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NOME, ALASKA JUNE 19, 1917.
WASTED LAND.
One of the practical benefits that
will accrue to the people of the Uni
ted States as a result of our entry
into the war will be derived from the
enforced utilization of the great areas
of wasted land. By "wasted" we mean
those areas which are lying idle al
though susceptible to cultivation and
also those by no means Inconsequent
parcels of ground to be found on
pratlcaily every American farm along
the fences and in the corners and
which are only in rare instances
deemed of sufficient value to culti
vate. Travel from east to west or
where you will through the United
States and the. literal "waste”’ of
valuable land Is everywhere apparent
On practically every American farm,
save, perhaps, those which are cul
tivated by persons of foreign birth,
are to be found strips of ground along
the fences varying from three to four
to ten or fifteen feet in width, every
inch of which Is capable of producing
crops of some character.
This land is assuredly "wasted" in
the fullest sense of the word. Only
in rare instances will the owner be
found to have made any attempt to
brtng It under cultivation and seldom
if ever will it be found that there
has been a systematic effort to make
It produce even a small percentage of
what It could and would yield If prop*
erly cultivated.
And, needless to say, the area thus
wasted throughout the United States
collectively represents many thou
sands of acres.
Every Inch of this land could be
made to produce some variety of crop
of value—If not commercially at least
of value and benefit to the farmer and
his family. In addition to green stuffs
for the family table, these areas can
also be made to produce peas, beans,
potatoes and an almost endless assort
ment of other food products.
Whether or not this waste of valua
ble land Is due to carelessness or lack
of business perspicacity on the part
of the American farmer need not be
entered Into but the fact remains that
land which would feed thousands Is
lying utterly neglected even on the
best cultivated farms In every sec
tions of the country. Time and again
discerning foreigners have commented
publicly on this obvious waste of
valuable farm land in America by
pointing to the tendency of the Euro
pean fanner to utilize every inch of
his soil, even to planting under the
fenco rails instead of permitting s
wide strip to remain In absolute idle
ness; as is the rule in the United
State*
We alto recall that an observing
i
friend who had traveled much once
remarked to the writer that In th(
states possessing a large percentage ol
foreign born farmers It was quite pos
sible to tell the American fr.lm from
that of the alien by merely observing
the quantity of produce growing on <1
given area. He further dec'ared thal
the foreign born farmer produced ap
proximately one seventh more than
the average American farmer from the
same area of land.
In addition to the large amount ol
unproductive land on the farms ol
the nation there are also many mil
lions of acres of land going to waste
which are susceptible to Irrigation
1 and every one of which would produce
in marvelous abundance as soon ne
they are Irrigated. In the state ol
California alone it Is estimated thal
there are approximately fifteen mil
lion acres of rich arable land golnj
to waste—this with the major portion
of the earth’s Inhabitants fighting for
food! • The reclamation of this land
for agricultural purposes Is, of course,
largely a matter for government con
sideration as construction of exten
sile Irrigation systems is quite beyond
[ the possibilities of the farmer.
Neither enn the capitalist he de
pended upon to take advantage of the
possibilities in this line. So the matter
of placing land of this character lin
er cultivation Is essentially one for the
government to handle. And now, with
a large part of the world looking to
us for bread and the people of our
own land living In terror of a fancied
day when the gaunt spector of star
vation may stalk among us, it would
appear a most opportune time for the
government to take hold of the prob
lem of making all available waste land
productive.
Meat Is getting higher, flour is so
high now that bread is almost a lux
ury; butter and milk cost so much
that the child of the poor man hardly
knows what real butter and real
cream look Tike; sugar is fast getting
beyond the reach of the poor and so
are beans and onions and rice. And
all this with millions of acres of land
going to waste, In the degree that it
produces nothing for human consump
lon!
In n few years it will be hard for
us to make our children believe that
we had to wait for war to wake us
up to the fact that we were deliber
ately wasting our land and the valua
ble opportunities Inherent therein.
SERB HUSBANDS.
“The constant decrease of the birth
rate throughout France is causing
much pessimism.” says the editor of
a Zurich paper.
"Official statistics prove that on
account of the heavy war and
The mnfltl number of births the popu
lation of France has decreased more
than a million and a half in the last
year. All newspapers are alarmed
over this state of affairs. The Gau
lois openly declares that the nation
is doomed if nothing is done to stop
the depopulation of the country.
“In a rather sensational editorial
the Gaulois says: As long as we do
not have Frenchmen enough we must
endeavor to attract Slavs and Latins
to our country. These nationalities
will .easily mix with our race and can
be assimilated in a comparatively
short time. We now have thousands
of Serbian and Belgian fugitives
within our borders and should keep
them. Almost all of the Serbians are
farmers and would gladly remain in
France if they were given a chance to
acquire homesteads in our fertile
valleys and plains. The government
should provide small farms for them
and enable them either to brtng their
families from Serbia or marry French
women.
DOG PUPS AND WOLF FRIENDLY.
There have been many Instances of
domestic animals, although of differ
ent families, making up with each
other. For instance, it Is no uncom
mon thing to see the pet dog and the
family cat, if both exist in one fami
ly, lying side bv side before the lire,
each apparently oblivious of the
other's presence.
But instances are rare where do
mestic animals and wild animals will
make up to each oltuu and bMome
friends. They may be made to toler
ate each other, as Is the case in sorno
of the wolf and dog teams of Alaska,
but it is very rarely that they get
friendly, says a Cordova paper.
There Is a wolf tied up back of the
Nordale hotel. She belongs to Dera
ins Wheeler, who is making an effort
to secure an all Alaska wolf-dog team
by crossing the animals, and Is one
of several wolves now owned by MrJ
Wheeler.
And in the same vicinity Tom Keel
is raising a family of Airedale pups.
They are very playful. At first they
and their mother resented the wolf
being tied near them. And the old
lady dog still resents It. But her pups
may now be seen playing with the
wolf at most any time of the day.
Watched from the street playing
with the puppies, the wolf is appar
ently the same as a dog. But when
a human being approaches her, her
tail falls and Its friendly wagging
stops. For she again assumes the
habits of her wild state in her dis
trust of the human.
Whether or not the wolf can be
tamed remains to be seen. She is
still young, and it may he that she
will some day overcome her wild
habits. Certain it is that captivity
Improves, to a certain extent, the do
mesticity of a wolf, for a short time
ago one which had escaped from a
corral a few miles below Chena was
caught for no other reason than that
It insisted on hanging around a road
house.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are mo lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lesignated. The minus
sign hefore a dumber means below
loro.
U. S Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
June 1. 30 35
June 2. 31 31
June 3... 30 38
June 4. 30 42
June 5. 38 36
June 6 . 28 14
June "7 . 27 42
June 8 . 27 42
June 9. 27 40
June 10. 44 36
June II. 44 34
June 12.43 35
June 13. 39 40
June 14 . 36 42
June 1C. 36 48
June 16 .36 44
June 17 .35 48
June 18. 35 38
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