The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

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nous efforts are being mace to import from
foreign countries such gains as are suitable
70 our varying localities Seven years ago
We bought thFee-feurths OF our rice; by help
| llE the rlcesrowers on the Gulf coast to se-
care seeds from the Orient suited to their
conaitions and by giving them adequate
protectien, they now supply; home demand
ana export TO the 2slands Of the Caribbean
sea and to other rice-g growing countries.
wheat and other grains have been Import
so rom light-rainfall countries to our lands
!. I'm, sne West and Southwest that have nor
srown crops because OF light precipitation,
resulting in an extensive addition to our
cropping area and our home.makins terri
tory that can not b. irrigated. Ten million
1NsnSis OF nFst-clRss macaFoni wheat were
/ gFown frcm these experimental inpcrtations
last year. Fruits suitable to our soils and
climates are being imported from all tho
countries OF the Old World--the fg from
| Turkey, the almond from Spain the date
| from Algeria, the mango from India. We
are nelptng our fruitgrowers to get their
/ crops into European markets by studying
methods OF preservation through refrigera-
ton, packing and handling, which have been
quite successful. We are helping our hop
growers by important varieties that ripen
carrier and later than the kinds they have
been raising. thereby lengthening the har-
eVesting season. The cotton. crop Of the
country is threatened with root rot. the boil
worm and the boil weeyii Our Psychologists
viii find immune varieties that will resist
/ the root disease and the boilworm can be
dealt with. but the boil waeyii Is q serious
menace to the cotton CROP. It is . Central
American insect that has become acciimated
4 in Texas and has done greet damage. A
| scientist of the Department of Agriculture
| has found the weeyll at nome IL, Guatemals
being kept in check by an ant, which hal
| been brought TO our cotton fields for OBJ,
servation 1t is hoped that it may serve a
| good purpose. tya Sans r: s. H.. .
The soils Of the country are getting atten.
| ton from the farmers standpoint, and in.
| teresting results are following. We have
| duplicates Of the soils that grow the wrap.
per tobacco in sumatra and the filler to.
! bacco In Cuba. 1t will be only a question OF
time when the large amounts paid to these
| countries will be paid to our own people. The
| reclamation Of alkali lands Is progressing
to give object-lessons to our people in meth
DDS by which worthless lands may be made
/ productive. '7 $50 49, RI
| The insect friends and enmies of the farm
| er are getting attention. The enemy OF ths
Wall Of China. and is now cleaning up al
| our orchards. The hg-fertilizIng insect i'm
ported from Turkey has helped to establish
an industry in California that amounts II
from so to 100 tena OF dried figs annually
| and Is extending over the Pacific Coast.
parasitic fly from South Africa is keeping
in subsection the black SCALE the worst pes
| OF the orange and lemon industry in Call
| fornia,
Careful preliminary work is being don,
towards producing cur silk, The mul
berry Is being distributed In large numbers
eggs are being imported and distributed, i'm
| proved reels Were imported from Europ,
last year, and two expert reelers wer
brought TO Washington to reel the crop o
cocoons and teach the art to our own PEG
pie
The cro-reporting system of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is being brought close
to accuracy every year. 1t has 100000 re
porters selected from people in eight voca
| tons in life. 1t has arrangements will
most European countries for interchang
OF estimates, so that people may know
as nearly as possible with what they mus
compete
During the 2h years that have elapsed
since the passage of the reclamation &C
rapid progress has been made In the sur
veys and examinations Of the opportunitie
for reclamation in the 13 states and tire
territories of the arid West. CONSTRUCTION
has already been be
Irrigation. gun on the largest AM
u most important of tn
irrigation works, and plans are being com
pleted for works which will utilize the fund
now available. The operations are beiui
carried on by the Reclamation Service.
corps of engineers selected through competi
tive civfl-servfce examinations. This corp
includes experienced consulting and con
structing engineers well as various Elk
perts In mechanical and legal matters an
Is composed largely of men who have spen
most of their lives in practical affairs con
lected with irrigation The larger problem
have been solved. and it now remains t
execute with care, economy. and thorough
ness the work which has been laid out. Al
important details are being carefully con
sidered by boards Of consulting engineers
selected for their thorough knowledge an
practical experience. Each project Is take
up on the ground by competent men an
viewed from the standpoint of the creatio
OF prosperous homes, and OF promptly refund
n ing to the Treasury the cost of construction
The reclamation act has been found to b
' remarkably complete and effective, and 8
broad in its provisions that a wide range O
undertakings has been possible under it. A
the same time. economy Is guaranteed b
the fact that funds must ultimately be re
turned to be used over again.
1t Is the cardinal principle of the forest
reserve policy Of this Administration tha
4 the reserves are 70
Forests use. Whatever inter
feres with the use
their resources Is to be avoided by ever
possible means. But these resources mus
} be used In such way as to make Their
/. permanent.
The forest policy of the Government
Just now a subject of vivid public interes
throughout the West and to the people 9
the United States in general. The forest re
serves themselves are of extreme value t
the present well as to the future welfar
of all the Western publfc-land states. The
powerfully affect the and disposal
the public lands They are of special i'm
pOrtance because they preserve the waite
supply and the ~upply of timber for domestl
purposes and so promote settlement unde
} the reclamation act. Indeed. they are es
senttal to the welfare of every one OF tn
great interest of the West.
Forest reserves are created for two prir
ctpal purposes. The first is to preserve tn
water supply. This is their most importar
use The principal users of the water thu
) preserved irrigation ranchers and sci
tiers, cities and towns to whom their mu
nfcipal water supplies are of the very fri
importance, users and furntshers of waite
power, and the users of water for domestic
5 manufacturing, mining. and other purpose
All these directly dependent upon til
forest reserves
The second reason for which forest RI
serves are created Is to preserve the ,timbe
supply for various classes of wood user
Among the more iIu portant of these are sci
tiers under the reclamation act and othe
acts, for whom cheap and accessible SUI
ply of timber for domestic uses Is absolutel
necessary; miners and prospectors, who al
: in serious danger of losing their timber SUI
ply by fire or through export by lumber con
panies when timber lands adjacent to the
=. mines pass into private ownership: lumber
!, men, transportation companies builders an
! commercial interests in general.
Although the wisdom of creating forest ri
serves is nearly everywhere heartily recol
niZed, yet In few localities there have bee
Misunderstanding and complaint The TO
lowing statement is therefore desirable:
The forest-reserve policy can be successfl
only when 1t has the full support of the pee
pie of the West. 1t cannot safely and shoul
not in any case be imposed upon thel
against their WILL But neither can we az
, cept the views of those whose only intere
in the forest is temporary; who are anxiol
to reap what they have not sown and the
( move away. leaving desolation behind then