Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-24
EXPERIMENT STATION SHOWS
 VALUE OF ITS WORK

Do you known that corn is improved by being "double-crossed?" ?" That. blis- ted rust won't breed without gooseber- ries or entrants? What a quart of milk looks like -whenlit is taken apart? These are hints of the interesting instruction offered to those who devote proper atten- tion to the exhibit of the H Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station. which is part of the Connecticut Agricultural and Industrial, exposition now in pro gress at the state a-Tnory in Hartford. and to continue until next Wednesday night The facility with which the dis plays in the nine booths Of the ssatiens exhibit answer these and many other questions is illustrative the way in l which this agency of Connecticut agri- culture is fitted to answer the questions | and solve the problems of farmers and others in .this inquiring state.
 There Is that blister rust interloper | for instance It covers the bark of white pine trees with an orange growth that doesn't match their complication: that causes their leaves to turn brown and in i time kills them. It gets the prominence Of whole booth in the exhibit. But the l thing that interests tn, layman, and makes him remember, is the, fact that fungus gets it's start in life on the under i side of current or g5ose5erry leaf. i Then. it consists of yellow s3ots Later on still other leaves of this sort it is of a brownish color. Sufficiently ripened it l spreads to the pine ialls on the entrants or gooscherries, and the cycle begins again. But the inteesting fact is that lacking these necessary bushes, the pro- cess couldn't go on. The accompanying maps. show that this rust is found in pretty nearly all parts of the state. The Ie an and gooseberries. but to get. those which are carrying the rust.
 It is known c.nly to the elect that Con- necticut leads the Union in product per acre and quality of corn, Those who
 study the corn showing in this exhibit
 will better understand why. These ex- perts have taken c2rn apart and here
 they show you it's conpenents and the
 quantity of them in a pound-ash, off
 sugar and the rest. But that isn't any.
 thing to what they have achieved ir
 "Burbanking" corn. so to speak. Soli
 tary confinement isn't good f5r corn. they
 show The ear that has to depend on it;
 own pollen for setting in a very few
 seasons shows the weakness of inbreed ing. But across it with other breeds
 and immediately ,there is an improve
 ment. and double cross'' the breed |
 remarkable increase in size and quail
 ty. ] It is in the department of chemistry as applied to food tests that the myste. ries Of a quart of milk are revealed tC
 the world. r +.'-,
 The experiment. station has adapted tr
 Connecticut the Jersey motto. '"The Ms
 quito Must Co.," and it is written ovel one booth Down with the Mosquito" IT charts and statistics the menace of th> mosquito is shown. And there she is
 the pas:ilent Anopheles enlarged to six inch size. and ready for business. Chart
 show her trail from the marsh to thu
 fever patient, and frof the fever pa Itient to the unsuspectins victim. Tht simple remedy is: No stasnant water
 no mosquitoes, TO malaria"
 There is specific instructfon in the de partment of spraying, where is told hoy to combat all tree enemies. how an when to spray. Much attention is givel to other plant diseases and injuries o : which there are said to be nearly TO in Connecticut The little field nous gets "the cat set on him" by protcgra phic showing of the damage he doe: Fungi and mushrooms and toadstools ar
 shown to be something worse than bizaI
 re decorations of the landscape or ez lCuS0 loI dA cAlA 1 SlEiA 6 Oii O AioIcI DAA
 AiL these are enemies of legitfmat f plants, and are preseribed againset -
 It would take. disinterest in all thing i agricultural to prevent one from gettin > deeply absorbed in what this departmel ee of the exposition has to show. Citizer ; of Connecticut are likely to find hel II the most satisfactory answer. to ,tl
 question why they spend money on an .. pertinent station. -:''' -<