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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



February, 1922. 



1. Where some such steps had already 

 been taken there was no great evidence 

 of any desire to co-operate or to continue 

 co-operation once begun, but rather the 

 reverse, 



2. A lack of funds for carrying on 

 research work already under way, hence 

 the impossibility of starting new co-oper- 

 ative work where an appeal to local or 

 state patriotism to secure funds would 

 not be practicable. 



3. The fear that such co-operation 

 would run crosswise of institutional or- 

 ganization. 



4. The fear among research men that 

 they would lose some of the credit due 

 them. 



5. The objection of scientists to having 

 their work subjected to criticism before 

 publication as well as the consequent pos- 

 sibility of delay and possible rejection. 



It must be remembered, however, as 

 already stated, that the very great ma- 

 jority of those writing me on this sub- 

 ject, all but two or three in fact, expres- 

 sed themselves as being strongly in fav- 

 our of co-operation, hence we may, I take 

 it, proceed with the further discussion of 

 the question. 



It would be unwise, within the limits of 

 tliis short paper, to try even to outline in 

 any detail the many and various problems 

 in t;ie attempted sobition of which better 

 co-operation between the research workers 

 in these two countries would seem to be 

 advisable. It would, however, be just as 

 great a mistake, I believe, to omit the 

 mention of some of the more pressing if 

 any further attention is to be paid to 

 the matter at all. 



A very great variety of such problems 

 has been suggested to mie', or occurs to 

 me from my own experience. Let me 

 mention a few with brief comment in odd 

 eases. 



T have arranged them alphabetically: 



1. ANIMAL DISEASES as 

 Abortion, contagious 

 Animal parasites 

 Swamp Fever 

 Tuberculosis 



2. BEES as 



Breeding for improvement of spp- 



cies. 

 Disease control. 



3. CEREALS as 



(a) Test of varieties for 

 Hardiness, 

 Earliness, 



Disease resistance 

 Qualitv 

 Yield " 



Type of soil for which suited. 

 - Climatic conditions for which suit- 

 ed. . . . 



(b) Breeding. 



To produce varieties excielling in 

 one or more of the characteristics 

 just mentioned. 



4. CHE:\IICAL as 

 Alkilinity of soils 



and nomenclature in soil anlaysis. 



Standardization of methods. 



Soil Reclamation 



Soil Survey 



Fertilizers, crop and soil require- 

 ments. 



Standardization of analytical meth- 

 ods of fertilizers and standardiza- 

 tion of fertilizers generally. 



5. CROP ESTIMATING as 

 Statistics 

 Statistical methods. 



6. CULTURAL PROBLEMS as 



Crop Rotation 

 Soil Drifting 

 Moisture Conservation 

 Green Manuring 



7. ENTOMOLOGICAL SUBJECTS as 



Bark Beetle Control (B.C. and 



Wa.sh.) 



Brown Tail Moth. 



Cut Worms 



European Corn Borer 



Grass Hoppers 



Migratory Birds 



Spruce Bud Worm (N.B. and Me.) 



etc. 



8. FARM ECONOMICS as 



Costs of Crop Production 

 Farm Equipment 

 Standards of quality 

 Farm IManagement 

 Marketing 



9. FLAX as 



Breeding new varieties. 

 Handling and retting. 



