New-York tribune., 1906-09-08
land WILL FEED ALL.
MR. WILSON OPTIMISTIC
r,.r-,,, nth J. J. Hill as to.
no,.rsr of operpopHlatiOn'

r.,t r-Ever since the PUN"
Wssn-iss - --,.vhst aessiunistio address ilHo7
ool Hil az the Minnesota S'o'7
ty - Agriculture has been receiving
he - -snlr 70 Nr Hills inquiry no"
sppes 80 tbe 2ooocooco Americans VINO
tHtA -, ,,.ars constitute this nationR sec
VII z.-1.o, consented to-day 10 discuss INC
ruN. - ~. views coming from praeuoai
e"oo1 sn economic philosopher Of no ltue
~ ~. m he -ssd with especial interest
TeNos IS Nr F.Fs article" said Secretary
.,,s rAsard II as complete ana
W. h.N--s.-,,.a nsper. He outlines the SITUATION
sA.~ ga. --,--.oy ana On ability that nobody less
49,, ~ssh the national interests could nave
sppliec -.-,..,.-.,o. ., wood. oil
-, ,ba ssrrnar viii meet that. Congress
s .,E,n the first step in granting free aioohoi'
DO "a. senartn1ent is at work learning ~hst
). sope 10 develop its possibilities. Inc
COS are working az big cannery In HI
= "a learn how 10 produce aicohoI cheaPis
~ hS ,ns b,-products Of THAI business. and an
-, has been sent 70 Europe 20 study ana
80. hsok supplies Of seed for production OF
-. br sock potatoes raised there for alcohol
-. s,osk food. il IS like the ordinary edible
-, ne know. but viii give twice the alco<ol
-, ,bs produet Of an acre. sull other eN-
-, s-s studying the uses OF alcohol for heat
- -rv,r I have no uneasiness about the
-.,n..,ve lack Of coal and oil
s,s :. the approaching exhaustion Of iron. I
=, -, ssd 70 what Mr.. Hill has said; he is
:. ,r,srt IN that line and ] am not"
~. Secretary would not attempt 10 combat
a. seriousness OF the danger Of exhaustion OF
49,, hui his chief aid, Or Galloway of the
pursau Of Plant Industry. offered an interesting
suggestion.
WILL Use IRON LESS.
.-w. build our cities OF iron" he said. and
make them unEsinly. unsightly. uaecononic;
,oue DAY we VIII do as they do in wiser coun-
tries. limit strictly the height Of buildings 10.
ssv six floors. and make il no longer an object
20 build them OF iron Then we VIII draw on
The soil with its inexhaustible clay and stone
for building materials. Look az our new build
ina Tor this department-fve stories high and
not enough iron 10 make a set Of barrel hoops
in H. reinforced concrete construction. Il viii
last for centuries. and no iron structure could
be so attractive as II VIII be"
Secretary Wilson nodded assent.
We study the SOL IN all ijs relations" he
resumed The plant growing in f. the animal
IT, that
the British grow an average Of thirty bushels
Of wheat acre 70 OURS Of Jess than fifteen
But We can get thirty if We ADOPT their methods.
They fertiize for a root crop every four or I'VE
years and then grow wheat the next year. and
that only on the best land They grow barley
Bnc oats the poorer lands: wheat grew
twenty TO thirty bushels in Iowa afty years ago:
now little IS grown because the farmers ind
HnnL
blue grass lands can be turned up to-day. and
VII produce as BIG wheat crops as ever. As
director Of the IoEa Experiment Station. I got
between thirty snd forty bushels OF wheat. and
mare no doubt they do II yet. but II was on the
beH land and IN the best conditions.
The Mississippi Valley farmer now gives nm
"Hea. aNosether for corn snd his system OF
Io'auon s based on the requirements OF The
~" aHl livestock that he wants 70 produce.
ne iases corn Two or three wears ~, = given
~ 49, y . 1fa untl The appearance Of the root
- - HeIAs nm 10 change. then oats q wear
~ psiAsps then another crop Of corn. then
- S1-S me land and lets il lie IN rast1lra fov
mn .o, enIee wears When the sod Is turned
W sssm ne ge1s great corn crop. and IN he
@ -sa.sl wheat he would ger n as vel. I know
9 ANS m Iowa that are raising better
IyIs lo-oay than they did hfr,- wears apo
a. - 80 80 oe no fears Of the capacity Of the
- - 10 Ieed The people Mr. Hi expects 10 SEE
Ts vSit SAd ] don't question HIS figures either
farming methods '''A7'e eIt
LABOR MORE EFFECTIVE.
@' hhIs observations on the subject n fam,
- are correct bur il is hard 10 do much for the
'l"ei AZ this point. Help is expensive and
80 out better appliances make n produce
'e year ago. travelling in the Southwest. T
"'s Vel illustrated. In Arkansas or Ten
- q would see man cultivatinE behind a
st uofse thar might weigh eight hundred or
- - lDHlfea pounds, going on 20 Oklahoma that
"OUla De working with Two horses TJp In
0oln country Of Kansas or Iowa. he would
'nrse or four Leo pound horses. In old
81, nan and two horses would handle ten
a ,-VH Ia Nv now a man and four big horses drag
49, - -loot narrow. then. grass was cut
49, tolAea' loaded on a wagon and later un-
ti.li 60 iu herE or stack al with pitchforks: now
iy be, bNsI, losaeo ano unloaded with machine
Tb.sa !p1"eI. win a double harpoOn fork.
- =, 1ulies illustrate how much tRA possibiH-
M. NJ one mans work have grown
f,i,- 80 S-t iil-ate more. The government is
tbs -, "'aS G y can Tor The land which lies below
les sb u ile allch- But what Of the land that
ssks-s n. l.e allch, To which water cannot be
r. = WEI. We are working stfu more for il
Az - - nnolng crops that viii grow on IL we
n,,,,. CHlihg The ends Of the earth for them:
tDs a.. wheat grown for centuries in Algeria
VII ~ - ap's peI's or Russia, was brought 10 us II
rs,rssi, -Dee good crop IN ten inches Of annual
~ sa-4 i.-4 Last yesr We rised 10000 OpO bushels
.rR'e ~ - ulls year the crop viii be much larger
tti,, acre or this domain is good for some
he 49, Se are raising the spineless cactus on
rs,,,h sahos of the Mo1ave desert and feeding
ne -s On y. 10 determine how he results COM
WIN those IN more favored sections"