.
ft\..~i.\..e.. ~leat-' f\iX:Lu.c_:k"'" ~cL °<+JLt-o..1 '-e(!~'l.d ~e(e.~
/~·~···_~:·T:r~r.:~ ~~;!~ . ? ~.'''iOJ~!G7r!):r ..~~) 'r~l-~ ".r-r: n~~-':;;.:~\"":r . ~~~ ~'.'->';~.~i.~~>~)
.....
-.,."""' ...
.............
,
.....-. --_...... .,
,,---.....---.......-I :..
~
..
~
--~.......
---
-
A 11G·~~·; TI.'r .;
......., .
duo to exoassivu
r~in3.
tho l'l'ovincc of ];uGnos JUrDs by thin
north of tho l'ruvinco
~i'::1 trtl
ti:~o,
but t::16
:;c,:.!"it·ha~3.not u.8n
Rich.• C2:.:n:· T':"cd\:c·t..Lo
--
~
I;~tr;
:::\J~;r"on
-
-2-
SeJitembor 20th to tho
~uite
pro~oni. ti~o
tho rains
h:lYG
been adequate t:nd in
aF.I't fr0:rl tho areas which wore affoot<.Jd neCl.ltively by d.1"0ught in
d.,ficicnt in r:'_in:>.:U tlut !l:..'.Vo roceived. r.:uch more thaT! norma.l
suq)) ruins boinC wo11 clist;z:ibutod.
and. rocord cral'G
doubto~ily
S0::10
l'.~'e
f~ccCJuntin(;
.
\..oxpnctod
I)r"cirii..,~tio:'l,
Thin io c8pociall,y truo of tho l:'rovincc
t~lrou~:hou.t
tho Provinco.
in p::.rt for cood yioldn.
Tei:1per~~tureG
hL:.va
Up to tho l;rescmt tiua there
h,~vo
test w-3i,::;ht.
Tho only ,:"c\.YeruE'J
tal;".F0r,~turo
effect ci.urin;; thi3 antil'G crop season ooourl'uJ.
timo tho tirou;L t wv.c Dot i t:-1 ·..:or:Jt thors y/ort)
8. n:~nb.Jr
of veril ccvcro fro..:ito
-,3-
lo thiG
\.'i,, _ _ •
l;"'.·.·.~;~_'!,·.-.
IJ.:.• "
...,
~...,
_
I
1:3 rob.!.l vely ,:'l'CC of t!lio tli:.iQt:.Dfh·
".." ....... ,.. .;-'..
'., ·'·"'-r
.. t-J~J
"" •• ..&.v
fJ-'--.
C· "'J,<.J.' .(""""_10,1"
'.- pr.,·,':,
\.9\o.ol
(n"~:1
'n t h ,. <,
~
>'"':~
\..#1",
'".j--I
' ' •. " " , "V.
C""-'1
OJ • •
......
,
'."
~
..
;
'~'."':
...... \.,.. ,. •..!~·4,
tho
. . ~t.J .......
T
'.
in
tb,c
-4l(j~S
c:u-ly i.lcfo)'1« tion c:.m:coJ. by
rU<1 t.
Denli1 to the
ff~ot .th~t
thero is
sev.:r~
leaf Uti.t:w;;c, h0\7sV,)r, yiold.s On t.3vun tho r"oa t GcverelJ infocted. fiG l;ls \,-il1 be
com':) l'oc..uctiofl in t,_ st i',oight
'.mpork.noc thi3 yoal'.
dis~i.l~O
c~:..;ed.
by t:lis dison.ee.
It 1:3 pros<.:nt in n,..:::.rJ.y a.ll fields
on th13 lato till.:,r::> of i'lunts
, ,',
., ;n
til
Ud.o:>...
./;.
hj",
I">
"
.......
r
),.
'oJ
t··,
Ilv
" ' , 't
.l.,,,l
l-'f'
S
'"
~'jhioh
hud been
\/i
th be excoption
damn;.:~ed
by. :irouzht.
(l~his
~·o .1
> ) •
'-C ..... >
i';'c,)d:J udvu::-acly affocted .:rield. in thone nrcus \'/i1ioh had l;,.;(?n f:orioufl1y
coc,.I.rrGd,
i'::':;:;d.
grot': th ll...:,.;'-:.:"! ::.,1.1 bo;,;:a,... so
... ..
,..
~\
~j'-".J
th:~t
or
l;.c~;:
.
oi' s;l:... ~i lIS
ov~ ~·tv;,):;;
t;,c era .:·t~l
-
virt:.w,lly all of tho CI'iJP n;..H it bo
ba:rvo~ted
by
::~\''':..i.t!linG
ruth.::r
th~m
b,/
,·,·,...o··o··_··,'o..
J
" .,_ .." c h.. ·.••
"~L """
ly
~
.
l....."'"
"".:,,,, ""J.
..,
"". _ _
~~.
?hL~
.., :....
"
,'"
.~ l:'.~:..,tl·_,;,
u
b"'n"
1,.;_:"
b ,..:,·-'
............. -'\
ill tl~ort ~1~~- ;1:r-
" .• ~ .• n •
,.......
J.•••'
J,.J "
is
t~.:.o
t··:.r:.
".j
•
...
\".oi
r::,ici4 ;:·.13, b.l :;,illin,'': 00,',/:010n
......
.~
:
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..
, ,.
1.
t 1.
....h- ;:.r:.;
V
.
.
.. "
~
,
6 -
G:!'.-:.in .:,·.:ali t:~
.......::'...... to the
"'
.•..
-
In en!
""'.... ,
, .. :..
pr~oont ti~6.
-.. 't'.'
-.,~-!.
0300
,,)
it i~ ulcoat cort~in th~t dcsrite record yioldS· t~~~c will b3
C\rd
,
.'" . I :
~-J-
;0\
'~.'
,.,,> .,", -, 1
{-I"J....+'0 1 v~ ',.t'~J.vu'::."J.
r:c
,
""0
1
E.nd
G:~rib'1Y,
113
~ioll
f~rtili~~r ro~;o~~~o
a3 c(Jv3rn.l oxtonnion r.:on who h&va nssiatai tn.:!::) v:i th
ura
i~fluccccJ Btron~lj
by rainfull or
pracipit~tion
]~:~~~__..~~_~!~~:·:.~_.;~~:Lr_~.'.· __'r·: :~=-_1·.~L~· . _::~.-::'·l ~l~~0;_~-J. (:.')l'tl~-·::; !i.3 t c ~.'r: t '!-. ~·.l
.Dll(,~10;'1 .• 5.'(,j,="
~(;ltL-c:.\;;tt;rl1 .iani..a L'U m:J. o4tr8L,G south-(Ja:.~t or tLo
r~.I.'O'll:-lC';)
of
~5r::'otcl).
oor(;h~..t.'7I, in tho Ct'LscncG
c;:~l·l.l
,lJ:,l't of tL\;I (;j:;lv,
of u. mt"J~)cr .fnilo·::.
t~,· :;:O"::J,t.',m:1Q
•
In such casos, tb~N.l is E~
p:..;. tt _,n:G to ,d...a
tiot'1,;~l
ui tl"UC;l;1l
V/C'£'.:J
.I
- 8 -
',;:C,'tt
.
hun the
(;1'0';)
t'oll.,':,:.'l
P.
---_ _-
''',!,''''~l'
.~--_.~----..,.-_._.---_
:?~110'.<·
...
..._......
... .,.
~
r:.":'~"~
~_~:·:lV'."
r.·.\'·· ..l~·
·~:,_t
t~
o=--~I...."r
... .... __ .--. .......
,--_
....t2
~~.,-
"~\ .I~'
-:
:-;:J··t•..
_-~--_
~
c:f
_-~
__
..
..._ :_~~l'::
__.-
\~:'
_--~.
"'5.-
- 9cost of
~pplic~t10n ~nd
acditionnl 1ntQl"09t.
At ourrent prioos for
r"ilJfell.
follo~s
a
~~~wor
CTOp.
?his has b00n borno cut in
t~v
years of
t~3tinJ
in flillallplo ts,
Thio
1s~r
In contrast to
tho plot
~~8t
uce~
in fartilizqr test9 was
a ~eters
x
ycc.r, v/hen a s,-,-mple 2 x J,.Or:eter plot was h:;.rv8cted.
-
....:{\:··-~.i
tha t f.12.ny of the
rssIJC:1b03
',,;cre very clc;j.l"c;;, t and of. nuf!! cif..n t
-
P0l" heott:,re y:z;; tho 3-:;:.nL:,r1 t:reat::.:'nt in 1.1:0 nort:':Jrn zone and
of ni tr'Jc"n \';1 th
l~O
~O ~ete~3.·
kilo:.> of
rZ05
ir.
t~o
sou t~.l.
cr
.
,
C~:~.t
:~:-<L1i t~la
filt~:
kilo<'
- 10 -
O:dCHcion or reGeL-reh \.orkor r-rior to eet:dine and tho fn.r.-ner hanJ.lsd the
'The
harvo3tod
ue~~ratoly fro~
tho rent of the
fiel~.
to cvnfor.n ven';! closcl,)' \':1 th thoz3 obtuinod.
1~~13t
5
b·~·c
~
.t"
...... "'U'"
-
The yield
flt~
'v'
.. J...L">
•.•.
,...'"
.,""'J.....
rvs~lts
on
tho~o
yo,,,r on the :::;mall exp'ri-
tiontal plate.
It h"D liOI'/ becor::.v <l;JF\.r'ellt tb:.. t it \dll t,o cCJno:nic=-:.l to fortilizo
\'!hO<lt with ni t~~o6en in tho moiuter
"'hon wheat fo110',';3 a
w~0thsr
tho yiald
EU... L:Ol'
crop_
incr0a~c3 ~itb
lirOllS
7ho
tho
of tho ?o.:.;ion Pampeuna, otlpecially
ovidcnc~
now indicu':'03 th:..&.t batwuen'
np~licution
of fertilizer whore wheat
\
follo~'is L~
Btu:::::.Jr f ...llO";;, will ju;;; tify tho cxponu.i turo of fartilizer.
OV:;JT, ono r;u',Jt
t:~ka
into ccnsidoru. tion
::lU;'ii'lo·..:ez-, sO:"t:hU:,1 or
L1:d~~et mu:~t
th,~t
in the areas where L'l.oi!3t:lra
bo oalc-:.llated ag<.linst the cout of chu::lico.l.
yiold fro:, thf,;l U:3C of f'ortilizor3 on Wh8:lt, 'th:)re ',:il1bo .m
.
How-
,.
inten:~i:fic:cti.or.
.
f.::Outli.-O:lutel'n GorJa bat
<.1.1'\.1 UJ.cqlw.te.
T::i:J ,-;ill ci:.:ult!.:.l1ool,:,sly !'.oa'1
U.l1
inCrOD.f;e ir. oorn, uUl1flo'.'icr
- 11
of
w~;Ctn.t~
but L:"y .:-_ct'.lally gtir:r..l.l::.:.to
<l:r}
incroc.Ge in them.
questions u.bout how to ob-~ein fertilizer and. about the r:i3.nilxll:nion of
its
l~SO
in cou::.iol".:li=::.l oJ:.'el':ltions.
'l'her~
is still a ereat
on the:-pnri; of cori:o:.in"hic;h officials in niTA to
conorcte
:raoC';::rr"~'nd;-.tion()
iimo~nt
rec:):::r~C:ld
of
ri;:hiot2.~C~
ilia use of
for the usc of fc:'."tiliz81", b:ioed on tho ;;'vido:..:'..3
<lui !!.s.rCOB JU<1.re;;, observing f0rti lizcl'
te~t3,
thare era
12 -
.
n,:ra t~ b::l d.er i voJ 1:=.;;j: th.) u.c.o of ;~i trQ:::.;un on ":.-ha;. t in th~ .:.'et-;ion "h;;;:.·~J.~
thin
13 -
fe1.'tiJ.L,~·r 011 on~
n.
or L.o
throu.:;h co::r.:cl'cial
~'icl1s
pn
1'<"'! cr.o~jcn f:..:t";no ..
T'hu 'fortilizer
It should 10
pL~cu
'pI'i vil;)(:3ri
a
f1.va-h.,;ct~~rQ !;tr~l?S
L1iel'~~ tory
crop.
lc~sinc L~nd.
cnploy0i.
01' on
i;~
on
r8[~ult~1
in 1902 in this roc1on were r::.th:;.r ccn:fusine 1:;e-
~ointcd ~ut th~t.in tl~.
in
1'ot~tioi:3..
Th~ bi~
Th<l
1~
':Phoro
ar~n
1'10 t
~'iC'ltif'
{':ill
is a
H1'.:1,
perc~ntn~o b~sis,
bO":0vcr,
m~all
of tl'o un!'el'tili~~ed cCl::trol r.1ot3 is extr.:.r:ely hi~;h.
O~lCO~~~
the
contr::~ct
:rr0d,.. cer
oi' ."r.Jstin:;'1 for £cvc1'Ll.l yc:.rs 11"'.8 been
dona aithor on e
cOl:,bil1.:d,ion of both.
~ot~toc~ o~cu~y
in c;cnc:·$.ll.r rJ1ol(el1 u:? .... j,·tCl' o6vi:l',,,1
1,otato. produ.cer L'l thin
W~liCf1 t:l~ }r~'ct.ice
Tho croppinJ
l~ld
Nacochon areu,
':~~rJ bl3 twoen 2J\~:C,
kilos
~\l:J.
on a
rent~l
basis,
[;1'o'.:o1's who Cro",1
In such 'Ci~~:OO, pot01lti31
330\) }:llon f01.cn ti."l yie: ltl ..
- 14 -
crops Guoh as oats or 'barley, tho yield recFonsea with
ot~~~ Cr~~inGous
:ertiliz.o!' ,;ero of tre::andolls I!:3.cni tllo.e.
on3 tbird.that which i~ currently ero~~ to r.hc~t.
or
b~rlG:i.
is
<~Frli('.i
',',hen y:hco.t fo110';:6
t1"'.~J·C
alone
60 Ibs of 7"205 deno
th~se
then tW0-thi~is of
crops, end is fertilizod., tt.GJ:e is
is a la.rce incrca".:'o in
'~l~o :prod.uc~f;
~oro
yi~ld..
lu.rce =.rield
.Addi tion 0"5: 30
inCI'j8SCS.
~he
~-:,n
~:1i
b()::;i; inc:-'2'C,::'2
in sial,l,
than
t~ose
,,1 t.h
!~~OSp1~OI·:'1.~ f;£ ;:-t
Tho
30
1.
• '1
.~J._OG ,
;io:::r
r~8ult8
cf
it will be
neccs~c.ry
in ol'c'tor to c.cv\:'ilop tl::o top
t~a
currant fertilizor
......- ...
,
of ti1G
"
C01:.ri.t~"j"'.
to inolude
p~!'tion e:4
in this
..:v ......
\'-"".11
_
r;i~on
1.. V'013 or:
~~o:::?~~Orlt
is
7;B~thcr
co::·:.:
J~ic.:1s,
both for
tra,~el
.
axtr&~~0y
en
.. -"."
;·I#:..~"V.:rso
t~stc
b.iG~c:=t
1:r l'oal
~~n'i
- 15 -
to Ullr:cramblo the
foLi.to yi<JIJ.G in
'fhoro t::.ru otill m,my un:.:.nnnercd qucn-cion:;t.
p.:.~tt .. rn..
t:l0 J~D.IGurco
arou. Beldom po..Z3 25 tone
~...!1~ tl~e
::.oru C01:J;;.on
•
I!ictu:::';J i~3 16 to 13 torw/hu.e
pot:d:()~G
to
forti.a~:cre
'l1JhJre
0(;(31:28
to bo very li ttlo
InccniE,ro Pmlfluale a.'1d his
on
l'Ol:\POt::1Q
co-.~·orkcrEl
have
T:'e'-:::0.~·,-;l
_
j.nCl'or:Ba~ in yield ";';hon pho~phol'un is u~lplied -to pot(~to production~ 1ut
ror~[JOn
th:. t no larCGr rec c onson o.ro
cbk~incd
in tho ...r\.i!\ whoro potatoes uro eromle
is tho
'I'bey h:;.va
t!~orta:~e
dCl:l0nntr~ted
Joublec., ru.inod
part of this iacL'c~;,;o
th:~t
one of "L:-.. o thin--;)
at~>tion ;;.i :r;;l1c~,:ccu
of thv
rOi.;':iol1,
Ol·
if:;
0 .....11
i,i
involvod: vi ther tlla coil in the
:.30::.0
CVlidi tlon in tho CilDO of c3.1 VS3
in;;dog.u~tc
f:ro~
ti~h]l,rrnini'L'.ll
tiwt vdth
13 to
"bo uttributcQ. to pho~'phata fertil1~C'r rl)f',pOn~H).
llOt typio~:l
th0ro i;.;
of
oX:ix~ri[;:cntu.l
of the pot:J.to and wheat ero,;:in~ soils
otLer elo::"mt \'lhich is lackinl; in the
[;·:r2.:'~G;l
on ',:in tel' p3stures or Ott ts,
CU2·e
"'i~'lioh
c:.!.l{mc(J in t:..o blood of c0.ttle of m:l.,.. ncsL.l.::l EnJ. c3.1cium, r'3'O:!.il tin~
- 16 -
The qu:)etion that
comes to mind is
i:.:~,:,;')di~t01J'-
th~t t~$ra
io prob,::bly
c~',.. l;tl-;;
Elor.le minor elctlGnt vi11ic11 is lioi tinJ' in this reGion llhcl coca'..:uc t:.o,;e
gr~za on pl£.nts ero'jjn
'with e. deficiency of this eletlen-'r. (vil:..t:;.tcver it
ba~
J.:,;.. y
it :rosul t::: in thin 1>:1 tholocical ccd.i tion t:hich affect,;:; their rl1J'siolo(;ic
devslopnent.
Or 10 it
is rolated to V,a
lu~c
~Jl~ted
of
Thera in a ,/Dolo sor100
{If
to high
re~ponso
of
nitr~tc
potxtC~D
content in tha oat
to
fcrtiliz~tion
foli~G3
in this
<l1.:ostiol1o hara '\'.hio11 'noeds further invcstic.;-a.ti-:n:.
troatwmt with *'Fri til- or one of the other prod.uctn which ca.rr:i a v:ho1.o
(,.,.,
cortdn
li~ht
anor:l~diti on i.n otLGT ?t.lrt~
on tho problo:::l.
r~~~:~
of tho "Ic>rld.
'..'hi S \'ICJuld.
till'O'iI SC!".lO
17
····h~
w •• ~ n~
...; .....
in EJil
f~rtilitJ.
;:i3.-S"J!i t:.J~9
tlH
1.:1~I.J; CI"
.1":10 cf·'·~:r.- ..·~~·;i(;;:,' __·cl :~re(i,
•
tLcre
i3
GOnia
coil
f;;.:'G~:.)r
- 13 -
fou~bl
t:u
CJl turc or
ri_:~lt
r~.c()
01' b:J.ctcria. \'Ii th which to
inoc-u.lc~to?
f'ortili
----
:30'1:'.
vii thin thi.j
r(lt~lon
.dicmoter to
l:iU!lJ
o;::.nd r:\n:.;o fro::. G;ooall
co::'l'lic:-:.tcd.,
c2:t'c:;1:~r
intcr-°,,;c~7':"n:;
low
spot:.; 1 to 3 or 4 r:'otcrs in
U:'0C1.:1
in !nn,ny fiolds.
o
Thero nrc
U1GOol~l<:1,1l;;r
Obviow::ly, in
°
in
'~ho
f()rti.li~dl·U,
One
c;.:..1'ly yo::.r;;;, of fortilL;Dr
and b:,'
b~)co~e:J
°
rccoIr':'1and~,til.lns,
u...")ca.ti~fact:)ry rec~lts
r::orv an.d .::01.'0 cvllGcioU3
thoro cun bo no in
•
10',':, poorl;,--dxained <.l.:;,'oan a.round. tho murein of "Arroj'oiJ".
~Qrna1
Oi.'
thcr.o areC'.s
delo..y dcvlllopoenoLG in other
t~e
problcrj;s of coil
ul'J.in:~ge
drains 0:..1i1 t by i':.. ~ _r~, oven [;hvulJ nocecno
the vi Gitn to do zo on in;ii vidu:"l fUI':1>1 ..
ha.V(.l
7: lin,; 15 1.mknown, ti.l t!lou,;h
- 19 In J'l:l!Jt years I hc:.vo beon tNlIlcndol.31y
of releti vcly \':orthlcm3 land in the P.io
'fhi::J 13 l'o. VUi3t
'"~o<.:.
wh",ra the
~io
::;~ludo
irl1:L>rc:J~ed.
S~li:do
by tho vust HI.'Ca
CllOnCo., Gouth of ;:.uonoD ..Ures.
.'intis ito WD.:; to\>r.. ru tho
co:;~ t.
On oi U.vr uiJ.o l.hol'c, i:..~ 0. otril.J of 50 to 1(;0 .-:.ilomutol'G of.' :POOl'!:; dr::dned,
and r;ie.i{~t,;,:;, V,llich h;:.vc 1i ttlo nutri iii vo vr..luo for livo:3toc.~.
7i.is ri vcr sy:"ltorJ
also io t~ll] pri liO.i.p:..l or~a ,:/hlch' d.roftins tho ccutral rt>eion of tho ::'rovinco of
thiD,
~~th ur,uDu~lly h.~vJ
tha cuono", of tho ::io i:a.L.c..v, ic
BOCG
l;1.r.d th.::.t evon unlor
thet~o
p(;rhnl)~
inoJic2,tin~
to
low-l;tin.:::, only a
r.:,::
~l.:o·:\,)
c()~li
yield
area.
1ar.<i, and
".F..: tore
t:.'::l'e i~
1:.C.l
r.rv.ch t i l t
t\·;o or tlu'oO
iB llooied in
th~t
tiOC3
tJut which io
thu t u0Gpi te the l·....ct th·:,t
tho
e4~1.'..t be~:.::.:fi tu
•
of luad
t.l1u[JuallJ ncvcre.con\liticno rO'.'<.J.ins
frt,8 of floo.tir.e,
of d..N.ir.::i
th~ ~Qount
rul"nfall,
003,
fl
roaliD t1 c unO.
tll'~
relutiv~:lJ
Lmli, is
rd.t:l'iUf- te
to tLis F.rt of the country.
systC'T.l
:.~or\.iovor,
,
c.:::.r. 1;(1
dona to
iIlc~ec..L;tI
it.a r:rc..iuctivl'ty, r,y
20A~Gontinu
i3 nrid or semi-arid.
The Parana ?~vor flows acrO~3 va~t nrcail
of Wii. t0r when it cmptieo into tria Pla tn.
.:von t:10UBh ono of ito lal';;cst
tri LutarieG, 01 llu;'.:;iC.ljo, p~:'>Bes Cldj~cent to vant dosert arci..s 'of' fl,,~·t 'lc:.nd
the \":a.tor 1s
u.:iu~;ol
e-nd f10-;;3 into tho son.
A GOY<3rnrr,ant with
ot.~bility,
01'
ObViously the most 1Dportnnt job at hund at tho present time in to
ir.!provo t;lO pro QucUvi ty of' 'l;,ho b.nd n;)\'f t:.nuer o:..ll tivation, but this doon not,
in
Uiy.t:i111J.,
nullifJ t~lC v:-.lidi tj" of
"BJ wcy of
fil,Lw... ri
the rr:oiot area of
a
Si.UD';:er
crop of
SOClO
lor.;.;-ti~o plu.nnin~~, tb. r'ocl;:;.itil
zin,s t:-:Jo soil fcrti 1i ty. 'work it would o.:;::pe._l' th.... t in
t~e rC2"1onp:J.~:;o::n3 0.
:::orch~,
conereta r3c:)r..:;:;ena.:;:ti;;n C:1,;1 be InCl.d.e
corn. or cunflo.';cr.
EU:t'thQr stu:iice suoul,i Lo con-
ductGd, on the u:.:;a of n1 tro,;cn 1'o110f':in:; (-;u;:roer fsl1c:,'f, to tLOiSI.7";ine tho qu:...ntitle3
t:J~l,t
'c:m 1)0 u.:::;od in ':.n cco::c:r:ic;;.l r:.:.:.:mcr,
OOtnlXirin.; thlJ cout of
SlULTi;r
fallow
1n arBb.:3
In the south of the I'rovir.oe of .i
bt)
fl:rtili~Gd \'/i
th /jO
~.11Q::J
'..4er:O.l ....d .rt.HJ
of ni t!'OI~,)!1 end
-
't{he,re
~O
St:lllcs shculJ. bo
t~orc
r~::Jc
,is 'l.d.';..:l,uate l'ainf:.i.ll
during 1564
",
3tirr~~
kilos of P ,.,O~ on
Co
I.':h.ull
oorniderab1a
:.
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Aldi tio;1t:.l
dotcr:.:11no the
will bo nel1dod durinG" 1964 in the south to
~E1:.cimt:;n 1-3v~la
tr0u.t!!lcnts thin
will be
reGe~:.rch
Y':::'.lr
noce:"j;.~ary
1:"1\1'0 rG:J';)omH~S.
u_
of P20 J.
... v;hicl! -,viII
included 30 and 60 kilos of P20:;-
Durin:::; 1964 it
to dovelop tho top pnrt of thin curvo, by roter;tinc 3CJ
,~v
nhonld br:.i cr)::,bin::oi '.·:i til
and. GO kilos of ni troe~n.
l:;xporir..ontc.l ".01'1;: should be ini tic: br!.. durinG 1964 to'
of phosplw.te fertiliz2.t1on on le.:;u:r.o p:-o'luction.
is need.ed for
e~:1Jtln3ion
:"'i-'~
I'~'":'
~., ",·1 ,,-,-'
".•
~ v~l
...... ..,~
.1' ... 0·.... _0" ...... "
~one
or
~ntra
ourrent
st'.r::l~~
tto effect
Acli tional l'J.::;u r..:;(,
Fl'OG.:lC-;;:":'!l
of beef pro,iuction in thin Hrea.
t\.1C -"
~'r:"
l ... r . .,.. a.
("01,'
t'
~ .;.. :l on.
Jio~
The v::.ricty
bJ-' tho
'l'he
rQl'::~.;dno
S{;'-~..~\:Jn.
'0, '. t:'!
., ..._ ... J
St:ltior:
.~flon3
Yli~l
un:;:'c-rtl1n,_.l::sly h:.vo to be d.i:::c:::.rd.eJ.
the 11n8:3 y:hich \','i11 00
consL~erud
for
b~C(~ll."9
ir;cI E;~SC
- 22 -
pr':'i.;r.::..a
','
1· .,
"
Vla3
E-S(j5-2771 ','.:lich 'aus
li~1o
ani (;22G)
HI;:;:;
l~orived. from the orcas C:a.e~
1
'-
....
- ':lO:~v
\t ·).lnv;j,
255 x r.Lbato (::10-:
- 23All of' thotl
h<:.LVC
cood. yield potcntlr:.l.
cycle
c~ope~iticn t:t~can
tLo
thr~D 6t~tioncl
vhic3
.
~",
-
...
1.11 ~"""
'\
.1&..
.r .riOl~
to
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is
co~el'ci::olly.
·~oo
t·r ~:."e
" *
8_·.C~:
~,,:J.~
.......,r··.:..:...;.
,. ...-1'-""
. "n-l"
.I .a. t:.{;)r .•
.,J
...,
1\;:4"t
···0
....
~...
.
t'..1 '".....
.·;t~:::'1
,.c~~.-;t
... v·'lo.,·······
.~ :···.. . .IJ.
··0·ZJ o'
" ,.,l~ (-'0"")'
. ;....... irJt1 t coC'
J.
v:.).<.,..,.
l . i-~""
"",.,,,":2.lt•.
_
u·LJ
,\T:""",:
n~J......
· - 25 ....
aes:l1 to ca:::i7 fr.oiol'o for
reoist~ncc
reslutanoa to tl1eir pr0t.:cnj'.
wh·~re
~~o
ther\3
~;as <ltl
Klein [wnd.idor, the most widely Gr.:>-;;n .ccm::lorcitJ.l
extrcr:-c1:r severe cpidor"ic of tcio disc:wo, an(: \;Dur.e there
iecras of int:ns1ty of
~colo.:ic~.l
to fus1_rlur::, "hich arc tho tOfit
t~ic
di3eaSQ
v~~ied ~l~h
tha
ecolc:ic~l
conJitions
- ~6 detOI'illined by the
coincic.'~:1ce
of timoly rnin3 which
of spore9 of Oib'Jorellil, \71 t~ flo":0:rin 0
impo:rt~nt
(r
rcforrin[{ hera to p~.r9ntal r:;::. tori'll) b~ cl,,"-.3;3ifio·l
t!l:l
of
t~1:~
a. ho'.vy
b.r13~iinz
!:ird, th<:t i:ll of tu:}
tmel plo.ntvd at least 1·cl.~r or five ti~::es J.Ul'in~ c,~.ch
1'0:.:-
lNu:]on
toiJo
1'0001101';3((
cO::Jplctoly in ttL') P"
~
GO~O::'.lt:'Qn,
1T.:d..uI·i3.1
m~t ...:ri t~: "t./P.;>u
(th·~t is, dif:i.''.;rout
Prucv~ (.v~rhar·9 Lelso '.i\,l';[tnoc .rinto Indio), Ul·::,'3t~ Rl..~.!r:.bo, anj to
nut U.1.:..~;.,~r
prod~.1cti(;!~
Nj.rly ["r.:..in for;;::',,- tion of th0 wlw::;.'t.
It i.;
in
d.is~c.!3es
~n::l
per-~li ttod
1.1
leD;,;cr c;.:t;Jnt
In tLc
~\ ~ ho.,i~V::!'1
j
- 27 -
l;;;pl'o..,e;~.ant 0: :'u':J 'A"'i:;':£1
•
b;:d ':eptoria
res.i.flt.'.n~tJ.
';hio
id
O~lS
01
t:~.: ~:..rt;;
oi'
For. n.11:.i
~
I
2) Klein :-',.;n1'lir lor x ;;o:1oriJ. u4; 3) i(lein ~tG1-l\liuor x2;a;,-o 64; 4) ':;o:;ora 04- x 01D.::,t::.
'['1'
') ::1.ta(..or
"1
) ;
r. c:tn ..
-n i:1.oin Colon x
So;~ori:!.
6:i; 0) !:onj!),..::.:o-G:b"
.?into
.-:n) ,•
~'.
... ..
. .··:cu.
rczi..3t~;
__
19,~3 ?.l:d. 1 .'64•
---------'---
CrOflncn
. for
.'~-
t..~
i
problo:;is, such. e.s }'us:,ri1,.:.:f nrJ.d
\,0
a~u
:\.n
i.
I;o'-.'i t~ c'n t\..
rr:J':'13
U
~optori8
l:.~r.::a
,Ii. th
rC8pe~t
to
Arcentin·~
ceL:}::
t~c:n~,
nu:;.ber- of dO:J.bl-e-crosses in :'on0Ia for
,:e hii.ve ren-.:rvo seod. of
so~o
- 2J -
'.'
of tho b(;l,t olnsle crOSSCfJ for the
l'n~
one
~
.
h:~y~
.
ovary buen uSi?d in
cr3at Q'3ul of
::.U3 t
I·ro3T<..:.t.1, and nrc pl::mtins thi3
bresJ.ing ;:,8 tholn vhich ,'je are nowi.:.sin.:; in
£1'om :my th-"t
been
Are~:mtine
take
C·H';)
oonserv~tism
ta~t
~eontina
c:-.'Jntry bofora.
':.nd "0106t;
inbre~iin&n
:lr;) Y·:::r;; Iliffcrcr.".;
?h(:7'3 !Jas
~.lvi".f3
in ::ost of tho
Ar~cntin3
to h:1.VO a tr;-.c picture cf the dir:aase rcr.!.ction of t:1(; SG::'r,j-
uurin:;
lr.ont::tlL:·,t ;:>1
~ntin .. G
inflt:or:ce cf the
involvin;
OC0r:n.
novsl'~l COl.:.:r.~·rci~l
It is loc,.. . ti;u. ir::.lanu,
.
suffici!:.:nt cOG.l,rvl CV0r ;1,-.11tinCC,· ·eeec..l',
SOl:O
l.'..ni:r.::.la,
v.::.rieEes at scy.:n loc:.;.tions.
35
n:ile~
fl""n:. thQ
etc. c:..:.n be
CO~~3t.
€n~ •..r~d ~t ;r::?sEl:1~.
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but one likGly loo:.tion i3 the Hio !!egro area.
100:.l.tci
t~cre
the Bolson
for
oX~Cr111J(mta.tion
St~tiont
. . : :lero thoro is only an
in tho ;.ndc<ll'1 LaLo ikgion.
plun tines
Balc:ll'ce
0.1'1;).
atutioa.
A
~ocond
I;~TA
is now an I1;T;. etu:tion
posoibla
Extension AGoncy.
oa:lc the fir::> t days of Dece:;'lber the' whoa t should
rua~e
loc~~tion
is
7hia is
HO'.:av<Jr, all current inlicutions are th2. t i1' the
St:~tion bcfor~ t!.H~
obGo!"'/'1tions
on fruit..
~lhGro
onset of fr.)st
~rcund
In~t
the
ITA. ture
at tho
da;"8 of T:-:;rch • .
lu.::;t year, opidc:;Jios of stO:tl. rust can be developed at
F-rO:.'"i
thi~
Al tn.'''UCh there a.re a lot of urJ,:co';.n [rootors in tbe ero";;ine of an
adeClU~).to l1m='!3ery for brcedir.3' E~nd Beleoting purposes in tha Balc,...rco region
b~en
at prOfl8t4t, all of t:H;l I:lD.terinl which has
sclcc;tcd fro:-.:. the l'ul'El.rHZ
3t:~tion
(fi'oz::;.r'OG Pintos) L:nd fl"vffi the w<:U'co'a Ju:;;.rez Station, hilS boon rocluGsifiG(t for
.
rC3int~nc3
to
Fusari~~;
di tior-o, a'-:d it
bcin~;
YI£:;.G
.
for
~T0in
diL:ieult to
tYP3 and gluten
J.l'y
thro::;hel and. \'.'111 be pl<:ntGJ.
tho plunts.
b~forc
rolahe~~e vul~c,
o.nd iE
Consequently, theno nr<;l
tho ;;:Othof .:Jsce::lb.cr.
In thiG
1:0-";
cu.;,~e
it ";iil 00 naco .t1ary to clasnif.l and discard tho 1'0-;'13 on the b<:.cis of rrrc.in t;i::2,
ond PolGh3nl:e
v~lue,
ufter th,e plJ.nti:1,J8
h~va
been fJ:'.:io.
In othsr v:o::;"ls, tho'
ro,'Jo represented by unpromisin.:.; ;I;.:J.terinl in tho Inboriltory will be dioc<.11'·.:.o·;l
in the 1'i,,1I:1..
Theroia L':ora' anl r:-,oro evLlence. th.a.t thal;rccdin,~ oaterial .from the ::exio3..rl
and ColoCl.... lgn rrocr::.!::s of
tll1ich h::l.vo
those
1;"::3,1
m~J.te:-i!41s
t~H)
nQol:..ofel1vr FcnnJ.i.tion
'mcntioJ;ed in thi<> 2ar-ort.
will find.
Cr'0at~n'
II' \":0 co.n
&pplio:.:.tion in
8~de
evon nore
il1corI-or:~te
into both
0:111
wh;;~t
be
it:>prove: Gnt in tho '::or
i
- 30-
::;inca tho ::e.xican v,~riEltie3 .h:we 'ben con-
Irli.i.tel'iul 10 still inco:Jlplote.
vcrted to Ui1<.l.rf z tr<:i"l typa 3,
Via
h:'Vl1
cort~in
otl:.or thir..::;s had to bosuporifq:080d ul;on
boon atto;;;ptine to do for the rast t:...· o yet'.rs by crowine all of the 0"""rly
cenur~~iu~
suloation$
aro. Gulcct0d
Gtron[~l;J'
on t:10 oth\Jr
t!i~ld,
atrol'L'Or clLltBn.
a~i
ecpociully
t~a
F Fopulctions at Toluca,
2
for r,:;nl::tanca to -}>--Jccini:1.
ne0d:.> bettor struw, bottor
~hero tb~y
f-lur:1:_1ru~.
.- Tlio Color:1'oian
~
r(:oiut~lCG
pI·Ogl.'a:1,
to shatt2-ril:.C and.
It is evident that ono of tho stepa th3t shculd bc
t:::~en
ir:.-::c-
.'
diu toly bot':lS0n tho
l':eXic~-~n _,md
Colonbian pro.:;r3.r1s 13 for a Duch closer in tecrc:.-
ti-on of the st1'0n-:-~ I>ointS' of eaoh progr~'7l in to the othur.
Tj,1s c.:-~n
be
lion.=; by_
an aGcro~wivD crosain{; ~ro.:.::rall1 ".h1011 shoul'd Ilrod.uc3 the fo1lowin;,: re~ultG.
to stom rU3t, tllair r:hort:j(';ss of straw and ext:06r:lO 031'1in08s
toristico.
hoc~V'.r r~inf(j.l1
condi tiOI:il; resic,t;.lnca to
varivti\Js whicll v;ill cO:.:bino cood str",,',7 strcncth,
c:~.rline~;s
resi~.>t:nov to :item rU:3t, striro rw,:t, :-m.d also it is hoped,
to illi tiute thi:::, :ro-::;.:'3m.
Colc;:1oia a. lurC3
m~~;1ber
orJ-cr to have them
se~d
qua.li tJ
C!i:_~l'3.C-
'l'hc Colo:-rJ)h:.:-:. vu.:.-ictics ure outzt;;:':liin:; fr-.;m tb.a sknctpoint o! hi:..11
productivi t:r tmJ.cI'
trjir:~
-~?li
The
1)-:..l~in,.:;
of the :nost
C!'03:~l3l
zproiltin~
of
in the
I:",~t'-'.ri t J-;
to :-.oot
IJxcoll€~".:
T,lCOS
of
Ju."lu'.ry, :E:J will t:i.::e ':i. th 11141 to
outstu.n-lin~
into the Colo:.-.bia."l
:'cxicZl.":'l br62d.in.:.; materials in
pro,-7r~::l
b;r Oi b101' [,r.d
J~l·ull.
C<m then be 6101i t anJ. cro'Hn unJ.er \;olo::;'biull u!ld ::.jcxic;,l.n condi tio:\s.
'.:llO
At t: s
31 o.?.me tilI'!~ COrle of tho cutstar..:ilnz Argentina matorial Vlill bo t.:;..k8n to Colo;;;bia
and
O~lOe
tau &in.;lc crosses betw90n the :,:cxicttn a.nd Colo:iAbian :r.atcrials h:::.vc
boen l!:ad.c, 1<"1swill bo crossed. into the
the hope of· incor~or[',tinr"~ into tho
to
i'us~ril1n
thinks th:.; t
and to
i78
:::~ptoria.
~£Q.i
procising Areentine
~~exic;;::.n-Colotlibhm complex
T:lis is Iaorc r3EJ.dlly auid t:1.,.m
ti~s
\Vi tl1
bGttcr r.esi;;tL.nce
~;on3,
but ILl)
h<J.vo u rc:d" c~1allonGe in HiakitlS tho ri~ te1'iul f 1'0:11 t~~e t ..;o
pr·o6r",,1IS in Colo:.;bia '-md.
~orld th~n
t'03t
it now is.
even more flexi blo in ud.cpt.::. tion in tho
;:';8x100
~ ~orth~hilo
This is
effort.
n.L!?f.J2::':::1:LDU!'U:l: "in e;:'. t s •
One of tho vury
pro.~isins
now u.evelop11icnts in :rerlco in the ::-a3,t t·,70
yor.ra h<1:J bC;3n the dov01o.p;;.cnt 01 shu1't-ntr::".ved durut:i wheat
which i!3
1;'0\'/
in the Lire]:i:'!i;):.>.ry
:3 t~'5e
varioti~3, o~~a
of cOi;;r::"rciul increase.
of
'7here is
The en tirn tri,m-=-lc r'3f;.;i on f'ro;1l Uocochca to 'l'ros Arro:/os- 'I'.mUil-1Llc:.;.rco is
{:,To,;mto clur:lm whO<lts.
10~1~,-3t1"'\'!ed.
The types
th:~t ~.!'C
currently cro...m tl:crc
erd in years 2'.:ch as this, are subject to much
on ob:::orv.tticns ',':i t.h
fa~;.""criu.ls
from
r;ue:reC'~~tine'
:~:::e
lo:l.:i~.~'.
cxtre,cl.r
Based
populations th0.t ...;r~ ha.V3 s0nt
to Arc,mtin,:': froD: ~.:oxico, it 6h:;ul..i n.ot t;;.kc 10::& to dov-elop ::::>i:'!.~ co~:;,eroiul
va.rieti;;s which wIll 1'1 t tho .i\rC<o1ntine needs for dt<rwn \ih~:lt ::."rod'.lotion.
addition to tho
r.:~;,1.cri3.lL1
wldc21
';le
h~vo
sent to
.Al"6ontin~1.
In.
i'rvl;1. :':exico, ure
oo1't:lin no':! co;:·,b.'cll.:-."tlon::; l:1.!:d cr,):,ses ·,ihich w()ro l!'~iCO by Int:enioro ChiJ.bril1cn
on ::oxicn.rl d·...; cU'f·;3
two YfJv,1'8
tn.9
no;; t
L~~O.
t~'fO
.YJi t~l
Arc;cntina :l.i-rum
v<.o..4'ieti~s,
aft:r his return. fri.-'w
Goma of t:.o,-'c lil;0S ello\': extref:'31y 2"Ool promise
YO.lrs
GOi:1J
of thol:! \'.'111 b-:l in
0.
~md
:~cxico
\.-..i thin
st:.i.:,,:a fur tOHtin.;:; in yield.
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"
Al th(luCh U[;tq.::.:.2. tri H.oi (looso s::.ut of v,'hant) 10 ooo;;.on eV8:rJ'1'.'her-c
in ArL,";) 11 tina. it soc::,::; to fIou:ioh espeoially in i;Ot;d Vf;lioh is produced in
tho oBnt:i:'<ll or lm.:niJ. 1>~~rt or t!H: Hug.Lon Pa:npoana. (contral Prov'ir:,.ce of },u-:nos
..
~~1roo
)•
riu.blJ" h~vo a hi{)1 ?::n~cont:.:<;6 of infcctiol!" 3t Icc-at in yours with olimc:.tic
conh tiO~lS f·<;.vorublo
I.'oJ:
olvarIy
-.,hen seed produoed. in th,:wo nrc["f! is shi rj p-3J. to oth,.:r
I.mde:'~3t(;0d..
zo!!es for
p~_·:mtir.:;:;,
infection.
it often 3hoy:a
Just what ttoco condi ti ons
8CVGY.'8
i:1f'oction.
In- 19G2
ar~ is not
fi;~ld.s· \7i3J:'C .
observed. consistcnt1J~ \'ii th i:lore than 15;~ of sr..:uttei h(;;udc, a'1d ccca;;;ion<.:.lly·
B",lccepti ble to th<;-so dineasds, wi thou t €:xccpticn.
lJ:hOTo aro Oytly a. few
is Ga'uoto, 11 ser"i-h:.rU. v/heat T;:"tf.cr tha;l. n hard onc.
cro ...n qnly
so tInt
o~
cY~r;f
a rQstrictcd area.
',i.'\)ZLmO:3
Beca.use of
i.~i3
I'into :'reccz, oz:e of th·.?
it i::l·
nc·.','~r 'f;bJ.:1.ts
ph.;,t th:...t in fi:-ully :i13L::ctcci a.I1.l th:...t pZlsees thro'..·.jt the
l;lb:)!'~-
•
tory fr";'l th:)
st:~r:iroint
will G,'.lio::t.:J.ticall,Y
w"l.o i3
on~
1:0
of
32:l0J. chCor~ctcl~i~tics t~nJ
elJeekc.i
fr~::l
tho ho::.do th:.t
cluton
<:'1'0 ~~opt
oLr~~ct-3ris-~L:;3,
froe
inocul·~t8·_1. pL:~:L~j
of tll-J no;; t..2J.i tion~ to tl13 st-'l.ff at :::..1'e'J5 Ju:..rez, will find tino
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In tho
l'o~ei.lrC~l \';or}~
h.ul
t(;,~n
't:;';;QU v:> \,et
cl,~l,un co:~t<Jnt :r~.th8::-
;.a~t
11110!.' tLo
thZl..' rrctoln
cr.:r~t(,:~~.;.
I
.
Jt.hr..~.~.s .In.:(;:1~.n:o.·.-.i.t.) ::O::lh0tt:~t
,
',.'.;'.J.:1
\'/0 hO~'Q '~ill :to ,vo l':.1rin:.7 J-S'C4 to :-:-;';1:;
- 34 Fro[;rl.u:l and a cart of unofficial coordinotor for tho pro.:,r3ll1 boti'i'een
~ctcr3en,
Ir.ccnlero tu:'li to
y:ho lib:l ::rnio studiod in
Schol;;.rohip pro':'::--'lJ.a wi t~ tho
i~ockcfcllGr
~·~xico
Btatioll~' j
on a si;c-:,onth
l!ounJ.:. tion in 1953. and r.ho \":il1
s:.;c-umo rocpon3i bili ty for the rlorl: of ~:lric durin£ his absenoe.
Thero is also
one 1.~I"\:mona (pori to) Rub"m 801'[.-0, uho 113 an aS3is.t[mt utthc i!uroos Jtwraz
.
.
st:.\tl on. 1~ t tho 'l'ezunoa l:into s t~tion InG:eniero Alberto Ch:lbri llon is the on1y
ma-vi 'o'.:>:r'1:in:;; on \'.he at breoding and hlp::,ove::;Jon t.
lJexlco in 1961.
He is a consciontious
S,k.tivl"J.,
'il~~ich
JOf;C iL tn, an
~ron t
~y
£3 pen t
~~rke1' ~ith
a yo:,u.' in the 'United 8btc$ \":hcn tino o.nd
GOod. ce.Ji"-i.biJ.i ties c'_wi .:ould.
He
a. six-mon th pe riod in
consiuerable experience,
procr:.m~":lin~
Tar-nit.
L'Uch en oX1Joricncc.
I bolicvc ho h:.G
At tn3
!J.:;:,s thl3 bes'l; c,0010;;103.1 comli tiono for v:orking en
.AUG
lltl 10 ecru of a.
PerG~~mino
v:bc~t ~!-eGri t~
trian by birth ~~ -.-:ho h':':13 s;'cnt {;.rost of: his Hclul t life in
pr~ctio~l
LJaU
thm . a soicntict.
tIo i's u very oonscientious
and diliS.:.nt ·.. ;o,r-~;:er, 'but h0 h.::l.3 defi:!i to. lioi t:.1.tionD in prcg:--w:l plumanG
despi tc his onerey an..l
C.:\H
bJ
ccn~;oiontiQucne!Js,
is not a
iTl~-I.n
Ci.~;d
brin~:o
up the
~ue3"tion o.r
one ad.iith:l:l.l ncicntist in
tho nod, fOl" Loora YOUIlG people.
p;:o.t~101o~;;
"Ed cntor:;oloCh
in
upon whom this i-rocrn...."n ,
b~ilt.
'ihis
b~t
c~nd. or.\~
I hD,ve
or t·.....o in soil
- 35 fartili t;:,-
.701'k.
Tb.o soil fc:rtili .~y \:,ox'!;: ha3 moved.. fOl'\7::lI'd 3o[;,,:1'3::.ai voly in tho
l'3;;..:ra.
contributi~t2
T',','o 'or tho pco?lo Vlho ll.:lve been
Itlgo.ni0ro
~.~,~~rino
Zs.fi'a,llclla,
~.,.ho
"rill' be
le~vin6
Grc[~t
a
p~~~t
t\:.'o
deal to this
E\r~
vorJ soon' to s 1;uuy tm'/:J.rd
a 1,:i.l:Jtur'3 1.ieZree at IOVla St:.;.to under a. Rockofeller Founi!J.tion ,Fl311o\'/shilJ, ~J.
Ing~:liora' C:.:.::.'lo::;
b:~vc
rlU'iaol1±, ""iJ.o \7ill lea.\'o fJ.'Gcntina in January of this
dono out8tc.:.nd.ine
strcq;then t:-.eir
~':cr1:
1n t:w past t··;;o ;/oero and ncri t 0pI'o::'.'tuni ties to
ur.:.derDtundin~
of theoruticel and bnck.:;rounu infor:.:c.:.tion no
t!u.t tllCY C.'ll contrit:.tto L":.or~'~:i"0n their roturn.
nidi ti on, h,w c:.l.rl'iod. on
loavos
ttl:...1
cfi:'et.:~ivoly
P'(ji3':'~
'Nholo
in ot:18r
nspcct~ th~t
I~~TA
but
~l;Jo.
~:lVO
r:i\'~'s
~<.~rCOG J:.wrc;.;
wi th b\3ei' c:'l.ttla).
001103(;1.:::,;
Co
III add.i tien to
;,r~C::;i:)·.l
nnd
so~son l~ t -l~"rcos
alf~li'!J.,
re:h~:.rO:i
;JeJi.. C
nC:i st:l.fr
Jt:.;;.!'cz.
I hava t::"ieJ. to
:to,
This will call
~ro~ent.
z'\:>3,L:onsi bill tiiJS i3 no t only to do rc-
i.::l curl'ontl,y desiL,n:..otod
i1ncut inv0sti(~::.tio:1, iJ.:.d a1:::0 a::,
H.
t;hen this field opens up thore will
'J:hcrQ is
wi 11 ':hu~h
~tf.:l
11
re~l
to effect i t.
the b",G.cict 'iii t~l ':;;licll
thou t I ho i.'~ tint G,~rc.l3. ~!1d lli~
•
bCC:l;IlSO
pc.~ t
ITovello,
to c. griniin£ hel t.
tv rrc;><>,:Lu toc:-.aic3.1 r~vplc.
heT'G, ,1.211 they
prolucti0H of
COL::G,
In~e!li'3ro
are clo3sd to scientists at
for m'::':1Y ne'.'J p.;oplJ, ",1:11 one of'
so;;.rc~,
:.lul'::.n..; t!le
,i:J likely to
,.holo prcblGrJ. of soil f,:)I'tili ty,
~nl
~0:..Jr
til~
r ;,)r\i.:'~rd.
cll:illG;~Gc
'r~,-i;;;
1s
:c::"
Gor.:ct~in::;
E§:;l'C'BSi valy.
:princip;;:;.l rOl;,nI'C:l centor for
~<3!ltor :t'0!' L.:nir,::\l 111J.";~jtrJ L;ric.:;.ril,.:
eXi;Clri:"'Jnt~l \'.orr~ uoini;
oome work in
bQi~10
('tODO 0:'1
Ilono on IUn,izu.
Gee.:!
After to...
- 36 - .
ye~lr5
of
oL~ur·/~tior~s
V1Le~t-cro'.'[lnz
in t13
wori-..-J.ne:; intEmsi-"ro];)" ::t
t~e 3t,:~tion
at
r.:gions of
::~,rco8
Juarez I
~\rGantina,
~
wd
cOllvincai that t:lis
otl-tlon iEl poorly
loc~tod
fruTn the stcmdpoint of a whea.t 1reodin.:; center.
It: is on the vel':l
w~si;crn
nurt:;-in of tr.o ,/heat-producinc; area of tho ~b,:lta
()0rdo'tr.-]Juonos Aires w1e2.. t l"I32'!on.
t'loLJturo short.:..;o.
Only thirty' to sixty kl1o;nctors to the
This bei'llc:; tho C<:4f,e (and it coinci,ies wi tb. ObSel'Y~.t.:.ons
b3,f3o\l on r~f;i.llts (lurln~~
f~O()ci. r,1n.11 it
rJ-
th3
past
t\','O
:loars), it is .very dif':icl..lt to t;ct
lavalo ~r;;~m t .::. t thin at.::. tron.
It therefore
~loes
not r0:?re gon t the
I am not Ctn-t·:lin that t:lis is tho p1ao.3 whe:co the ·..: hc::t rClse:ll'ch
pl'OzrX.1 should
Godey.
ve
conccnt.i'<:teJ., ani h::w~ in~c:~tcd ac r.IUC]) .to G::.rci:~ D.nl
It ';:oull H.Dfo3.r to
:'::0
at
pro~o~t
th.:.:. t i t Y;ould
to concontr3. to t::0 cffcrt3 in h,rL,;:mino y:hcrc it io
qu)stion of the lcca.tiun of tb.<3 Frir.cip:::.l
:Jt:~tion
~<)
::.oro f':, vox':lble
e,~sior
to seloot fer
for -d:cat bro . d.i:--0 SL.:.:uld.·
liI:li t".tiOi13 of the cl.u'rent st:..i.tions to tho j)irectol' of r;:TA, so th .. t h<; ':.ill
bOCOIT:G oon3cious .of th<3 faot tba t
uni
t~l.at t~:e$e
I~.Jrhe.pJ
conters should. ba uae..l in
tho "i.'ren:.; locl.l.tic.n. \'IUG salee t:::d.
p~rt
in SO::1,; cttier °,va;t th.:-.n for
/ -37
"';'
cent or Cora thereg O\'.t it i
:!:<lrco~
At thQ
~
poorly
loc~ted.
JU<A.rez Center there arc now n conaid.arable conccntro.!lilol'1
of both oxtcnoicn and reBc:u-oh ccientists.
Thera ero still, hO:}i;Jvor,
prnotic!:l.lly no Ii bl':~ry faciliUcs and no pu.blications of the
~t:mJurd t~':;e
for 0C:Nl:c::l.ic, G0r:.ctic, pat;lolc,1io, entoilloloJ'ioal, or soil i'ortili ty
These thinGs
there will
Ir.1l3t
t~:licd
bo
6tn.Cn~~to.
e.s soon ns poc:ci blo or the staff
t~1.;.t
is
rGSO:':C::r3~
OU.r:;:'::~ltJ.~'
:I.23 tried to pl'Od Inconieros G£J..roia. and v,Jdoy to
SOj:l9
aotion on this unci will contint:e to I-'UfJh this a.s 6u.ch e.s ponzi '010.
~:ov0rn:r.cnt
'1'ha
Th3I'O
e.l'O I:13.ny
of. ?r-ezidoilt Illi<1 is "I'uther slow in gettins
'The~G 800m
\'!as Burprised. th,:t it \,;,on tho olection.
re<31:0;:;fdbi1i"de~.
have nDs\.....:.:.od· t:10
Dr•. XlIi.?
Cabir:~t
In..::c~liero
O~lCO the
r~r:;~.on::'ii
nC:~;';',Jly
lJili ty for
.ns.;-:in~;
the :::iniGtry of
':;'n.11;0r Kucler
\',::t;,
.~:;ric1-l1turn
B..'1d the
td~inG
tills
7~niot1'Y
of :cCr:CrlJ'f
St::tion.
Th~l'G
is
B.
~o':Ji tion, IT;..3)~iero
~:aLY
ye:lrs.
Cl'C.::~t d.8~1
oj.' unr::st
K-"::C1<31'
He is cUl'r:.:;ntl;'
LTO'c.t doalof t(~r;nol1 11t
r;<~ny
r0trul:::.tions huvt.t been
i Ft.:;}cd ui;on tho c:)ntro 1 of CAports of bel2£.
1:39 bG<m r02,tr.i.ct·.>1., u.
tp
on na.'''1i!l;1 c:m for t'::o i::;rort'l!1t
prQs·:;nt over tha ccot of livbl::; in .:'l.1\;8ntir.:l, and
t6;,,~;<):::,,"rill
seC:3
t:03t of. tta celT.berG' of the C:.J.::ir.e t.
VlaS .Direotor of tll'::' l\n';;:"'::lL-,o St<:4ticn 01' I::TA for
fl'Or.l th~ r.:;r~;~lino
to ha.vo been a. c:roat
n:rpoint0d to J.cri c;,zl 1.\.1,1'.'1, end Inc_,,:nisro 131:::1\;0
to tho :.linioiry of :":conu:r:!n..· Prior to
on le::v3
not yet boen fi lId.•
eloctic.;n v!as v:on, the old V2rty lo;:::'crs
;Jr"-O!Dl1~r i~sist~d, hO~'jOVDr,
pOo::t9,
h~Ve
pozi -cions of i -r·,or-bnco . . ;1:11014 h..".V'o
orG':;""li~(jJ.
cxi~ts p.i.,OHG
Since tllis
baoi'
ox;o~·t
k'r-~du~€Irz.
- 38
This w::..s c.ono under the c£;;nouflace of rcduci ne tht} pri co of L:n::a t to
oon:.:'..1001'S· in A.'t'gl.lntina.
It in :p3.rt of a c=cu.tcr c::::Ipo.ign to red.uco tlJ.J
co:;t of .1-1 ving ani slow' lnflc. tion •. It 1s a lJoli tic:.!l novo
cc')no~ic
enCl.
R0contl~'
end InC.JnicI'O
--
act up 1,)"
'~~10
1'2. ther
tha.n c.n
thero hc.. s bi30n (lvidcnoo thi'.. t both In:cni<.:ra Lu.:;lor
31a;:1C~ hDNa
Lot 'boon in
?r~aid.cl~tic~l
a8'r~exont
with rna.'1:! of tho j?oliciea
!)eoroo clv.riU'..;· the :past few wecke.
lan.d. rroiucc.
I
~ ocrt~in
that if· he is Civ€j
a ch,mce to exocutEl Gono of the:Je idDan, c.:..;j....i cultura in l..rcc~tim~ will ::G
T .••
.t_.:.~.
KUGlor fin:l~ t·b.~t ho in. sUny-cd. in his plar~B to c:...r:y· O:lt cO:lJ of his iie.::.s,
D1Mco.
nU~·n03
He see",s to be CL<t frc;:n the sa; 0 pioce of cloth.
Airo3
n3.3 bcc~
i:;,p-JVCU; tr-.:.fi'icc lizhts h3VO been aot up avcr.Tiih0ro;
it ,;itt: tho clcvoloi.:::mt of a c;;~:ntry· f.uch
('.8
:'=9:::100, one
ODnnQ·t
halp but ba
39
of seocniary Gchoo13, and the Univorzity proble:-,a become ever crGr.ter
as r.oro end
COl'O
thc~
of
ura concentra.te:!. in tte Ci t:r of Eucno3 Aires end
•
'iii thin tho r'3.3t
in tho.
nunbn~
t',70
or throe y\3u.:ra thQre
":1ic~
of ne.7 a.utclY'obilea
type in ArC;;lntina. CORto rouZhly
h:iS
beon a vc::-y great incroa:.;u
ara seen throuCb.out
th~'ce tiL1~S
t~e
H:3public,
w:J.:lt it (Jostn curl':::ntly in
L~~C'J •
. f
-
oonoidered
lU:::'..l~i(n:.,
Th~=o
mente
io a.
110.:.r1y evo:;;,yt:unG' 1::>
er0:~t de~l
ani of "sh:::':udc';;ns'l
hi~oc1f ~
very nOQcst cnd
in the
l~'G'Jr
oitics, -
of cO:::wont ab:Jtl t COl'l"'U.ption in t;:c cov2rr:':8n t
cvc:r:-~;;hcro
becomiuG tired of ull of
~vn.ilu'::ll(;t
i;~i6.
alon;- the lino.
A. I>arontl;,'
t~13
publia is
'''l'hGthcr Prosiien t lIlia., who tlUdoubted1:r is
hcn~st
st~,
iniividual, \"iill bo able to
out I::2.n;r
.".,,'
of tho
in3iGio~8
eflocts which have cropt in thrcllch the
~a~t scvc~~l ai~ini3-
It his bc(m a. reul privlloco' for Ii.;:; durin:; tho It-fit 1;-::0 or three yom-s
pal'tici:p,te in
consists of
St~tionc,
SO~t1
or
~~n b~Jic
its ncti vi tic s i~ very ::o:ie~t '{rays.
Currnntly I:;!l'A
Instltatos of
ROSB~oh, n~~GI:r
tho ones
,,',1 th
:{2cion~ C~ntcr9
rosi:O:l3iblo for tho
divile;i into rc.:;ionc
loc~ted
at
40 l.dnin13tro.tion end direct.ion of
than from the
cent~al
inoorporat'Jd. into 131
St~tions.
184 of
~fico
reooE~ch
nu~nos
in
l~:..;cncios,
in each of those re{j.ono, rather
Aires.
It haD a service
o~
extoncion
tiod directly to the f'ortyfoul' l;xforirnc,u·t;
IJ1b.c .:::xtem:ion Service i taolf cOl:si3tS of' )23 oxtonsion Y;orkors,
~tom
nra
·Ij'ho ,other 137
cor.~idcred
~!'Q wCJ:r~::inG
as
toc~nical
assistants or extension
o~pcrtz.
prin:.l'ily \lith ::routh croups, 11011:0 demon3tr,... tion
'workers, otc.
t~G p~opla
llost of
tra.ininG
on
~.n er~d.u:lte
but this io:;
So
r~~A's Dt~ff
oohoo15.
slo'.'! lend
have not had the
b~ncfits
of
aQv~nced
I:7TA is Eakine evory effo:-t to 1::jV::"'OVG th0
r~infi.;,l
:p:~ocosa,
ninoo there a.re no
r~Jllc.cc:nant3 i'Ol~
in the F";'C'.lltie a of l'5"..C'l cu.l-tur3 does, net help to imPl'Ov'e this 8i t:.<atioIl,
for
8ev~r~1 y~~rs.
•
I1;T.l Las ~ tcno.::mc~- to sa:.:f;tOI' i tn Cocti '\,."1 tien Hnl worl~ all Cl'Op3
cro,p, m:i as toro
cro:t:a.
'Ibis
poll tiCi.\l
~cr;,'olmal
l!s:pr::,!'~Ci.in6
·O':;;CO;;'3S E.vi.\ilnble with exporience, spread to
of rosearch effort II r:l'lJ bo d;,;.c, ho';..ev.;r, to the
p2'O;3;5~rOS tl1~t ar~
brolJ(;ht to bcu.r.
L.TA has [lC.ny
th~t
of
e.dY3.nt:l::;c9
auto~o~y.
It3
ot~.:~
- 41 buigcot is dorived
~rvo
un
e~ci3e
tax on 80st &1J oerouls,
a1.1iniDtered th:rou.:;h a Con'J8jo which io
cIiffCl'ODt
b~cn
i"iol~;1
1:13010
up of
~nd
thin ia
1'efroGent~tivt33
£1'01"1
of acricul tu.ro and. c,ninw.l indu::J try, and from tho t"Ovorn'::cnt.
J:rcttj" 1<;'1'1..:01:/ aucceao:f'ul, 'tfl tll one brief' "e:,:coDtiol'l, vlhcn Alooeu''J.y
't:'1rJ3tGDod. its e::d..:;tono9 by cuttln:.;- off ito Dource of fund.:J.
to tbJ ;;1'e80:11; tir.::) theeo ft.L.'11s are int2.ot.
ilo',':evor, up
li':ror.1 thin stand.I.ioint
I:~T:i.
hS3
,
paoplc.
Unlas3 'tanv.blo, cOll';:rate i'.:lc:ilts
yoara t:;crJ
"1'0
~:'G
obt:lincd within tho nezt five
likely to be er".mblin~:3 ani re3trictionn u~on the fU.u13 "iihic~
art) nO",7 ch'J.n.nelol into
t~ij orc~iz:~tiona
in theso IU::Jti"t:J.t·.?3 and loc.'\tl0113.
'l'~oy
arc very conlc3cer.dinc, r.:.tld lou:'-: .:io·,:!:
They ar() th3 'Working uni ts of I:;7A and to a. . la-rca extent u,r·on tilt'ir raGul ta
whore
t~'3ir
sel'vicJ3 are bnlljt ne:odel..
It ,',ouli h:1'{e b0en ouch better to
.. 42 ..
t'
h~<ve h~
all of thcoo G1:ooiulist3 diatri butcd in strato::rio pointe d.op:::ndin:In thin ";::q their outot3.ndinC Lno7.'laJ.[:o could
on thoir sj;ocializ:.. tion.
a
b~cn t:l ~j,cl.G
of tho active
r:l~ct
l~,Jsonrch proe.r~
\--
t·ney oparato
fro;:l
of the regions.
h~.vG
is it 10
n0',:,
--
Cloud 9, t.n1 co::> t:ri bu te nothinz, or littlo &.t bC5t.
'TTl~ -1.~,",
\..r ... _....,.~
rr1any concii tion3 thoy n.ctt~ally 12ro obate-cles to the ir.1prove::::e.l'l ts th':,,'t ;-;0:;.1·1
n~r~~lly
out~ot
A case in point is the Incrtitute of Soils, hhich
evolve.
hns b8cn un
anc~or'on
hD.O b$$n cor.1ucted by
r00oa:rch ccnt8r~.
the
p~ogrOSG
Z~-.:f·f~r.ol1~,
in' coil fQrtility
?u:-icolli,
~nd.
Th3 c~e is truo of tho In~tit~to do FitQtcCnin~~t C~~tel~:.
to-.=:ln111ues, for cX::'::J.plo ,;,hoat
81..400;)83
im~roYJ::lent,
of 1:;IA \7ill be in
n:unt bo ktjpt ill balanoe.
in l.:oxico.
reGer~ch ~hich
men of tM.3 tyr;o fro!:l th,)
Innto::.c of boil1.J a lca:icl' in plE.,nt r:ltholo.:;y nnd. plo.nt
the viole fvt·t.,::e
fro~ t~a
I rcpoa.t, this
brc;;J.il:~
::;;etho0..i.":
<;..n;:l
they c.ave bocn an c.n.ch0r on 1:::a
jCOI2.rJ.y.
'ilia
l~ation:l.l
Cem:e:.'
Thin in of vi tal i::f.ortc.nca ·to future ;:.zricult:c'o
~holo
i::;nuG Dust bo re-exl1::linod. in t.b.c liel-At of
Da00::bc:r 12, 1963