The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-07
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tenn OF the plant.
R,.serYnIrs NeedetI.

tenn OF the plant.
Reservoirs Needed.
..our lighter soils are affected bS
droughts that extend over periods
during the growing season so Ions
that maxsmuTn crops are not secured
we Will In time find 1t necessary TO
follow the example set by Europeau
countries of dense population. Of
building reservoirs to impound over
ffow water TO be used during times OF
drouth These reservoirs are built
from the sources OF their river on
down toward their mouths. We can
do this with great proft in some Of
our states now.
."rhe ONCE of water M growing
plants is comprehended when We
realize that from three hundred TO
five hundred pounds of water are re-
ouired by the plant to enable It TO
make one pound OF dry matter ana
that a shock OF corn standing in the
field for weeks after it is cut has from
twenty-hive to forty per cent OF mols-
ture."
Here Secretary Wilson told of what
is being done to increase the volume
of our crops in all sections OF the
country.
Education.
..The most Important farm conser-
walton is undoubtedly the preparation
of farm youth for better farm man
agement. We rhve inherited our sys=
tenn of education that looked to the
farm for the best material to rem
force the professions and the Indus
tries. Education has, therefore. pre-.
pared young people for everything
but farm life. The American Con.
rress saw this more than half cen
tury ago and provided for agricul-
turaI colleges in all the states; thesei
colleges have grown, and are prepar-
ing teachers, a hopeful task, In the
nature of things. It is difficult TO
change or materially modify the edu-
cation of a people, interviewer with
their history, their industries fhef
literature, their traditions and rellS-
ion. 1t is being done. however in our
country. Research is accommodating
facts along the life lines of our Pee-.
..1rrigation and dry land farming
new bread and fodder plants the
growing of sugar beets last year to
make 100000 tons of sugar the pFoe-
meet of using the carbon dioxyde OF
our atmosphere to make all our
sweetening, the development OF Ftce
on the gulf coast to equal our con-
sumption, the study of tobaccos OF
home growth to save the nation
money, the exploration of the ora
world for plants to increase the toou
of the people and add to its variety;
these and thousand other activities
that affect agriculture the people read
about and approve.
Grazing Is Good
There are well knwn methods OF
farm management practiced by our
hest farmers that bring good results
and we'll known methods and prac-
tices that reduce fertility and rendeF
on the farm unprofltaDLe'
The domestic animal has been asso-
ciated with profitable farming from
the earliest times of which we NAYS
authentic records. The pasture on
which the animal graZes Is the oes1
known method of restoring the neces-
sary physical condition that IS ltH-
haired by cultivation, as well as t'e
source of the cheapest production
continual cultivation and use "'
fertilizers without systems
of rotation or domestic animals Is
advised by some latter day ventureFe
in agriculture. but the results are nor
good and where TINS
method has had long trial 1t mas
brought disappointment notably IN
the cotton growing states.
eff our country is to grow ana oe-
vc,op as patriotic people hope we.
must conserve the fertility of our
soils, and the moisture that Is pre-
cipitatcd not only on our farms but
that which falls upon the Highlands,
and now flows idly to the seas In al
sections of our. country