Mower County transcript., 1898-07-27
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(Continusa Iron, last week.
This smut has y bitter taste and
greall Injuries grain Tor milling. Cat
tle RrastOg in corn stalk fields fre-s
lueptly die suddenly and some sup
pose It is from eating too freely Of
this. smut. At least one OF the ex-s
perimental stations made 9 test by.
teedlng q cow corn smut and she ate
y gfeedi3y for two or three weeks and
then died: All grains are apt to be.
more or less damaged BY chinch bugs.
A chinch bug is.a very little fellow
bout ut as big asa midge. He sucks
the Juice from the growing plant and
causes it to dry up and die. a few.
years ago an Infectious disease was,
found fd that worked very fast among
these bugs and since we have been
fighting them more or less ID this way.
Unfiayorable winters otter. rid us Of
mary Of these insect pests. The lar
yaessor vac worm stage Of most Of the
small butterflies or moths is very de-
TO certain crops: Now most
farmers would like. to plant corn on
an Clio meadow or pasture, but such
land is almost sure to have more or
less -Of these grubs. / have seen such
land sowed to oats, barley, wheat or
corn and all Of the pieces were SO
thoroughly ruined that it was almost
impossi ble to tell whether any crop
had been put in or not. We have
found that fax is uot so much mo-
Tested and it is now the usual crop
forssuch land. The last two, years the
farmers OF the Mississippi Valley
have had heavy losses By hog cholera.
The resultis that all scientific men
interested ID live stock and some that
are not scientific are trying to find a
preventive or cure. They have not
been very successful thus far, So
much has been accomplished lately
10 the medical art by incubation that
It is believed that some day we shall
be able to prevent it by vaccination.
The Government Department OF
Agriculture has Just lately made a
purchase Of mules In whose blood
they will inject the hog cholera germs
and thus obtain virus for the exten-
siae tests they expect to maxi The
Department claims certain degree
OF successslast year with their fnocu.
lated hogs in the State Of Iowa.
1t might be we'll at this point to
speak OF the State Experimental
Stations and the Government De-
partment Of Agriculture, how they
and what they are doing.
As far back as 1885 when Washing
ton was President, he urged that
something be done to promote Ia :
system attic way the growth Of agrl-
culture. But the country was new
and nothing. was done for years. Dur.
ing the administration Of John ,Q..
Adams the consuls Of foreign parts
were instructed to send to the Depart
ment Of State rare seeds and plants
for distribution. The work CT doing
this was soon turned over to the
Patent Office as there was no Agri-
cultural Department.. In 1862 the
work had grown to such proportions
that q bill was passed and approved
by President Lincoln, creating a De.
of Agriculture, where chief
officer was called Commissioner OF
Agriculture, III $50 during Gle eveland's
administration the Department Of
Agriculture was raised to the dignity
Of an Executive Department and It's
chief is now a Cabinet officer. The
object and aim of the department. is
to do everything possible to promote
the interest Of the farming class. It
inspects the imports and exports Of
live stock, and those slaughtered for
foud consumption. We don't want
any Of the foreign diseases and we
want to promote our foreign trade by
being able to assure them that what
we offer for sale is first class Many
new and valuable foreign plants have
been introduced by it. Much informa-.
tion has been furnished regarding
noxious seeds and insects and how to
get rid Of them.
The State, Experimental Stations
were. e.esta hlished by Act Of Congress
10 1857, the bill being introduced by
William Hatch Of Missouri. 1t pro-
vides that $l6, 900 q year shall be
given out Of funds preceding from
the sale of,public land to each State
and Territory for the esta blishment
Of an AGRICULTURAL experiment station.
Every State and Territory except
Alaska now has : such station In
operation. Ia addition to these or
rather, ia sconnec ction with them we
have Colleges OF Agriculture In every
state inlthe Union where short courses
IL agricu ulture are provide led and Ia The