Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-06

federal government expendsa so, O00..
90 annually toward this education
ana Tor research, IN Washing ton and An
the several states and territories. The
department OF agriculture has given
facilities for postgraduate work to 500
young men during. the last seven years,
preparing them for advanced lines Of
work In the department and In the
state institutions. t.s@H &g:5. ss
The facts concerning meteorology and
It's relations to plant and animal life
are being systematically inquired into.
Temperature and moisture are control
ping factors In all agricultural opera
uons. The seasons OF the cyclones Of
the Caribbean sea and their. paths are
being. forecasted with increasing accu-
racy. The cold winds that come from
the north are anticipated and their
times and intensity told to farmers.
gardeners and fruiterers In all south
ern localities. TO- If. ;...7a sl<5l%
We sell $500 1000 worth Of anil
mails and animal products to foreign
countries every year in addition 4 to
supplying our own people more cheap,
~ and abundantly than any other ma
ton Is able to provide for its people.
Successful manufacturing depends pri-
marily on cheap food, which accounts
to considerable p extent for our
growth In this direction. The depart
ment of agriculture, by careful inspec-
ton Of meats, guards the health Of our
people, and gives clean bills Of health
to deserving exports. It Is prepared to
deal promptly with imported diseases
OF animals and maintain the excellence
OF our fiocks and herds In this respect.
There should be an annual census Of
the live stock Of the nation. 5s.3 ~ sS:'} !.
We. sell abroad about 5000 OOO, 900
worth Of plants and their products ev-
cry year. Strenuous efforts are being
made to import from foreign countries
such grains as are suitable to our vary
ing localities. Seven, years ago we
bought three fourths Of our rice. BY
helping the rice growers on the gulf
coast to secure seeds from the orient
suited to their conditions and by Civ.
ing them adequate protection they now
supply home demand and export to the
Islands of the Caribbean sea and to
ether rice growing countries. Wheat
and other grains have been imported
from light rainfall countries to our
lands in. the west and southwest that
have not grown crops because OF light
precipitation; resulting in an extensive
addition to our cropping area and our
homemaking territory that cannot be
irrigated. Ten million bushels Of first
class macaroni wheat were grown from
these experimental tmportations last
year. Fruits suitable to our soils and
climates are being imported from I'LL
the countries OF the old world-the fg
from Turkey. the almond from Spain,
i the date from Algeria, the mango from
India. We are helping our fruit grow
ers to get their crops into European
markets by studying methods of pres.
ervation through: refrigeration, packing
and handling which have been quite
successful. FSWeaare helping our hop
growers BY impor ting varieties that
ripen earlier and later than the kinds.
they have been raising thereby length
ening the harvesting season. The cot:
ton crop of the country Is threatened
with root rot, the bollworm and tic
boil weevil. Our Psychologists will flnA
immune varieties that will resist thx
root disease, and the bollworm can be
dealt with. but the boil weevil is Sc
rdous menace to the cotton crop. 1t is,
a Central American insect that has be-
come acclimated In Texas and has
done great damage. A scientist Of the
department OF agriculture has found
the weevil at home In Guatemala being
kept In check by an ant, which has
been brought to- our cotton fields for.
observation. It is hoped that it may
serve a good purpose. ii .lS.siz..g,. 81
The soils Of the country are getting
attention from the farmers standpoint,
and interesting results are following.
We have duplicates OF athe soils that
grow the wrapper tobacco in Sumatra
and the filler tobacco In Cuba. { It viii
be only question Of time when the
large amounts paid to these countries
will be paid to our own people. The
reclamation Of alkan lands is progress,
ing, to- give object lessons to our peo-
pie III methods by which worthless
lands may be made productive. i II.
% The insect friends ana enemies Of
the farmer are getting attention. The
enemy Of the San Jose scale was found
near the great wall Of China and IL.
now cleaning up all our orchards. The
fg fertilizing insect imported from
Turkey has helped to establish an In
dnstry In California that amounts to
from 80 to 100 tons Of dried figs an
nually and Is extending over the Pa
cifc coast. a parasitic fly from South
Africa Is keeping In subsection the
black scale, the worst pest OF the or
ange and lemon industry In California.