Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

The work or tue Bureau q. pnIf.
In his annual report the See etary
OF Agriculture briefly sets forth the
good WORK which has been dole by
the Bureau OF Soils and the possibili-
ties likely to result from its enlarged
sphere of activity. The Division OF
soils was organized under the Wealth
er Bureau in 1894. In 1896 Il became
an Independent division in the depart
ment. $4,000 being appropriated for its
work. In 1899 its functions were en-
larged to include the mapping OF to-
bacco soils and its appropriation was
then increased to $26 300. Under an
act approved last March the division
became bureau, its appropriation
being increased TO Sl09,14O, with an
additional appropriation of $4,000. TO
be expended for the printing of 1900
copies of its reports of field work. the
same to be distributed by the members
OF Congress and the Department of
Agriculture.
In his previous report the Secretary
reviewed the work Of the division in
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Louisiana, Utah, California and Ari-
zona. Detailed maps had then been
made of 100000 acres, and these
maps indicated that Sumatra tobacco.
a fine type of wrapper leaf, could be
profitably grown in Connecticut and
some other states. These predictions
have been verified by the successful
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43 acres of Sumatra of good quality.
which encourages the belief that
$6,0O0000 of tobacco which has here
tofore been imported annually can as
well be grown in our own country.
During the present fiscal year 3,5Sl,-
440 acres have been surveyed which
with the previous surveys, make 5,S12,.
$50 acres. This field work was con-
Quoted in California, Maryland, Michi-
gan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and
Washington, The total cost of the
work in the field amounted to S11, 1903,
Of which 1880 was paid by various
state organizations. Requests for
such surveys have come from nearly
every state and territory including
Alaska, Porto Rico and Hawaii. The
soil experts who are sent out to make
these investigations remain from three
TO nine months in district, analyzing
the soil, studying methods and condi-
tions and thus acquiring fund of in
formation which is made the basis
OF their recommendations. There is
strong demand for maps of regions
likely to be specially adapted to fruit
growing, particularly in the Atlantic
coast states. The fact that apples and
peaches have thrived only on certain
kinds of soil In the mountains OF
Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-
lima made the advantages of soil sur
vey and analysis very apparent. With
out such a guide much money and time
might be lost in Improbable expert.
ments.
There is even greater need for such
surveys of localities where the grow
ing of sugar beets is contemplated.
The director of the Arizona Expert
ment Station reported a variation OF
sugar yield per acre from five char
acteristic soils of the territory, which
ranged from 1.491 to 1861 pounds. 1t
is also believed that the bureau will
be able TO do much towards the solv-
ing of the alkali problem, which has
so seriously interfered with agricul-
tural operations in certain localities