Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-10

service. just az Major LEnfant and
the recent park commission planned
tho arrangement 81 her streets and
parks.
~ o. mortl'y'pg 10 remember that
Washington has no compulsory
school attendance law and that care.
ul Inquiries indicate the hahliual
absence from school of some twenty
per cent Of 90 children between tho
AGES Of eight and fourteen N must
e evident t0 ail who consider the
problems OF neglected child NE on
me benefits Of compulsory education
n other cities that one of The most
urgent needs OF the national capital
is law requiring the school attend.
anco of Oh children this law to bp
enforced by attendance agents direct
cd by the board Of education
Public play grounds are necessary
means for the development OF whole.
some citizenship On modern cities
u Is IMPORTANT that the work inau.
gurniod here through voluntary cf
forts should ho taken up and extend
cd through congressional nppropria.
ton uf fundH sufficient Co equip ana
maintain numerous convenient small
play grounds upon land which can
Do secured without purchase or ron
tal 10 Be- also desirable that small
vacant places ho purchased and rc.
served aa smaipark play grounds iu
donscly settled sections OF the city
which now have no public open
spaces and are destined soon 90 be-
built NO golIdly. An these needs
should ho mot Immediately. TO meet
them would entail expense; hut
corresponding saving could be- made
Boy stopping the building Of streets
ana dwelling of ground Tor purposes
largely speculative ln outlying parts
of me CITY
Thoro are certain offenders. whose
crImlnnllty takes the shape uf bru.
tally and cruelty towards the weak.
who need o. special type ~ punish
mont The wife.hoator. Tor cyamplo.
Ir inRfcuuatcly punished ~ lmpr.s
onmont. FOR imprisonment may often
mean nothing o. him. while 10 may
cause hunger and want to the wife
and children who have been the vic.
tlms ~ his brutality. Probably some
form of corporal pun.0fmcnt would
he tho most adequate way of meeting
this Kind of crime.
Agriculture
The department of agriculture has
Grown into an educational institution
WIEN "a faculty of two thousand spec
lalists making research into an the
sciences of production Tho congress
appCprintCs. directly and Indirectly.
SIX millions Of dollars annually to
carry on this work 70 reaches every
state and territory in enc Union and
the islands of the eon lately come
under our flag Cooperation Or had
with the state experiment stations.
and VITA many other institutions and
individuals Tho world ig carefully
soorched for new varieties of grains.
fruits. grasses. vegetables. trees. and
shrubs. suitable 20 various localities
IN our country: and marked benefit
to our producers has resulted
The activities az our age In lines
0f research have reached the tillors
of me soil ana inspired them with
ambition 90 know more OF the nrin-
clplos that govern the forces of ma
turo with which they have 90 deal.
Nearly half uf the people OF this
country devote their energies to grow.
lng things for tho SOIL Until "a recent
date little has boon done t0 prepare
these millions for their NE work in
most lines ~ human activity college
trained men are the leaders The
farmer has mo- opportunity FOR Tpoc
ial training until the congress made
provision FOR lt forty years ago Dur.
inE these years progress has heeh
made and teachers have been pre-
pared over five thousand students
are in attendance at our state agrl-
cultural colleges Tho federal gov.
eminent oxponds ton millions OF dol
lars annua"y toward this education
ANA Tor research IN Washington and
IU tho several states and territories.
The department of agriculture has
given facilities for postgraduate
work 90 five hundred young mon
during The last seven years. propor
lng them for advanced Hines Of work
ln the department and in the state
institutions
The facts concerning netoorology
and lts relations 10 plant and animal
life are being systematically inquired
into Temperature and moisture are
controlling factors ln an agricultural
operations The seasons Of the cy.
clones Of the Caribbean sea aud their
paths are being forocastod with In
croaslng accuracy The cold winds
that come from the north are anti.
cipated and their times and intensity
told % farmers. gardeners and fruit.
OrCrg IN an southern localities
We sell two hundred and fifty mil.
Hon dollars worth of animals and
animal products 10 foreign countries
every year IN addition 90 supplying
our own people more cheanly and
ahundantly than any other nation is
able 10 provide for itB people Sue.
cessful manufacturing depends pri.
marily on Chca1 food which accounts
10 n considerable extent for our
growth in this direction. The depart
ment uf agriculture. by careful in-
spectlon Of meats. guards the health
of Our people and gives clean bills
~ health 20 deserving exports: n "a
prepared ~ deal promptly with I'm.
ported diseases NJ animals. ana main.
tain the excellence OF our Hocka and
herds IN this respect There should
he m annual census ~ the live stock
N the nation
We sell abroad about SIX hundred
million dollars worth OF plants and
their products every year Strenuous
Efforts are being made 90 import
from foreign countries such grains
as are suitable 90 our varying local.
tiles Seven years ago We bought
three fnurthH uf our Ilcp. hy helping
tho rice urUWprE ON the gulf coast