The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-10
Agricultural Changes.

The A AGRICULTURAL Appropriation Bill jus
passed by lie Senate at Washington con
tains items appropriating $4,000 for ex
periments with machinery for making s"-
oar from corn stalks and In the cultivation
nc tea, Roth of these are objects long un
der discussion, by the friends 5f American
aef;eusttsfe,ahd generally regarded with in
credulity and as waste of money and er
terprise. Yet nothing can be clearer than
the very important RESULTS achieved in ag-
riciitufe 81 ar4i6tisl stiiliulants IN er the
auspices of the English, French and Ger
man Governments We have heretofore
referred to the. remarkable success OF the
English iatr65ddtSinR OF He Chincona tree
mo india and the care taken with its cul-
ture, whereby the bark yields larger per
centage of quinine than is obtained from
the original variety in Peru. 1t must also
be remembered that Tie unremitting per
/ ieNeerance of the Engl 81 Government
agents in penetrating the tea districts OF
China and selecting the seeds of the best
varieties of the tes tlas;ts, mas given pc
cuiiar value to the tea culture in the north
ern provinces of British India. Still more
important results have been produced by
the Anglo Indian Government in the cul
tnre of eotton; 6fitifti ahd Wheat. AS re-
| CARDS Sugar, the success of the sugar beet
culture in France and Germany has been
rendered memo rable as a historic event
The struggle of our own Government to
| introduce tea culture and to make the coun-
/ try self-supptipg in the matter of sugar
t'have been so Unsuccessful. as ito cast un-
merited ridicule upon all similar enterpri
ses of our own govethiiiehts EeVeftheles'
It i a matter of historic record that the cot.
ton culture was introduced into this coun'
try under the stimulus of a protective duty
on the importation of foreign cotton. The
production of AHieficah WOOL was in like
manner raised to colossal proportions by
protective import duties. The cultivation
of oranges, lemons, olvrs, and other trop
ical fruits in the States adapted thereto ha'
been the work ofsteady and persistent slim
ulant and encouragement. We are there
fore confident that if fair start shall eve
be acquired in the cultivation of tea eithe
in California Or the Southern Atlantic
States, there is tiothing really to prevent it
final success on as large scale as cotton o
tobacco. Fifty years ago it was regarded
as visionary to talk of the United State
as ever likely to becoine an important cul
tivator OF grapes. Yet that interest is nov
very large. fourishing and valuable, an
promises at no distant day to make tn
country a large exporter Of wines, grape
and faisiiis. As regards the item OF sugar
we should very greatly prefer a large ex
tension of the cultivation of the well know
sugar cane in the Guf States that are pc
culiariy adapted to It. Perhaps that objec
may be attained Indirectly b. stiriulatin
the competition of the Northern States i
the manufacture of sugar and mOlasse
from corn stalks sugar beets and the Chi
nese cane. In fact our opinion is that al
money honestly expended in such lines c
effort as thsSe by. the u. S. Agriculture
Department cannot fail to be ultimatel
productive OF the iiiost Beneficial result
not merely to the tillers of the soil but t
the whole population of the Republic
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