Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-08


The various retail quantities more OF
less small and the dealers are rid uf
them as soon aS possible The aeal-
rrs have risks that are practically
small except CREDIT gaits, and such
risks as grow piit pt thcir trying To
dc al amount uf business which Is
smaA as compared with ihclr num-
ter
In continuation 81 this subject the
AecretRiA df arrienltare suggcsls that
he problem OF hiRh prices is one f0r
tepatmeni ts the consumer h. do
nor consumers bus directly from The
furm,ra" hr asks ~ distribution
0F farm DYodNate in this simple was
has alrrads fpgan ia England whore
eo.0paratitr ORGANIZATIONS of farmefs
are seiiAs by direct sousgnmeut to
co-opefativr organizations OF epnsum-
crs IA cities Farmers o-opernfiNe
selling associations arr humorous Ia
this country, but eo-operatiye buying
manoaiations among ihe people oi
tties and towns are faw Agde from
bnNiug associations maintained by
farmers, hardly any exist ia this conn
iry. II Is apparent therefore. thAt fh
consumer has much to do to work out
his own salvation With regard to the
prices that he pays. Potatpcs were
selling iast spring n some places
where ihero had been nver- produe- 4
for even 3 cqnts pei hushel ~ the
farm while az the same time cliy con
samfrs in the eNst were pQFing 80 20 I
&c centg per huaheI. utuouRh there I
was nothinR t. prevent thcm from /
combining tp bus 4 rstload or more I
uf potatoes directly from thc grower Z
ana for delivery directly to them +
SELVES
Public Roads.
insthelioh in tie methods pl road +
hunaing has continued through tic [
medium ~ object lesson roads, bul.t
at locai oxpensr. uuiier the SUPER
vision ~ an engineer ef The Oiiire Of
puhlls roads More Than ono million
square wards az raad. equivalent 70 4
about fourteen miles " ioad ifteen
feet wide we're completed during the
year. Alewed Hs construction record
alone thie would constitute an oScel-
lent showing, but when it is cOnsid-
erred thar fhis mileage waa madr up OF
fiftv- fise object lesson roads earh
OdnstitninA miniature school IT
ROAD baidiDg, comprising ten Distinct
types of conairueiinnl IL must De tyi-
dent chat this feature af the depart
mcnts work Is q powerful factor IN
the promotion 0t fBe movement for
The bettermcnt of the pubic roads
An inspection lAat YEAR of twenty
two object lesson rpads, nggreNting
Il bout twenty-five miles showed that /
their effect upon tlln different locali-
Siea had resulted Ia the building Of 1870
miles of additional roads according to ,
the same methods, and had brought
about tha expenditure, through hond 4
ISSUES. af st,JO0,Q0o
Advisory work Rotating 20 road
problems ncotsAiiatsd about $50 as- ,
sgnmeniH for thc departments con i
anltlnR engineers ana exports This
~. a. - t.Hp
over the amount OF Ike WORK per
formed during the preceding ti7cni =
year !,
Irrigation Investigations, =
The office OF experiment stations =
hnA endtat0rod 10 enlarge itH plans },
10 meet tho demands TOR information = !.
In the past water for irrigation pur =
poeea uaa plentiful. md IN the old =
school method of use great quantities .
were wnsted. IA many parts ot the y
west this old method sim prevails, =
hat the Improved principle of irtisa :.
llon advocated bF the department IL -
dispiacing those of former Z
iasH and good results are noticeable I,
When the nrlgatnra ot the san loa Z
luin valley tirst began irrigation they =
ased tspr ninr feet About nur-third -
nj THE ls round to be- ample, TIN Il
water natra ui Grerlog nhd nriHhhor- -
mR district in Colorado Thought thelr =
crops Wpuld burn ~ unless they had -
a ninara inch ~ water tu The Ucro i
Now lheS are riiFiMN ernna an the
same around that are worth about
intn times as much with onr-fnurih =
the water formerly used so mpnr 4
inht is the need of furthcrng tho IN !,
,Vaiipatan of irrigation that sAcinl y
western states are now rn-optfaiinR n
with the department in the proaocu- 7
ton of tho studies irrigation ia he
ing takon up ia humid regipna also +,
Ia order 10 insure anginsf dronphts Z
Forest Fires. !,
During the y,Nr forest tlf burned +"
over an area of 5000 600 ocroa, az a -
rough estimate at q loss o t25,eeo- =
600 and tho destruction oi over &, "
600, geo 200 fe,t oi timber pUrlng 4
1909 the burned Mrea WH8 &b2.Ni# y
ncrrA Ms cpmuared ,sith iia,0pu acres Y
ia 1895 II IL pharsed thai consId- y
efthie numhor af the iuoR were u
ransrd hy incendiarism, which hos q
led the department 90 OTTER % reward Y
for the conviction 90 the ipcendiar- I.
IVp Precautionary meaue hfp heing "
employed bN tho department to re .
intr ho tires tu minlmur rWrN Hs Y
he combination 40 rauds gnd trails .
and the psiphllFhmgpt Ut iirr lines q
Dafing the Nraf h.ann miles ut road q
ana 10000 miles n teail Wor, ,uiu-
plcted. Ii 81 recunmeudtd th1i the y
forests hr equipped with iuuN0ut mit- y
lona iocntod on high points with y
Ieiephnnlc q, mmuniAtlon. fhe uln- "
ciNHi causes ni The fftG Nt Ncn
ihe Severe drnuehts and rairoal /,
locomotives.
liurcau of Public Health n
The tcreutN while BOO hearty ne
DnrH With thp rouprHl proposition e. d,