Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-14
EXPERIMENT STATION
NEEDS MORE FUNDS

Lexington, Sept. l2-Little
additional progress can be made
| in the solution of the many farm
! problems that exist in Kentucky
until the support being given the
Keptucky Agricultural Expert
ment Station is increased, ac-
| cording to the 34th annual re-
port of the institution made by
Director Thomas p. Cooper. The
report covers the year 1921 and
adds that the only limit 10 the
assistance that may be given ag-
| riculture in the state is the linn
it Of the support given the sta
ton. Progress made during the
year in more than 50 typical lines
OF work IS outlined in the new
/ report together with the prob
lens existing at the present
time which need immediate in
| yestigation. New projects I'M
dertaken, changes in the station
! staff, prizes won by the station
Ihocks and herds and a list OF
trubliCatiOns. circulars. scientific
| papers and reports made by sta
ton workers also is given in the
report.
4 The present support of the
| experiment station is entirely i'll
adequate to enable it to meet ev-
Il the more pressing problems,
the report points out. The area
OF lands owned by the station
should be increased to at least
l6OC acres. Little additional pro-
! gress may be made in the con-
duct OF soil and crop experiment
| tai work at the station until
snlore land is available"
I Ten problems are enumerated
III the report that cannot be un-
| dertaken fully or are waiting acl
| ton until added support is avail
! able. Each problem is a state
| wide or early so while the ten Of
them indicate the pressing neef
for new Investigations in the
state, the report says. They are
outlined as: An investigation o.
1.-The method of control'of disease:
| affecting corn and tobacco. inves
| tigation to develop more ecOnon
ic method OF applying the princi-
pies and practices Of soil build,
| ing, a detailed soil survey of al
| important agricultural counties
methods Of organizing farms fol
profit, investigation of cause ane
| method Of control of abortion
particularly in swine and cattle
Investigation of the cause ane
control of sterility and barren
mess of stations and mares, de-
| termination OF the cost of mar.
keting farm products, the meth
Cd of organization of success
| full cooperative enterprises, the
conduct of an annual egg-layins
contest for the purpose of ascer
tanning the prolific strains of thu
.various breeds of fowls, and tn,
operation and establishment o
additional soil experiment field
and an experimental substation
New projects initiated during
| the wear are outlined as: Th'
pathology and bacteriology o
the reproductive organs OF tn
'. mare and their relation to steril
] ity, breeding experiments to de
ternine the behavior i'll inherl
lance of certain unit characters
relation of chemical character
to qualify III lea Tobacco, TIL
preparation of a dependable in
fusion for spraying from leaf to
baco or waste, Investigations re
i 1atine to the establishment o
] standard grades of tobacco an'
three distinct potato expert
ments. These included metho'
of producing disease-free seed
Investigations to determine tn
relative merits of strains of Pc
tatoes from a given variety ant
an investigation to determin,
4 the relative merits of northern
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