ffiW %. @. ©• fteconl VOLUME I. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896. NUMBER 28 been the safety of the institution, w as nevertheless pleased to note the b r e a k i ng of the shell of conserv atism on the one side, so as to a d m it ladies. He com mended the W e st to the young men, because of its r e a dy recognition of ability. There, not age, nor density of beard, b ut ability to work, is t he s t a n d a rd by which a m an is measured. Dr. Mayo spoke w i th an especial feeling of satisfac tion, because of the m a ny changes for the b e t t er in our College, a nd in himself since he left. "If anyone h ad told me ten y e a rs ago, when I s at in these seats, a little black-and-tan sophomore, t h at I should now be addressing you under these circumstances, it would h a ve been the most disastrous thing t h at could h a ve happened to me." He cautioned students against too strong a manifestation of independence in their rela tions to the College; a nd urged them, rather, to push together for the a d v a n c e m e nt of t he institution. ANTS E X P E RT HERDSMEN. Q. C. DAVIS. A note h as found i ts w ay to my desk asking t he why of a little incident noticed at t he greenhouse a few d a ys ago. Mr. Gunson, t he florist, in w a t e r i ng t he plants, u s es a spray of considerable force to w a sh off as m a ny of t he insects as possible. Many mealy bugs, Dacty- lopius citri Risso, w e re forced from a plant of t he Big- noniacse in this w ay a nd w a s h ed some distance from the plants. T he interesting f e a t u re w as in observing some small a n ts go almost immediately in search of t he little helpless mealy b u gs and, as soon as found, t a ke t h em in their j a w s, c a r ry t h em back a nd place t h em on t he p l a n ts again. T he explanation of this peculiar a ct on t he p a rt of t he a nt is easy w h en we know t h at she derives a large s h a re of her food from t h e se a nd similar little crea tures. We h a ve only to w a t ch a colony of p l a nt lice, Aphidse, a few m o m e n ts to see how t he a n ts a re fed. As t he a p h is is approached, t he a nt reaches out her a n t e n n ae a nd gently strokes t he honey t u b es of t he aphis until it begins secreting a s w e et liquid from these tubes. T he a nt t h en quietly d r i n ks this secre tion as long as it flows and, if not satisfied by t he one, will go to others in succession until enough food is obtained. T he mealy b ug feeds the a nt in t he same manner, though the secretion is not as g r e at as in the aphis;- T he young mealy bugs secrete more t h an t he older ones, a nd for this reason t he a n ts a re more mindful of them. seen ago, a n ts were T he a n ts t a ke good c a re of the little animals t h at In studying clover in supply so much of their food. sects a few y e a rs carrying aphides from p l a n ts t h at w e re dying from t he work In t he case of t he root borer to fresh living plants. of t he corn root aphis, we k n ow t h at t he a t t e n d a nt a n ts carry it to their n e s ts t he fall, care for it t h r o u gh the w i n t er a nd r e t u rn it to fresh p a s t u r es of c om the following spring. Surely the busy little a nt is a wise creature, n o t w i t h s t a n d i ng .Mark T w a in to t he contrary. Experiment Station, in CHAPEL TALKS. T he chapel exercises of l a st Monday morning were greatly enriched by t he short addresses m a de to the s t u d e n ts by P r e s i d e nt Fairchild of K a n s as Agricul t u r al College, a nd Mrs. Kedzie, Professor of Domestic In re Science a nd Hygiene in t he same institution. ply to P r e s i d e nt Snyder's felicitous r e m a rk in intro ducing the speakers to t he students, t h at "the chief c a u s es of the superior s t a n d i ng of the K a n s as Agricul t u r al College w e re now before t h e m ," Mrs. Kedzie responded t h at K a n s as w as much indebted to Michi g an for t he high standing of her college, as several m e m b e rs of her faculty were g r a d u a t es of this place, teacher here. while her president w as formerly a The K a n s as Agricultural College differed from t h at of Michigan in b ut one important respect, t h at of hav ing a course of instruction for women; a difference soon happily, to be removed. t h at college days a re one^s best d a y s; this ought not to be," said the speaker; "if we m a ke t he best use of today, it ought to p r e p a re the w ay for a better tomorrow." " It is often said to r e t u rn it seemed t h at t he College. I resident Fairchild observed like coming home Thirteen to y e a rs of his life h ad been spent at this place, much t he most i m p o r t a nt of t h at life he considered t h e m. In going about t he grounds old scenes were continu ally revived in his mind, but the one place not changed by all t he y e a rs t h at h ad passed, w as the strip of l a wn directly west of College Hall. PROFESSOR EDITH F. McDERMOTT. T HE RECORD is indebted to the Heliotstat Board for the above cut of Miss E d i th F. McDermott, who h as j u st been elected to the position of Professor of Do mestic Economy a nd Household Science at t he Michi gan Agricultural College. Miss E d i th F. McDermott, a native of Meadville, Pa., received her literary training in the high school of t h at city, a nd in Allegheny College, She then en tered Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, a nd took up the work along the lines of Domestic Economy a nd House hold Science. After completing this w o rk a nd gradu ating w i th honors, she took charge of the cooking a nd Domestic Science D e p a r t m e nt of a large industrial school. H er work in this position has been of a very high order a nd has brought her to the notice of m a ny prominent educators. She is a w o m an of thorough scholarship a nd training; has more t h an an ordinary a m o u nt of tact and general good sense. If the same success a t t e n ds her efforts in this College t h at h as characterized all her p a st work, the success of the new d e p a r t m e nt is fully assured. ORCHARD GRASS, COCK'S FOOT, DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ABSTRACT OF A GRADUATING THESIS BY C. A; JEWELL. P r e s i d e nt Fairchild referred also to t he close re t h at semblance between the College in K a n s as a nd in Michigan. The new course for women promised nothing, he thought, but good for the future—"it will be indeed t he b e t t er half of the College." T u e s d ay morning Prof. F. B. Mumford, '91, of the Missouri Agricultural College, a nd Dr. N. S. Mayo, '88, of t he K a n s as Agricultural College, occupied chairs with t he faculty d u r i ng chapel exercises, a nd responded to Pi-esident Snyder's invitation to a d d r e ss t he t he students. Prof. Mumford, while he a d m i r ed spirit of conservatism at M. A, C, a spirit which h as ' Orchard g r a ss is a native iof Europe, a nd is now found in northern Africa, India, a nd North America. It h as been in cultivation in E n g l a nd since 1763, a nd is considered of great value. In t h is country it h as been more or less tried in Virginia. K e n t u c k y, T e n n es see, New York, Massachusetts, a nd m a ny of t he west ern s t a t e s. It grows in bunches to the height of t wo to five feet; it is a perennial, producing n u m e r o us long, broad leaves. The panicle is easily distinguished by its crowded a nd n e a r ly sessile spikelets a r r a n g ed in a branching one-sided panicle, which w h en inverted a nd pressed out on a flat surface p r e s e n ts the idea of a bird's foot. Because it thrives so well in s h a dy places it h as been called O r c h a rd g r a s s. T he fibrous roots often p e n e t r a te to a d e p th of three feet or more. T he p l a nt w h en it h as a good chance is very vigorous. T he culms a re stout, erect, r a t h er rough a nd not very numerous—perhaps t w e n ty to a bunch. (Numerous d r a w i n gs a nd h e r b a r i um specimens ac company t he text.—Ed.) T he d r a w i n gs show how stout, erect b r a n c h es grow within t he closed s h e a t hs n e ar t he ground. These branches a re from half an inch to two inches long, •and in t u rn p u sh up other b r a n c h e s; in this w ay the b u n ch seems to gradually creep up above the ground. Some of t he short b r a n c h es b e ar no spikelets, b ut numerous leaves, a nd a re k n o wn as sterile shoots. The leaves spring from t he superficial p a rt of t he nodes or joints, a nd a re a r r a n g ed alternately in t wo t he vertical r a n ks or rows. T he is sheath a nd s u r r o u n ds t he stem completely. At t he upper p a rt of the s h e a th is a little tongue, k n o wn as the ligule, from which extends the blade which curves a w ay from t he stem. lower portion A microscopic examination shows the leaf to have several vertical rows of epidermal cells, penetrating quite deeply into t he leaf on the upper side j u st over che midrib. These peculiar cells are k n o wn as bulli- form or hygroscopic cells a nd are very sensitive to al terations of dry or moist air. The contraction of these cells when dry causes the two sides of t he leaf to close up a g a i n st each other, m u ch as t he t wo halves of* a long, n a r r ow book would close up. This closing of the leaves in dry time diminishes the leaf surface t h at is exposed nearly one-half. The minute s t r u c t u re of the roots a nd leaves were studied. Some experiments were made by setting long tile over bunches of the grass. T he experiment showed t h at the leaves elon g a te by a g r o w th j u st at the base of the blades. The youngest p a rt of t he blade is t he lower p a r t; t he older is t he upper part. The leaves a re t h us admirably a d a p t ed for pastures. W h en the tips of t he leaves are eaten off by cattle, they usually continue to elongate by multiplication of cells, as has been mentioned, at t he base of the blade. D r a w i n gs show t he spikelets, the t wo empty glumes, t he t wo to five florets, t he shape a nd s t r u c t u re of the low small grain. T he I o d i d es a re delicate organs, down in t he floret, a nd w h en t he flower is ready to open t he turgescence of these t wo bodies, spreads the glumes, exposing t he t h r ee s t a m e ns a nd t he t wo deli cate feathery stigmas. Soon after flowering, t he lodi- cules wither, never to e x p a nd again. Young p l a n ts were g r o wn from t he seed in a d a mp place, pressed, dried, a nd pasted to a sheet of paper. In ten d a ys t he plant w as t wo a nd a half inches high; in t w e n ty days, larger, a nd four inches high; in forty • days, fifteen inches high. Orchard g r a ss produces seed freely, usually blos soming b ut once during t he year, a nd t h at from t wo to four weeks in a d v a n ce of Timothy. A bushel in t he chaff weighs from twelve to fifteen pounds, a nd re tails at about one dollar a nd a half per bushel. To s a ve t he seed, cut t he grass w h en mature, bind a nd set t he bundles t wo by two in shocks w h e re they s t a nd till thoroughly dry a nd t he tops become brittle. An acre yields from five to fifteen or more bushels of seed. Orchard g r a ss likes a deep, rich loam, a nd will s t a nd dry w e a t h er very well, though it likes moist w e a t h er much better. A top dressing of m a n u re is of great value. This g r a ss is seldom troubled by disease; some times by ergot, a nd to a slight extent by rust. A n u m b er of chemists from 182G to t he present time h a ve analyzed Orchard grass, all agreeing t h at w h en in good condition it is very nutritious w h en compared w i th other grasses in cultivation. T he newly g r o wn i leaves contain one-half more nutrition t h an t he older ones. In England, a nd in some portions of this country, tested, the use for p a s t u re is of w h e re thoroughly most importance. W h en young, all kinds of grazing a n i m a ls a re fond of it. T he g r a ss comes forward very early in t he spring a nd g r o ws till l a te in t he fall, furnishing m a ny fresh bites. It endures dry w e a t h er well, a nd will e n d u re m u ch t r a m p i ng by cattle. F or good bay, Orchard g r a ss must be cut as soon as 2 T HE M. A. C. K E C O K D. JULY 28, 1896. in flower, or better if cut a little sooner, otherwise the stems become woody and the hay will be of inferior quality. In favorable seasons two or three crops may be mown in one year. It is oftener commended for its affording fine pastures than for its supply of hay. It flowers as early as early red clover. Very remarkable and very valuable varieties and races of corn and wheat have been secured by the process of selection. In a similar manner selections of Orchard grass have been made. Six years ago five selections of bunches were made at the College, and they have grown ever since in the grass garden. Her barium specimens are here exhibited, with dates and measurements: One plat showed flowers on May 4, another not till May 13. One plant had leaves 5V& millimetres wide, another 9 m.m. wide. Some had rather stiff, erect leaves, while others had weaker leaves. There was much difference in the shades of color. The seeds from these plats were saved and sown by Mr. Crozier, and to a considerable degree the seedlings came quite true to the parent plants. There are many good reasons why farmers would do well to add to their list of grasses and other for age plants, and not continue as in the past, to sow only timothy and clover. We have no hesitation in claiming a high place for Orchard grass as one suit able to many farms of Michigan. Botanical Department. AT THE COLLEGE. The base ball team elected C. H. Adams captain last Wednesday. Instructor Pashby is entertaining his sister, Miss Alice Pashby, of Toledo. Rainfall at the College for July, 6.68 inches. Last Sunday 3.48 inches fell. Prof. A. B. Peebles, '77, left for Storrs, Conn., Satur day evening, taking with him a horse—a near relative to Maud S. Since the beginning of the experiment by Prof. Peebles to learn the cost of board, the refuse appears to have diminished. Columbian society entertained their lady friends last Friday evening. A very pleasant time is re ported by those present. The family of Dr. Grange have returned from a visit of several months in Canada to their home on Seymour street, Lansing. Miss Nellie Mayo is the guest of Miss Jennie Buell, in Lansing. She makes frequent calls at M. A. C, where she has many friends. The roof hat been removed from the wing of Abbot Hall and workmen are putting up the second story—the model kitchen for girls. The Hesperian Society entertained their lady friends last Friday evening. After a potpourri program they indulged in dancing until 11 o'clock. At the time of the Odd Fellows' picnic a girl's plaid coat was left on a settee near the greenhouse, which the owner Can have by calling on Mrs. Gunson. The senior class, in surveying, took midnight obser vations on Polaris two nights last week, to determine the true meridian and the magnetic declination. The King's Daughters meet with Mrs. Wiel a week from tomorrow. Those who forgot their pound at the last meeting, please send it to Mrs. Wiel by Wednes day of this week. On wet days and at odd times, the teams of the Farm Department are kept busy scraping off the bank and covering stone and brash in place of the wash out, south of the dam. D. B. Baldwin, the engineer who succeeds E. A. Edgerton, moved his family and household goods into the residence near the boiler house last Monday. He anticipates a good deal of hard work during the year. The last number of the Farmer's Advocate, London, Ont., contains nice electrotypes of the graduating class of the Agricultural College at Guelph, Ont. A word to our seniors: You furnish the cuts, THE REC ORD will do the rest. Now that the Street Railway Company and the city council have settled all differences on the paving ques tion, it is hoped and believed that we may soon note the extension of the College line to a convenient ter minal point on the campus. The Misses Wheeler gave a delightful entertainment to about twenty of their friends last Friday evening. The features of the evening were the "Side talks with girls." Misses Charlotte and Rebecca McCallum, Lu Baker, and Mr. L. H. Baker were out from the city. five million, and he expects to greatly increase the output for the coming year. J. T. Stimson ('90, of Iowa Agricultural College), Fayetteville, Arkansas, visited the College last week. He is Horticulturist of the Experiment Station. He says of Prof. G. L. Tetter, '88, the chemist: "You can't say anything to good of him. Everyone likes him. He is thoroughly competent and reliable." For several weeks plumbers have been at work in Williams and Wells Halls. When they have finished, it is expected that the sanitation of these dormitories will be complete and perfect. In connection with the plumbing, a sewer is being constructed from the west side of Williams Hall to the main sewer near the Physical Laboratory. The college is much indebted to the boy choir of the Lansing Episcopal Church for the excellent music given by them in the chapel services Sunday. The sermon presented by Mr Osborne was addressed particularly to the students of the College, and supplemented by the impressive service of the Episcopal church, made an en joyable contrast to the ordinarily more simple exercises. In No. 3 a plot of rye was seeded to clover last It has been cut at three different times to spring. illutrate the influence of early cutting of the nurse crop on the growth of the clover. The results are very marked. The season has been favorable, which les sens the difference between the various cuttings, but still the clover is much larger, more vigorous and promising, where the rye was earliest cut. G. E. Hancorue, "90, when he began thesis work for his master degree here a few weeks ago, complained a little of a pain in his side. This gradually grew worse until last Tuesday, when he was obliged to take to his bed. Dr. Ranney was called and diagnosed his case as appendicitis. Sunday an operation was performed, and at present Mr. Hancorne seems to be resting easily. His father is with him and his wife is expected tomorrow. Dr. and Mrs. Beal entertained the seniors and about twenty young ladies last Thursday evening. The rooms were very prettily decorated with flowers—ver benas and yellow day-lilies with maiden hair ferns, cardinal flowers with periwinkle, tiger lilies with os trich ferns, and roses with their own foliage. Miss Nellie Mayo, of Battle Creek, was present, and deliv ered several very interesting and pleasing recitations. Parti.nage brothers and Eastman furnished music. The drive through the College farm has heretofore ended on the farther side of the Grand Trunk rail road. It is now being graded and gravelled as far as the D., L. & N., and will probably be extended be fore fall to the south line of the farm. The wagon track is laid out with slight grades and it is the* in tention of the farm department to demonstrate a sys tem of construction and maintenance of country roads over ground originally rough and uneven both as to grades and road material. R. S. Baker, '89, arrived at the College Saturday morning. In the afternoon he and Mrs. Baker, '90, together with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Baker, '89, Misses Lu Baker and Lucy Davis, and Messrs. L. H. Baker, '93, and D. J. Crosby '93, took a bicycle ride to the " red bridge," near the former home of J. H. F. Mullet, '89, where they feasted on wild blackberries and numerous civilized edibles. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Baker leave today for St. Croix Falls, Wis., to spend a vacation of five weeks. A graduate of this College, now living in this state, writes: "I want quite a number of gardeners, florists, nurserymen and cultivators of the soil generally, to help develop a tract of land which I have, just inside the city limits. If you will suggest any way of reach ing the students at the College, I shall deem it a favor, and if you will give me the names of any students there who want to go into business this year, I will write them personally. There is an especially good opening for an energetic young man with a little money who understands greenhouse work or the nur sery business, who will take charge of a cemetery in addition to raising plants and flowers." R. M. Kellog, of Three Rivers (formerly of Ionia), the well-known fruit grower, dealer in small fruit plants, and lecturer at institutes, visited the College on onday. or five or six j^ears Mr. Kellogg has spent one or more days here, looking over the small fruit plantations and studying the characteristics of the new varieties in order to post himself upon their mer its. Upon his new farm in Three Rivers he has just put in an irrigating plant with which he applies the water to his berry plants by the method employed in the College garden. Mr. Kellog's sales of strawberry plants alone for the past season amounted to about As noted in this column recently, there are some bicyclists who persist in wheeling on the cinder walk at the entrance to the grounds, to the peril of pedes trians. Several narrow escapes from injury have been serious accident. Last reported and at least one Wednesday a wheelman coasting down this walk, without ringing a bell or giving other warning, struck and threw to the ground a lady, who had heard no signal of his approach. As a result, the authorities are considering the enforcement of a penalty for wheeling on the walk or the alternative of making it impassible for bicycles. Either of these seems too much of a concession to the bicycle beast, who de serves rather a ducking or a whipping. The game of ball last Saturday, M. A. C. vs. Holt, was watched with interest by base ball men of the college, because every player except the pitcher played a new position. The visitors were weak in team work and fumbled the grounders. The battery work of Warren and Adams was excellent. Warren held the visitors down to 6 hits and struck out 14 men Score: M. A. C Holt 6 4 2 3 5 0 3 1 10 1 8 9 R HB 1 *—13 11 3 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0— 56 10 7 Batteries—M. A. C, Warren and Adams; Holt, Elliot, Manley and Gunn. Base on balls off Warren 4, off Elliott 5, off Manley 3. Struck out by Warren 14, by Elliot 1, by Manley 5. Double plays, Holt, Gunn to Manley to Pratt. Geo. T. B'airchild, LL. D., president of the State Ag ricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas, visited friends; at M. A. C. for several days, beginning on the 19th instant. He graduated at Oberlin College, in the Lit erary department and in the Theological department. He became Instructor in English at this college in 1865,. was professor of History and English Literature 1866 to 1879, and during one year in the absence of Presi dent Abbot, he acted as president of the College. Sev enteen years ago he accepted the position he still holds. Although patterned to a great extent after M. A. C, the Kansas Agricultural College has deviated fromi us in adhering to one course for all, viz., that in Agriculture. The continuous occupancy of the presi dent's chair by one person well qualified for the posi tion has bad a marked effect on the College and has made it one of the very best and the largest in the United States. Set-backs and turmoils have been avoided; progress has been continuous. Mr. Chas. E. Greening, of Monroe, a member of the firm of Greening Bros., nurserymen of that place, made his first visit to the College July 20. A large part of the day was spent inspecting the new fruits that are now coming into bearing in the College or chards. Greening Bros, are about to issue a new edi tion of their large descriptive catalogue, and in order to make it of value to their customers and others into whose hands it may fall, they have requested the horticultural department of the Experiment Station to revise the descriptions of the varieties offered for sale. Not only will the names be made to conform to the approved nomenclature, but they desire to have changes made in the descriptions wherever necessary to make them reliable. The catalogue will also con tain complete cultural directions, including directions for spraying and for preparing insecticides. The Greening Bros, have been in the nursery business for thirteen years, and their success illustrates what can be accomplished by push and good business manage ment. They began without capital and at first did all of the work themselves, using one horse. Their nur sery now covers 600 acres, and they use more than twenty horses and employ several hundred men in the busy season, while their correspondence occu pies the time of one of the firm with the help of four stenographers. NEW FORCING HOUSE. » Work has commenced on the new forcing house for the Horticultural Department. It will be a lean-to or side-hill hotise and will be located upon the steep hill side east of the grapery, upon the site of the old vine yard. The house will be 35 by 50 feet, with a slope nupon the ground of 12 degrees, and with a slope of the roof of 20 degrees. The south wall will be five feet in height, one-half of which will be of glass. The roof will be of cypress sash bars and 16x16 doublo strength glass. Heat will be supplied by the Hitch- ings' hot water heater in the grapery, through two- inch gas pipes. The house will be used for the forcing of such veg etables as lettuce, radishes, parsley, asparagus, rhu- JULY 28, 1806. T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD barb, and mushrooms, and will be valuable for the purpose of illustrating winter vegetables growing to the regular and special students. Beyond this the house will be useful for determin ing a number of points that are as yet in dispute. Among them will be the comparative value of subirri- gation and surface watering, upon different soils and for different crops; of raised benches and solid beds, both with and without botoni heat; of butted and lapped glass; and of the different varieties for forcing purposes. Aside from the above, various tests of fertilizers will be made. To some extent the house itself will be an experiment, as it will be the first of the kind in the state. ONE OF OUR GRADUATES. The subject of this sketch is one of a large number of M. A. C. graduates who have made their way through College by their own individual efforts. The fact that any young man is capable of making a good College record, and at the same time earn enough to pay his own expenses, raises him above the plain of his fellows. Mr. Jason E. Hammond was twenty-one years old when he entered M. A. C. For five years he had paid his own way and assisted an invalid sister at a sani tarium. By hard work he had enough ahead to carry him through one term. One of the writer's most vivid recollections of first days at M. A. C. is the method and care with which his room mate counted every cent and calculated just how far it would carry him in the College course. Every spare minute, every Saturday, and every vacation was looked forward to with pleas ure as an opportunity for paid labor. A rainy Sat urday was a calamity liable to be followed by a blue week. Only by good food and care is it possible for any one to successfully carry such a continuous strain of mental and manual labor. Mr. Hammond soon became a force in the student body, from the very first he was a leader in good gov ernment, in the class room and in his society. Almost every high office in class, society and student gov ernment was filled by him. His reputation for good management elected him steward of one of the board ing clubs, making it easier for him to keep in the course. Members of the faculty soon recognized that he had right ideas of law and order, and that his in fluence was valuable in the student body. He grad uated in '86 with honors. He began teaching in Hills dale county and his numerous successes as teacher and commissioner together with his thorough knowl edge of school law, made made him the first choice of Prof. Pattengill in the office of Public Instruction. Every one knows of the masterly way in which Mr. Hammond has filled the office of Deputy Superintend ent of Public Instruction for the past four years. Mr. Hammond was married in 1893 to Miss Whittier, of Jonesville. They have a very pleasant home in the city at which all M. A. C. friends always find a wel come. Mr. Hammond is now a prominent Republican can didate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. P. B. W. ASSISTANT IN BACTERIOLOGY. J. E. Marshall, Ph. B., who is to assist Dr. Grange in the bacteriological work of the station, comes to us from the University of Michigan, where he has been the instructor in bacteriology and the assistant of Dr. Vaughan for three years. Born in Ohio, his early education was obtained in the schools of New York. He graduated from the State Normal school at Fredonia, and came thence to the University of this state, where he took his degree in 1894, meantime taking two years of the medical course and completing the literary course. Thereafter he took post-graduate work in bacteri ology, hygiene, and organic chemistry, and at the same time gave instruction to the large classes in bacteriology in that institution. Mr. Marshall is still a young man, on the bright side of 30, and is full of enthusiasm and "good works." He has recently manifested his excellent judgment by uniting his fortunes with those of one of New York's fair daughters. We wish for them here a most happy and fortunate beginning of their married life. - There now remain only two colleges in th<> west which do not admit women—Wabash and Illinois—tix. V % WF CUT OF THE NEW WHEATS FOR MICHIGAN In order to give the farmers a good idea of the habit of growth of the three new w«heats now being intro duced into our state, the above illustration is presented of the wheats cut at the ground level on June 30, as they were growing on the College farm, and a small bunch of the wheat heads cut three days later. The specimens were mounted side by side, with a yard stick in the center to give a standard of the height of the crop, as it stood in the field. After these were properly arranged, Prof. Woodworth photographed the group, and from this photograph the cut was made. The habit of growth of Voigt's White Star, or "Corinth Clawson," with its bold heads; of the Buda Pest, with its bearded heads, in the center; and the strong growth of the bold Dawson's Golden Chaff, give a fair idea of the appearance of the crop in the field and the manner of growth, of the three varieties. As they grew in the field they were a fine sight. It is hoped that the cut will enable the farmers to get a glimpse of their appearance in the field. BOTANIC NOTES. DR. W. J. BEAL. Our pieces of orchard grass were cut early, and al ready a second growth of leaves is knee-high to the cattle. Conspicuous among the plants now in flower are car dinal flowers, wild rice, trumpet creeper, martyinas, buttonbush. There is something attractive, even beautiful, in the details of some of the fifteen kinds of thistles in the Botanic Garden. We should apply to them the term "picturesque." The compas plant and rosin weeds (Silphiums), five in number, are now at their best. They are coarse plants, nearly related to the sunflower; some of them are eight feet high. Better than a Zinnia, as we believe, are the large orange-colored flowers of Rudbcckia speciosa, now in full bloom. The wild plants were found in a wet place near the river at North Lansing. No, the leaves of that patch of cockleburs in the weed garden are not annoyed by black lice. They are suffering terribly from a rust, a bad thing for the weed, but a good thing for people who have no use for weeds. Wild asters from the upper peninsula are already well along in flower, having formed the habit, after long experience, of starting early and keeping right at it, making the best use possible of the long days of summer. How long it will take them in our garden to change this habit we have not determined. Some years ago, Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, director of the Experiment Station at Geneva, New York, sent us a root of cord grass {Spartina cynosuroidcs). The grass bears very long, stout, drooping leaves, which present, a pleasing appearance. In the case in question, the leaves are striped more or less with bands of yellow. See plants in the grass garden, worthy of promotion to the flower borders near the greenhouse. A large per cent, of the leaves of plants are destitute of hairs on the surfaces while some are very smooth. From the smooth leaves, drops of dew or rain soon dis appear, often rolling off entire, while on hairy leaves like those of crab-grass or finger-grass (Panirinn xan- yuinale) numerous drops remain impaled by the scat tered stiff hairs. Crab-grass is an annual weed, com mon in gardens and fields, and is now rapidly taking possession of the students' cindei? track. For two years a small barberry bush has been grow ing where it was set in the midst of the grass garden. This spring the young leaves were well peppered with yellow cluster cups, the "germs" of which came from a rust on the neighboring grasses. For a month, nu merous kinds of grasses near the barberry bush are thickly covered with rust. When grass, or wheat, or oats, or rye catch the rust from the barberry, there will be little of the red rust, but much of the black rust. the In the eases referred to, the straws of grasses are annoyed by black rust. This black rust is the prevailing form which annoys the English farmer who calls it "mildew." Two years ago the professor of botany purchased half a bushel of seed of June grass for seeding the new paths in the Botanic Garden. The Lansing mer chant put up seed of orchard grass in its place, and sent to the College. A good part of the seed was sown before the professor had examined it. The gar dener spent a day or more removing the surface soil to get out the seeds. June grass was then sown, and in due time some of the remaining seeds of orchard grass came up with the June grass. Several days more have been occuped in removng the orchard grass from the In the weed garden, and some other little paths. patches on the bank, the narrow paths were sown with the orchard grass. Is the merchant responsible for the seeds he sells, or can he impose on a customer with impunity? C. L. Bemis, '74, is.one of the most prominent can didates for member of the State Board of Education. For twenty years he has been actively engaged in school work as teacher in the public schools, Commis sioner of Schools in Ionia county, -and Superintendent of the Ionia city schools, which position he now holds. If records speak, no better man could be chosen for this position. 4 T HE M. A. 0. K E C O E D. JULY 28, 1896. The M. A. C. Reeord. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE E D I T ED BY T HE F A C U L T Y, ASSISTED BY T HE STUDENTS. A D D R E SS A LL M A IL TO L O CK B OX 262, L A N S I N G, M I C H. S U B S C R I P T I O N, 50 CENTS P ER Y E A R. Business Office with R O B E RT S M I TH P R I N T I NG C O ., Printers and Binders, 108-120 Michigan Ave. West, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lapsing, Mich. For various reasons T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD is occasionally sent to those who have n ot bubscribed for t he paper. Such persons need have no hesitation about t a k i ng t he paper from the post- office, for no charge will be m a de for it. T he only way, how ever, to secure t he RECORD regularly is to subscribe. T HE sermon to t he senior class will be preached by t he Rev. T h o m as Chalmers, of P o rt H u r o n. President Snyder is of t he opinion t h at a baccalaureate a d d r e ss on some political, moral, or semi-religious subject should not t a ke t he place of a sermon delivered by some one properly ordained for such service. While this College is not sectarian, y et it is distinctively re ligious. E a ch day's work is begun by devotional ex ercises, and in addition to t he work done by t he Y. M. C. A. a nd Society of King's Daughters, preaching is h e a rd each Sunday in t he chapel. It seems altogether proper t h at t he religious exercises of t he year shouftr- close with a special sermon to t he out-going class. * * * Off ANOTHER p a ge of T HE RECORD a p p e a rs t he offi cial directory of t he n u m e r o us societies at t he College. Those w ho h a ve never been s t u d e n ts m ay n ot fully u n d e r s t a nd t he n a t u re of t he work performed by t he m e m b e rs of m a ny of t h e se organizations. They usually meet on S a t u r d ay evenings, dressed in their "Sunday best." They evince great interest a nd care in t he selection of n ew members, a nd after election, strive to keep t h em in the right course, as one brother looks after another, not only in scholarship, b ut in right doing. If a m e m b er is sick or destitute, his a s sociates strive to help him. The program is very often a good one, well carried out, consisting of quotations from some author, declamations, biographies, essays, orations, debates, notes on p a r l i a m e n t a ry law, instru mental music, songs, etc. One of t he oldest members serves as critic, a nd performs all t he duties devolving on such officer without fear or favor, t he m e m b e rs respecting t he criticisms, as they know it is for their best interest. Non-attendance or failure to perform t he p a rt assigned, without a good excuse, is not in frequently accompanied by a tine, which is consid ered a disgrace to t he delinquent. They t a ke great pride in keeping t he room of their society well fur nished, clean a nd in good repair. Near t he close of each t e rm n ew officers a re elected to serve t he ensu ing term. In this w ay each has an opportunity to be tactics a nd ac come well versed in p a r l i a m e n t a ry quire t he habit of self reliance, so valuable to a ny one at numerous gatherings during a busy life. It is justly claimed t h at no time at the College is more profitably spent t h an t h at in a t t e n d i ng the meet- tings of one of t he best of these societies. T he n ew student should be in no g r e at h a s te to join a ny society on account of a ny rosy s t a t e m e n ts he h as heard re garding t he qualifications of its members, b ut make diligent inquiry of some of t he faculty or other friends. T he most valued a nd confidential associ a t es of a student in College a re usually those who a re members of his society, hence t he great importance of m a k i ng a good choice. COMMENCEMENT. T he exercises of commencement week, August 9-14, promise to be among t he most brilliant ever held at t he College. E v e r y t h i ng is well in h a n d; t he work of t he s t u d e n ts is well a d v a n c e d; a nd a steadily in creasing interest is manifest. F or some years t he custom h as been for t he presi dent's a d d r e ss to be t he m a in f e a t u re of t he Sunday preceding commencement day. This year t he College proposes to go back to t h at time-honored New E n g l a nd institution, a genuine baccalaureate sermon; a nd it h as invited the Rev. Thos. Chalmers, a gifted young divine of Port Huron, to preach it. The time is Aug. 9, at 10 a. m. s t a n d a r d, a nd t he place is t he chapel of the College. T he second event of t he week will be t he a n n u al joint celebration of t he College societies a nd fraterni ties, which will t a ke place Aug. 11, at 8 p. m. T he ex ercises of t he evening will consist of contests between representatives of t he societies a nd fraternities for three medals offered by t he College. T he declaimer's medal, a handsome solid silver disk, will be contested for by Mr. C. D. Butterfield, t he representative of t he Eclective Society, a nd Miss Sadie Champion, of t he F e r o n i an Society. The other two medals a re of gold, and a re offered for excellence in oratory a nd debate. Messrs. N. M. Morse, of t he Olympic Society, L. D. Sees, of t he Hesperian Society, a nd O. P. West, of t he Columbian Society, Avill contest for t he orator's medal; while B. A. Bowditch, of P hi Delta T h e ta F r a ternity, a nd L. S. Munson, of t he Union L i t e r a ry So ciety, in competition for t he debater's medal, will dis cuss t he election of United States Senators by direct popular vote. All regular College duties will cease on Wednesday, t he 12th, at midday. In t he afternoon, at 3 p. in., t he final battalion drill will t a ke place in t he presence of the U. S. a r my inspector for this district, a nd t he ad In -the eA^ening t he various societies jutant-general. and fraternities will entertain their friends. These society reunions are usually among the most charming- features of t he College comencement. On Thursday, t he g r a d u a t i ng class will hold its final class-day. T he exercises will consist of an ad dress by t he class president, Geo. Williams, an ora tion by C. A. Jewell, a class history by L. P. Fimple, a poem by L. D. Sees, prophecy by R. B. Buek, a nd a class paper by N. M. Morse. In t he evening P r e s i d e nt and Mrs. Snyder will hold a reception, to which a re invited t he College population a nd their guests. The commencement d ay is F r i d a y, Aug. 14. T he exercises of t he d ay will begin at 10 o'clock in t he Armory, a nd will consist of an address on "Transpor tation," by E. D. Partridge, t he College representa tive of t he Mechanical D e p a r t m e n t; an a d d r e ss on Sir John L a ws a nd his work for Agriculture, by C. H. Briggs, t he College representative of t he Agricultural D e p a r t m e n t; a nd an address by W m. Kent, of N ew York, t he orator of t he d a y, w ho will handle some topic connected with the mechanical side of our social life. After these addresses, t he medals contested Sbr on t he Tuesday evening preceding, will be presented to t he successful contestants; t he president will m a ke a short address to the g r a d u a t i ng class; t he diplomas will be presented, a nd t he w o rk of t he y e ar will be closed. During all t he exercises of the week, excellent music will be provided. In conclusion, we would again urge o ur friends to m a ke our boys happy by a large attendance. We be lieve you will be well repaid. Come up a nd see t he well-equipped specimens of manhood t he Agricultural College t u r ns out. . THE FARMER'S TABLE. MRS. MARY A. MAYO. if it is begun soon enough a nd in t he right w a y. Not long ago we invited a mother a nd h er little girl of four years to come to dinner. T he mother declined because, as she said, her child behaved so at t he table she could not t a ke h er a n y w h e r e. O ur children will go from home some time, a nd there is nothing t h at their shows good breeding a nd training more t h an demeanor at table. I pity t he young person w ho is obliged to go out into t he world a nd meet people, who h as not had proper training in regard to m a n n e rs a nd deportment at home. fruit, flour, W i th plenty t h at is ours (and despite t he h a rd times we h a ve h ad food in abundance) we need not sit at meagre board—plenty of vegetables, moat, cream, butter, ice, a nd t he necessary groceries —every farmer's wife c an set a table fit for kings to flowers, a nd evey family should dine if you have least. L et a small, low bouquet have a few at grace t he f a r m e r 's table; not a high a r r a n g e m e nt t h at is easily overturned, or t h at hides even t he face of t he smallest child; b ut a few loose flowers nicely a r r a n g ed in a low, flat dish. Let each meal h a ve t he best of a ll qualities served with it, a nd t h at is good cheer. We believe every person should be at his best at t he table. L et no disappointment or failure be recounted; w h a t e v er may have gone wrong on t he farm out of doors, let it be left there, a nd t he father bring nothing b ut kind w o r ds a nd a happy heart. If mother is tired, head aching, or feet so weary, let h er show a b r a ve face, though keeping back a ny complaining, for, surely, all m ay pity, t he recounting of ills will only sadden the h e a r ts t h at else would be gay. We have seen some families t h at found or m a de it a convenience to take their medicine at t he table. If it m u st be "taken before meals" let it be w h e re others will not h a ve t he benefit of seeing t he nauseous stuff swallowed. Never wait until t he family a re at t he table a nd then tell of t he misdemeanor of some of t he children. We have known p a r e n ts to be so injudicious as to do this. T he little eyes would fill with tears, face all aflame at t he thought of being reproved before others, sobs rise in the throat, and the whole meal spoiled be cause a p a r e nt h as been so unwise. Not only w as t he child deprived of i ts food, b ut t he shock to sensi tive nerves a nd a feeling of injustice h as so smitten it t h at it h as been wounded worse t h an blows would have done. Study these children's n a t u r e s, know how best to t r a in each one, a nd never wound its spirit nor crush or b r e ak its will, b ut t r a in it, helping it to t a ke care of a nd help itself. We believe in having good times at t he table, t a k i ng plenty of time to eat, a nd all t he time you w a nt to talk. Talk about w h at you have read; l et t he conver sation be so directed t h at t he children will be d r a wn cut, a nd let t h em talk, telling funny stories a nd good jokes. If friends or s t r a n g e rs sit at t he board, m a ke no excuse as to t he quality or q u a n t i ty of t he food, but m a ke them feel t h at they a re heartily welcomed. . Over all a nd with all let love abound, for "better is a dinner of herbs w h e re love is t h an a stalled ox a nd hatred therewith."—Grange Visitor. We believe t h at if any one h as earned a well-spread table and should h a ve it, it is t he farmer's family. By well-spread we mean clean, white linen, p r e t ty dishes, and plenty of well-cooked, wholesome food. AVe a re fearful t h at sometimes we do not give suffi cient care to the appearance of our family table. W h en company comes we w a nt to m a ke it look as nice as possible. T he best dishes a re brought out, silver knives and forks taken out of t he wrappings, a ny piece of silver we m ay have is brightened, dainty dishes prepared, all for t he stranger or friends w ho a re to break bread with us. W hy not use the best every day? The best we have is none too good for our dear ones. F or whom should we do more t h an for those we love? A well-spread table, dainty dishes, a nd a few flow- ' e rs m a ke t he plainest meal appetizing. T h e re is no sweeter sight to us t h an to see a family—father, moth er, and all the children, with p e r h a ps a dear old grand father or grandmother, gathered a b o ut the table. We like to see the father serving, giving as much consider ation to t he youngest as to the oldest, a nd each doing all in his power to make every other body comfort able a nd happy. We believe most emphatically in teaching children proper table m a n n e r s. We think t he little children, j u st as soon as. they a re old enough to come to t he table in their high chairs, should be t a u g ht to keep their h a n ds out of t he food and them selves off from the top of the table. It c an be done, and with very little trouble either to mother or child, EMANCIPATION D AI IN WASHINGTON W R I T T EN FOR T HE F R E S H M AN CLASS IN R H E T O R I C, BY T. H. LIBBY, '99. To t he Washington darky, Emancipation d ay is about the g r e a t e st day in t he year. It is his own day, a nd even t he 4th of J u ly pales a little in comparison with it. In order t h at t he day m ay be complete and satisfac tory, there m u st be a p a r a d e, with bands, t he Masons, Odd Fellows, "Sons of Laz'rus," t he "Independent Odah ob F u ll Moon," a nd other organizations out in full force, with all t he glory of uniforms, regalias a nd badges. There is nothing t h at I k n ow of t h at so delights t he a v e r a ge d a r ky as pomp a nd show of a ny sort, t he more gorgeous, t he better. He would r a t h er be a drum-major of a b a nd t h an president of t he United States, unless he could w e ar a uniform, of a combi nation of colors t h at would rival J a c o b 's famous coat, with at least three dozen b r a ss buttons on it. B ut to describe a little more fully some of the won ders t h at go to m a ke up this p a r a d e. F i r st comes a d e t a c h m e nt of colored policemen, who march in silent dignity, or t u rn back t he crowd with a "Git back d a re you niggahs, git back!" and much flourishing of clubs. I w as wrong, though. F i r st comes t he small colored boy. He usually comes first, in a crowd of t h i r ty or twirls forty, in every procession you see. He often JULY 28, 1896. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. 5 an old broomstick, with the skill of a "crack" drum- major, and if it is in summer, he wears as little cloth ing as the law will allow. After the small boys and the policemen, comes the marshal of the day on horseback. He wears a three- cornered hat topped off with a big ostrich feather; a white coat, with wide red or blue braid on the seams, shiny epaulets, and a liberal allowance of brass but tons; blue trousers, with white stripes down the sides; and patent leather riding boots, which have seen bet ter days, and which come to his knees. Usually, too, he wears a broad sash of some bright color. The marshal's staff ride with him, and are outshone only by the marshal himself. Then comes the first band. They can't play together very well, or quite in tune, but they play with a gusto, and the sound makes up in quantity what it lacks in quality. The drum-major takes the cheers of the crowd to himself, and bows right and left as he struts along. Next come the Odd Fellows, or some other order, and a military company or two. So on to the end of the procession. To me the crowds that line the streets are as inter esting as the procession. Big and little darkies, fat darkies and thin darkies, men, women, and children, they chatter and laugh and are thoroughly happy. There stands Lily Ophelia Jones, and, as this band goes by, she nudges her companion and exclaims, "Dare goes George Washington Smif. Doan he look gran'." Perhaps G. W. Smith sees the girls and stops playing long enough to call out, "Ah dare, m' sweet ness!" Right here is the "Johnsing" family. "Paw" Johnsing, in his carefully pressed old black coat, an old-fashioned silk hat, and a "biled" shirt, keeps one eye on the procession and the other on his six or seven uneasy youngsters. "Maw" Johnsing is fat, dark and forty, and, as a colored company of the D. C. N. G. marches past, she grabs up young Samuel Ebenezer and says: "Look at yoh brudder, chile!" Young Sam uel Ebenezer calls out, "Oh, you Henery Clay, gimme dat soad!" Here comes "Rastus R. D. Bow en" in his uniform—he is a bell boy in the Cain>—with Grace Washington by his side. She is eating peanuts; and as she smiles a large "2x4" smile, at some remark of his he feels as proud as any man in Washington. The parade is past, and the crowd gone, but you can heaj the bass-drum in the distance. As you walk ab sent mindedly across the street, laughing to yourself," as you think of the fat little drummer in the proces sion, who continued to play the cymbals and pound the bass-drum though his hat was down over his eyes; you are suddenly aroused by the clang of the gong on a cable-car, and quicken your pace to get out of the way. PRIORITY CLAIMED. W. G. Merritt, with '92, questions the validity of claims of the wild and wealthy West on the "capacity story" quoted in THE RECORD July 7, from U. of M. sources. He writes from Western Pennsylvania: "Many people now living in this region remember the character 'Jim' Tarr and his tragic death. To him is credited the following capacity story: "Before Oil Creek got its name, this 'Jim' Tarr was one of the poorest 'buckwheat farmers.' He owned a hundred acres of rocks along that creek, and was as "poor as only 'buckwheat farmers' can be. 'Jim' had positively no education himself, and his children had less, for there was no school within many miles. Oil was struck on his farm and he suddenly became im mensely wealthy. He decided to 'college' his grown up daughters, but they were excused after prolonged probation. "Old 'Jim' paid the school a visit to see what was the matter. 'Yes, Mr. Tarr,' said the teacher, 'your daught ers try hard enough, but we fear they lack capacity.' That was a new word for 'Jim,' and he exclaimed, 'Capacity, capacity, why just buy them some, old 'Jim' Tarr has lots of money.' " This "Jim" Tarr was one of twelve persons who were burned to death a few years ago by the accident al igniting of a flowing well. They were in the der rick watching a 4,000 barrel gusher when it exploded. It gives me pleasure to this day to send to my friends in the Chemical Department a large photograph of that most magnificent sight, so often to be seen in an oil country—the torpedoing of an oil well. M. A. C. is the paradise for children, especially dur ing the summer months. They stroll in groups or singly about the spacious lawns and sit or roll under the trees, run doll-carts over the smooth stone paths their or slowly coast for considerable distance wagons. When six or more years old, some of them in begin to attend the meetings of the Natural History Society or the Botanical Club, and in several instances have formed societies of their own. A few get les sons on birds and insects, frogs and fishes, direct from their fathers; others get some points about plants. The rest of the children catch the study from the few who had the start. They hunt mushrooms and wild flow ers, build play houses, make mud pies, or play in the sand. We met one of them—B. E., the other day—a lad who said he was "just about nine years old." "What do you find to do these times?" "O, I play around." Near the path he was watchingthe ants. "What are you doing here?" "I am getting some ants in this box. There are six queens here." "How can you tell which are the queens?" "They are larger and fat and have wings and lay eggs. They go down through holes into the ground where they live and keep their larvae. The ants bring the larvae out and keep them in the sun during the day time, and at night carry them back into tneir holes. Morton and I keep ants in wooden boxes lined with tin so they cannot gnaw holes in the boxes and get out." The lad has already decided that he will take a scientific course in College, but whether he does or not, this kind of play is to be commended and will tend in the future, as well as the present, to add much enjoyment to life. These little nature studies are just as attractive as shooting, fishing or boating, and are always right under the noses of every one, whether he sees them or not. "How is it that Watley has so many new suits? He gets a small salary." "Oh, he is an electrician and his clothes are all charged."—Detroit Free Press. for ladies We call especial attention to our extreme needle toe "Columbia" at $3.00 (like cut) which we claim superior to any $3.50 shoe shown in this city and superior to most $4.00 shoes. Lace or button, black or russet. for gentlemen The new "Lennox" is one of our most pop ular styles for gentlemen, and comes in wine and brown Russia, patent leather and fine calf at $3.00 to $6.00. 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Send for new 1894 Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., GENERAL OFFICES: 74 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK. 8 T H E M. A. C. R E C O R D. JULY 28, 1896. Did it Ever Occur to You That "We may live without poetry, music, and art; ( We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man can not live without cooks. He may live without books,—what is knowledge but grieving? He may live without hope,—what is hope but deceiving ? He may live without love,—what is passion but pining ? But where is the man that can live without dining?" And yet how infinitely better it would be to find'books, music, art, conscience, love, and a good cook, all in the same home. ... This is what the '% COURSE AT M. fl. 6. CONTEMPLATES. THE MODEL KITCHEN is now in the course of construction. It will be ready for use when school opens September 14. FOR YOUNG MEN WE OJFFER TWO PRACTICAL COURSES AGRICULTURAL A ND MECHANICAL each of which requires four years; also four short courses during the winter terms. You can take an examination for entrance to any course in your own county. Go to the teachers' examination, August 20, and ask your commissioner for Agricultural College entrance examination questions. A third grade certificate will also admit you to any course. $ . • For catalog and particulars, address, J. L. SNYDER, President.