Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-08-15

"wE ARE THE PEOPLE"
sugar beet industry We have been
importing 20 tons OF seed from
France and Germany. In lsgs wa
produced $4,000 tons OF sugar from
hcets; In 1899. 80 900 tons, In is90.
$1,000 tons This year We will pro-
ducc upwards Of 100 900 tons OF sugar
from bccts. There will also bc about
80 factories at work this year maA.
ing beet sugar. 10 il a great indus.
try.
Heretofore the United states ha,
never succeeded la manufacturing
hrst-class mncaronL We began i'm.
porting macaroni wheat from the
Russian empire. aud this YEAR there
will bc grown in our country about
100, 900 bushels OF this wheat In the
seIni-arid regions. Very soon IL will
hr unnecessary for Us 20 import
$1,000, 900 pounds of macaroui annual.
". for all that We require will be
grown by our own people, and
great part Of IL upon lands which
have not been good food producers
We are also importing finer bread
whcats and distributing them
throughout the wheat growing re.
gi5n.
"Thc smyrna fig industry Be- well ~.
tablishcd In California. Fifteen tons
OF figs will be raised this year. Date
palms from Tripoii are being success
fully grown az Phoenix. Arig. These
two industries are OF great value and
will increase from year 10 year.
"Dr. Knapp. Of this depar tincnt. will
soon bc on the way 60 the China seas
90 study the forage crops OF
liar crops may bc produced on
our southern farms; also TO as.
certain what plant In the Philip.
pine islands will save the expense -
sending hay from this country for 49,.
600 horses and mules; also 10 find soft
rice for our stock feeding His work
will Ice Of vast Importance and value &c
our people.
"In like manner We are studying for.
rstry in all ATTITUDES. We are intro
ducing new grasses and lcRumes for
every American latitude. Our object
is 60 enable the United States 20 pro.
ducc everything that iz necessary for
our necessities. not merely for the
continued prosperity Of our whole
people. but ia order that the whole
world may see that we are ready 10
meet any combinations. trade or
otherwise, which may be formed
against us, ns suggested In many quar-.
tcrs. and threatened in few local.
tiles"
Secretary Wilson then reverted 20
the work Of his department In the
scientific branches which include the
weather bureau, the division Of sta
tistics, section Of foreign markets, bu.
rrau OF animal industry, division OF
chemistry, office of experiment sta.
tons, biological survey, divisions OF
entomology, forestry. BOTANY, aRros.
tology, pomology, soils. seeds, garden,
and grounds, and public roads. There
Is yeritable department OF lifetime
study in each of these divisions. The
men OF science working under the di.
rection OF the secretary make inyesti.
cations into the diseases of live stock.
and make Investigations and expert.
ments for the prevention or eXtirpA.
ton Of those diseases.
They make special studies OF the
best means of extending our agricul-
tural export trade, by cooperating
with consuls of this country in for.
cign ports. They study soils, fertile.
crs, authorizations Of foods, their pre-.
ycntion and detection. They collect
and disseminate information by pub
ishing accounts of agricultural in.
.cstigations at home and abroad.
They are doing invaluable work in
studying soils in their relation to
'rops, the mapping of soils, the in.
and mapping of alkali
ands; also the Investigations and pub.
ications concerning the growth. cur
ng and fermentation of tobacco Tho
iced division alone, which is particu.
arly OF interest TO individual farm
RS, performs an amount Of work this
OF which, in detail, would
i'll volume.
The secretary says: "All of the
wealth OF the world is in the soil. Wa
ave it. II is our duty To develop IL
Ne are fully aware OF the situation,
nd are confronting it,"
SMITH D. FRY.