Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
GOVERNMENTS AID TO CORN
Uncle Sam is Helping the Farmer and
Boosting the Exposition.
WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT EXHIBIT
Departments of Agriculture and In
tertor VIII show at Least nm
EpitOmc of How Government
Has Promted Farming.

That the wealth Of the United States
is in her soil was the belief Of American
statesmen a few score years ago, when
they created of Department of Agricul-
ture. These same men were tired OF war
and warlike preparations and, viewing the
country in it's vast expanses between the
Atlantic and the Pacific, declared that the
lands upon which the people dwelt must
pay dividends"
Little, however, did those men dream Of
the intricate problem that the men would
face who have had before them con-
Btantly the question Of getting from the
soil the greatest possible profit, They
realized that in the rich loan Of the
Viver valleys and on the rolling pralries
Of the country there was wealth, but
they did not figure out the problem
Of making the soil give up it's riches.
In their minds was the plan OF broadening
me scope OF the government and by the
creation Of a new department affect a
means of promoting good investments in
the land. These men wanted something
done to promote the cultivation of the
soil Of a country, the most fertile of all
lands upon which the sun has ever shown.
They looked upon the western plains,
the rolling pralries and the arid lands, as
a bonanza, waiting Nor a Columbus to
discover the wealth buried beneath the
sod.
But Soil VIII Give out.
But as years nave gone by and genera
lions used the lands, they found the
lodes and pockets of earth, which contain
precious metals, exhausted and likewise
the farms, Thus the study has been taken
up OF how these lands may be made Ia
yield year after year. When pot luck
Is over In mining, science finds a way to
concentrate low grade ores. When farmers
face agricultural bankruptcy" the De.
partment Of Agriculture. with it's system
OF experiment stations, finds a way tC
rotate crops, select varieties. restore the
fertility and intensity f~arming-sort OF
work over the tallings at a profit.
What the Department Of Agriculture is
accomplishing in this work is TO be
graphically shown at the coming Nationa
Corn exposition 70 be held In Omaha
December 6 to IS An exhibit is to b,
made which win show that the Depart
ment Of Agriculture Is doing just wha
the men intended il 70 do, who planne,
years ago TO do something from Washing
ton widch would make the people NOR,
happy and prosperous.
Whether or not the government is maxim
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OF the American people-the farmers-wii
be shown at the corn exposition, The de
partment is taking advantage OF the on
portunity offered at the show to demon
strate conclusively that Il is maxim
good" that IL is working out the plans O
the statesmen who deyolved the schem
OF making the soil pay dividends. Il
going 10 show the people that science la
learned 20 make worked-out farms produc
rich haTvests.
All over the country are agriculture
schools where scientific farming is taugh
Every state university has an agriculture
department and there are many instltu
lions devoted exclusively to pursuits alon
the lines Of agricultural research, Thes
are tho colleges OF practical. twentiet
century methods.
TaiIOF-Made Farmers.
The great colleges and universities al
turning out "tailor-made" farmers, b.
these same made-to-order farmers are mai
ing the hayseeds OF the old sehool st u
and behold. Science has taught the mod
ern farmer that lands may be eompeie
TO yield crops Of greater proportioni tha
tho fold may be two-fold In many case
and that there Is no such thing as wasl
land.
The old-ume farmer learned by expe
tence that~rotation Of crops was a goo