Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-20
i. s. AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT WEAK
ON DISTRIBUTION
nv Farming Congress De-
~ cIares Government Should
Have a Better System OF
Spreading Information
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~ So' TEX oct. 19.-The United
~ 1enartment of agriculture Is
sla''' of educational agencies IN
w tborfng and developing relanie anu
snrato crop and farm intorlhaIion'
~. svstem of disseminating TINS
put .,otion TO the farmers is very
nv Tobn Fields editor of the Okla
Wea"' FARMER, of oklahoma city,
no" 1 declared at the second session
I'M, mo international Dry Farming
yacoress here late today,
'o, "Tho transmission of this caretuiiy
.taroa agricultural information to
farmcr. coupled with the need tor
''s schools equally well equipped as
/, the towns are the two great
,noa , nroblems of today he contin-
ued! .., .cbool If If was
..rane,lv financed and conducted
aanid he made a great medium Tor the
hing of agricultural methods ior
u.sttgations had shown that AZ per
Nv" If the farmers did not read any
mo buIletins issued by the agri-
o'lrral department through its bu-
&c ana experiment stations.
Potatoes Are to Eat.
potatoes are grown to eat az
.n,o.,ob most Of the growers In TINS
,nt,,. have never stopped to con-
,5ar his fact, but have been raising
n.totoes to sell, according TO Louis -
en.eot an "The Commercial Posslplh-
.to. If pofato Growing In the opin-
,an If the speaker the growers have
considered on the market price ana
tbo hest Weld they could get without
sta,,oiro fo realize that high quality
ot univ stimulates consumption but
also brings better financial returns.
"t FIRMLY believe" continued Mr.
Sweet that if the potato growers OF
mis- country would unite to grow only
biob Grade potatoes. with fine flavor
ana good food value, that the per cap
ito consumption of potatoes in this
country could be practically douo''
what it is now
Failure to properly rotate then
crops and negligence in the CROWNS
and selection of good seed are othei
canses that have contributed to the
decreased potato production in th'
United states and the decreased con
sumption.
The Weld of potatoes on man.
farms" said Mr.. sweet on this point
has been decreased until 1t has be
come too low to be profitable, an'
this is caused largely by lack of ear
,f cRal A nOt9lI
does not produce like itself but INK
the Hill from which it comes. AS Sc
loctpd hv most of the growers thel
seed potaloes come largely from poo
-. hits or oul, fair hills, and rarel
from high yielding hills, because mos
of the potatoes taken from high yleld
ing hills are so good that they are sol
as market stock and consequently yer
few are used for seed.
"The natural result follows ina
planting continually from inferlo
seed. the crop yields become smaile
and smaller until they no longer al
profitable The same law preNalls
the growing of potatoes as in all olh'
plant and animal life; namely II yo
want the best crops you must plal
only the best seed and breed only II
best animals"
Must Keep Up With Times.
TO be successful in this model
age a farmer must keep abreast of Il
times by reading all the farm al
marketing literature he can get sa
John w. wilkinson Of the Universe
Of Louisiana. The speaker declare
that at is the man that is usual
successful" while on the other nan
I'VE have too many leaks on the far
that could be easily stopped II o
farmers only read and kept themselV
posted"
Every farmer" continued t
speaker Should keep himself post
day by day, or week by week, abo
market prices. He ought to kn'