Il ano 100000 institution In 1898 to a
', NJ institution In 1915.
Rrr.s e may be some truth In Dr.
ialso iuea as to the value of corn. al
Wash,' eio'er and the new wheats In
Hvh... s.on. One of the new wheats Is
WIN sO.iu lZ8, bred from a cross of Jones
hIaAoa s Fife and Little Club. 1t has the
oua,,.,. Jest In yielding and milling
ts,taS :, VI any wheat yet grown and
Drod,,. washington. The increased
cured hr OF wheat In Washington Sc
vheo u oy the Introduction of the college
pavs =. 10 cents a bushel, more than
CoI,ar .or the entire plant of the state
sinco anu Its operating expenses
rs.ch. foundation. This conclusion Is
yisld ~ 0y comparing the average
syer.ea tne standard wheats and the
new s 81 higher yield and quality of the
eSs,ows heats. 1t is a conservative con.
q csn fact, understates the truth
tn n De easily shown.
the g. and and timber endowment of
servsS ''e College, which has been con.
Mr. R,u aather than exploited during
ID = yam administration, has reach.
slO0odp res value of not less than
alissS O '' Very little of this is vet re-.
ng ftp pom The student body now com
md al, ~ all counties of Washington
arapss - siues and towns of anv size av-
.OII ses above 1000, 1900 of whom have
pres;s aee standing. In 1893, when
ever Went J. Bryan arrived. there we're
lents enan 100 regularly enrolled stu
AMI uone OF whom were of collegiate
,ayOna' ew of the students. were from
eastern Washington, and the