Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-24
CURRENT EVENTS.
News and Views In Various Lines o.
Agriculture.
BY r. L. WOODS.


Agriculture.
BY R. L. WOODS.
Washington, d. C.-Argentina has re-
:ently become a subject Of interest to
American farmers in view Of possible
competition from 1t in the food mar
kets Of the world. 1t Is as producer
Of grain and live stock that Argentina
is gaining consideration. Climate and
soil both favor these industries. Cat
tie require no shelter In winter, and
the country is level and fertile. About
25,OOO,OOO acres are said to be under
cultivation, wheat taking about one
half of this area. f. w. Bicknell. spe-
c1al agent Of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture, states that the
department Of agriculture Of Argentina
Is progressive and doing it's best to ad-
vance the condition Of agriculture and
improve the methods Of the farmers
Ownership Of land by small farmers
is increasing, and there is strong de-
mand for the best agricultural lands
accessible to market. The Russian
and Italian agricultural colonists are
learning how to raise wheat, corn and
linseed faster than they are acquiring
a desire to live better and more ex-
pensively. So the probability is that
they will go on producing an increasing
quantity and an improving quality at
less cost than most of their competi-
tors.
Growing Demand For Soft Cheese.
Soft cheeses have long been recog-
nized as distinctly European product.
Only within few years past has
growing demand for them developed
in this country. This demand may be
partly due to our increasing foreign
population also to the taste acquired
for them by Americans who have trav-
eled abroad and to a growing appetite
for them among those who are learning
to like the new delicacies in this coun-
try There is an importation of sew
eral varieties of soft cheese, such as
limburger, brie and camembert, to sat
isfy a market that is said to be in
creasing every year. In the interest
Of farmers and dairymen, who may in
this direction find a new outlet for
their surplus milk, the department of
agriculture has issued a bulletin on
the camembert type Of soft cheese in
the United States. 1t records the re-
suit Of investigations in soft cheese
making which were originally under
taken by the Connecticut experiment
station with the hope that there might
be developed a new industry especial
~ adapted to New England conditions.
The camembert type Of soft cheese
seems especially adapted to home man
ufacture. The process Of manufacture
has, however, been held as a trade
secret, and no source Of information
has been available.
Sale Of Forest Preserve Timber.
It has been announced by the bureau
Of forestry that the mature timber on
the national forest reserve Is to be Of
fered for sale. The restriction formerly
laid upon the export Of timber from the
states in which the forest reserves were
located has been removed, and the law
now places no limitation Of the ship
ment of timber grown on any forest re-
serve except those in the state Of Idaho
and the Black Hills reserve In South
Dakota. The timber on the reserves
may now be cut and disposed of to the
highest bidder. On many Of the re-
serves there are great quantities of ma
ture timber, and on some Of them the
facilities for getting it out at a reason
able cost are excellent. The forest serv-
ice announces that it is prepared to
consider offers from lumbermen who
wish to undertake such operations.