Evening star., 1917-09-16
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS D0ING|

I in connection with seed of strong ger
mination are it's ability to stand plant
| ing earlier, to utilize more fully the
growing season. to mature earlier and
| to produce a larger and better matured
crop
| Third. very early planted corn makes
slower growth above ground than late
planted corn, is not SO tender and con-
sequently not so badly injured by
spring frosts. Fourth. In general. ear
liness Of maturity means smallness in
size and yield. 1t is a mistake to
choose the earliest maturing varieties
where a larger and more productive
variety can be ripened by earlier plant
ing.
I With seed corn of strong germina-
tion it is not advisable to wait until
danger from frost is past before plant
ing. The ten days more of growing
weather so anxiously needed in the fall
can be secured by planting several
weeks earlier than usual. With seed
of strong termination no fear need
be felt because of colo soils or frosts.
good root grow tn will take place and
slow and hardy that it will withstand
cold weather and frosts better than
later planted corn.
In the District of Columbia good
stands have been obtained from plant
ings made in February. where the
ground froze several times after plant
ing. In North Dakota good stands
have been obtained from paintings
made in April. and In noEthern Ohio
100 bushels of matured shelled corn
per acre have been produced by plants
whose leaves were frozen off after the
plants had obtained a height of twelve
to eighteen inches.
Department officials say that 1t is the
fall and not the spring frosts that
should be feared.
Early planted corn natures earlier
planted corn. Earlier planting will re
suit in larger and better crops in the
northern third of the United States and
cause sufficiently early ripening to re-
duce the enormous losses which fire.
quentiy occur through failure of the
corn crop to mature before growth is
stopped by frost
Probably no branch of the govern
ment service contains a more united
and faithful body of work.
Indian ers than the bureau of In
dian affairs. Among the
oenooi'' signal and characteristic
movements is the drive along the
lines of practical and systematic
education. The educational idea, prob
ably more than all other things COM
bined, il is held, will efectually solve
the Indian problem.
Two things stand out prominently in
the policy of the bureau regarding In
dian schools: First, to make them
producers as nearly self supporting as
possible not only object lessons to
the Indians, but as a simple business
proportion. resulting in the lowest per
capita cost and the consequent reduc-
tion of appropriations necessary for
their support. This. ii is urged. is ra-
tionally and conc etely both effective
education and such economy as any
great private or corporate interest
should observe. Therefore. the farm, the
garden. the orchard, the dairy and,
where the area of the land would jus
tify. the production of, live stock have
been pushed intensively and. as far as
possible in accordance with sclentlhc
methods and practice appr owed by the
Department of Agriculture, which. un-
der existing arrangement. supplies al
of Indian schools will
bulletins upon the latest depndable re
search Statistical data indicate amaZ-
ing accomplishments along these pro
ductive lines.
Second, there has been a clear per
ception of the need of well balanced
course of study essentially parable
with the academic work OF the puoiic
school. but including thorough INDUS
trial training in agriculture. with Its
allied pursuits and the ordinary trades.
together with domestic arts and sclence
adequate for practical and healthful
housekeeping. .
To prepare such a course. having
special ada aptation to the sociai ana
economic status OF the Indians as weil
as to their scattered geographical To-
cations. was no small task
Experts of the bureau who had
charge of this work were quick to see
the need of a definitely planned cur
riculum that would enable the schools,
efficient service. to take the
raw material. the indian boys and girls
very Young age, when they cannot
speak English. and make them over. as
it were. a condition and undertaking
which the world elsewhere does not
furnish. and after few years turn
them out finished product. capable
of entering the competitive activities
of their community or state and ne
coming independent self-supporters
and citizens of average intelligence
and progressiveness In this. more.
perhaps than in all other factors, 1t
is admitted. lies the solution Of the
Indian problem.
This new course of study that has
been laid out has now been tried for
more than year and seems to have
been so we'll prepared that but slight
revision Will be adviSa bic. 1t has been
by educators of prominence
throughout the country and has elicit
ed from many sources hearty indorse-
ment 1t is now followed to the full
est possible extent in every Indian
school under the aid and guidance of
twenty-one supervising officials. who
cover a like number of territorial dis
tricts and whose special duties are
to see that the course Is understood
and complied with and to report any
una voidable conditions that seem to
call for modification of its require
ments Its academical features are
such as will enable pupils readily to
enter the public schools without re-
their progress and are de-
signed to Subserve the general policy
of the bureau of encourag ging the at
tendance of Indian children in the state
schools There are now upward of
80 900 Indian children in the public
schools and under the provision of law
for paying their tuition. equal to the
per capita cost for white pupils. and
providing the Indian parents pay no
ing and objection to such attendance
The Federal Reserve Board has been |
making a general inquiry into the use |
of trade acceptances |
Trade Acoentanoe by business houses |
Developments. country The re-