The Greeley tribune., 1910-01-27

COMMITTEES In thar locality are afIecsaa.
The germ iive~ In the soil, and Y
ANY of thar soil should he brOveht
here ON seed JOGAttes or s0methinw
"f tfsst sort, You would inevitably -
'sD'iu~e the dlssaSe here.'
Professor aAckest gave a detaileA
description OF the effects of the germ
on alfalfa. During his lectuA
mounted specimens of the plants n.
fected with various diseases were
passed through the audience
AS far as | know" he continued,
mo harm comes from feeding in.
fected hay to stock. The trouble 10
to get enough to feed. We have four
varieties now brought from different
parts of the world with which we are
experimenting ana which appear to
be able to resist the diseases to which
alfalfa plants are susceptible
Il warn you especially against
this disease OF the western slope
Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mex
leo and Nebraska al have affected
areas. The germs will live in the
soil for twenty years
Mcclellan or. Land
w, r.. Mcclellan spoke on the
value of land in Weld county and
gave some timely advice to the farm
ers on the increased value of land in
lsuch countries as Germany. together
with statistics which were convinc-
ing of the fact that it viii be neces-
sary. as MIR Mcclellan said, to adopt
such improvements il crop raising
as rotation, else the Germans will be
immigrating to this country and take
up the laad which the American
farmer now occupies. 1t was in con
, clusion of ais speech that Mr.. Nc
Clellan offered the most valuable
suggestion OF the day, tlat two prac-
) tical farmers and one agricultural
, professor be sent from this state to
| Germany for the purpose of study
. ing the advanced methods which are
employed III that country in the rais-
= ing of crops.
Q Mr. Mcclellan said:
A Everything Is competition and
1 hustle in German agriculture. The
/ Germans lead in farming. The chill
dren even take an intense interest
+ in the work and they go to the fields
g and get their choice of the grains
@ and bring them in. Prizes are offer
n ed for the best selections. There
n are weekly bulletins issued which
d are distributed among the farmers
l. and which tend to give the farming
j. community a complete idea of the
work which mas been done and is
~ to be done to get the best results
j. There has been remarkable de
IS velopment lin German agriculture
10 The last fifty years have seen a most
+ marvellous advance. To-Day the Ger
IA mans are leading the world. And
70 their activity is not confined alone
70 10 the agricultural works. Their
I'd live stock produce is most remarka-
BILE when you consider the size OF
,y the country compared with the
1t UNITED States.
nix Last year. for instance. they pro
w. duced 100000 pounds of butte
is and 6,OOO,0 900 pounds of cheese
&C. And then you will remember thai
a Germany has but 2l2,O00 square
no miles while the United States has be
,i- tween five and six million square
lg miles.
th 'At the Billings Dry FarminI con
grcss there vas German represen
is ItatiVe present He showed from sta
tistics that oats in his country had
- seen the remarkable increase a. %
or per cent and that all crops have in
tb creased proportionately
~, Farmers in this country have ev
~, cry advantage in nature over the Ger
i,
-, theirs is we'll worn But they prac
=, tice such methods as crop rotation
and other methods which thus take
an advance over us in proportionat'
Ae produce Land is depreciatlng II
the United States. The soil IS no
VI very good in Germany but thu
~ amount of produce is advancing,
~ ~ would suggest that we appnin
a committee TO petition the irgisi:s
=" turc to set aside IL certain appropriss
IS ton for the purpssse Ot sending iron
W this ss,.se three, represented ives u
y. Germany. two practical farmers an'
u collegiate expert, who shall spen'
some time in the study of method
!. which exist in Germany. woul'
. likewiS.. suggest that these m~', win
20 are to confer with the state @S1siss
10 ture be named soon as i"ssiba
so that they may make tt"roug
uo argument to be presented to the lea;
~ islaIure.
" "One authority says that when W
learn how to farm we Will have ian
which will be worth between S3o
and $500 an acre. The Germans VIII
'p come and do the necessary work o
=, the lands if we do not. II Is up I
-" us and the value of our lands depen
entirely upon us and our meetih
the most modern methods VINE
Nv have been offered for the improve
meut of the farms and of farm hte.
w Horse Teeth
=. Dr. |. n. Newsom OF the state AZ
NC ricultural faculty. the final speake
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