El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-04
Frank C. Carpenter
Copyright. 1915. by Frank
G. Carpenter.)

! carried on Experiments in dry farm
ing are also being made, and experts
from the United States have been en-
ployed 10 carry on series of expert
ments here.
Hos Forest Reserves
Brazil has set aside, a number OF
forest reserves, and she is investigat-
ing the possibility of her lumber in
dustry- She is cultiFating trees for the
REPRESENTATION of certain districts and
will plant trees with the relation Of
the forest to the water supply. Some
of the public gardens are already dis
tribuIing such trees to the various
towns as shade trees. several hundred
thousand year are Deing sent out
Cotton Experiments Made
Among the most important crops
that are being investigated and expert
mented with here is cotton. The gov
eminent has imported cotton experts
from our southern states It has sent
them to investigate certain parts Of its
territories and they report that Brazil
has millions Of acres suited TO this
plant
In order to stimulate the cultivation
Of cotton, the agricultural department
is cooperating with the agricultural
societies in campaign of instruction.
They are showing the planters how 10
improve the staple and quality of the
cotton, and they have demonstration
farms where the most advanced meth
DDS OF cultivation are shown. They
are employing travelling lecturers to
advise with the growers. and are
sending out bulletins giving the latest
information upon cotton and cotton
raising
Rich in Minerals
The government has under way a
number OF new projects to develop its
mineral industries. These are in their
infancy. Brazil is full Of minerals and
much of it has never been prospected.
It has vast deposits of iron, and also
gold. copper and diamonds. The gov
eminent has given Concessions for
some of the iron ore fields 20 capital
lists from England and the United
States There arg railroads which go
through or very near the richest de-
posits- The ore is OF a fine quality
and it is known to exist in billions OF
tons. One block that was measured by
the engineers is said TO contain over
10000, 600 tons OF ore That ore carries
50 per cent iron and it is Of such a
character that it can be easily mined
Brazil Now is Sanitary
Rio de Janiero is now under the best
of sanitary conditions The streets are
almost painfully clean They are swept
every night and are sprinkled all day
by sprinkling machines that are often
run on the street car tracks The war
against disease began six or seven
years ago. 1t was carried on by the
government and was the outcome OF
our success at Panama At that time
all the houses were visited by medical
inspectors under the superintendent
OF seventy-tWO doctors and a host Of
medical students. Every building was
thoroughly disinfected and a million
and a half tanks and reservoirs were
cleaned All of the streams in and
about the city We're dredged and every
pool Of stagnant water was coated with
coal oil.
Millions for Sanitation
For several years the annual expen-
ditures for sanitation was more than
three million dollars. In 1906 mos
quito hotbeds to the number of 49, 900
were destroyed. 100000 cisterns disin-
Ieeted and a, 900 reservoirs coated with
petroleum Since then the health regu-
lations have been strenuously en-
forced. and today every house in the
capital is sanitary. The city has q
brigade of 1900 mosquito killers. who
visit the sewers and look out for stag
nant water. They also disinfect the
ships that come into the harbor. Every
public school has now its cOlored pic
lures showing the life history of the
mosquito and how to destroy it. The
children are also given instructions as
to the use of quinine.
At the same time the new sanitation
has been introduced into the other
parts of the republic In Sac Paulo the
death rate has fallen so per cent, and