Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-11-23
POINTS FOR SUCCESS.
Sunshine and Nitrogen Are Two Great
Essentials.

The farmer man or boy must be
crop rotation, livestock, grazing, barn
ward muck, good seed and deep till
age or he will not get along very we'll
Only the other day Burbank told me
that the two great essentials in our
economic existence are sunshine and
nitrogen-the one and the same but
Interchangeable different in produc-
ing all that the world contains, writes
Eugene II Grubb in the Denver Field
and Farm. With these essentials and
the blowing under the turf mixed with
little irrigation we will never have
crop failure We will continually in
crease fertility and get larger yields,
lust as do the farmers of Great Britain.
1t is deplorable fact that the
American farmer is producing. under
the most favorable conditions, only
one third OF the crops which the Eu
ropean farmer is raising under ex-
tremely bad conditions. Another sig
nificant fact is that the fertility and
productivity OF the European farm is
gradually increasing while that Of the
average United States farm is de
creasing. in about the same inverse
ration. This is true, despite the fact
that the farms OF Europe have been
worked for 1000 years. The corn
area OF the United States is practi-
cally developed There are no new
fields except i'll Argentina where we
can look for increased production of
corn for human food or the making
of meats.
The only solution of the problem OF
securing cheaper prices Tor the food
of the people OF this nation is to dou-
bic or treble the acre yield The ca
liabilities OF the soil are treble, If not
quadruple. what the land is now being
made to show. We cannot too soon
adopt the methods and principles OF
OF the United States government IN
European agriculture. The stingness
appropriating measly $l5.0OO,OO0 a
year for the furtherance OF the great
cause OF agriculture is almost incon-
ceivable. Practically the entire wealth
OF the country is created by the farmer
and the miner. Out of the earth comes
wealth in nearly all its forms. The /
value OF the nations crops approaches
S9,0O0.000000 annually and this amount /
can be trebled if the farmer is given
the proper knowledge of scientific /
methods. The prosperity which will
ensue will reach every line OF indus
try, without exception.
The appropriation by the govern
mcnt for agricultural purposes should
not be one cent less than Sl00,0O0,OO0
every year. 1t would be incomparably
the best investment that congress
uld make One OF the most valuable
factors for the education OF the farmer
along right lines is the agricultural
college. yet this institution is giving
the farmer of the nation only halt
measure. We are today misapplyine
the revenues from the Morrill, act. The
bill. enacted in the sixties. was most
wise in its conception. 1t provided
ample funds for the education of the
masses along agricultural and mechan-
zeal lines, but we are not getting IT,
II the wise provisions of that act were
carried out, particularly the one re
auiring that each and every student
shall work not less than two nor more
than four hours day AT manual labor
in the field or shop, our free agricui-
tural schools would not be overcrowd-
ed by men and women seeking univer-
sity professions to the exclusion OF
many who are earnest in their desire
to conquer soil problems.
If the student is pursuing a literary
course exclusively in the agricultural /
college. where he dos not blong, he |
would soon seek other sources OF cul-
turc. Only by combination OF the |
technical study OF the class room and
the practical work of the field the |
farmer student can be educated up to
the fu'ncss of his capacity to get the |
most from the feed lot and the soil
Another regrettable fact of our instr
tutions and conditions is the loss OF
trades. We are now compelled to rely |
upon the mechanics that come from
Europe to do our work If the agri-
cultural colleges would live up to the
requirements of the Morrill, act we
would give the American boy an OPP
portunity to acquire a mechanical edu-
cation.