The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-25
approved plans worked out by gov
eminent demonstration farms.
LET THE TIMBER GO.

Suggestion is made that logged-off
lands unfit for agriculturture should
be taken possession of by the State.
or acquired by theState onsome equa-
table principle, and used for the pur-
pose of refOrestation. There is a good
idea in this suggestion, but it may be
doubted whether it can be put into
execution and practice under our DO
litical system. The politicians and
the officials, during the time neces-
saTy for the growth of the timber,
would cost the state many times more
than the timber would bee worth. 1t
Is impossible under the system to
establish. and maintain the rules of
forestation and reforestation persued
in various countries in Europe. With
US the main object would not be pro-
tected and restoration of the forests,
but maintenance of horde of official
at the central expense, and pledges"
would be exacted for the purpose as
they have been exacted from great
numbers of the legislature of Oregon,
by persons who want salaries raised
and number of offices increase. Are
not 1.-THE people" entitled inquiry is
to get what they want? And who
are the people save or expect those
who can force members of the legis-
lature, as condition of their cleo
ton, to take pledges and to make
promises2 The remainder Of the peo-
pie, the great body of them-are mot
in it'-whether it is one statement
or another. Logged-off lands unfit
for agriculture could be made of
value for growth of timber-as great
in value as eever. But our political
and official system will never permit
it, except at cost to the general
body of taxpayers for support of poll
ticians and officials of far greater
aggregate sums that the Underworld
be worth These results, however,
would be but some addition to the
price we gay for submission to 'the
will of the pee-pul." Yet it would
be better to let the timber go.-Port-
land Oreganian.
In the Farmers Cooperative Demon
stration Work great stress is laid up
on more thorough preparation of
the soil IN autumn, because in our
southern climate the frosts do not
penetrate the soils sufficiently to
open them and admit air. We must
therefore do by blowing in the fall
and by some winter cultivation what
nature does in the colder North
In the richest soils there is but lit
tie food ready prepared for the plant,
and natures plan is that this food
shall be- prepared more or less daily
by the action of the air, the moisture
in the soil, and the sun.
These three active forces causes
the food to be prepared so that the
plant can be properly nourished. This
can not be done without blowing and
cultivating to admit the air, and the
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fall the greater the effect it will have
upon the crop of the following sea-
son..
The effect of using good seed is
not sufficiently appreciated, nor per-
haps it is understood just what makes
good seed. 1t must be the best va
riety, carefully selected early in the
fan and stored in a dry place.
Young plants require excellent cul-
tivation, just as young animals re-
Guire the best food and care.
The judicious use Of commercial
fertilizer is one of the most important
matters in modern agriculture, for
it furnishes plant food directly and
indirectly to the young plants.
The most important factor relating
to the permanent fertility of the soil
is the abundant and judicious use
Of all the animal and vegetable mat
ter that may be found on every farm.
such as barnyard manure. leaf mold.
and green crops. For soil building
we must largely depend upon barn
yard manure, the compost heap, and
leguminous plants, such as cowpeas.
TeWanina, the Charlfsle Indian run
ner, won the 20 mile Marathon foot
race in New Orleans, covering the dis
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