New-York tribune., 1911-12-07

.s lavsi for butter and eggs. lie SAYS
.,s-r,rstiou Of the record Of prices
ss suspicion that there has been
-, e7aculatiou I'm some years by the
,.,, VINO keep commodities FIN cold storage.
Comments Of Farm Topics
,,r,-- his report with series Of short
paragraphs. cf which the following are
specimens.
Wound ft ne asking too much Of our uni
.-.--5-iss 10 have them educate more pianl
rsrforog.-r- and road engineers
.,1 ~1srte that cannot be sold a. nome
20, ssir Them 10 us This results m great
ye.s The chestnut disease here IS an mus
-s- hundred and fifty million dollars
g. tba hest estimate for poultry products
-,s 5sv i- not far distant when We will
rss=a t1 import potash.
ss-,ogs nest fin tho South IS the GRAY
eeb. carbon hisu'phide IS sure Ieme1E
we are sending explorers 10 lne enus "l
,rs earth for new plants-and getJns theIl.
n. rr0s1hates are abundant IN ouI
,,,r+-, for an possible uses Florida,
lsr+5cI,v Tennessee and Idaho may ne
rrerrioraf aS depositorie7.
M soo5 roads from the producer 10 t.e
.-rs-l--or were general the peneuts 70
hot- would DO considerable
Wrsr foreign insect inVadeS. ohf s''ei-
,t- Geek -te enemy where u came from,
-~be natural enemy Of the boil WteNll
,,- e~ am that could not endure our Win
,.T. --t The native ant Is getting busy
Tho experiment stations OF the seVeral
states ora doing better work each succeed
in- year. tho scientists are md'ul i"s' anu
rre people are 6ppreC'atlns
The Crfact lesson Iu agriculture rs the
hest teacher. we had sixty thousand CA
tbem st work last year. ,.
SIX hundred thousand short tons or beet
.1rqr wer. made last year IN slNtl-seNrH
factories There is an estimated "orlo
shortage Of 10000 long tons OF sugar
this year 49,. ......-,..
puRir health should Boz grouped together III
one bureau .,...
0u~ systems Of renting land ere faulty
prF result in soil rohhing where the renter
cannot provide domestic animals lne
owner should arrange 20 furnish them so
-I.f rotation of crops may be had. ana has
and grains NAV De- fed on the farm.
Irrigation viii bring maximum fIol1
while the land is new and full or piait
food. but where the crops are solo year Dy
year irrigation viii not or itself assure
Alaska win some DAY provide farmers i'm.
10v-rr ATTITUDES with grain seeds superior 10
what they can grow al nome. 49,
The corn crop is moving northWaio oE
rdycstr .hg farmers hoy toward more
valuable Efa on tle farm! ,
T-rFft tho farm nome through Jne cduca-
greater usefulness and attracuFehess lh lNe
Ss,e an tho liquid fertilizers on the farm,
ir ri~tarus. 10 b. applied Where crops 80, 60
90 GROW this VII. recover the EIealtsI l"I'"
waste o.. our times. ..-.
There is -reat promise in the iact tnal
ur5I. classes Of graduates Of agricultural
colleges q back 10 r1e farms. haNlhE
isz--.i how no make them profitable
Our fr~esrs~s arc learning by experiments
bow to rafcrest 5o.ooo acres in year: ten
fines as much mus, he planted a"nu7tL ''
corer .T the bare acres in n reneTall'A
J nlt .r o0ne
Crop Production and Value.
Tho Secretary says that the climatic con
srare fr tho carly part of the growing
ussrr of rarr were adverse n agriculture
tr~ou-raut tho country east Of tho Rocky
Mountains n a degree that exceeds all rec
c-d. rar sixty days beginning carly in
llav series Of hot waves ~ marked Sc
ys-ft- eg early IN the season followed one
aro,ra- fr rapid succession. and The
Vesta.- Bureau is quoted ss declaring tHat
~ .s probable fnat in no previous similar
period of sixty days has tho temperature
hecn $50 continuously and largely above the
average over So extensive a region I'm the
last rsrr century. AZ tho same time there
v.s.- large deficiency of rainfall that added
20 The crop damage.
Tho ss-retar, says that "whlo Tho total
value. rf the crops iu lnl are not so high
a. tn .sI. there i- great abundance FOR all
rlrroea-- For the first time In many
years Tho total value Of farm products has
declined from that of the preceding year.
Thr estimate for 1871 is based on the cen
sa- items. and fs 1S.H1.O09 On. or S21.0o'""
u-ee~ tr. total for 1910 The loss is charge
s-1a o. -re general classes Of animal proH-
ucts srd animals sold and slaughtered.
r.afr,-ra-.e are the only farm animals FOR
which increase Of price IS indicated Eggs
voo.. h1rre- and poultry have suffered ''
farm rr-~s during the wear Tn consequence
of tra decline of prices OF farm ani1nd's
and trerr products. this group IS estima tea
49, having PRODUCED a Taiu" or s-.sl5'"'V'
fo 'qr. or 17r ono ono below the amount Tor
'r0
rr tH~ other hand. tue crops are worth
-~orr than those for 1910 the estimate OF
THEN farm value being 500. .ooo"oo' gam
~ slt m mn over 1910 Farm prices of all
CROPS are higher than for 1910 except for
COTTON cottorsesd and faxseed. anc TINS
genera fact Notwithstanding the otner
general fact that production was low
makes about ten crops of 1911 the mos'
,s-rerle o-ae Of the same kinds that the
farms If This country have ever piouu'eu
Interesting comparisons are made WIN
oN"af estimates IN other countries ol 'ii7
rsfus of products produced by the farms
.r those countries An estimate or s1'So--
a"la quoted for Italy. Of SoiS"V'V' lot
1spsr Of S.s4 e11O00 for Australia. ana OF
70 "0 for Canada.
with value more than twice thar OF tie
cotton crop this year and little less thah
fae combined values Of the cotton "ile0'
-T oar crops. corn is BY far the leauihs
rrrn 1= a wealth producer. The esuniAte
~ g--s0090 90 bushels indicates d proouc-
ror that has been exceeded IN ohiS '"O
years Tie farm price Of corn is now
higher than IL has been since the recoIoS
%. the department began in lsSo' eAcep' =
" sad this establishes total NaIue -,
'He crop that reaches Sl,'OoV0''V'V anu
As the record.
-0 pre- emiuenuy is corn the leauine
crop ~ tais country that ABOUT 'll'
le"r'de n the worlds crop Is grown neie me-.
-r' the exports Of corn constitute CIV
' th- worlds exports Of corn
That q large crop may be worth less 10
ine producers than small one IL eAeih
ltted hy the cotton crop OF TINS yea.
9mmorIy supposed 70 be the largest on
sr grown. tnis crop has reacnea Piioe
cents a pound Of lint Deio" '"a'
asl year. when the crop was NJ
'e- quantity and for the same re@SoN
'.e price Of seed has declined. Appate1us .sts
siue Of the fibre and see seed Zoo q! doo lli5 ua5
fs crop viii not exec ID s'S,oVSy0y .,Se Former
-nt that Is below that OF 80 -" ~ the
'frDs although above the aVsiaSS "a 49,