Show HH 4 H M H H H 4 4 44 I M 4 4 4 t i I SECRETARY SECRET S ARY WILSON ON SUGAR BEETS f Tho Dig Government Friend oj of the th Farmer Pictures Some ome ol of tho tine Wonderful ot of tho the Boot Beet ol of the tho Fut u Tons to tho the Acre Aora Can Cnn be Grown I I ii Ni 1 1 1 i l l li t tt H t fi t M t H t t t FN t f I T recent convention of ot the tho theA T tho the A American mo fleet Beat Sugar A AT M tion on In tho the s ru Mr l try of ot agriculture ul r lion Hon I Wilson mach mado the tho following ad nd jam Tames dr dref drew lr Ir President und and on nm rim sted mid lud iny my scientists scientist a aro tiro In tn Inest est I tho ho jeet IIII nr con Wo Interested ted In everything g that con contributes tributes are to ranking making the people of ot tho the States Independent of or all ull other s with regard tard to tho the necessities ties Ues of ot life Is no gedd Ib reason n why wo we should not our own sugar Sugar tho winds and that cornea ronus tr from crom m tho the American continent and bloC blo over I country of or ours oura lo la well supplied 4 hi flint Sugar comes fron tron fronha m In Instead of ot from Crom tho thoI IhA ha and It II has seemed to tory economists I for ora II a long Ion If time to be very VOl eed ry Ind bud y political p to send abroad y much of at Brains that take lake BO so north r lit rood foot from front the th no ao I I that cannot ria IN ba cheaply replaced agan again to pay for tor ii 11 a try 44 1 i It r i ito to I x 4 r t tr 11 r i ic c fi r t v c cI I AI J TM ew WILSON OOoo worth pf Jt a commodity that cures irony from the tho atmosphere n We arg art wiling the tho soil Roll ot or the Hio United States when wo two will sell ell r and wo we are arc buy buyIng buyIng Ing the tho winds hut chat blow over tho the con continent continent I of or Europe l with that money cud and If It we II would only io HO to work and pre lre prepare prepare pare rare ourselves for It IQ those winds I s get here by and by and we could catch ellch on to 0 them thorn and use usa them themI I In OUr Ur business bustness BOVen cn years since I 1 camo came down to with President At Al that thaI time there thero was mado In III thin da about tons tone of ot sugar from the beet Our seventh annual report Is h now In tho the hands of ot the tho printer and the Ito authorization a for Cor printing n a sufficient slit auf umber number er for telling tho the people sr II hat hal we se are aro doing has hall passed ono one I house and Is now pending In tho the other That Thill report Will lilt tell us ug that last Insl year cm there Ih ro were tons of ot sugar mado made I In the States Slates from from t beets beels MAKUH MONEY I In most cases casts the he Industry Is profit profitable able In making a careful stud study of ot oth where h ro It IL Is moat profitable and lent leant t pi on table I 1 find that wherever the tho fao rue toty lies ilea Iw II enough of or beets I It 1 Is profit I abl bi 1 I find that the factory Is ahead of it the fanner fauna with nIth regard to 10 the tiro Industry In Industry tad Imd that tho the places at lit our department must give the Industry f r me mc attention Ul on mostly morally In tho rho f of ot tho bests In tho the Held und cud not lIot In th manipulation of oCh beets ets In tho the I 1 that hone OM ot or tho the f I lories torlea In the United States much U It anything behind tie tho ho average tao fee t I lit try ir In inn foreign countries and n a careful care Jal ful f I Inspection of ot Held field work In foreign C shown show that people who tho grow 1 i eta ets ere ite not BO so much behind the tho grow us in foreign countries Hut BUI even If wu fro era tiro with thun that Is la no position for tor rut nit Amenn Amen Amerl rn n it to t We Ve must take the lead Ild Ildas F as m an armor Irl and tin tho taking ot of that t I In 1 along nol MUCH Inos w will Ill put Ih Ibs Industry In hr the th firm forn r of or sugar lod in ht the tha world I Und end that n u little too ton to mulch mUch expense t Ii b Ing d voted to If hand work In the theold old dd I 1 notice that where here uteri men an Arll lured lurel m y I the th acorn and set to work to 10 mina els with tho the hoe hoc and In tho the neigh od J of oC 29 0 on nn in paid for far that It II Is III very work workers lors ers orRO a g s cheaper than than men Ines In tl the e States and lurd we W I In 1 this tho the host best Machinery In the tho orld orid We Vo have far bettor better machinery hm m the I have In n foreign countries nit nil lie nr r have far cheaper horses homes and andar ar di dl d men lIIn There Is 19 a n n condition or u uI J to 10 con consider m r mm Th corninG coining of Qt you people together cilny to tell tIll one oM another what your yourT T BUwi X rl nee flee has huts beet been U la I out of lit the tM win WIM winf f st t IJ mn es that has hM over YC been heen mado lung e the th fine IIno no of ot producing sugar from J I t You uro nil new paths f t tho e woods woo is where nobody hody hues has r You YOl havo up new nee that never wore studied bo be b bor or ore When W hell those thos conditions are uro care I ull red ire that wo we lIao m dl D t some of ot band bande th tit 1118 of ot LoI countries I e rurh r ur h cheaper In the tho United lin ln in 11 countries and much but bet I H e In some CliMB caws land cnn can be bu T ept rol Mr If 5 sugar perpetually perl lit ut In ln many It will ay to t J use lISO rs and where there th ro I an n fan b profit hall hail by Ivy 1 using fertilizers fertilisers would OUI u o theta them by nil all means Kota Hota ton Ion on pastures will wilt help MIl to Fn In f r Ihy HINTS TO The rho cultivation however r of ot tine the t o r ti tin farmer I Is tho where when mast I should Do bo given at the tho pres nt nl lime tit tic of If t you ou witt fi care al 11 stud tUlly tuy y of or th qt tho the corn corne e In the United States Stales Sin lOR you yell Will at eta 5 n hI t In ln regard lo to 0 the tho of ot I ork they the do with tho the hand and tho tiro I oe Th a great Rr nt rom porn bolt belt cf or tho the upper I ppl valley hns tune no hoes hoeft Tho The i arse and tho the machine do the work I le ey X sr Ully ever pIck nick weeds with ilia e hand or do anything with tho the hoe hoer hell annot It t I In producing tho the W ear earst r st crop crOll In tho the United States ve Borne crop beet beeL men m n Inu t te to that point rule attention to 10 that point rl It ucha rV tho the economy eco of at production A An eat 31 Industry succeeds In n o On With with other r countries when hen all nil allaro rue aro carefully studied 1 and ant T U things are nr grown as na cheaply as ns pos possible sible Tho ihl question ton of or how to produce tho l pound of ot sugar Is the tho one that U 18 pl tor for you ou g to lo consider Our average tonnage In the tho th United Stales States Is le not nol so s very much different If It Itou you ou make a n careful Inquiry Into Inlo tho the inciter r from tho the average tonnage In Iu foreign countries They have cheaper chen per labor there dearer land dearer era CIS and ami all nil that thaI but the question of ot tonnage Is IA the most pressing one ono you OU have havo to consider r and all whatever light Inch crith of ot you can t 1 thrown upon It for tor the benefit of ot the rest will bo be of ot great value aue POSSIBILITIES The Tho United States produced tho the year before last 06 tons tona ot of beets to tho tiro acre There Thero should not nol be any dUll dim culty In ht growing 15 le l tons to 10 tho tm acre I have havo grown 20 tons to 10 the acre year after year on or the college farm of ot Iowa Iown which Is la one ono of or the poorest farms In Iowa and I 1 dirt dill not have any In doing It at nt all If It you ou con can Increase tho the tonnage ot of your our farms you OU will have havo an Immediate source of ot profit prom The Tho 1 tonnage Lonna ro Is la over 43 to the tho acre Wo to are aro not nol growing a II fourth of at that and It Is quite evident that an Improve Improvement improvement ment along that line Is Imperative I 1 remember trying how much I could grow on an nn acre and I 1 got 28 tons tonA A grower near Ogden Osden tried what he hs could do on an nn acre nere and he got 38 tons These are aro the Iho possibilities gentlemen along tho the line IIno of or growing sugar augar beets bee Is Tho Tito next pressing question that pro pre Itself to us now Is la tho the quality of ot seed One Ono of at our young ts un under under under der Dr gallos ny went to 10 Europe l and looked Into this question of ot bout beat seed production lIe He found Coun that we wo do not root not tho the best seed aced they have havo over there Now No you are aro entitled to the tho best seed ReNt You are entitled to steel seed front from the high cst eat yielding mother beets heets and nm you do donot donot donot not get el It Import your YOUl seed I Ono One man mart nay may get gel hold haul of ot It and the rust rest may mn not nolo I 1 want Dr Galloway and his hlA people when they como coma to to o you to tell lell you OU all nil they the have found roun out along these lines JInes The Tho foreign seed ICed la is not nol no so strong In germination because b It Is older They The do not nol throw throwaway throwaway away seed Heed over there They mix mis what they the db do not sell this year with what whal they sell lIell next year tied and the tho result la Is layou Isyou you ou havo ho great difficulty ullY In getting a first rule rate stand stand because because a n lot ot ot or poor seed Is la just jUt u au Ill likely to get gel together In tho the row as ns to bo ho mixed and n com complete complete first class cla ela s stand Is ono OUO of or tho the necessities In Iii growing a n fine crop croll of or sugar ba s sA AM A f IUCA DEBT BEET SEED HERD Vo Wo havo have been looking Into this mat matter mattor mator ter tor or ind and wo WI find that lint the tho b hut hest st condl lions for Co growing sugar beet seed that we know ItoW nf ot now nol are aro to bo be found out on the Pacific const coast and In tho the Inter Intermountain intermountain mountain states slates There may bo ho just as ne asgood good conditions farther crust cast You may have them thong In Nebraska Michigan and Wisconsin We do not know wh lo lothey they arc are here Wo We aro are going to send II M n a scientist out to the tho Pacific coast and supervise tho lino growing of ot sugar lU ar beet heat seed no so as aH to get all nil tho the facts con connected with growing seed peed and anti then thon print them hem and send lIend them abroad for your our Information The Tho governments gov governments representative e Is la now new living neat near I Iehl hl where he Is le conducting his huts beet bl t seed secil When you bravo havo compassed those two propositions the growing of or tone ton tinge nUKe and the tho growing of oC the Hie highest ot or sugar In tho the beets and tho the highest purity of the th Juice you Ou have havo accomplished t hed what you here havo set sel out to do da out the tho natural natura ad n vantages ot of the United States will en on ditto able you OU to snake make n a pound of or sugar cheaper chen per than they can cnn make It any an horo else These are aro tho the two Im tin Important portent points that hunt necessary to to the tho attention of at every evory oer farmer In Ip tho ho United States Along tho tiro line of ot doing that and taking up U the tho Important points year bv by IJ year as Ift they present to us our annual report Is Iq I about rend ready for or distribution We taken out of ot the annual report what to those two points and made mada 3 n circular pro litO ire Bending It out Dill now every evory dR to tho the sugar beet bee growers ot or the tiro United State Sial We have havo gotten that circular up tip forthe for tor the tho benefit of at tho the American I former furmer who grows crown sugar ugar beets and we wo I propane as aB fast rast as lIS wo cnn can lift get their I names to pond a n copy to every ery man I Interested ed In tho the business and who pro I yeses eB to do something with It next I year YR AID AlP FOIL FOn I on TILE That la Is your our part of or tho the work gen gee gentlemen getting Information to the farmer We do not nol need to pay so BO much muc attention to the tho factory men menThe The American factory man In is I a L pretty bright man snit he ire generally takes care of at He Ito can ClIn b he depended upon apart to l look after alter the economies economics that pertain certain to his hili end of ot tho the line lino but I ut It Itis is is R a n new business with truth our farmers tanners Tho Tire latest Interesting news that has haa come to 10 my attention Is that n 1 trust runt teas has lone done n a good thing In tho the sugar b beet beat ot Industry The Tho tobacco trust In to Wis Wl Wisconsin Wisconsin has Ms put Its Ill hand down so hen heavily ily that the farmer has hall not much mach profit In It Ho lie understands Intensive cultivation va on Ho lie Ic In going to crow grow sugar beets It la an III ill wind that blows nobody good and so BO there li la some good goo l coming I 1 merely merey dropped In this morning gentlemen on en my way to work i r make mako you Oll welcome wecoma and to express my gratification at nt your our g getting to consult with regard to thin new path puth the tho and to con can contribute tribute the tho experience retie of of ouch Inch of you In hi your our localities for tOl t the good of ot the Industry throughout ul the United Jailed States Statis I 1 want to assure you that It Is III a n great pleasure to tho the scientists of at my department to contribute what whal they cuu C n along these economic lima Ih u The scientific fuels facts that drat our people aro are as liS that help the man In fn M tM Hold field are Just as liS surely useful as aa tho the results ot of the work of at tho the follow rollow who wino would rather not help anybody In tho the Hold It II seems scorns to 10 him like slight contamination We Va sever never e I naked asked Con Congress Congress gress ress for tor a n dollar to hunt u II scientific fact act that will not nut help but hut wherever we wo think we wo cnn can help we ask ulc Congress to contribute arid and Con Congress gross gress always III way does so eo Tire Tho department Is III steadily growing Wo Vo got gut more money this tide year y nr for this kind hind of ot work then than wo We got gut last year What we are aro getting should have 13 been upon appropriated years n ago 1180 o to do the tho wok that Is III being bang done dono now note but hul as us the tho years goon go goon on Oil tho tin American people are aro becoming more and more moro convinced that tho lito basis of or our prosperity la Is production In tho the Held field In looking over oer the tho last 10 1 or Iti lG years we wo can ran see sea that thaI the American peoples prosperity about which wo we all nil boast so BO much mu h and con concerning which wo two have havo a n right to be he proud has come from the lire roil foil and from Crom rein the tho men producing from Crom the toll soil Permit me for your our satisfaction andin and andIn In an fir effort to give gc you encouragement to persevere In this iii lino litre of ot work to 10 coil call your our attention to 10 one ono other line lino of or trade trado that the lire department has on In MAY MA MAY Y SHIP About the limo lime wo we set about get gel getting ting tang the tho facts connected with sugar Hugar in production wo we set cot out to le t get the tho facts connected with tho Ira price of oC production About Aboul the time hire that President Icy ley came camo do down OVI il here hero this thin country pro produced produced 25 POI per cent nt of or nil all the rice rico used Wo We produce all nil our OUI rice now and ore are hunting for tor foreign markets to dispose of the tho surplus 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