Evening journal., 1904-11-01
AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS.
A Lively In:crcs: In Forestry, Rural
Engineering rnd other Matters.
By Ii. BENJAMIN. Jr

10y Alt DafsNa AN iANf Jif
Washington. u. C.-The awakened
interest IN fercs,ry in this country has
Icreated an extensive demand for infor-
nation on the subject In particular
llrse numbers Of inquiries are made to
The bureau Of forestry at Washington
by men who think OF taking up for
cstry as profession. \ circular of
information for such persons has been
issred. and. IN addition, the bureau
undertakes 10 answer willingly all
questions ,hat are not covered by this.
The uniy position ip The bureau Of for
estry opcn to those whose training i'm
forestry is incomplete is that Of forest
student. ana it is clearly announced
by the ha-cau chat work as a forest
student does not IN itself constitute a
stepping stone 10 higher positions in
the bureau Of forestry. but forms a
part only Of tie training useful in lit-
ling a man for the profession Of for
cstry. -~-
Forest studcn,s are rs rule. APP
pointed for the field season only, which
varies from thrcc to six months or
more. No applicant under twenty.years
Of age is eligible for appointment as
forest student Men. therefore, who
are already advanced in the study Of
forestry. either at forest school or
elsewhere, and who are in other re-
spects wcll qualified stand the best
chance OF appointment.
Forest students in the field are placed
under the supervision Of trained forest
ers in the execution Of technical forest
work. They receive no formal inshuc-
tion IN forestry, but have In the daily
work abundant opportunity to learn.
New Interest In the Potato.
Second TO wheat alone as food for
mankind the potato is said to be, and
therefore it deserves whatever good
the department of agriculture may
bring about by it's recently undertaken
Investigations and experiments for tn,
Improvement Of this tuber. AS is wei
known 70 every farmer blight or ro
is the worst trouble of the potat,
grower. An agent of the department
who is In Europe is sending over speci
mems of every foreign variety tina
may prove valuable here. Several va
rietics believed TO be immune TO re
have heen received. Among these Is
wild plant Of which the foliage Ia
so disacrecable an odor that even III
potato Lge prefers other pastures. III
,so.,,.t.,r. .,-tfl ,.-,,o-f,,,o,f in fy.oc,
ing this Wild potato with a number G
standard American varieties in IA
hope OF obtaining hybrids resistant I
the diseases that annually diminish tn
potato crop.
a great merit Of the Uruguayan DC
tato. Solarnum commersonii, which
1ust now much talked about. is its rC
distance TO disease. and it is hoped tina
by cultivation and crossing it wit
American varieties its decidedly bite
taste may be removed.
The Little Peach Disease.
Little peach" is well known an
dreaded by the peach growers Of cel
tain regions. As implied by the naml
this disease produces dwGrdng Of tn
fruit. so that a tree that bears han,
some fruit one year may the next pr'
duce only small and miserable spec
mems slow in ripening and poorly co
ored- The leaves, too are dwarfed an
yellow. In Maryland the trouble
also known as the "go back" For a
past few years that the disease n,
become serious thing growers haN
been trying TO ascertain its cause. n
most they have been able TO establis
IS that il apparently originates IN Il
underground portion of the trees. an
the only remedy in an orchard is Il
quick removal and destruction of q
fected trees. Whatever further lig