Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-23

them Christianity, taught them at fh'
same time how to till the soil. As earl,
: as the tenth and eleventh centuries
! agriculture had made wonderful pro
gress in Germany; and today German!
stands second to none. Il has been said
that the only good Indian is dead one
I think that this is entirely too radical
J 1 will modify it by saying that the only
good Indian is a working Indian Teach
him to work and you viii eivilize him;
keep him in idleness and De might Just
as well be aead-as far as the welfare
Of society is concerned.
But why speak of olden times and
ancient people when we have figures at
hand showing the enormous Importance
of farming in our own eountryi The
population Of the United States in
1906 is S5,56s.159. The number Of far
mers in round numbers is 26,0o0.oo0
In the United States, one man in every
three is 4 farmer; in other words, the
American farmers form S5 per cent Of
our population. And consider for a
moment their power Of producing
wealth. In 1905 the American farmers
produced wealth amounting 10 nearly
six and one-half billions Of dollars. To
comprehend the signi6esnee Of this vast
amount Of money. it will suffice to state
that it would take all the gold. silver
and paper money in circulation in this
country, and double the amount Of 81
the United States reserves TO buy the
bulk Of the farmers 1905 crop Then
the farmers would have left in their
barns and stock pens s67S,o0o. 600 |
worth, a tidy surplus nearly seven
times as large as the aggregate wealth
produce by all our fresh and salt
water fisheries in 1904 Nay. more. the
wealth produced by the American far
mer in 1895 would suffice 20 pay the
national deb; of the United States not
once. but six times over, snd then leave
a handsome surplus Of several hundred
million dollars
What does Oregon needi It needs
diversified farming and intensive farm
ing. The time has passed when man
can raise the same crops successfully
on the same land for 8 number Of
years Our grain raisers in the vii.
lamette valley have found that out.
When, sixteen years ago. I was placed
IN charge Of our College farm, red elO-
Yer was practically unknown. Some
people maintained that il could rot be
raised; but I found out different. and
raised il successfully; and now there
Is hardly a farm that does lot have
its field Of clover. Now we have 5
regular rotation Of crops. One year we
raise potatoes and corr for our silo;
after these crops the land i in hne 1
shape for big crop Of fall wheat. In {
the beginning Of March the following +,
spring. we SOW clover on the whea; ,
Next year We get two crops Of clover, ]
,ue for hay ami the other for seed. I
After that the land Is in trim for ,
oig crop Of oats Thea the rotation
commences again from the beginning
We DO lot allow the clover - stand ,
for more than one year. IS We have
found out tAA; the second year the Z
clover Is Only about half as good as .
he ars, year. Of late great interest
: being taken IL The raising OF alfalfa 4
Tie Agricultural college a, Corvallis I,
las successfully solved the problem. {
The S11thcrn Paeife, With eommeulaa- / (
BE enterprise. has distributed seed. in Z
Dealsting material and lanGplaste.; ]
,ni IN a aumbsE of localities lilsluLias Z
l1r oWa FARM Eve acrs tracts have i
lesz planted in slfslta. TIE southern ;
Paeihe las Also distributed booklets
sivins fun Instructions as % the rais ID
NJ u alfalfa. From what I have read ]
,z1 seea with my oWn ewes. I an con |.
Tiaeed that alfalfa raising can be ma6s
success in almos; any locality. pye
iiet that alfalfa Taising OF a large
.cale all alcng this coast viii rsvolu /
ioaiEe farming. 1, viii De a boou for
Ae farming community. ! an an sE-
AussAst as 70 raising alfalfa. Do you
Sish % raise The bess Azd most noar-
shiag hay for all kin5s Of cat;lsl Theu
sise alfalfa. Do yoa Eish 70 have
ice, saeeulent feed for your COWS in
he dry season % the SUMMER rher
sise alfalfa. Do you wish 70 raise 8
'EeA,er quantity Of hay ~ the acre
AAn YOU ever raised in yoar life Be
oref TAen raise alfalfa. Do yOu
'lsA 70 have and raaintain fac, up-to-
he dairy heFdf Raise alfalfa. Do yoa