Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-29
WILSON MAKES HIS REPORT
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area. While there are great agricultural
possibilities in this region, farming there
must be conducted along radically different
lines from those IN the more humid Dor-
tons OF the United States. In spite Of re-
cent abundant rainfall, conditions will
doubtless soon resume their normal state,
which Is one Of seml-aTidity.
Much work has been done in the in
yestigation of seed adulteratlon and in
carrying on the campaign OF education on
behalf Of good seed. Good results have
attended work In securing high grade
strains of sugar beet seed and especially
satisfactory results have been secured in
the development of the sugar beet seed
containing a single germ, which will
eliminate. a considerable portion Of the
work of thinning.
Instruction in Irrigation.
Through the Office of experiment stations,
irrigation experts have been detailed TO
WORK out and introduce the right methods
Of irrigation, and to give practical advice
TO beginners in irrigation I'm sections where
1t has been introduced. Wherever this edu-
cational work was begun there has been
marked appreciation of Its value. Requests
for aid of this kind have been numerous,
and the number of men engased In this
teal manner of carrying on this work is
through the establishment of farms where
the best methods are worked out and their
results demonstrated. Such farm should
be established as an object lesson on each
reclamation area. Five INSTRUMENTATION
belt during the year. At these stations IL
is expected to work out and demonstrate
the methods and practices in utilizing lin
tied water supplies in irrigating from one
TO ten acres Of land. Provision for such
irrigation would enable the farmer to plant
trees for shade and to have a limited area
family and forage for the cows and horses.
Drainage work.
During the past year the department has
carried on extended drainage Investigations
n If ~ cd Of Tfah
Washington, Nebraska and California, this
work being paid for in part by state APP
In humid parts of the United States would
result In extending or improving agTicul-
ture over an area equal to the states OF
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. This makes
farm drainage a matter of national inl-
y .r,tlU,. Jring the last year the ofice
OF experiment station has aided state
officials and others in making surveys and
inspections to determine the feasibility OF
large drainage projects and the proper
plans for the work. These survey nvestl-
cations have been carried on in thirty-one
of the forty-siN states.
0Dject-LessOn Roads Built.
Throughout the country, especially in
rural districts, the demand for information
as 20 the best methods of road const uctiun
is steadily growing, where people are WILL
ing TO expend money on mending their high
ways. Owing TO ineXperience and lack of
In some counties well abe to support a
system of good roads, little work IS done
owing TO lack OF knowledge. 1t is In Just
such cases that the work Of the Office Of
public roads is proving of signal value.
The department does not Undertake the
construction OF roads which can be and
should be the work of counties within the
states, but the educational value OF en-
ploying experts IN the construction OF &c
tons of improved roads in different parts
OF the country has been fully demonstrated
Expert advice on road const uction has
been given and experimental field work car
ried on, and, wherever possible object
lesson roads are being constructed for the
purpose of illustrating the best methods
of road building. The local authorities fur
nish material common labor, teams and
fuel the ohice OF public roads supplying
supervising engineers and in some cases
part or all Of the machinery. During the
eleven states, representing a wide diversity
in character OF construction. and kinds of
material used. Much has been done by
the ONCE in developing the use OF sand
clay and burnt clay for roads in areas
OF the country where no stone IS available