El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-19
Copyright. 1911, by Frank G. carpenterl.

and night. week in and week out, all
the year through.
1t is the man who has had much to
do with making this wealth that you
talk with today. I am merely the pno-
nograph, and through me the secretary
of agriculture is speaking to you we
are sitting in Mr.. Wilson's office and
the secretary is talking of Uncle Sam,
Patriarch.
Ten Years With the Farmer.
Says he:
1T is the duty of the government to
take care of the citizen and 1t should
study his comfort in every possible
way. 1t should show him how to nus
band his wealth, and TO develop his
property for himself and the nation.
These are some of the things We are
trying to do, and might also say some
of these we are doing.
Can you give men an idea OF your
work for the farmers?"
1--WE are not working for the farmers
Alone" was the reply. This depart
ment is for all the people. 1t affects
every man woman and child in the
country, and its sphere is increasing
each year We are now spending about
SIS. 100000 per annum, and the whole
Of this is used for Investigations and
operations which tend to the increase
We have more than $4,000 employees,
and we have trebled our force within
the past 10 years
Can you tell me some of the things
you are doing, Mr.. Secretary
Il could mention a hundred, and the
work Of each would give you the ma
terial for very good letter. You Will
have to visit the bureaus, and l Will
see that everything is thrown open to
sta
ton, consisting Of an army of prac-
, tical scientists who are working
along all sorts of lines. IF you want
to know about aerial navigation l will
turn you over to Prof. Moore and he
| will tell you the result of the latest
| Investigations of the upper air. Ii you
would know about our forests L can
send you to the chief of that service
He has 5000 men under him, and he
takes care of $4,000, 900 acres of woods
Would you know about cooking? We
have chemists who are studying foods
and who will put you in a glass case
and feed you there, telling you just
how much of each bite goes to make
muscle and how much is pure waste.
Il have recently tested the matter
| of cheese 1 have always had the idea
that green cheese is not good for the
| stomach and that old and sharp cheese
I Is DStIeT We leu d OPOh SAAO
! different kinds and tested it, and we
| know which is right
/ Fighting the Bugs.
Are you interested in bugs? We
! have a department devoted to them
which is studying all sorts of insects
for the good of the people With other
| things it is working on the gypsy
| moth and the browntail moth, which
are now ravaging the trees 'of large
| part of New England These moths
were brought in from abroad by a
scientist for the purpose of study. He
/ allowed a pair or so to get loose, aud
/ the result is they have multiplied by
/ millions and are destroying the trees
/ over an area of 10000 square miles.
! We heard that there were parasites
| which would exterminate this pest,
and DR.. L. o. Howard. the chief OF
the bureau of entomology, has been
! sent to Europe threes times TO find
them. One of his trips was to the
| Crimea, and it was there he discov-
cred the moths greatest enemy. We
! have imported it. Congress has given
US an appropriation to wipe out that
] pest"
Another interesting investigation,