The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-30
As
SOURCE Of WEALTH.
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Eighth Annual Report OF the
Secretary Of the Depart
lncnt Just Issued.
WORK OF THE PAST 4 YEAR
Recommends Opening Of School
for Road Building Other
Features. (.
WORK OF THE PAST YEAR I: Al;
(By Il. Associated Press

(3y Annotated Press.)4
WASHINGTON. .. G.. November 2s-The
eecretary Of Agriculture has transmitted hia
eighth annual report to the President.
meiates some OF the moro Important features
Of tho years work. Among them are ex-
tenAiye cooperation with agricultural stations;5
z the taking OF preliminary steps to conduct
feeding and breeding experiments: The war
waged against the cotton boil weeyil and -
esnssr sa1,e ns
hardy orange hybrid Of the Florida
orange and tho japanese trifoiiata; . valuable
the value OF nitrogen-fixng bacteria; succt 81
fuI Introduction OF pants suited to light rain
ards; the extension OF agricultural education
in primary and secondary schools; the ex-
tension OF instruction to our island poss.es.y
with ssoo, 1000 worth OF domestic products,
now imported from abroad
lilo then proceeds to discuss the place OF
agriculture In tho coIntrys industrial life
Source Of National Wealth.
The corn crop Of 1904 yields q farm value
greater than ever before. The farmers could
iron, tho proceeds Of this single crop pay tho
year. ana still have enough loft 10 pay i CON
stdcrnhio portion OF tho governments yearly
The eG9n eIop
third place. combin.d. theae two crops WIN
understanding tho wheat crop shows lower
production than any year since 1900. tho farm
value u the h;sheat since ISL potas9es ana
large BY sixty million busheis Tho present
ran n pounas-three hundred million more
than ever before. 55 . e !.
Horses and mules reach tbs highest point
this year, with an aggregate value exceeding
ono thousand three hundred and fify-four
million dollars On the other hand, cattle,
. r Mn afe
astonishing figures. Tho farmers hens now
produce one and two-third billions Of dozens
tho yoar, tine hans during their busy season
e lay enough eggs In q single month to pay
OF me n. value
n tho products OF the farm during .lSs mace
Y within the census scope II 10 safe 70 place
dred million dollars after excluding the value
Of farm crops fed to 1.-Two stock IN order to
yod the g @ ana SIS
cent. above that OF tho census year lsss.
Unthinkable Value.
Some comparisons are necessary to the real
ization Of such an unt nth value. az.
n'a si, xs as, q II two
produced wealth exceeding tho output Of all
the gold mines- Of ,ha entire world since Co
duce is over six times tho amount OF the
capital stock Of all national banks. II lacks
but three-tourths Of billion oS Sn 81 t the
cor. 81 mater,ais used !: It IS three times tho
gross, earnings from tbs operations Of the
e railways and four times the Value OF al
minerals produced In this country.
NJ rhe year 1n0l keeps we'll UP to the average
., Ss fa5 over eeht hum
dred and fsfty-nine millions, while the average
i for tho five years was nearly eight hundred
& tee1, years the balance Of trade IN favor OF
this country, all articles
SnlIa hit y
alone. these showed balance IN our fayor
OF more than five thousand and three hun
Reviewing the Increase In farm capital. the
Secretary estimates 1t aconservatively at two
thousand million dollars within toar
in the value OF land during the past two
Il years. Tho most startling figures shown as
presented by deposita>s In banks in typical
agricultural statos. The aecretary selects for
ths Illustrator q, Tna. 81 NATIONAL
State. private and sings. the deposits IN
creased from june 80. 1925; to October 81.
per per- cent. in Kansas two hundred and nineteen
ner@ cont. and in Misaisslppt, three hundred
sna per eo Similar ee
son may be made as 70 the nuHoste o. + oe
i posieors. rs, /. 49, :, -, -,
rate Of financial progress need fear no conf
i parison with that OF any other class OF pro
ducerr.
The Secretary enumerates first. rice, Of which,
under the encouragement OF the department,
there has been
estimates give the area devoted TO rice ~
1901 in these two States at @ go az ceres ana
in in reference to dnrun, Or macaroni wheat The
success attending It's introduction continues TN nes
se What Vii LIS b ssa GROWN SG
handled vi Without eainsu y many mie =;
bread. and can be grown successfully where
many other crops fall Efforts are also being
made to INTRODUCE the raw. material Tor INC
' I'm regard TO the sugar beet the chief CT
fort OF tho department has been to effect the
eases With a view 10 tho discovery Of rene.
dies strains ot pedigreed seed are re being nS
+ seems zee, to be a question Of but few years
United Unite states will be produced at home
American grown seed has produced beets test !,
Ing high as twenty -four per cent? t., az, ana
grown seed in 1909 was l5.s. The average
percentage in al, heets grown IN the United
as ns shs but Il ls ss
American grown seed were distributed ny me
for testing u a1so oush
ss5GS pesnesl isrsns
! 4 Quoted, one IN particularly, oHoNah6 aNNotNo'e,
ference OF over twenty dollars per acre as
the result Of fertilizing with nitrate 9. soaa
with single germs which would greatly dimin-
ish the labor Of thinning. the bureau WORK
has been very satisfactory.
Early oranges secured as g result OF cross
insDthe sweet orange with the hardy Japan,
csc orange, are now ready 10 distribute, ana
tbs work VII BIO Iinaugurated tho coming win,
ter. IS, s (. -, -, .on s,,,,,,,
4 View 10 bringing home to farmers of Texas ~
aud Louisiana, especially IN tho Dol! wceN =.
distrIcts the advantages OF better methods OF
cultivation and the value Of early maturing
The Secretary believes It to be within the
range Of possibility that resstant varieties o. o.
deSsy b. selection. As q feature Of the
work Texas special EFFORT has been Sads
Of combating the cotton root rot, a. disease,
which has been very serious the past d seIap
much attention to the Investigation, OF plant
diseases, with yiew 70 combating 4 them en-
seeretary's report as having received special