Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-05
Don't Waste Your Pity
on the American Farmer
Horny Handed Son Of the Soil Better Subject for Envy; He Now
Rides in an Automobile Pow and Goes to the Theater in
He Motor Gar

animal and human labor. Speaking
Of what this gasollne-fed slave vii
do for the armer an adkcftlsint
| Maeanlny remarks, when the motor
doesn't work u need not BE- fed There
" no danger 81 is getting sick as
II the case with the horse nor will
ID 20 on strike or get drunk. az is the
case with the man helper Aye, the
motor ~ n total abstainer and an
heroic exponent of the open shop
principle. it Is the ideal producer 90
surplus value II viii plough. Il will
reap. n viii cut grass. II VIII drive
70 fhr8shine machine and do amy other
work of q stationary engine. X
drinks nothing but saspl"ne, it does
not get sick. tired or drunk
I,ici, Uncle Helps Him.
How did the American farmer get
b. nliy II would be- agreeable to SAY
that his wealth IS due 20 his unaided
efforts. "a victorious battle with ma
ture. The fact is. hat a good deal of
his success j. due to his rich uncle,
who keeps an office IN Washington
and boosts the farmer every chance
that he can get. The aforesaid uncle
tSaml spent abou f1t 600, 600 on the
farmer last year. and expects to spend
about $1,000. 900 on him this year.
quite a generous old uncle, It would
seem. There ~ sometimes complaint
that he doesn't do as much for his
other ncphews who necd help Just as
much or more than The farmer,
However, Secretary Wilson says
that erroneous ana misleading state
ments have been published, to the Eff
feet that large sums are spent by the
department Of agriculture for the
health Of animals while, practically
nothing IL spent FOR the protection OF
human health" "Tuma jim points
out that people eat the animals, and
That II is important to the people that
they should have healthy animals 10
eat,
Besidos the bcncfieence Of the rich
Uncle. the farmer is helped a lot by
Tho various stutes.
Let as take a look az some Of the
p~aternaIistic things that Uncle Sam,
according to official report, does for
Ms nepheWs on the farm Tho foot
And-mouth disease amOng livestock
was suppressed last year, and the
owners Of 1886 slaughtered animals
were reimbursed $4,000 as the value
OF their loss, Uncle sam paying two
thirds and the states involved ono
third Of tho Indemnity. In other
words. the discuss didnt cost the
a cent. PERHAPS they made
money by II they were Insured, guar
lntced and protected by the govern
against the consequences ~ the
foot-and-muuth disease. In the south
b. 600. 900 cattle were inspected rsee
traits FOR the Texas fever tick,
out west there was a free medical
Inspection OF 1900, 900 sheep and
Tor the scab disease Prescrip-
Hon as wen as diagnosis Was given
ana treatment supervised on a large
scale. Among dairy cattle $500 were
tested for tuberculosis. Work was
lone Ia producing cholera serum for
hogs. No less than $4,000 hogs have
peen srrumizcd. There are lJ3 anil
mails examined FOR rabies. About
..I50,000 of vaccine to prevent black
In oun cattle wera sealt out TO
owners free OF charge More
han 100000 doses of tubcrculin for
hr diagnosis OF tuberculosis in eat
le ana 10000 doses of mallcin for the
diagnosis of CHAMBERS in horses were
upplied 10 official veterinarians and
lcalth officers. Experiments were
with rat viruscs,' intended to
rats on the farm
Experiments In Breeding,
For the benefit OF the farmer,
sam carried on breeding expert
rents in horses. cattle ana sheep, +
nj succeeded in producing at Beth
Ma six 2rhra-ass hyhrids,
hrec % which died. while the re-
naming three are vigorous and prom
sing NeHrly four thousand small
mammals were used in other breeding
experiments a study of the hen,
low to breed her ana feed her. was
Ia cooperation with the Maine
Nperimcnt station. Educational work
done among southern dairy own-
and the familiar boarding house
.utrA, why is the butter so ranE 20
.as answered in mustrrly fashion. .
Ielp was rendered to l0a creameries.
here were 2.0XG biueprints al dairy
uildings sent to farmers. At thir-
experiment stations work VAS
lrricd on in an kinds of crop rails
lW, including cereals forage
rups adapted to various sections Of
he country
4 study was made Of foreign ANA
omestic trees suitable to enlarge the
trmnr's bank account. Frank y. :
who returned FROM a three
cars exploration trip through pOr- ,
ous of Asia in the Interests Of tho 4
merican farmer, was again sent o {
s. Dnelc sam. with instructions to IN I
asiigate the wild apples, grapes ana I
fruits on the borders Of Chinese
ana 90 get some curly rip {
ming cereals from the mountains Of I
estvrn china Seed Of % Wild wheat 2
una Nf 5000 Feet above sea level in IL
Palestine win bo obtained and d
attributed to plant breeders through q
It the country Diseases of plants
nj trees were studied extensively, K
tobacco. sugar hctts. hemp and t
ops have been cultivated The ROM ?
handling OF lemons, grapes ID
other crops has been studied T.
How many tone OF seeds ana plants Z
given oui to farmers on CON. L
'cssioual order" Is not stated. a
ightl, less than usual says Uncle "a
I'm, but hc does % tell how much.
20 pass over the Wofk in forestry, q
.cmistrN. soil survey. moths aud ota- q
Injurious insects. determination of {
squirrels. nrairie dogs. field i
ana So on, the Agricultural de- $
printed I1lgO8IG docu- /
of which less than no per cent q
sold az g. small price n the q
~ presumably given uwuy There 1
100000 farmers bulletins, old
Id new. distributed. li
How State Md Him. y
What Tho states are doing for the q
rmef is summarized from Secretary q
ilson'@ report IA
During the wear the agricultural q
ilcgfs have given instruction ln u
riculturc Co more students than in %
V previous wear. and have also done y
effective work along other lines
OF the biennial state uppru- ~
iatlens fur these institutions have T
ea passed the hulf-million q
irk notahly ia Montana lSfNae00).a ~
tsaaG. Qe0l and Kansas AZ
Ia.