The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-12
Governor Gives AgricuIturists
Practical Advice.
Opportunity to Nearly Double
Products in Kansas.
MISUNDERSTANDING
Says Raising of Alfalfa Impov-
erishes the Soil.
Importance of Fertilizers Urged
Upon Board of Agriculture.

Il believe that the farmers of Kan
sas have but made a start in the agri-
cultural industry of the state.'' said
Governor w. r. Stubbs. "Wednesday
night, in welcoming the members of
the Kansas state board of agriculture
on the occasion of the first public ses-
sion Of the fortieth annual meeting.
L believe there is an opportunity
for the farmers of Kansas to nearly
double their products by the appIica-
tion of scientific methods. think
the greatest mistake is not feeding
more into your livestock rather than
shipping away millions of dollars
worth of material which ought to have
oeen left on the farm as a fertilizer
believe in conservation. If all of
you would join in a great movement
to conserve the water that runs down
the ravines and draws, an unlimited
amount of soil would be saved that
now washes away in time of high wat
er. You'd have a lot of fish ponds
and In good many places you would
have irrigation.
I'm telling this to every one I see.
There Is man a mile from the first
pond with windmill. The outlay
was $125. Three OF four acres of
land are irrigated and beside there is
boat for the boys and a pond to
swim in. Trees are growing around the
pond and lot of things and all for
cash investment of SIPS.
Il think it would be a good thing
II the legislature would appropriate a
small sum of money to encourage the
building of lakes and ponds all over
Kansas and pay small percentage of
the cost of certain number in each
county to get the thing started.
Il believe the storage of water in
Kansas is one of the biggest problems
TIT1 n dnn1 rrfkI-
ton Of our resources. think that you
have neglected economies in agricul-
ture not only in production but also in
regard to transportation.
In taking your products to market
and bringing them back from the places
where the products are manufactured
you are paying enormous prices. You
are finding your indifference on the
question expensive. There should be
concerted action on the part of the
farmers. Several million dollars could
be saved year in transportation.
''I believe your secretary of the board
Of agriculture should be made the Off
cial immigration agent in Kansas-and
put him in touch with the real estate
men and newspapers in the United
States.
"He has got enough stuff to set
them crazy-facts that would make
them dizzy about the price of Kansas
lands and what they are actually worth.
We should not have these good fellows
in Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio, where land
is worth two or three hundred dollars
an acre go on by to Colorado and other
states where they are spending thou
sands of dollars annually to advertise
the land"
Judge E. R. Simon gave the address
of welcome in behalf Of the county and
city. He spoke along the line of the
menace of the city. 'If you farmers
and stockmen can do anything to rem
der farm life more attractive whereby
the boys can be persuaded to stay at
home" said he, you will render a dis
tinct service to your country
Charles E. Sutton, president of the
state board OF agriculture, responded
briefly.
How to Save the Hogs.
DR.. F. S. Shoenleber, of the State
Agricultural college, spoke on 'AThe
the Serum Treatment for Prevention
Of Hog Cholera" in part as follows:
"The state Of Kansas is primarily a
livestock state. The present value OF
her livestock being estimated at over
$200, 100000. During the last II months
she has lost through the ravages of dis
ease, several millions of dollars worth
of domestic animals. many of these
from preventable troubles. For in
vestigating the causes and methods OF
treating these diseases. there is direct
ly available from the state not one sin
gle dollar.
eff the state were to appropriate
merely one penny for each animal lost
from disease toward equipping and
operating a laboratory for investigat-
ing outbreaks of an infectious nature,
millions of dollars could be saved in
a few years.
Opportunities for Investigating GER
tain diseases in the human family
have been much greater than in the
lower animals; as q consequence prin-
ciples followed in treating many dis
eases of domestic animals have been
based to a great extent upon the re-
suits obtained in the laboratory of
human pathology. We frequently hear
the expression that certain persons
have had the measles the whooping
cough or scarlet fever, intimating that
having had this particular disease,
there is no further danger of having
it the second time.
s'The present status of the serum
treatment for the prevention of hog
cholera may be summed up from our
experience during the past year as fol-
lows: Sterile, potent serum properly
administered in the proper sized doses
will absolutely protect a hog against
cholera.
'sThe serum will protect against hog
cholera only. If the animal has some
other disease and not cholera. it will
do no good. When hog has the dis
ease or has been exposed to the in
lection, if an amount of serum suffi-
ciently large can be given to raise the
resisting power to a degree high
enough to overcome the effects of the
virus in the system, the hog gets we'll
The speaker advocated legislation
which would make it possible to act
more quickly than can be done under
the present system
Production of Beef.
Beef Production was the title of an
address by B. o. Cowan of Chicago
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