The Marshall republican., 1911-12-14

gins with a series of short para
graphs OF much national import
ante They are reprinted below:
when the oattle-fever tick Is des-
troye1 in the Southern States the
country will ~ much more meat
from that Sc ton, and the produce
ing of it will build up the farms
there.
The hog-cholera' serum develop
ed in this department is successful
where il is properly made and APP
piled.
Would Il be asking too much of
our universities to have them edu-
cate more plant pathoiogists and
road engineers7
Every country in the world that
has diseased plants that a not be
sold at home can ship them to us.
The result Is great loss. The chest
nut disease here is an illustration.
After years OF experimentation
We find we can grow Egyptian cot
ton in Southern California and
bulbs In the State of Washington.
The finest dates from the Sahara
Desert succeed In our Southwest.
Seven hundred and fifty million
dollars is the best estimate for
poultry products this year.
The day Is not far distant when
we will cease to import potash.
A serious pest in the South is the
crayf.sh; carbon bisulphil is n sure
remedy.
We r sending explorers to the
ends of the earth for new plants
and getting them.
The phosphates are abundant in
u country for all possible uses.
Florida. Kentucky, Tennessee and
Idaho may be mentioned as de-
positories.
II good roads from the producer
to the consumer were general, the
benefits to both would be consid-
cradle.
When a foreign insect invades,
our scientists seek it's enemy where
II anne from. The natural enemy
of the bool weeyil was an ant that
could not endure our winters. but
the native 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 r appreciating.
The object lesson in agriculture
Is the best teacher; We had $4,000
OF them at work last year.
Six hundred thousand short tons
OF beet sugar were made last year
In G. factories. There is an estimat
ed worlds shortage OF i,eeO,o coo long
tons OF sugar this year.
The consumer pays a dollar for
food the farmer gets less than fif-
~ cents for Il. Who gets the
restp
All Government agencies that
conserve public health should be
grouped together in n bureau.
The Department OF Agriculture
has had success in the Southern
States through object lessons in the
field, where the best southern farm
ers In their counties were the in
structors. This method should be
organized In all the States along
lines OF greatest necessity.
Our systems OF renting land are
faulty and result in soil robbing ;
where the renter can not provide
domestic animals, the owner should
arrange to furnish them, 30 that
rotation crops may be had, and hay
and grains may be fed on the farm.
Irrigation will bring maximum
crops while the land Is new and
full OF plant food; but where the
crops r sold year by year, irri-
cation will not OF itself assure good
results.
Alaska will some day provide
farmers in lower ATTITUDES with
grain seeds superior to what they
a grow at home.
The corn crop Is moving north
ward by seed selection.
The southern farm boy is show
ing the way to grow more of all
crops on an acre.
Educate the farmers boy toward
a more valuable life on the farm,
Uplift the farm home through
the education Of the farmers
daughter toward greater useful
ness and attractiveness in the
farm home.
Save all the liquid fertilizers or
the farm, in ~cisterns, to be applied
where crops are to grow this will