The Washington herald., 1921-02-10
SAYSU.S GROWTH
NIGHT REACT TO
ECONOMIC EVIL
Agrsrian Expert Warns
Country Must Raise
Production.

Unless the United States increases
Ser food production to an enormous
extent she will become an import
ing nation within hfteen years
with the result that her growth
win stop and she will be compelled
to yield commercial supremacy 70
other nations, according to DIT. r.
d. Ball. Assistant Secretary Of Az
riculture. who yesterday afternoon
addressed the weekly forum lunch
con Of the City Club at the efue-
house, Farragut Square
DR.. Ball POINTED out that the
countries which had experienced the
greatest growth in the past cen
tury were the United States ana
Russia. the two countries with the
greatest food surplus He declared
Il unlikely that world domination
you'd pass in the near future 10
assia, as a large portion OF Rus
a has a very severe Climate-Iar
low the temperature line tor
nNrId supremacy. which now Is re-
.Eded as from 4S to 50 degrees
siTeHheit.
PspuIntisa Rise.
I'm the last hundred years Hc
i'd, the population OF the United
ates has Increased 1o0,0OO'eOV, as
anpared with 10000 900 for the
80 preceding centuries. II TINS
ate Of increase continues, We VIII
IN be a food-impOrting nation
lless we begin to increase our
.Eeage yield. We now have tne
eatest food production per man IN
: farming industry that is to De
gund in the world What We neeo
Is greater attention to increaAhs
the number of bushels per acre.
We now produce about fourteen
bushels of wheat per acre, whereas
England produces twenty-eiEht ana
Germany thirty-two. We must ap-
ply the intensive methods that these
other nations employ. We must
ADOPT the methods that Germany
uses. but we must have a far dit-
ferent idea as to what We shall do
with the supremacy that these
methods will yield. Organized
scientific effort is the key to Ger
many's efficiency. DJhing the wal
Germany relied far more on her
scientific men than on her armies.
Effects OF Imports.
DR.. Ball said that il this country
became a food-impOrting country
the cost Of living would increase i'm
mensely and the young. energetic
aggressive young men would be
tempted to emigrate to other coun"
tries.
The speaker said that the trend OF
the population in this country from
the country to the cities had not yel
reached A serious stage. for a man
today can produce three times as
much as man could about forty
Years d 20, due to the introduction
of machinery.
DR. Ball depIored the relatively
small appropriations in this country
for agricultural work and pointed
out that France. with a population
of only 4O.OOO.nOO this year appro,
priated S29.5OO0OO for her agricul,
tural department. as cohpared with
this rountry's S32OOO,OOO.
Heed Agriculture.
n this country is to remain d
fnod-eNporting country. is to con
tt0ue To grow. and is to retain it,
,-m nercial supremacy, said Dr.. Ball
10 is necessary to provide a large
r ruI better equipped scientific fore,
rnr .judying agricultural problems
furnish able leaders sufficiently wei
ratd to hold them in the government
service. and increase greatly tn,
ggrrcuIturaI publication funds, so a
to make possible the widespread dis
-, ,u.0ation Of the results Of scientifi,
research.
He pointed out that German
makes it point to publish an,
distribute free of charge the scien
tifir researches Of investigator
lrum all parts Of the world