Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-04
WILSON CALLS
ON FARMERS
To WAKE Up
LANDS NOT PRODUCING
HALF WHAT THEY SHOULD



ST Louis. Mo March 3 That the
farms of the United States are not
producing haas what they should be-
cause of lnck OF prac,tcal education
among the farmers was the reason
for the high cost of living offered by
secretary of Agriculture james Viii
SON in nm address tonight at the
Farmers Union
Secretary wilson roceived a mixed
greeting A motion that the delegates
arise when the secretary entered was
voted down with cries of Hes no
better than we are. When ho ap-
peared. about hair the audience stood
while the others shouted "sit down. "
,sle Was roundly applauded at the
conclusion of his address, however,
and presided during the rest Of the
session.
The farmers arc awake, said Mr..
Wilson. and no country is in danger
when this g the case have lnvesti-
gated charges tnat the farmers have
combined to put up prices and rob
the community ana have found that
they are not true
In the past the manufacturers
asked no questions as To the c0ptin-
ued fertilt, of soil and no effort was
made 10 educate the farmer, while
the education of the farmers son to
leave the farm went on apace. Man
u4acturing win NOT succeed without
an abundance of food at reasonable
prices ana now that the farms in the
east have fallen away below the
standard of productiVeness the man
ufacturers are awakening UP TO the
danger of under production
The government continued for
half 4 century 30 give away its fertile
lands until now We have little left
except the dry lands. The farmer in
the old day was q guod-natured per-
son. working for hat wages he could
get and being glad Of il while his
sons went away from the farm
"A new day has come. our nonu-
lation is increasing "A couple df mil
lion or 50 Il year and our production
is not keeping pace with this growth.
Prices have gone up, Something
must be done.
cor The fourteen states of the Miss
iasippi valley, not one IS producing
half the crops ii should because the
farmers have not been taught scien-
tfic farming we can and Will ulti-
double every crop were
growing and ut the same time care
for a population of 100000, 600 peo-
Pile When we've done that the aeri-
to double the crops again.
"'rhe government is straning every
effort II improve the soil and is ac-
aomplishing wonderful things but
there remain other things TO Dc done.
I'VE are forgetting the old home
economies We buy too much IN pa
per bags, forgetting the sacks and
barrels one Of the best things |
could recommend To you would be
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study tho economies Of the home
Rice. sold al wholesale in Louisiana
Il two cents pound, costs eight
tcnts pound in the north in pa
per BAG.
The farmer must be educated |
we need a country-wide university
II had nothing else to do ! should |
become a lobbyist in my own state /
If Iowa to demand that agriculture I
De- taught in every one of the thirty |
ir more colleges there. II we teach /
he young farmers. the old farmers |
win soon take interest.
"We must keen our young farm
,rs on the farm Immigrants who
ave lived on farms should be placed |
IN farms when they como to thls
ountr.
we need agricultural teachers
We need agricultural text books, bni
YhcrC are we gong 10 get 'n'H
iomo day wc Will have q primer ANA
in the readers And that viii be a
tep.
IL +. Yoakum chairman Of the
xccutNc board of the Frisco system
vas the center of a demonstration
ate this afternoon at he conclusion
u his address 0t the Farmers Union,
when he spoke on the subject of the
ligh cost of living aud conscrva-
ION.
As he concluded, score or more
delegates jumped to their feet ana
lurlcd questions at him
Yoakum attempted to answer some
II the questions but could not make
Iimselr heard order WAS finally re-
torcd and the union OFFICIALS hpoiu-
i2cd to MI Nnakum.
Most of the questions directed al
i'm seemed to relate To the failure
i the railroads TO grant reduced !
atDs 10 the delegates.
r.. A. Hovorstad, superintendent ot
lrmers Institutes of North Dakota
poke tonight on Practical Educa- ,
ION for the Farm youth.