Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

thing; that soil that had been worked out
Of certain qualities regained those charao-
t~eristics by resting. Thus a corn field be-
came a meadow and the pasture land was
transformed into a waving field Of maize.
The scientific farmer, however, has
learned and demonstrated that the same
land may be used over and over again.
that the life-giving features of the soil
may be rejuvepated by proper fertilization
and he has learned to compound mixtures
from the various salts of the earth that
make poor soil rich.
All these things ave been encouraged
by the government and the results OF the
governments influence will be shown at
the corn show. Lam that formerly grew
only stunted nubblns of corn now yields
perfect ears of yellow corn. Increased Yields
are noticed on all soil where the prinol-
pies Of scientific farming have been ap-
piled. Grain elevators are bullying out
with their stores of cereals where pre-
viously there were empty bins due to short
crops.
Creating More Soil.
But the government has not stopped with
mere fertilization Of tho soil. II has ex-
tended its efforts to creating more soil
suitable for raising crops, 1t has sought
to convert desert land into farming country
and now, where the principle Of irrigation
has been applied, there are green oasis
where formerly there were barren wastes.
In Colorado, in Wyoming, in Montana and
the lands Of the west and the great north
west great empires are being reclaimed
for the use Of nan by means Of water.
TIL government has spent millions of
dollars in tapping streams and diverting
their hannels so that the water may be
made to furnish moisture to the thirsty
lands. Irrigation canals now thread the
arid lands and deserts of the western
states and the lands through which they
flow are now veritable gardens of Eden
bearing fruits and grains OF untold wealth
The great Gunnison TUNE in the famous
Uncompahgro valley Of Colorado wai
opened at a signal from President TafI
during his trip through the west this fal
and whom water gushed from this costly
me untain bore thousands of acres Of lanC
were redeemed for the use of man, Tint
VAS a government project and similar pro
jects are now being worked out by UnGll
Sans engineers throughout the country.
The Department of Agriculture has joined
with the Department Of the Interior Il
AulLltlll4B lHE MOIk OK agriculture lllOhki
out the United States. At the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition the government
exhibited the products Of the United States
This same exhibit will be placed in IN.
National corn show in Omaha.
How exhibit WIN be Made.
The exhibit will be made by bureaus an,
offices, showing In a graphic way Jus
what the department is accomplishing. /
Will be supplemented by an exhibit from
the Interior department showing the eyolu
ton of farm machinery. The harvester, 70
instance viii be shown from It's infanc.
10 its perfection. These little harvester
VIII all be run by electricity and all o
them put TO work in a miniature field O
grain, which an ingenious inventor has al
ranged TO accommodate the little self
binders" Going around and cutting dow
a swath of grain, the binders return {
find the grain grown again and ready t
cut-like a field Of alfalfa in the wesI
which grows as fast as Il can be cut.
The exhibit of the bureau OF animal IN
dustry will be Of special interest. coming
as il does, TO one OF the centers OF the mea
packing industry, located equl-distant frol
the feeding farms and the ranges. It wi
cover the general work of the bureau whic
NNaAa WIN the lhNcohA5oAluul tuhlIol an
eradication OF diseases OF commercial an
mails; the inspection and quarantine Of liv
stock; inspection OF meat aud mes
products. Models showing the dipping
cattle for the eradication OF scabics an
mango; pathological specimens of amin.
diseases; a model sanitary dairy stable an
paintings showing breeds OF cattle, horse.
hogs and sheep viii be shown.
e A model Of an irrigated arm Will be az
[ other attraction, one which neither n
2 man who works the farms nor the man {
the city win fail to recognize as OF hlg
value. The crops represented In the mod
q are orchard fruits, alfalfa and sugar beet
The portion OF the model showing orchar
|, irrigation illustrates both the hirrow an
b basin methods OF applying water.
Alfalfa Under Irrigation.
= In alfalfa culture under irrigation. n
model illustrates the use Of border, reetar