Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-06
Strong But
Conservative Message
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of the man Is, to work. to &c the
bread.winner; the prime duty OF the
woman Is 10 be the mother TIE
housewife All questions Of ts'!'s and
finance sink into utter insign 'c'nce
when compared with m tremendous.
the vital im%portdnte OF trying TO
shape conditions so that these TWO du'
ties OF the mar and OF the woman
can be fulfilled under reasonably IA
vorable circumstances. II a race does
not have plenty Of children, or II the
children do not grow up, or II when
they grow up they are unhealthy In
body and stunted or vicious in mind.
then that race Is decadent, and no
heaping up OF wealth, no %splendor OF
momentary material prosperity, a
avail in any degree AZ offsets.
Agriculture.
The department Of agriculture has
grown into an educational institution
with q faculty Of two thousand spec
ialists making research into all the
sciences Of production. The con
gress appropriates, directly and indi.
rectly, six millions Of dollars an
nually to carry on this work. 1t
reaches every state and territory In
the union and the islands Of the sea
lately come under our flag. Co-opera-
tion is had with the state experiment
stations. and with many other institu-
tons and individuals. The world Is
carefully searched for new varieties
Of grains, fruits, grasses. vegetables,
trees, and shrubs. suitable to various
localities in our country; and marked
benefit to our producers has resulted.
The activities Of our age in lines OF
research have reached the tillers OF
the soil and inspired them with ambi,
ton to know more Of the principles
that govern the forces of nature with
which they have to deal. Nearly half
Of the people of this country devote
their energies to growing things from
the soil. Until a recent date little
has been done to prepare these mil
lions for their life work. In most
lines of human activity college-trained
men are the leaders. The farmer had
no opportunity for special training un.
til the congress made provision for i,
forty years ago. During these years
progress has been made and teachers
have been prepared. Over five thous-
and students are in attendance at our
state agricultural colleges. The fed
eral government expends ten millions
of dollars annually toward this edu.
cation and for research in Washing
ton and in the several states and ter
ritories, The department of agricul
ture has given facilities for post-grad'
uate work to five hundred young men
during the last seven years, preparing
them for advanced lines of work IN
the department and in the state insti,
tutions.
The soils of the country are get
ting attention from the farmers stand
point. and interesting results are fol
lowing. We have duplicates of the
soils that grow the wrapper tobacco
in Sumatra and the filler tobacco II
Cuba. 1t will be only a question o.
time when the large amounts paid Il
these countries will be paid to oul
own people. The reclamation of a
kali lands is progressing, to give on
pect lessons 10 our people in method;
by which worthless land may be made
productive,
The insect friends and enemies u
the farmer are getting attention. The
enemy of the San Jose scale was founc
rear the great wall of China, and il
now cleaning up all our orchards
The fig-fertilizing insect imported
from Turkey has helped to establish
an industry in California that amount
to from fifty to one hundred tons o
dried figs annually. and is extending
over the Pacific coast. A parasite,
fly from South Africa is keeping ii
subsection the black scale, the wors
pest OF the orange and lemon industr,
in California.
Careful preliminary work Is bein,
done towards producing our own silk
The mulberry is being distributed II
large numbers, eggs are being import
ed and distributed. improved reels wer'
imported from Europe last year. ant
two expert reelers were brought Il
Washington to reel the crop Of co
DOE and teach the art to u owl
people.
The crop reporting system OF thu
department of agriculture is bein,
brought closer to accuracy every year
1t has two hundred and fifty thousant
reporters selected from people in eigh
vocations In life. 1t has arrangement
with most European countries for In
terchange OF estimates. SO that gu
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