The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-21
EXPERIMENT STATION
MAY Bt lUCk1ED
AT WINTER HAVEN

State Board OF Control, writing to
the editor of the Telegram, says:
The Board of Control met at Tai
lahassee last Monday, Nov. II. and
tie following day, Tuesday. we at
tended the chapel exercises at the
.State College for Women. Previous
to the hour in which the exercises
were conducted, several of the Board
Visited Miss Longmire's English
class.
II seems that she had instructed
the various members of this class to
write a composition or article on
the theme, My Duty to My Countr,
a. this Time"
1t so happened that while attend
Ing this class, l sat by Miss Loyola
Stacey, who comes from Lakeland.
She gave me the article that she had
pl epared on the above subject, AMI
upon reading it over after leaving
Tallahassee / found 1t SO good anu
we'll written that it was published
in today's issue of the Palm Beach
: Post. Copy of the paper is herewith
enclosed, and at the top of page :
you will find same.
lnasmuch as the chairman of the
Beard Of Control and his newspaper
appreciate the ability of a student
from your city attending the State
!, College for Women, trust you will
!, also give her well-written and pa.
). riotic article publicity.
n herewith enclose copy of law ap-
il proved June 4, 1917, same being an
C act to establish and maintain
branch experiment station In or nea!
: Winter Haven, Polk county, to con
due, field research on citrus prob
s. Ions. am sending copy of thi.
n law to other members of the Boar.
~ Of Control today.
The Board of Control will meet a
Tampa on Monday, Dec. 10, and /
;, may be that you and other Poll
y, county citizens would be intereste'
:. to such an extent that something cal
= be done or brought about whereof
the law as passed may be carried ou
BY the Board Of Control. To do this
" publicity is necessary that the citi
. '. zens of your county may know al
about it.
NJ The following is the copy OF tn
X. law above referred to:
an An act to establish and maintai
NJ branch experiment station IN c
MT near Winter Haven, Polk Co. State {
al Florida, to conduct field research o
NJ. citrus problems; to make it the dut
ne of the board of control to establis
on such branch station and to provit
nd for carrying on investigation therea
in Whereas, the citrus industry
ne Florida is recognized as an agrict
a tural asset of great magnitude to Il
nd, state; and
at. Whereas, there is annually 10
IN OF many thousands of dollars to sa
industry from attacks of insect pest
fungous diseases, and other caus
not we'll understood and,
he Whereas, further and more
- &c -
all ing the nature of such causes tefo
rs. effective methods can be devised
md combating them, and
m Whereas, additional funds are ne
rec essary and additional lands, inclu
i've ing ditrus trees in the citrus gro
sh- ing sections of the State, are need
nit by the Experiment Station of
University of Florida for succ ssf
ly conducting said Investigation
therefore,
DE 1T ENACTED BY THE LEG
red LATURE OF THE STATE
au> FLORIDA:
tne section J. That the Board of Ct
lee troll be authorized and directed to
ana cate, establish and maintain a bran
ana experiment station in or near Win
I'M Haven, Polk. county, in the citl
'teu growing section of the State, VIII,
insect pests diseases and other ag,
cies affecting the production of {
'ale rus fruits and citrus trees she'll
'uI studied.
give section 2 That the supervision a
,ar direction of the research work
are such a laboratory shall be vested
Dig the Board of Control
VIII Section 3-That the Board of G
can troll is hereby authorized to acc,
ded donations of lands, groves, monl
oers or ether things of value that may