The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-15

D specinc control. The work alone
however, which has resulted in rid.
g ding the country OF pleuro- pneumonis
D 10 cattle has paid, more than a hun
a, dred fold, the cost of ADMINISTERING
F, the Agricultural Department of the
r government. These results enahIed
the late Secretary of Agriculture Rusk
10 present a clean bill of health with
every cargo of animals which The
American farmer offered for sale in
: european markets. Likewise, the
microscopic investigation instituted
oy our late Secretary made it possible
Ior the great american hog'i to be
received where, hitherto, he had been
flgluIy forbidden. We have said that
: Is dlfncult to over estimate the
Vaiue TO the American agriculturist
OF the results accomplished by Secre-
tary Rusk. l have often stood in the
meat markets of middle England and
watched the sale of American and
English beef proceeding side by side.
Inc home beef sold for 20 cents to "a
cents per pound, and the American
lor III cents to Is cents per pound. To
Judge OF meat, there was no reason
In such difference. But what were
tne poor people saying who bought
the American beef and pork? One was
beard to say: Nobody knows what
llve things are in it?" Another said,
wei, 1t can't be worse than no meat
at all" These remarks, with the
prices OF the American article, told
the whole tale. 1t was a matter of
no confidence. Now, the scientific
work OF the Department of AgricuI.
ture has not only resulted in OBTAIN
Ing for the meat products of this
country an entrance into all the best
markets of Europe, il is giving to the
people in those countries a trust in
the soundness of our meats, which
will enhance their value several cents
per pound. Only few weeks ago,
committee appointed by the British
House of Lords, gave its verdict de-
claring the general quality of Ameri-
can beef equal to, or perhaps superior,
to that of the home beef of England
And what is the cost to the country
of our National Agricultural Expert
ment Station? Before We reply, let
US recall statement that the nations /
losses annually by insect ravages,
many of which are preventible, are
$3.50, 100000, or S6 per capita of the
whole population. Now, the appro-
Department of Agriculture for the
current fiscal year, including also the
sums granted to the State Stations,
were So, 323 800, or almost exactly 5
cents per capita OF our people But
the present Secretary OF Agriculture
says that that amount is too much,
and, in the estimates for the forth
coming year, he comes forward with
huge proposal to save the people of the
United States one half of one cent per
head per annum. Let us hope that
there will be no more talk of de-
pleted public treasury.
AS part of the experiment station,
and usually affiliated with 1t, is the
College. On this phase
OF our present modes OF agricultural
inquiry we shall be brief and leave its
as a home topic to Others
who will treat it specifically. Yet we
will just step outside for nome Il to
relate an observation recorded in that
won ieful little country, Switzerland.
At the Agricultural School of the Con-
federacy one week is set apart for
lectures by the professors to farmers
ssembled from all pars of the coun-
try. The object is 10 keep the farmers
up to date with each new step of agri-
cultural science, and with every
technical discovery that may be of
value. At one of those courses |
observed farmers present varying in
age from eighteen TO sixty years.
We do not need to speak of the
present days need of stations and
agricultural colleges, but the words of
a very distinguished Judge may not
De out OF place here upon the subjecs.
Three years ago, when we had oc-
casiOn to interview the Permanent
Secretary of Agriculture of the French
liz Paris upon the ques-
ton of beet sugar production, we
finally asked that gentleman If he
the experiment station
till essential to the development of
The industry. He replied, "The ex-
pertinent station is more important To
lay than ever iG was And not only
he station, am arranging for open
ng a technical school, where our
young men shall be taught the theory |
md practice Of beet sugar production"
Since that time the French sugar
chool has been opened, and here, /
l am right in saying that the
french authorities, before establish
ng their own school, fully informed
respecting the character
md mode of conducting the Louisiana
sugar School at Audubon Park.
iar. Pre- ident, in conclusion, we re-
,eat that the experiment station and
he agricultural college are the great
resent modes of agricultural inquiry.
hey typify the evolution and devel-
pment of agriculture, and illustrate
he methods by which it is conducted.
heir relation to farming today is
to those of steam and elec-
ricity to other great industrial pro-
esses of the present age. And the
nan who does not consider and act
Ipon this truth locates himself some =
hiTty years in the rear of his time. II
And when we contemplate the career
4 the agriculturist and the future pos
Utilities of agriculture, we are i'm Y
'ressed with the scope and honorable
less of the calling. All csllings are
honorable, providing they are honest; 4
ut consider that of agriculture: there I
3 not science that does not honor,
nd which is not honored by agricul-
ure. To the dignity of the calling is n
dded the freedom of the farmers life,
nd dignity and freedom have COM
osed the atmosphere in which the
,Orld's most notable examples of hu- 81
IAN greatness have been nourished;
nd there is still the beauty Of the life,
we'd and engaged with nature and her