The state herald., 1908-09-18
Scientific Aid Invoked by the Gov
ernment in His Interest.
important Results Accomplished
During the Mckinley -Roose-
welt Administration.

country Is ull tnut Is HeCeSSuTy 10 COLL
petely controvert the Democratic
charge that the government Is neglect
ing the farmer.
During the last eleven years Presi-
dents Mckinley and Roosevelt have
aimed to bring the Department of Ag-
riculture TO the help of our farmers in
all sections of the country and have III
structed the Secretary of Agriculture
to use all endeavors to help the tiller
of the soil toward greater efficiency
aipd more economic production TO
make the American acre more potent
in growing crops. The Congress during
the last eleven years has quadrupled
the amount of money invested in agri-
to give the American farmers help In
their operations on the farm, to feed
our people well and cheaply, 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 1t for issue in departmental
publications, of which nearly seventeen
million pieces were given out in 1907
10 go into our country homes, dealing
directly with what is uppermost in the
minds of our growers OF plants and
animals at the time Of publication.
Science Applied to Development of
Agriculture.
The education of specialists In np-
piled science to meet the demand for
research under the Federal Government
and under State institutions has be-
come prominent feature Of depart
mental work. Graduates Of our agri-
>Sulturai 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
hnd postgraduate instruction In the
sciences OF agriculture. The Depart
ment OF Agriculture and the State eN-
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 surplus produc'
tlon are being sought In foreign coun,
tries. and scientific inquiry II being
made into the preparation OF our cN-
ports for foreign markets. Uncertainty
with regard to the magnitude Of our
crops at home Is being removed Icy
careful statistical inquiry. TO tile end
that more accurate knowledge with r..
card to production may mitigate the
evils Of speculation. Inquiry Is 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 Products for American Farms.
Strenuous efforts nrc being made TO
encourage the home production Of
articles We have been importing from
foreign countries. During the last
slcycn years there has been nn Increase
N the production OF sugar from beets
which makes the product Of 1907,
amounting Ia 100000 tons, over thlr.
teen times that of 1890 and It's ynlue
fifteen times. Eleven years ago We
produced only one-fourth Of the rice
consumed In the United States. The
fostering work Of the Federal Govern.
mcnt has enabled the rice growers 10
produce more than the equivalent ~
our home consumption and foreign
markets arr being sought for the sur.
plus There was nn Increase In the
production of rice from D7.Ooo.Oco
pounds In 1921 TO mn average OF IiG..
10000 pounds during the last four
years.
Scientific research by the Bureau of
Soils demonstrates the fact that we
can produce at home the line tobaccos
for which We have been raging over
twenty million dollars year 10 for.
eisn countries, our explorers have
searched foreign lands for grains. log.
hiH'hs H"'i NlHH'Nt NHhs 'Nfst lhF miro
duction Into sections OF the rnltci
States suitable TO their production.
The produein. area for grains has bocn
extended westward into the dry re.
rlonH OF our country through tho In.
PRODUCTION of plants TINT nre u, home
where the rainfall Ii light Nearly
NIFTY millions of bushels ~ wheat nrc
being grown In regions that have here.
tofofc been unprodncti,c,
rr~ai-.ti.. Of Diseases OF Yarn
A~i@ai. s"a rr.a.-,..
The Federal Government ID studying
the diseases ~ domestic animals with
n view 10 their complete eradication.
our animals nBd their products go 10
foreign countries with bills NJ health.
fuincsH The American meats nrr tho
most wholesome IN the world. ns the