The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-02-02

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years 1913-1915. No one car
read this report without being inn
pressed with the vast amount Of
work now being done at the Exper.
iment Station, at Lexington, along
the line of progressive scientific
agriculture. The report shows
further that this work is by nc
means confined to Lexington ard
Central Kentucky. Within the
past two or three years, no less
than nine experimental fields have
been established, and brought I'M
der cultivation, on six Of the ter
principal soil areas of the state, The
object of these experimental fields
being the study Of the soil re-
quirements and crop rotations
necessary to bring the soils Of
these several sections of the state
to their highest degree of fertility
and productiveness. On some of
the badly worn land Of the state
the yield Of corn has already
been increased tenfold. The inter-
est in these experimental fields is
attested by the fact that within
the period included in this report,
the four experimental fields in
Western Kentucky have been visit
ed by no less than 1868 persons.
The work Of the Experiment Sta
ton has also included the expert
mental study and distribution of
new and improved varieties of
agricultural plants, including
harder and more productive va
rieties Of wheat, barley and oats.
A good work has also been done
for the farmers of the state in
the testing Of seeds and in the in
spection of nursery and florists
stock, the latter having for its OBJ
ject to prevent the introduction
into the state of destructive and
troublesome insect and fungus pests.
One Of the great activities Of
the Experiment Station has been
the production and distribution of
anti-hog cholera serum and the
vaccination of large numbers of
hogs against hog cholera. Since
the establishment of the serum
laboratory in 1911, no less than
ten million cubic centimeters of
hog cholera serum have been pro-
duced and distributed from the Sc
rum laboratory and 100000 hogs
have been inoculated against hog
cholera in ga counties of the state.
Serum depots and anti-hog cholera
clubs have been established in many
throughout the State. A
new department of diseases of live
stock. This department should
eminently useful to veterinarians
and breeders of live stock through
out the state.
Accurate soil surveys have been
completed of three counties within
the state and chemical studies
have been made of numerous soils
from the ten principal soil and
geological areas of the state. The
work of the Expert
ment Station also includes accurate
feeding studies ON dairy cattle and
mules and the principal meat-pro-
ducing animals, including poultry,
and breeding experiments are now
under way having for their object
to improve the wool producing
qualitis of the native Kentucky eve.
The work of the Experiment
Station also includes the analysis
and inspection of fertilizers, COM
mercial stuffs and foods and drugs.
Within recent years the Experiment
Station has become vast clearing
house for reliable information on
a great variety of agricultural
topics. The records of the Direc-
tors Office show, for example, that
within the past two years, no less
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