Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-11
BRITISH SCIENTISTS DISCUSS, ...... .
7HEPASI, present ANDFUTURE
OF wheat RAISING BUSINESS
MANY Eminent MEN TELL or THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT
TAIN MAKE CHANGES NECESSARY FOR THE Sue
cEssFuL PRODUCTION AMOUNT HIGH
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Editor Tribune: A series of meet
ings of momentous Importance to
northwestern United States and Can
ada, was recently concluded in the
city of Winnipeg, when on; the first
of September the British Association
for the Advancement of Science ad-
journed for another year. y e.
The British Association FOR the Ad-
vancement of Science was the first
of the great national associations Of
scientists, and consequently is prob.
ably the foremost. TO it belongs all
the greater and lesser scientific lights
of the British empire, and in addition
in association with it are a great
many of the American scientists. 1t
meets yearly in some city of the
British country. Last year it met at
johannesburg, South Africa, and this
year Winnipeg was the chosen city.
The meetings were attended by men
active in every line of science. The
meetings were held in sections, which
deal with certain branches of science.
These sections comprise. physics
chemistry, geology, zoology, geogra.
ply. economics, engineering, an
thropology, physiology, botany, agri:-
culture and educational science. It
was the policy of each one of these
sections to deal in the course of its
meetings with certain questions Of
specific interest to Canada. The
possibility Of a new water route for
western Canada by way of the Hud-
son Bay, was discussed by competent
authority. In geography the location
of certain fertile wheat lands was the
subject Of another paper. In the sec;
ton dealing with education the sub
ject oil manual training for schools
of the type found in the northwest,
was presented. From the farmers
standard by far the most interesting
and profitable meetings were found
naturally in the section dealing with
agriculture. Here were gathered
some of the best men men known Of
agricultural science in the world, and
their papers and discussions were de,
cidedly interesting. Especially note
worthy was the presidential address,
given by Major P. G.. Craigie, who Is
one of the pioneers in agricultural
science. The question dealt with In
his address was concerning the prob
lem of supplying bread to the ever
increasing millions of bread eaters In
Europe, America and the other lands.
His plea was for more lands to be
put to wheat growing, together with
the use of proper rotation methods.
so that not only may the constant
supply of wheat not be lowered m
quantity, but because of better meth
DDS and yield per acre may be in
creased. : =: ~
Major Craigie stated that the num-
Der Of bread and wheat consumers in
Europe has been increasing on the
average one per cent for the last
seventy years, while the wheat areas
of European countries have decreased
in acreage. Europe, therefore, is re.
lying, and must continue to rely, upon
foreign countries more and more for,
her wheat supply. He stated that
whereas the average yield per bush.
eli per acre has been 1877 bushels,
ultimately this yield must be raised to
at least 20 bushels per acre in order
to keep up with the average increase
of supply.
The amount Of acreage in Canada
devoted to the growing of wheat, is
G, 000, 900. Without doubt this amount
will be increased to 100000 within
comparatively short time. He es-