Show DEPENDS S ON OX TilE THE LAND That Is a good a address dreS made malic by Mr Ir Wilson lIson secretary of agriculture In the cabinet of or President Roosevelt In reply to lo the pessimistic expression of or James J. J Hill The latter sees lees but little hope ahead for the country because because because be be- cause he thinks the farmers have ha reached the limit of or the time lands land's pro pro- Mr Wilson sees Immense possibilities and believes double the present yield of foodstuffs can and and I will be secured by th the farmers of the tIme future He lie has made agriculture his life stud study He Hc knows the resources of or ev every part of ot the coun country ry He Ito has experimented d with the various methods methods meth meth- of determining the nature of soils no matter mailer wh where re located of learning what each varlet variety will best lIest produce what Is the thc best treatment for nr It an anIf and If there ar are secrets In iii Its chemistry that ii have vc been In the thc past last overlooked of oC bringing from Crom other lands the tIme seeds t that at are ale found Cound adapted to lo lands that have In the past liast refused to yield An AnIt And It is his ju Judgment that there Is Js noth- noth In ing but optimism for Cor the nation because bo- bo cause the time soil can do twice tice what It has done It Is pleasant to note that Secretary Wilson believes el c every foot of oC earth In Inthis inthis this country ma may bo be made to produce profitably Of or course all that hat wide region now arl arid and barren n of crops may be reclaimed with Irrigation Ho lie expects that and has been heen one of or time the SIlo strongest advocates B of or the time system which last week weck called so o many In Interested interested In- In citizens to Boise But Dut he lie be believes believes be- be lIe es there are po possibilities of or much profit in tIle the land that In the past has been regarded as valueless And the secretary is right about another thing timing The fhe farmers of the United States are learning economy In the handling of their farms as they had not learned it twenty years cars ago ao I 1 J L S There I Is Ic less s q waste land Fences Fencl's are being abandoned and amI the Iho ground d which they used to encumber Is being ado eto produce crops The TIme little swamps have beon wen drained rh fim The sand sandhills sandhills hills hlll have ha been scrolled d down and anet fertilized fer for until they aio no longer longel bald spots In fertile fel acres Farmers In the middle Western states have learned a good deal of oC this lesson Farther east they have It better belter In tice ice Michigan has caught the time rigid rules of commercialism and amid farms there are arc made to bring ever every plant and fruit tree tret that Is possible In the Irrl Irrigated sections of or the time far Car west time the same economy Is being practiced iced Mississippi va valley 11 C farmers armel's would do llo dowell dowell well to lo I learn b by actual observation how carefully farmers at Bountiful utilize ever every possibility of or their land U II Is the application of or simple business principles and amid farmers all over o the time country countr certainly tho time least stingy of or orall all business men umen In the time past are learnIng learning learn learn- ing lug tIme the lesson that thai Secretary Wilson regards as fiS so o Important The They are arc elimInating eliminating eli eli- the tIme waste The They are arc bringing under cultivation more and more of or orthe the agricultural area aIea And Amid In iii time with tho tIme hel help of or the tho thoughtful In Instruction Instruction instruction In- In of or the secretary and they will have found to what use every evolY last rood of ground groundnut nut may limay be lie devoted and will make It val val- Dont Don't for a a. moment think the farmer Carmer will fall tI this ls country Mr Tr James J. J Hill Is mistaken Wherever else the time weak link In the chain ma may maybo mayho bo lie found there will never be good cause for blaming the tilt farmer for any failure that harm or damage upon time the country |