The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-11

their lands and locating in the south to buy cheaper lands"
 Asked the question whether the farm lands of the south can be made | as productive as the rich lands of the northwest, which sell for $15O an acre, MT. Wilson said Why. of course. Whats the hindrance? But | the southern farmer must quit send ! ing his cotton seed meal over the world to enrich other lands. He must use this rich fertilizer himself. The ! south has produced this year the heaviest corn crop it has ever grown | This increase is due to the demon | stration work of this department. Our campaign of education is finally pro- ducing results. The next step will be for the farmer of the south to grow his own hogs, and make his own meat i from his own corn. Dr. Knapp has prepared a circular showing them | how to do this
 "The farming industry in the south | IS picking up. Right now more prog | ress is being made in the south in i'm proving farming conditions than in any other section of the country.
 Anybody who says the farm lands of the south are played out does not know what he is talking about The l rundown farming lands can be brought back to their original state and made as fertile as ever. There | has already been a wonderful i'm provemont in the condition of some southern lands. First it will be nee essary to rotate crops and make pas | lures. Eliminate the cattle tick and feed the cotton seed meal of the south | to the cattle and the southern farmer will grow twice or three times as much cotton to the acre as he does now. And this ratio of increased pro- | ductiveness will apply to all crops. The southern farmer does not fully appreciate the situation, and he will not until he finally begins to double and treble his present crops on the same acreage.
 "One thing want to carry home to 1 the southern farmer: Get rid of the cattle tick. If the farmers of the | south will cooperate with this depart ment they will soon be rid of the | pest. We have already eliminated the | cattle tick from 75,000 square miles | in the south In course of time the | the tick will be entirely eradicated, | but it is important to the south to make successful fight without de- | lay"
 Speaking of the work that is being carried on in the south by the depart ment for the improvement of agricul- tural conditions there, MT. Wilson said:
 We have an organization in the 12 states of the south. This work is under the direction of Dr. Knapp, who has a representative in each state, and through him representatives in | each county. The great object is to show the poorer classes of farmers | by demonstration how to grow better crops
 "The bureau of animal industry is at work to get rid of the cattle tick. which is the bane of southern farm CTS The tick takes 200 pounds of blood from each head of cattle in the course of year, and makes the grow ing of cattle unproductive. To the end ! that southern people can keep moro cattle so they can renovate their soil and bring it back to its original strength by grazing cattle. sheep etc. cattle should be fed on cotton seed meal
 "The dairy industry in the south is also receiving the attention of the de- partment of agriculture. The work of helping and encouraging the south ern farmer is under the direction of Mir. Rawl. the chief of the dairy di vision. The plant breeders in the de- partment are creating new varieties of cotton, other plants and citrus fruits. Other of our bureaus are work ing along particular lines, all for the purpose of building up the agriculture of the south"