The weekly examiner., 1901-08-10

sugar beet 1nduStry. we nave been importing 20 tons of seed from France and Germany In 1898 we produced 34,000 tons of sugar from beets; in 1899, 63,O00 tons; in 1890, 83,000 tons. This year we will pro- duce upwards of 100000 tons of sugar from beets. There will also be about 40 factories at work this year mak- ing beet sugar. It is great indus try.
 Heretofore the United States has never succeeded in manufacturing frst-c1ass macaroni. We began im- porting macaroni wheats from the Russian empire, and this year there will be grown in our country about 100000 bushels of this wheat in the semi-arid regions. Very soon it will be unnecessary for us to import 15,0o0,0oo pounds of macaroni annual ly, for all that we require will be grown by our own people, and great part of it upon lands which have not been good food producers. We are also importing finer bread wheats and distributing them throughout the wheat growing re- zion.
 "The Smyrna fig industry is well es- tablished in California. Fifteen tons of figs will be raised this year. Date palms from Tripoli are being success fully grown at Phoenix, Ariz. These two industries are of great value and will increase from year to year.
 "Dr. Knapp, of this department, will soon be on the way to the China seas to study the forage crops of those countries, in order that sim liar crops may be produced on our southern farms; also to as- certain what plant in the Philip pine islands will save the expense of sending hay from this country for 13,- 900 horses and mules; also to find soft rice for our stock feeding. His work will be of vast importance and value to our people.
 "In like manner we are studying for estry in all attitudes. We are intro ducing new grasses and legumes for every American latitude. Our object is to enable the United States to pro- duce everything that is necessary for our necessities, not merely for the continued prosperity of our whole people, but in order that the whole world may see that we are ready to meet any combinations, trade or otherwise, which may be formed against us, as suggested in many quar- ters, and threatened in a few local ities.''
 Secretary Wilson then reverted to the work of his department in the scientific branches Which include the weather bureau, the division of sta tistics, section of foreign markets, bu- reau of animal industry, division of chemistry, office of experiment. sta tions, biological survey, divisions of entomology, forestry, botany, agros- tology, pomology, soils, seeds, gardens and grounds, and public roads. There is a veritable department of lifetime study in each of these divisions. The men of science working under the di- rection of the secretary make investi- gations into the diseases of live stock, and make investigations and experi- ments for the prevention or extirpa- tion of those diseases.
 They make special studies of the best means of extending our agricuI- tural export trade, by cooperating with consuls of this country in for eign ports. They study soils, fertiliz- CTS, adulterations of foods, their pre- vention and detection. They collect and disseminate information by pub fishing accounts of agricultural in- vestigations at home and abroad. They are doing invaluable work in studying soils in their relation to crops, the mapping of soils, the in vestigation and mapping of a1kai lands; also the investigations and pub ications concerning the growth, cur ing and fermentation of tobacco. The seed division alone, which is particu- larly of interest to individual farm CTS, performs an amount of work the publication of which, ia detail, would fill volume.
 The secretary says: "All of ths wealth of the world ts iR the soil. We have 1t. II, is onr, duty te develop it. We gre fully aware of the sttuattsn, and are eoaffont4ae it." ''1 s's. I'd
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