Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-12-13
WILSON PRAISES "KING CORN"
Secretary Of Agriculture Shows the
!. Enormous Value of Crop.

Hual report oI James wilson, Secre-
j tary of agriculture, made public to-
day. In this report Mr.. Wilson points
out that the value Of the corn crop
for 1911 is about $1,70O,O0O, 900, an
amount only slightly less than that of
the combined values OF cotton, wheat
and oat crops. This enormous
amount can better be understood
when 1t is known that about three
fourths of the worlds crop of corn
is grown In the United States.
or cotton, the secretary says that,
while the crops is larger. it Is worth
less than It was the previous year.
in general, 1t has been a bumper
year for farm crops, so far as value
Is concerned. The estimate for the
farm value of the 1911 crops is $5,-
L504, 100000.
The report, in addition to sum-
marking the condition Of the farm
ers OF the country. takes up the ques-
ton Of the economic effect of cold
storage, pointing out the increased
price which long storage necessitates.
The secretary describes the investiga-
tion of the cold storage business pur-
sued under his direction this year,
touching on the speculative side. He
closes this feature of his report with
an urgent recommendation for pub
licity as a safeguard against men who
might seek to forestall the market
The report Of the secretary opens
with a number of short paragraphs
of nationwide interest.
Brief Comments.
when the cattle-fever tick Is de-
stroyed in the Southern States the
country will get much more meat
from that section, and the producing
of 1t will build up the farms there"
says the report.
"The hog-cholera serum developed
In this department Is successful
where 1T Is properly made and ap-
piled.
Would 1t be asking too much of
our universities to have them edu-
cate more plant pathologists and road
engineers?
Every country in the world that
has diseased plants that cannot be
sold at home can ship them to us.
This results in great loss. The chest
nut disease here Is an illustration.
After years Of experimentation we
hnd we can grow Egyptian cotton In
Southern California and bulbs in the
State Of Washington.
The finest dates from the Sahara
Desert succeed in our Southwest.
mo seed IS sent out from this de-
partment without being tested for
termination condition.
"1'he schools want more of our
publications than we have to give
them.
Seven hundred and fifty million
dollars Is the best estimate for poul-
try products this year.
The day is not far distant when
we will cease to import potash.
81 serious pest in the South is tho
crawilsh; carbon bisulphide is a
sure remedy.
We are sending explorers to the
ends OF the earth for new plants
and getting them.
Phosphates Abundant.
"The phosphates are abundant in
our country for all possible uses.
Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Idaho may be mentioned as deposito-
ries.
If good roads from the producer
to the consumer we're general, the
benefits to both would be considera-
BILE.
when a foreign insect invades,
our scientists seek its enemy where
1T came from. The natural enemy OF
the boil weevil was an ant that could
not endure our winters, but the ma
tive ant is getting busy.
The experiment stations of the
several States are doing better work
each succeeding year, the scientists
are maturing, and the people are ap-
preciating.
me OBJECT lesson in agriculture
Is the best teacher; we had 10000
OF them at work last year.
six hundred thousand short tons
of beet sugar were made last year in
CT factories. There Is an estimated
worlds shortage of 100000 long
tons of sugar this year.
The consumer pays s for food
the farmer gets less than SO cents for
it. Who gets the rest?
"All government agencies that con