The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-04-22
]. 5. station
Here BY AgTiCuI-
tuTal Department.
Lawrence County Selected for LOca-
ton Of Demonstration Station.
". I. Kane in Charge.

Our rapidly increasing population
without any expansion Of our agri-
cultural territory has caused the
consumption Of our food products
and our ability to produce these
products to come so very close to-
gether that all agricultural produc-
tons have gone soaring upward in
price, This fact, with the cheap
ening OF money by the excessive
output OF our gold and silver mines
is the only logical reason for the
high cost OF living at the present
time.
The Agricultural Department Of
the Government has for some years
realized that such condition Of
affairs would ultimately come, and
sooner or later very radical changes
would take place in the raising Of
our food products; A system Of
farming must be inaugurated where
by more corn to the acre must be
produced in the corn belt, more
wheat per acre must be produced
in the wheat growing states, Our
farmers must learn to raise more
.neat-producing live stock by better
breeding. better feeding, or more
profitable grazing, otherwise q beef
famine would ultimately result,
when our supply for home consump-
ton would fall short and we would
have little or none for export. Much
OF our beef and mutton was until
recently produced on our Western
ranges in the arid and semiarid
portions Of the West and Northwest.
but irrigation and dry farming has
made all that region practically
more profitable for farming and
fruit growing than for range OF
grazing purposes, and has driven
the sheep and steer from many
sections; while in the older and
easternly states cattle have moi
Increased sufficiently to make VI
for the decrease from the above
cause.
The foresight Of the Agricultural
Department at Washington led tina
department to take steps for tn,
development OF new grazing field
in the central states, whore bee
and mutton could be produced t
take the place OF the stock driver
from the great western plains. Fo
this purpose the Agricultural De
partment organized under the con
troll OF the Bureau OF Plant Indus
try the Bureau OF Farm ManagemeI
and made a district OF the whole o
portion OF each OF the three state
OF Kentucky. West Virginia an
Tennessee, taking In what is termel
the mountain portions Of each, an
by cooperation with farmers thi
department will use all ayailabl
means through what is known
experiment or demonstration work
to ascertain what grasses, clover
or forage plants will best suit tn
soil OF these untold millions OF acre
OF fertile lands now idle that shoul
be made available for the produC
ton OF such pasture grasses as ar
: adapted to the soil and climate, an
which is now being done throug
the Bureau OF Farm Management
Only recently a representative Q
this department came to Lawrenc
: county and established for this par
OF Kentucky such demonstrate
station on the farm Of w. T. Kane
six miles north Of Louisa. We ar
informed by Mr.. Kane that tire
plots OF one acre each have bee
prepared by proper tillage and SOW
this spring, AS many as seven dill
|. ferent varieties Of pasture grasse
t have been used and are now comm
} on nicely, The farmers Of our cour
ty should take advantage Of thi
test OF what grasses are best sui
ed to our needs. and what mixture
Of pasture grass win produce th
best results ON the growth Of liv
/, stock, and make most nearly tn
. balanced ration for cattle, shee
and hogs.