The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21

are trying to do. and might also say
some OF these We are doing"
Con you give Inc an Idea of your
work for the farmers?"
We are not working for the farm,
ers alone" was the reply. This de-
partment is for all the people. 1t
affects every man, woman and child
In the country. and Its sphere is in
creasing each year. We are now
spending about sl5.oO0.oo0 per annum,
and the whole of this is used for in
NeStisations and opera lions which tend
10 the Increase of our national and in
dividual wealth We have more than
ia.ooV employees. and We have trebled
ou. lorce within the past ten years"
can you tell me some or the things
you are doing, Mr.. Secretary?,
iill could mention hundred, and the
! Work OF each would give you ths
material for very good letter You
VIII have to visit the bureaus. and /
VIII sec that everything is thrown omen
10 you. This Is great experiment
s,aton, consisting of an army of prac-
tlcal scientists who are working along
all sorts of lines. II you want to know.
about aerial navigation Will turn Won
ever to Professor Moore. and he will
tell you the result of the latest in :
designations OF the upper air. If YOU
would know about our forests can
send you to the chief of that service.
ne mas S.ooo men under him, and he
takes care of 10000. 900 acres Of woods
would you know about cooking +?
We have chemists who are studying
foods and who Will put sou 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. :, :, -
~ have recently tested the matter
OF cheese. have always had the idea
that green cheese is not good for tina
stomach and that old and sharp cheese
is better. We fed a man upon the
olHerent kinds and tested IL. and Wa
now know which is right"
Fighting the Bugp.
Are you interested In bugso we
nave department devoted to them
which Is studying all sorts of insects
TOT the good of the people. With other
| things Il Is working on the gypsy moth
ana me orownteil moth. which are now
raVasing the trees >of large part of
New England. These moths were
brought in from abroad by scientist
LOT the purpose of study. He allowed
pair or so to get loose. and the re-
suit is they have multiplied by mil
lions 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.
T. .. Howard, the chief OF the bureau
OF entomology. has been sent TO Europe
.nIee times to find them. One OF his
Trips was to the Crimea, and II was
there he discovered the moths rreat-
est erlefny We have imported If. Con
Eress has given us an appropriation
10 wipe out that pest"
another interesting Investigation"
continued Secretary Wilson. Relates
10 the fever tick which has ruined the
cattle In parts OF the south to the az
tent or something like forty million
ooiiars year We looked everywt,ere
70 get something to fight It, but failed
al iast we discovered that the tick bred
on the ground and that the young fas-
tened themselves to the plants and
crawling up them We're able TO get on
such cattle as fed in the pastures we
round that they had to reach the cat
tie very soon or they died. M
with this knowledge we got the
farmers to divide their fields In the
middle and put the stock on one side.
In a. short time the ticks which had
crawled up the grass died OF starya
tlon. We now had all the cattle Dip
ped In a bath which destroyed the
ticks on them, and moved them across
to the other side OF the field. with
in few days all the ticks In the now
vacant pasture had died the same way,
and that land was clear. BY these
means we have already driven this
pest out of between ninty and one
hundred million acres OF pasture lands.
The total area is about 145, 900 SQUARE
miles It is equal TO three and one !.
half States the size OF Ohio"
Teaching the Hoys TO Farm.
Tell mo something about the work
you are doing for the farmers boys.
Mr.. Secretary" said. SHE
That Is a big story" replied Mr..
Wilson. with the assistance OF the