The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-23

an uncertain length OF time this tu-
Der had been grown by the Indians
of America and used for food.
The white men came and began
this aboriginal plant,
and in time made such changes that
to-day we have hundreds of va
rieties Of this, one of the most i'm
portant vegetables, that have been
ored up to many sizes larger than
the original parent.
1t is only within the present cen
fury that the manufacture of fertil-
izers came into effect. Liebig, an
iIlustrious German chemist. demon
started the fact that plants fed on
substances in the soil, and the more
the land was cropped, the smaller
the amount of plant food remain
lug, unless manure was applied to it.
1t was also sh own that the plant will
remove more of one chemical sub,
stance from the land than of anoth.
er. What comes from such q dis
coyery? Sons scientist Immediate
Iy originated plan to feed the
plants with artificial foods that con-
tanned the desired material for max
ing proper growth.
Says DR.. Madden (Highlard So
ciety's Tranactions, arch, 1912. Ut
by the question. What has science
hitherto done for agriculture?-we
are to understand it in the wider
sense, as requiring an account Of
what science has effected towards
establishing agriculture upon a
basis, so that the farmer may be
euabled to apply his practical
knowledge In whatever situation ne
may be placed, and will be at once
capable ofodete.minlng what chan
ges in his arrangements, etc., will
be necessary if called upon to
change his farm, so that his opera
tions will no longer be as much the
sport of chance, that each farmer
can be considered as knowing only
the treatment fitted for his own
farm, we can confidently assert
that much, very much, has been &C.
complished."
While many suppose that science
and book learning go hand in hand,
and are anything but practical, this
is simply a mistaken notion.
The rich city banker may study
the science of agriculture in his of
flee, and read the farming journals
and attempt to be practical agri-
cnlturalist by telephoning orders
from his office to his farm, but be
cause lie plays the part of fool for
the fun of it, it does not follow that
because he doesn't succeed, no one
will.
For we can find in the same com
munity men who will profit by their
biunders, or who, having studied
the science carefully, will apply it
practically, and stop when it is wis
dom to do so.
Now let US see how we can apply
science to agricultural practice on
the farm. The Investigations of
science have taught US that like
produces like. If you wish a pure
Jersey calf. you depend upon full
blooded Jersey parents for recurring
1t. That is fixed law of breeding,
and a scientific truth that has a
wide application on the farm.
Whatevr you wish in the progeny
you look for in the parents. How
has this law benefited the peoplef
Ii you vii! turn to the milk records
of Smiths, Powell and Lamb, you
will see that CIothilde produced 26,
OIL lbs. 2 OF. of milk in one year,
when six years of age; that her
daughter Clothilde I'd at four years
of age produced in one year 23,6Oa
lbs. 10 OF. of milk; that her daugh-
ter Glo.hilde Bird produced GAS
and one eighth lbs. of milk in four
months and eight days. In this
case it is to be noted that like pro-
duced like.
If we wish to get speed, We
bring the same law into applica-
ton. Rysdyk's Hambletonlan stands
ia the front rank of stations fol
the speed of his children. He wa
the sire of Dexter. His son, Alex
der's Abdallah, was was sire O.
Goldsmith's Maid. His son Harold
| got Maud S., the fastest trottel
in the world at the present time
Another son, Dictator, sired JAY
Eye-See. This wonderful sire ha,
3S children who have trotted ont
mile in 2.30 or better, and Is that
have trotted in "a or better
Right here in our own Tennessee
famous for its horses and cattle, W.
find the success of the breeder t(
depend altogether upon breeding
i upon scientific principles. ~
But we will not 'confine ourselve
to.live stock, in illustrating the Law
that like produces like. The fac
, has been thoroughly demonstrate
that the most perfect, vigorou
seed produces the most perfect plan
and seed.
The wisest potato grower follow
this scientific rule when he select
the very best class of tubers for hi
seed. In 1857 Hallett of Brighton
England, selected from a field tw
of the most beautiful heads of whea
that be could find. He sowed tn
grains one by one, and selected 70
reproduction the plants that pro.
duced the finest heads. For owe
} 20 years more, this process of see
, breeding was conducted, SO tina
Hallett's Pedigree Wheat becam
famous over Europe and Americs
p Some thoughtful man, of a scien
tific turn of mind, began studyin;
. the common wild strawberry, an,
converted it into an agriculture
plantp What Is the result? To
I day we reap the benefit of his sue
). cess by growing strawberries b
; the bushels, where formerly the
] could be produced only by til
g quart. Further, men are at wor
D on strawberry plants, as thong
> they were breeding animals, cross
3 ing this early, shy bearing varie'
$ on that late, prolific one, endeavo
: ing to combine the good properti'
of the two, and get an early, prolif
O variety.
If Upon what does the SUCCESS
d our farming depend2 Upon the pr
: ductiveness of the soil. In VIII
A. way can we bring science to our a
o in getting the best results from OF
'e land? Shall we piow. harrow, plal
0 and harvest year in and year OF