Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-08
d., DAILY BREAD.

notwithstanding all our complaints
of poverty and oppression. the fact
still remains that the great American
republic Is about the only spot on
earth In which good. white. wheat
bread "a the stan OF life for the mass-
IS rs wen as the classes. Mi. nm.
u others, have lately expressed
many pcsSimistie %forebodings that the
time is not far in the future when
wheat bread viii be too costly, IL not
too good. for human natures daily
food. but Mr.. Wilson, the secretary OF
agriculture. who ought 10 be AT least
avs wei qualified as MIR. I'M. or any
or the rest, to pass an intelligent opin-
Ion upon this subject, is unable to
detect the appearance OF any such
cloud in the agricultural horizon. It
is possible, he says. that the day may |
come, some time IN the future. when
the steadily increasing population of
the country viii ovcrtax the ability of
our farmers TO raise enough wheat 10
furnish bread for all OF our millions. |
but that day Is very remote. Nor Will
IL be necessary at any time in the
near future FOR us TO import grain
for bread, Notwithstanding all the
doleful predictions of some publicists
Everything. he says. depends upon
the disposition Of the American farm
Ell 20 make the most OF the resources
of his land, and to improve his meth
DDS OF agriculture. IN accordance with
the needs of the people, The pros
peet Tor a great increase In the pro-
dnction of wheat il excellent. in the
opinion Of Secretary Wilson, and for
two reasons. first. the greatly en-
HANGED market value of that staple
would surely tempt the American
farmers to plant more whent. ana sec
ond. thank to the discovery of the
possibility Of growing durum wheat N
. large part OF the country hitherto
regarded as unavailable. there would
be a great addition Ia the total of the
annual crop. !
Last year no less than 90. 000 900
bushels of durum wheat were grown Z
In the United states. Durum Is a {
Siberian grain, peculiarly tit for soils d
where there IL but a small amount Of !
pcsont The agricultural de- I
parimont has found that Il win grow q
well west OF the tooth meridian In the e
Northwest, which means almost any
where west OF the middle OF the Da-
kotas, and in the seml-dry regions oil
eastern Washington and oregon. 4,
But the department. does not Ike =
The methods that are being pursued %
by the growers. soil robbery" cx- -
Dr. Galloway. and the aecre- i
asscnted Go the designation. Great "a
synd'cates are farming tracts of 49, r
ooe acres in wheat, planting the crop ~
'gain ana again without regard TO the n
necessary rotation that would Insure +,
The soil against exhaustion. q
That was one Of the things the Sec 4
Rotary had in mind when he said that u
better farming methods would be rc- II
CURED 10 produce an the wheat that ii
the American people would need. lie n
out as worthy OF imitation the r.
european practice. whore on lands oI
hat had been mrmed for agess. food e.
grains were steadily and prontably 81
grown. al
The secret was in the rotation. a
would bc divided into al least
parts and the best portion plant
ri in wheat th" second best In bar
ley and thu third 200 oats. The fol- e.,
owing year there would be- q SHIFT and 1,
and grasses would be also a
TO enrich the soil. In that n
hammer The farms were kept at a a
high standard In
Th" secretary WIS osk.d. win ~
american wheat go below 81 again ' k'
Probably mot hc replied. but e.,
here r. mo- telling what might follow p,
'uch a disturbance, boo The Industrial ~
md financial world b. we had In 1907. m
md should wc again meet such a "
ribs " IL possible that Their, would
be 5S-ccnt wheat"