Old World Plants and Agricultural Progress Amid Change
Guy E Elliott Mitchell reports on a National Board of Trade meeting in Washington criticizing current Department of Agriculture statistics methods. They propose fewer but more reliable reporters, reduced seed subsidies, and seed plant distributions aimed at building superior crops. Secretary Wilson cites acreage and output growth from 1893 to 1904, noting rising land values and rice production. The text highlights Bahia orange adoption and the potential date palm industry in Arizona and California, with date imports valued around half a million dollars. Sugar beet introduction is acknowledged as aided by broader efforts.
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National Aid of Trade
Washington
Committee On Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Department
National Board of Trades
Bureau of Statistics
Wilson Bear
California
Arizona
Sahara
South
Bureau of Plant Industry
Florida
Laboratory of Drug Plant Investigation
Office of Seed and Plant Introduction and Distribution
United States
West
Texas
Louisiana
Wilson
Office of Seed and
Carolinas
Bermuda
Congress
Seed and Plant Introduction Expands U S Agriculture
Secretary Wilson highlights the Department of Agriculture seed and plant program funded at 290000 for 1906. He describes disease resistant cotton seed for the south, hardy oranges, and drug plant culture efforts, plus sugar beet seed work and macaroni wheat trials promising vast American gains.
Seed Distribution Value Claimed as National Benefit
The passage discusses annual vegetable seed distribution and argues its real value to the nation cannot be easily compared with imports or improvements in crops such as corn, wheat, cotton, or rice, noting other potentially fabricated examples.
Why Fence Wire Busters Costs Farmers Dear
The Department of Agriculture reports a study on corrosion in iron and steel barb fencing. It finds farmers favor cheap wire, accelerating deterioration. Preliminary tests identify manganese content as a key factor. The bulletin cites authorities to explain how higher manganese speeds wear.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Southern Farms and the New South Agriculture
The South’s industrial growth runs alongside a strengthening farm base. Land values have risen 50 to 150 percent, with farm properties swelling by about 1.0 to 1.5 billion dollars. Farmers gain confidence, master marketing of cotton, and diversification expands into fruit, truck farming, and meat production at home.
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South
Europe
Oleo Oil Exports Lead Offered Trade Totals
United States exports show oleo oil valued at 15 million dollars last year and lard beef and related products to Europe near 3.2 billion. Estimated beggars in London number around four thousand, collecting about 1.5 million annually. Paderewski remarks on oiled hands before recitals. average man may blink millions of times yearly. a Breslau zoo monkey undergone cataract operation wears glasses. Copper prospectors reopen ruined forts and canals of ancient southern Utah settlement.
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Gulf
Campeche
Mexico
Iare Pobiars
United States
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