Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-07

Err COAST GAZETTE. SATURDAY, AUG. Z, 10
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the work done and, Of course, done without ade-
quate knowlege.s 1W'hileit.is, true that in nearly
every other direction wherein. human effort. is ex-
ercised, conditions hal . Century ago were far be-
hind what they are now, yet the teachings of half
a century have revealed 1. is the fact that in
agriculture we, YSSS;:hiaty Y : tlsesa most abstruse Of all
sciences and have 50 MANY factors, comfortable
and uncontrollable, to consider in carrying on agri-
cultural work as it stands today, the modern agri-
%cdlturist apparently ought tto.bbee a very scientific
worker and able'to reduce. waste to a minimum
and to accomplish. the. greatest amount Of work
and to secure the very hes results with the least
outlay of human effort and expenditure. j.
The vari iails% experiment $ per nf5nnf1 s xtaat io carried on
throughout,the federal Union have done their
share during the'1ast:t twenty-five years in leading
to the wonderful advances made in modern agri-
culture. The Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station
was one Of the pioneers in this good work and we
are led to believe that the sugar. industry in this
state would never have, secured. its present pro-
portions, had It nott;Sbbeeen. ff6r s,thhe aid of the station,
All these. things take time.and it has taken a quar-
ter Of a century, for for us. in the sugar industry to
progress from the old rule ofsthumb, then prevail
ing, up to the modern methods Of intense culture
land concentrated manufacture:;* -, = ~.
f Our rice planting industry>in, this state, which
is now the llaarggesstt" in the federal. union, and has
been progressing b 1eaps and bounds during re.
cent years. is in much thu, same condition as was
the sugar cane industry twenty-five. or thirty years
ago The experiment station work now inaugu-
rated in this industry and that has been carried on
to some extent for several years, will unquestion-
ably show good. results in the end. The. hearty
cooperation Of: Secretary Wilson of the u. S. De-
p~artinent Of agriculture, is assured to us and we
believe that good results will quickly follow.
Among the earlier work done through the efforts
of Mr.. Wilson was the introduction into this coun-
try Of some heardy varieties of rice; including
what we now familiarly call japan. rice. This rice,
however, does not seem to be as much in favor as
was. hoped for il. somesyears back. It seemed to
ripen more slowly and to reach the harvesting
season at a period when there are severe storms
in this state and standing rice would be very liable
to storm injury. The,rice grains were short and
round and looked more like barley than the hand:
some, long grains Of our present. so-called Hondu.
ras rice. There remain however, very many
problems to be, selYNesdtayJ i. t th; ice industry; just as
there remain very many in the: cane industry, bur
some such solutions, are reached by gradual adj
Nance movements and not at one jump, as man,
''Would suppose. ,-...t =
We have the old; adaaggee that experience is a deal
teacher. and that fools vii! learn in no other. It is
a pity for tie agriculturistt Of today to. have. t.
commit everyaefrurizof his,,ancestors before HI
shall learn how to reach success esq; and financial con
ditions are SD ehartgedstoday that those who arr
Sufficiently p & 5 *snki jp 4 their e5 b, personal: conclusion:
Eas4p exclude from considerations the experience;De
ot,kers, are d du aet!tG apt It. t t3'f faalt: sBa}i now PRACTICAL!
}everyy industry agricultural, manufacturing, ~ meaif
Iaaiqitile. or ott i6sef Wiiisss.'l i i Carried on at less, margin gin
than formerly. and errors made in management
have more serious results, new than ever be
fore. i, . - ass IT.. 4 I. ~ :
Agricultural life for years has been thought Il
be insuffficiently remunerative to justify men 0
ability continuing iAsif. In, the great states of tn
West and in fact nearly everywhere in the fedora
union, we can now find men: Of great ability il
agriculture who: treatftheir business as an exac
science. and they have solved the problem as. t
how to make Agricultural industry remunerative
The HI. statement ,,maaddddSsss Hist Year that'in| Minnesot
the farmers were. the chief buyers of. automobile
= cold tn hove hoon an accurate mo and = chou,