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

% our paihologisis win nnd Immune
varieties that Will resiHt the root "a.
soasc. End the boiiworm can be
dealt with. but the boil weovll ia a
serious menace 90 the cotton crop.
~ ls central American Insect that
has become acclimaiad in Texas and
has done great damage A scientist
~ The department 90 agriculture has
found the wceyil nt home in guatC-
mnla being Kept On check by an ant
whi7h has been brought 90 our cot.
ton fields for observation u iH hoped 4
that % may servo rlod purpose.
The soils of the country are goi
tiur attention from the farmer
standpoint. and intefp ting result
are following We have duplicates or
Che soils That gruw the wrapper TO-
hnCco III Sumnira and the filler TO-
bncco ln Cuba ~ will De- only q cues
tion OF time when the large amounts
paid 30 these countries will be paid
tO our own people The reclamation
Of alkali lands ls progressing 10 give
object lessons Co our people la meth.
ODDS By which worthless lands may b.
made productive
The insect friends and enemies az
the farmer lre setting attention The
enemy ~ the san Jose scale was
found near the Great wall 10 China.
and is now cleaning up all OF our
orchards The ng.fortilizinT insect
imported from Turkey has holnod Co
establish an industry ia California
that amounts tO from fifty 20 ono
hundred toms of dried figs annually
and is extending over che Pacific
coast A parasitic fly from South A.
RIGA o. keeping lu supiection the
black scale the worst pest of the
orange and lemon industry Of Call.
foruia
Careful preliminary work Is being
done towards producing our own
dix The mulberry is being distri
hutod ln large numbers. eggs are be-
lBg imported and distributed, improv
pd reels were imported from Europe
laat year. and two expert rpolcrs
we're brought 90 washington 90 reel
the crop ~ cocoons and tcsch the
sri 10 our own people.
The crunrOp0rtInr system ~ the
department OF agriculture iB being
brought closer Go accuracy every
year It has two hundred aud ufty
thousand reporters selected from pee.
pile In eight yocationa 200 NO. 70 has
arrangements with most European
countries for Interchange of ostl
mates. so that our people may know
AS nearly aa possible with what
they must compete
Emigration.
During The two and half years
that have elapsed since thr passage
~ the reclamation act rapid progress
has been made in the surveys and "a.
amlnarons of the opporiunItlea for
reclamation In The thirteen states and
three territories of The arid west
Conat ructiun has already been begun
ON the largest and most important
OF The irrigation works. and plans
are being completed for works which
viii utilize the funds now available.
The operations are being carried on
ay the reclamation ryico. a corps
LOO engineers selected through com.
pptitivc civil service examinations.
This corps include experienced con
sultlug and constructing engineers as
we'll as various experts in mechanical
and legal matters. and is composed
largely of men who have spent most
OF thoIr lives DO practical affairs con.
upcted with irrigation The larger
problems have been solved and II
now rrmEinE tO execute with care.
economy and thorouHhuCss the work
which has been laid out an import
ant details are being carefully con.
eidored hv boards of consulting on.
rineefH. selected Tor their thorough
knowledge ana practical experience
Each project ls taken up on the
ground hy competent mon and viewed
from the standpoint Of tho creation
Of prosperous homes. and ~ prompt
~ rofUudlnr Geo tho treasury the cost
of construction Tho reclamation act
has bcun found tO he remarkably
complete and effective. and 80 broad
I'm ifs provisions that u wide range Of
undertakings has been possible under
o. At The nmo time. economy ig guar
untood by tho fact that the funds
must ultimately be- returned 90 be
used over agai1
Forests.
70 81 the cardinal principle ~ The
forest.roscrvc policy OF this admins.
tration that the reserves are FOR use
Whatever lntorforos with the use ~
their resources ~ 20 he avoided by
every possible means. But these re-
sources must he used IN such way
as 10 make them permanent.
The forest policy ~ the govern
ment is Just now subject of vivid
public interest throughout tho west
ANA 90 tho people OF the United States
ln general Tho foregt reserves them
solves are Of extreme value 10 The
present as we'll NJ 10 the future vel.
fare OF the sll Che western public
fond statos They powerfully aHoCt
the use and disposal Of the public
/ lands They are uf special import
ance because they preserve the water
supply of timber FOR domestic pur
poses. and go promote settlement un.
/ der tho reclamation act Indeed. they
/ are essential 90 the welfare ~ every
one ~ the great interests ~ the west
Fnrost reserves are created FOR two
principal purposes The first is to
rroeorvo tho water supply This g.
their most Important uso The prin-
cinal users OF the water thus pre-
served arc irrigation ranchorH and
settlers cities and towns 10 whom
/ their municipal water supplies are
nf me first importance users ana
/ iurnisheu OF water power and the
users of wafer for domestic manulac-
turing mining and other purposes
! All these are directly dependent upon
/ The forest reserves
The second reason FOR which forest
I reserves are created ia 90 preserve
] the tlutlnr auuulV fur Vnriuua oIneena