La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
THE FARMER IS
NOT NEGlEc7ED
1elsati1e Ala Invoked by tie Gov.
srnmest In His Interest.
Important Results Accomplished
During the Mckinley -Rooss-
volt Administration.

Mckinley Roosevelt administration In
behalf Of the farming interests Of the
country 10 all that ID necessary to COM
pletely controvert the Democratic
charge that the government ID neglect
ing the farmer.
During the last eleven years Presi.
dents Mckinley and Roosevelt have
aimed to bring the Department Of Az
riculture to the help Of our farmers In
all sections of the country and have in-
structed the Secretary Of Agriculture
to use all endeavors to help the tiller
Of the soil toward greater efficiency
and more economic production to
make the American acre more potent
in growing crops. The Congress during
nhe last eleven years has Quadruplcd
The amount Of money invested in agri-
cultural research and demonstration.
to give the American farmers help In
their operations on the farm. to feed
our people well and chenply. and en-
able them to compete with the outside
world 1t has provided for over two
thousand scientists, specialists in their
respective lines, who are In touch with
our farmers In all sections OF the
country. gathering Information and
preparing II for Issue In depa rtmental
publications, Of which nearly seventeen
million pieces were given out In 1907
to 90 into our country homes, dealing
directly with what lis uppermost in the
minds OF our growers Of plants and
animals at the time of publication.
Science Applied to Development Of
AGrieaasore.
The education Of specialists In ap-
piled science to meet the demand for
research under the Federal Government
and under State institutions has be-
come a prominent feature Of DEPART
mental work. Graduates Of our agri-
cultural and other colleges are drafted
into the Department of Agriculture and
prepared for scientific research along
the lines demanded BY the producers OF
our country under all our varied con-
ditions Within the last eleven years
nearly sixteen hundred young men have
had postgraduate instruction in the
sciences OF agriculture. The Depart
nent Of Agriculture and the State ex-
pertinent stations are actively cooper
ating with regard to unsOlved prob
lens that affect the farmer throughout
our States and Territories and In the
Islands Of the sea that have lately
come into our possession.
New markets for our sur plus pr0duc-
tion are being sought In foreign coun-
tries, and scientific inquiry Is being
made into the preparation Of our ex-
ports for foreign markets. Uncertainty
with regard to the magnitude Of our
crops at home il being removed by
careful statistical inquiry, to the end
that more accurate knowledge with re-
eard to production may mitigate the
evils OF speculation. Inquiry IL also
being made into the productions Of
competing countries, In order that the
American farmer may know what he
has to meet In foreign markets.
New Predicts for Aaerlsan Farns.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
encourage the home production Of
articles we have been importing from
foreign countries. During the last
eleven years there has been an increase
in the production Of sugar from beets
which makes the product Of 1907, |
amounting to 10000 tons, over thir-
teen times that Of 1896 and its value |
fifteen times. Eleven years ago we
produced only 0ne-fourth Of the rice |
consumed In the United States. The |
fostering work of the Federal Govern
nsent has enabled the rice growers to |
produce more than the equivalent Of |
our home consumption and foreign |
markets are being sought for the sur
plus. There was nm increase In the |
production Of rice from 07.OOO, 600 |
pounds in 1906 to nm average Of 7l6,-
100000 pounds during the last four
years.
Scientific research BY the Bureau OF
Soils demonstrates the fact that we
can produce at home the fne tobaccos
for which We have been paying over
twenty million dollars 4 year to for
eign countries Our explorers have
searched foreign lands for grains, leg
umes, nber plants, teas. etc. for intro
duction into sections Of the United
States suitable to their production.
The producing area for grains has been
extended westward into the dry re-
gions Of our country through the In
PRODUCTION OF plants that are at home
where the rainfall is light. Nearly
nifty millions of bushels Of wheat are
being grown IN regiops that have here
tofore been upproductive.
Ese1ssasisa - Dsseasss q Ea.n
An10a1s oaA RroAoete.
The Federal Govefnment b studying /
the diseases Of domestic animals with