The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-28

per acre n livestock farming, as q
six-year average.
Why Is the ten-year average yield
of wheat in the United States only
IA bushels. and the average yield
In Illinois only II bushels, wher
the average yield of the last six years
on the University experiment field n
Marion county, in the heart of Egg
pit" Is n bushels per acre under per
manent profitable systems of soit i'm,
2royernente
In conclusion let me repeat that
no man of sense prefers to cr'ticise
or oppose another, and that this is
not all a question Of men, but one OF
consequences and OF official duty to
he landowner and to the American
peonle. In the words Of the Asso.
cation of Official Agricultural Chem
SITS, whose unanimous report de-
noWnc.ag the erroneous doetr ne OF
Bu eau of Soils was suppressed
In their published proceedings by the
federal department of agriculture-in
~ words Of tat erort, ito suppress
What one conceiyes to be the truth.
Neca"se 1t does not accord with tSe
= ews of colleagues, is an enormitv
Aardlv conceivable to liberatminded
en-"
No gCeater problem ever confronted
NY ration team now c~onfronts the
7~''cd states. but TIE solution ss
ain.
: sesti~at on -
iaa,1e n nrerr state snou'd
: 'rns~"rated ara tNfs should Ne
sn'aowaa bv the wide dissemination OF
srformation relat ng 10 practical me-
thods for their improvement ana per
-aanent preservation. This Is local
orb and Is best done bv the state
tons and ORGANIZATIONS direct.
ssrnnssb'e 10 their bore people
ME the federal government must
sisent ard control the Investigation Of
ne federal lands; but, because he
fotaf of the state government
s. only one-tenth as great as the
share" of the federal reye-
Nres. the federal appropriations to
ne state agricultural institutions
be largely increased for the
-necitic purpose of soil investigation,
I'd. preferably. of course, in direct
onortion to the acreage Of farm
,nds in the ~resoectiye states. All
schools should offer some In
structlon in the principles which
nUst nnderlie systems Of permanent
agr culture, special attention beins
given to local soils AMI crops, so far
as practicable. Further. every man
and women of retained mind should
IT once proceed to acquire iRforma-
lion and to exert influence along
these lines.
Second Just and adequate laws
s-ould be enacted Ds the nation for
he better control of immigration, and
nv the states for preventing the re
production of every form Of deger-
acy, whether revealed by insanity.
.eriminality, idiocy, ieformity, G.
Aeggary.
These are the means, and the only
important means, by which America
~ solve the mighty problem OF the
n~nanent maintenance Of her own
'osrerity and civilization. VIII -
Illinois bankers, as ind yijuals. and
n Of the most influential organi-
OF the state, perform their
bart In acquiring and discern nattun
'nowledge, In molding public opinion
md in securing essential instruction
~ tire local schools in town and
country. and needed legislation by the
state and nation?
Now, these words are a defense
than criticism OF the Secre-
'ary of Agriculture. / call your at
sutiou to this extremely grave situa-
On not at all in the spirit Of cap
7rs criticism, but only because I
'~}d he a traitor to the welfare OF
"w" state and nation II I failed TO
3 cr ~ important ocoa
:
because of maligning statements
recently reported in the public press,
4 seems necessary for me 10 say
Nat have no FERTILIZER TO sell; that
: am not interested IN a nhosnNa+n
9mpany; and that / have no pinned
v'Aatsoavev WIN any fertilizer
company. While there corld be no
oral or legal trstfce IN p~roHih'F~r
9 frc", owr'rg stock in a phosphate
'~e. / DO not do so. because of ros
We r"irst crit eism which mignr he
@ened' and personally, | have abso-
'elv no financial interest, direct or
Indirect, in the sale of phosphate or
any other fertilizer, On the contrary
| buy both phosphate and limestone
'or rse in the Improvement of nv
Vn lf'neis farm. down here in South
avn Illinois in the heart OF "Egvat."
fSee also Experiment Station Circu
lar No. 1919
WANTS CENTRAL BAN.
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