The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-04

Bureau of Education and Department OF
Acrit ulture were to be abolished, as the!
rad no place lcgitimateiy in the Federal
Government but did not expect to SET
hem starved to death. If this House in
nds to carry out the States rights doc
IN" to this extent, hope, they VIII d'
/, s1uarely and openly. If speculalor>
from their superior facilities for geitins
Information are to control the price 0!
our staple products from want OF means
II the disposal of the Department OF Ae-
riculture to procure and promulgate Tie
statistical information that will enable
every man WIN feeds animals, grows
grain, manufactures cheese or butter raise'
fruit or grass, TO judge of the future for
himself and of the probably best avenue
in which To exert himself in order to pros
per individually and benefit mankind,
then we should have the manliness to say
so, and not continue this Department in
such slckly condition that it cannot
work efficiently.
We need applc-trces for the Northwes,
that Will stani our cold Winters. Fix
years ago the Department imported a
collection, numbering two hundred and
fortv-tive varieties, from St. Petersburg
for the purpose of increasing The list OF
hardy trees adapted to extreme northern
climates. Already the value of this i'm
portation is being felt; localities in which
The common apple. trees Of the country
could not live are being furnished with
fruit-trces that are not effected by any
degree of cold.
The praclicability of growing and man
tea is now known to be of rea-
sonable expectation, in competition with
countries where labor is cheap, as much
can be improved upon in regard to modes
of preparation; the ingenuity of our peo-
pie will nply machinery to the prepara-
ton. Foreign marufa ;turcrs in China
are demonstrating this by superseding
hand-l labor by machinery. The Depart
meDt has over five-thousand plants ready
for distribution, and has been sending
out three thousand annually. We paid
$22, G64 81 IS last year for tea.
Some years ago II valuable collection OF
orange and lemon trees were imported
after being carefully selected in Europe.
These are now being p-opagated and dis
tributed. Scarcely a day passes that a
box of these plants is not sent oft. The
work Of propagation is slow. There are
several thousand young plants under way
AZ present. They require several years
between stock and scion. The amount
we appropriate for labor measures the
number propagated. The amount pro-
duced is equal in value to the labor ex.
pended The introduction OF the best va
reties is largely due to the Department
OF Agriculture.
The far-famed Bahia orange was intro
duced by the Department after much
trouble. Several hundred are being dis'
tributed this spring. We paid S3,l7S,'
S72 last year for oranges and lemons. :,
Superior Chinese bananas that sell
higher than the West India variety nave
been introduced by the Department tna'
produce more per acre ana al an Garner
age. We paid $685., 299V' Tor imported
bananas last year =.
The department propagates owes; 1ol
which we paid gas, se3.4 Az. Ihey make
speciality OF hybridizlng. propagaling,
and distributing new and valuable grape
vines, for the fruit OF which, as raislns,
gre; n grapes, pulp.Juice' &C. we paia
ini n, uo,laIs ias. yen M, - :, ,,z
ne pashet" nv" VIII saoS ~ H n
7"aho III .a0 IGH"S'y o." IN -
S,Ef iIps VIII uotns u va , ra,
ins De,"i .nl mas "a at J;str;hn.;nm ~ Hs
Seats pioLas"'i ~ anu ra ,rxn h,,ndr rnI
9 9;: .a'ie,ie na a,,;,iad ha,nnis,s
uns''nct .a',e.'es, nnt ,,a n hnst I'D ,nos,
a.e lequiIeo ~ seisoT Wy v o %;u ni hn,
ase.ui, nov only toi ,"na,,sS, D o
ipr 'nc puiPoSe VI MN tna ~ at'"u e o
ele !ree.csS pans y. wv W. vo, rne No.
,et,c'us anu o.iei pli pose m;I,p"s 49,,
S'o4s year ior "i,o" an. ;t.h a',r;nn
o.a. slp'oien''',i n"S ~" 81 ,hs
tHI lNSt lNN stStio III consequence Va 'hN
VI ,nso az po,",o ~ L,Ut
mas oee' tnrea.ehsu ny aat po ,nn '.n ous
anu Vaat M 1Gii''o,y uer as.S. W tHe
hopper. ne o'aen 'ouI i",, "n ,uaa Wa va,
cohs.ueie" lne li.o'' a",uaoi ';,,' 'eu 80 ~,
economlc purposes, was vISiy CIV fra !,
ana oil forr, nnrnoses has bcnn within .
se,r ', III r,apr u' swent from the facp
Of ,hs whnis N S where it occu.
Mod thousands Of acres hv an insect
hat no one has seen before nor knew
ANYTHING about. The natural history OF
these nests must be- studied nv some en-.
- a"t;,,to - 1t 80 =, H., l,,,
Sato ,ta I'i ~, y. ,oS " '.i1 nus
anns ct'ssu ul ii,e S lnei, raw,
az ;Uo ,U ,;,i, ,I' ~ S."'e' pu' art
III n 49, wen t"I ~, n'''i"n
on,,;' i,;ni"SI ~ aits a'so teen y. Sas'
ni' appOin.liens was liia;.e.
.ha ~ u ,'''''l' H.I', S,'n" ~ ~
H.; ~, ~, go ~ a.ts. tiJsesS vi - ~ ~ nc
a p;nr,o 49, "ni ~ nI th"su sol I'll. IL,
III oo"ny " n,'n' .i'ots san "o'.als
Lila anJ ~ -. ;i,,ts, ~ &c vi tnI sea' ,
Of H. J J on +, :; @ Vi In' sa,ue
stoos ,l,n, '3 f',n,;d ., moH WV, unoei
sd iii, imt m o I; US arc to,lhec'
s snd " fr,i,s' y an sno u.sIas.' VI pants
fmna; oinnn T., tb;s LIZ of a." ' ~ w
tnn d n,ons. AZ t .n c,ass o, lnves''g; :.
s IONS G a. ol 'ne true cause OF al
;o",;o 10 .sJ otten s!ni'a;Gn. 10 Hs erau'
nam, nh "nu m'tnous .iio anu " an intei'.
s,,o,,,S Vi " : ooJettS ~
800" "uu o o osfy 'ni,I''lD'e W le"SSi
piV ,ira a ro nton. Milh regard 10 the
TN anu eHIent vi piant diseases,
80 nS e'eiy o"y ""I.. u the department
'nciuoes answers to inquiries upon almost
every concelvable subject connected
VIII the larlh ana orchard, ana ven,
1uie W assert lhat the aaVice gwen ana
suggestions made, even through the daily
Would De no mean re-
TURN IT, Tor sne cost OF tho Department.
ms once suppiles want that can be
ni!ea IN no other way. The consequence
d informing the workers and thinkers
>, one part o! 'he country what The
,thefs are dolng Is TO teach how much
me prosperity and comfort of one citizen
lepenos upon the exerttons OF others,
ana no" much the general welfare de-
92ehus upon the prosperity OF every IN.
Iuse,iai interest. Inc tendency Is TO
:reak up or prevent sectlonai feeiing, to
III tne mlnu ABOVE the contemplation OF
oGai INTERESTS 81 anu IRAN ~ 10 ocslre and
'eJoice in natiouat more than sectional
arm The f.rmers - a,a or aon 'n
he country are directly interested in tho
progress OF the farmers OF every section.
ne ieauihs p,1aucts OF each STATE are
Irncv m abandon one h-anch ou ~ ' ne,; 1.
,ro ovid r,,a,,.u 49,.