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Show THE SALT- - LAKE TRIBUNE, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, ' 1920. W . ? E ABig Dr. F. S. Harris of U. A. C. Delivers an Address at Meeting of Agronomists. pecia Explains Only Methods by P urchase Which Greater Production Can Be Brought About Special to The Tribune, SPRINGFIELD, Mae., Oct," 2L At the opening meeting of the American So clety Of Agronomy at Springfield, Haas., October 18, Dr. Frank S. Harris of the U. A. C president of the society, discussed the agronomists part in the worlds food supply. ' After commenting upon' the rapid increase In the worlds population, with the corresponding increase In the demand for foodstuffs, Dr. Harris said: The situation as it appears to me Is this: We live in a world with an in creasing population. This Increase cannot expand Indefinitely to fertile unoccupied lands, since these lands are becoming scarce. The food supply must be Increased as fast as the population since food supply is the chief by our New York specialist buyer in ready-to-we- ar limiting factor In population growth. There Is no Immediate cause for alarm, but it is the duty of scientists and statesmen to look to the future. We must not be content to be like Sam the negro, who took his stove to his boss and offered it for sale for a fraction of Its value. On being asked If he would not need It next winter he said he would, but that winter was three months away, while the circus was tomorrow. Satisfying the needs of today is not sufficient: we must maintain a forward-lookin- g attitude. It is impossible to make large increases in production quickly;- years of preparation and work will be required to do a thing of permanent value. An adequate solution of the worlds food problem can be, made .only. All action Indeliberate planning. Ty volved must be considered and a worldwide program of work initiated, for the world is now a unit in production and in consumption. and many much less than half price Many Interests Involved. "The problem will Involve a great variety of business and scientific interests. Credit, transportation, manufacturing and mechanics must all be called . on to do their part. What we are now most interested in, however, is the contribution of the agronomist. What is his part in t lie world's food problem? An examination of the question lndl-ittthat his part is a large one. While it is not entirely clear just what Is included under the word agronomy, the general understanding is that it has to do with anything affecting crop production, and since the food supply is In the last analysis a question of crop production, It would appear that the agronomist has a great responsibility in seeing that the people of the world do not want for something to eat. Let us see what means he has available to meet this responsibility. We have already shown that the Increasing population will call for Increased production. This Increase can be met In Just two ways: First, by extending the produc-- tlon area, and secondly, by Increasing the d of the present cultivated area. The method of enlarging the agricularea tural will be discussed under the (1) Increasing the following headings: irrigated area; (2) Extending dry farming; (S) Drainage of wet lands, and (4) Reclamation of alkali lands. Of course there are uncultivated lands in the world that will not require any of the methods of reclamation mentioned above to make them productive. They may be Inaccessible, or for some economic reason It may not pay to cultivate them even though they are fertile. In cases of this kind the agronomist has no psrttcular responsibility. He is concerned primarily In solving the problems which call for his particular training In science. Since the better lands are already in usn, most of the increased area will be made available largely by cultivating the leas favorable lands. , "The methods by which we shall Increase the yield on lands that are under cultivation will be discussed under the following three headings: (1) Increasing the . fertility of the soll (2) Better tillage methods, and (3) The Improvement of crops by breeding. More than half of the surface of the earth receives Insufficient precipitation for the most favorable growth of crops. The best method of making up this dethe application of ficiency Is through water by Irrigation. Unfortunately, the supply of water for this purpose Is so limited that only a fraction of the land can be served. In many cases hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land are found adjacent to a stream that does not contain enough water for a tenth of the land. In a case of thle kind It la obvious that the volume of water and not the land area la the factor limiting produc' . tion. , . This great special purchase at such a tremendous price concession, making it possible for us to offer these splendid suits at half price, compels us to remark downward a great many suits from our regular stock. es acre-yiel- IN LINE WITH RECENT REDUCTIONS MADE ON OUR HIGHER PRICED MODEL SUITS, STILL FURTHER REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THIS SALE, NOW MAKING THEM PRACTICALLY DOWN TO ABSOLUTE COST. With this exception: A few of our higher priced suits which have been originally marked so very close that we cannot make them half price. They are, however, substantially reduced. All of the very finest suiting fabrics of the season included. Tricotine, duvet de laine, sil-verto- broadcloth, silk duvetyh. Every good, smart model which the season has produced is' ment by tha treasury that It proposed to all International usage and llsregard proceed with the searching despite the made protest by the state department and the dtplomatle corps. The tempest between the two departments, which threatens to Involve practically every foreign government with diplomatic agents In Washington, arose, It was learned today, over the selsure bv customs officials six weeks ago at New York of a case of wtne consigned to a member of the French embassy. The FYench government immediately protested to the state department Sectt backed a demand with Colby up retary In- that the treasury department release the wine. Thle the customs officials agreed to do, but only on condition that a member of the embassy go to New York and personally conduct the wine to Washwhich was done. Baggage. ington. Subsequent shipments of wines and liquors to other embassies were also stopped on the ground that they were In violation of the Volstead act. A num- -, ber of such incidents are now the subBy Universal Service. of lively correspondence. In which WASHINGTON, Oct 21. The depart- ject refuses to yield. ment of stats will apply to the courts theIn treasury department discussing the selsure today Secrefor an Injunction to prevent the treastary Colby said; The right of diplomatic baggage and ury department from opening the bageffects to immunity from search is older of gage Incoming diplomats at New York than the American constitution. No .counand searching It for liquor, It was In- try ever Interferes with It. All other resources falling, the courts provide a dicated by Secretary Colby today. This statement followed an announce- - retnedy for cases of this kind. Six Models Illustrated GOOD QOODSA State Department Wants junction to Stop Search of Diplomats' 1a If You have. 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It Is largely through the agronomist, assisted by the irrigation an gtneer, that this enlargement can be brought about. After ell possible sources of Irrigation watsr are fully utilised there will be many millions of acres of arid lend that cannot be served. The only possible chance for producing crops on this land le through the methods of dry farming, which means that every process Is directed toward molstura conservation. Dry farming la aasentlally a branch of agronomy. It la based on a system of Ullage that will store In the soli the moisture of one or two years till It Is netded by crops. Its success depends on the selection of crops that can endure the rigors of drouth and the breedvarieties Cask ing of special drouth-resistaProbably a larger area ran be added to the present productive land by the conquest of drouth then by any other means, but drouth Is a relentless enemv of crop production and Its successful conquest will call for all tha ingenuity of students of soils and erope. Part of tha preliminary work has already been done, so that one now eees grain fields where only sagebrush was found a few years ego; but there atilt remain many difficulties to be overcome before ell these vest areas ran be made to serve tbs needs of man. s Millinery For All Figures Corsets for the College Girl Sale Close-O- ut Although a burglar entered the home of Mrs. E. 8. Tew, 252 Eleventh avenue. Wednesday night, where there was considerable Jewelry, be took only an old coat end left the gems. A burglar also entered the home of H. J. 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