Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-01


all this surplus could be sent to Europe
n wheat famine might be avoided; but
China, Japan, South America, Mexico ana
South Africa require Canadian ana Amer
lean wheat, and the markets paying the
highest prices will get the American sur
plus.
Railroad managers Of the United states
and Canada tell us that the farmers hav"
sold their grain crops of wheat oats
maize and barley. The prices were so
tempting they did not keep even sufficient
to feed their hogs and cattle during the
winter. with result that cattle and hogs
that should have been kept for breeding
have been sold when high prices tempted.
Mr.. Asqulth referred to the fact that
while grain prices scared, meat prices
made but small advance. one was the
corolarY of the other. The farmer mad
to sell his livestock because he had no
grain to feed them, and because cattle
and hog feed was too high, Denmark
has been Strengthening enormous quanti'
ties Of hogs and cattle because her far
mcrs could not secure feed from America
at remuncrativc prices. Ten years ago
there were 100000 Of people and '0o"'-
eco head of cat'io in the United states
now { re are l...pooo peopl NJ only
O,0o.dO head of cattle, and the great
couuhlic Is making enormous drafts on
the cattle supplies OF Canada Argentina,
Australia and New Zealand
Tho growth of cattle in Australia IS
stagnant, while their number in Argen-
tina Is diminishing; and meat supplies of
the world. instead Of keeping pace with
growth of popula ton, are actually fal.-
ing rapidly short. A long war viii sec
leather ana wool reach ptices that only
v.,orthy rations and neoplos can pay
Tho truth ia that ovire, tn Growth Of
rouulatin, and of wealth Of discovery
ana invention. and Of thc eoroad of ed,-
catior. and to hirbor standards OF living
conservation of food products is exceed
Ing production and tho consumption OF
wool and loatrrr &c oven more acutoir
! greater than production.
When Waterloo was fought there were
/ only Seo.0CN,G10 people in the world. Their
are probably l,s'o.ooo,eo now! The semi
savaees of to-day are eating tine white
| mans food and wearing the white mans
| clothes; and while population has grown
19D per cent in a century. consumption
has grown eo-fold Seventy years ago the
entire world consumed 100000 tons of
sugar. The consumption Is now 100000
And the amciora,ion OF the masses in
all countries still goes mcrrilY on. Last
year. in the United states, charitable and
phlanthropic hcquests reached the enor-
nous sum of GH0Go000 All the govern
ments of the world seem bent on still
further lettering the lot Of the masses.
An this leads to expanding draughts on
the ncccssaries and luXuries that must
hc garnered from the fields and gardens
and orchards. Save in Canada and in ST.
IBERIA there are no great tracts of virgin
land left to transform.
In America il often costs Goo an acre
to hcw down the virgin forest, grub the
land and put it into cultivation; and when
it comes to clearing. retaining and Gull
tivating tropical iungles, the cost will be
still greater. There seems to be no end
TO the growth of nonlllation or to the slow
but sure bettcrment in the lot of the
masses of mankind. The vast gold dis
coveries and gold supplies. and the spread
of science. as well as the multitude of
arnazinp inventions and discoveries. have
enriched the world I'm the last 20 years
heNord auvthinf- evrr conceived h,. such
men ms Lincoln. Fright or bismarck The
United states is now producing G1OO go,
GEO worth of motor cars. and motor trucks
yearly. It has 600. On0 coo Of investments
in telephoncs and GOO. Go. 20, in electric
power plants
ENGLAND and the United States. indeed
all Notwithstanding countries, have alst
wcfully neglected the knowledge and
, science of farming. Scientific farming
does not really exist in the British Isles
or In America. Not one per cent. of the
farmers of Great Britain and Ireland have
sufficient knowledge to house and feeG
and fatten poultry properly nor do they
know how to secure the maximum OF
; marketable eggs from their hen. Not one
in hundred know how to dluerentiatt
between eggs for the table and eggs foi
Matching, ana this one TACT VIII Illus
trate the point
The housing. feeding and proper breed
ing of hogs is another matter of supreme
importance in these islands, but the lg
: nOrance of ordinary farmers about hogs
IS monumental. In the United state!
hogs are now most successfully inocu
lated against hog fever or hog cholera
but this device is unknown in Grea
Britain.
Those who expect prices of food anC
clothing to drop and even slump Whei
the war ends live in a fools paradise
The cocoon men with the colors wh'
are being disciplined and trained anC
eXccllontly well fed, and physically anC
morally and intellectuallv improved %,
their training. will never again he con
tent with the life and remuneration O
= the ordinary farm laborer. or even of tn,