Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-07-24
CORN CROP PROSPECT
Secretary Wilson Gives the Farmer
Valuable Points.
HOW TO SAVE CROP.
The l'round should lie Plowed OflsI
G4d Deep During Drauth-AR
Average Corn Crop i the
Estimate Made Now.

New York. July GA dispatch &c
The Tribune from Washington ayi
that Mr. Wilson. secretary OF agricul
ture. has favored The Tribune with
talk on the effects Of the long continued
drouth on the growing crops of the
west He does not take 20 gloomy
view 81 the agricultural prospects DO
tween the Allcghany and Rocky noun
tains as do some Of tho so.called experts
who are not connected with the govern
ment service. Nor yet docs Mr.. Wilson
nttcmp; 70 minimize the injury alrehi ~
done. aud that will Increase unless there
Is great precipitation Of moisture dur.
ing the next few weeks in the vast
stretch Of country between tho noun
tains.
While he acknowledges that the hard
wheat belt of the northwest has been
damaged. he does not yet despair Of an
average yield Of corn in the corn belt,
which no defines as extending east from
the Missouri river to the Alleghanies-
embracing the states Of Iowa. WILSON,
SIN. the northern part Of Missouri and
all OF Illinois.
The regrettablo loss from tho view.
point Of the department, declares the
secretary, is that Of the macaroni wheat
crop. For the first time an experiment
bad been made this year in the produc.
ton Of this variety OF wheat on a large
scale in the United States Secretary /
Wilson has been encouraging this ex.
pertinent ever since ho has been NJ the /
head Of the agricultural department /
and imported the seed from northern /
Africa where most OF the wheat is pro. I
duced which supplies Europe aud the I
world with macaroni.
The secretary is especially hopeful of /
Gn average corn cr0p. Tie says it win I
not be a record breaker or "a bumper
IN the parlanco Of tho agricultural de-
pariment, bat that &C this moment the
prospects favor q fair average yield. Alr. 4
Wilson said:
"If something could be'done 20 induce
the farmers Ia the corn belt 20 extend
their period Of cultivation about two
weeks this year beyond the usual limit
] would look Tor big crop But the
usual season for cultivation is rapidly 1
drawing 20 "a close, aud fear thar with
comparatively few exceptions the farm.
ers will clay by" their corn at the reg.
ular time regardless OF the drouth.
''Iu the entire corn belt. with the cx.
ception Of Missouri, which has shal.
low soil. 80 inches OF rain during the
year Is all thar is needed to produce a
crop, II oven only l2 or "a inches OF
this falls duungthe four iaonkhs Of pro-
duci1n a good yield can De counted ON.
The corn bolt soil, with the exception
noted Is deep and holds moisture well.
To utilize this moisture % the best ad.
vantage In the absence of rain the soil
should DO continually stirred, so as %
make what vo call "a 'mu.sh until the
crop Is ma,ured. Therefore, / repeat
that If tho farmers ia the corn belt at
this time could be shown the advisable
ity Of extending their cultivation season
about two weeks we could look for a
good corn crop.
"The farmers. like every other busi.
ness mau, always does what nc believes
60 bo best for his own interest, but in n
case like thi 10 Is extremely difficult %
disseminate broadly in farming commu-
mites the information that is OF pressing
and immediate value BY this mean
II we only could spread all through the
corn belt the news that II the season OF
cultivation were extended about two
weeks beyond the usual limit, there
would DO no fear Of the result"