The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-03
GREAT FUTURE FOR BRAZIL.
Predicted that It Will Rival United
States in Cotton Yield.

otdleS IN OOltOn rIeIu.
Tulsa, Okla, Nov. Eff anything
nature has been too kind to some
sections of Brazil, said Or. Vernon T.
Cook, director of agriculture eXtcn.
sion in that country, in an address be,
fore the International Dry Farming
Congress. In the sections to which
DR.. Cook referred the ground is rocky
yet the soil is very fertile. He said
that such land had been cleared OF
forest trees, then burned over, and
the soil prepared for planting by
scraping it with a hoe. The seed once
dropped was covered by sweep of
the foot, and out of that self-same
ground he said he had seen corn grow
fourteen feet tall
People of the United States know
yerN little about Brazil" said Dr.
Cook. 1t has more area than the
United States and Alaska, and is a
country of wonderful possibilities. One
would believe from looking at the
map that it is very hot, yet | have
suffered more from heat in Texas
and Arizona than in Brazil. There is
no dry farming in Brazil conducted
upon strictly scientific lines; howev-
er, there is a great deal Of agricul-
ture, and each year the government
makes large appropriations for fur
thering agriculture, and has a number
of colleges working out the prob
lens"
Prior to being engaged as an ayr
cultural expert by the Brazilian gov
ernment DR., Cook was doing extern
sion work for the state of Wyoming.
He went to the South American re
public on a salary of $4,000 per year,
it is related, and when he undertook
the commission the government first
him to three northern states
of the country to see what could be
done in the dry farming line. When
he established an experimental farm,
the people laughed at the idea of rails
ing a crop in that section. He knew
that the soil and the average amount
of moisture would do the trick, so
he established the farm along a rail
road right of way to let the travellers
see what was being accomplished.
The Brazilian is now ready to admit,
he said that dry farming could sue
cessfully be applied The natives does
not till one piece of land long, he said,
fer as they explain it, the land gets
tired" That is but another way of
saying that the land is wearing out
Oklahoma produces nothing Dr..
Cook said, that is not produced in
Brazil and in time it will be one of
the largest exporting countries in
the world. 1t has possibilities in sup
plying the world with cotton, for in
the north the speaker said, when 9TH
ar crops fail, this staple is supreme,
Notwithstanding little or no attention
IS paid to seed selection or cultivation.
Until recently the country used to
IMPORT rice and pineapple, but now
hey expert both. Bananas, oranges
and pineapple grow wild there. Near
Rio an American raised two crops Of
,orn in eleven months.
Brazil is also represented at the con
yress by Senor Eduardo de Braga Of
Rio de Janeiro as special delegate |
rom the department of agriculture |
lie has many maps and documents |
moving the statistics, as applied to
is twenty-five states. containing %,
100000 people, nearly one-half of the
otal population of South America.
senior Braga, touching the prospects
or cotton growing, relates that eX-
,erts have prophesied Brazil would
cad the United States in cotton pro-
uction in the next fifteen years. The
aading crops are sugar cane, cotton,
obaccc. rubber, matte (tea), cocoa,
nd coffee, the last named crop being