Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Value OF the I.abors and Publications OF
the Agricultural Bureau.
It's Origin aud Antiquity-yirgil, the
.Courcur OF Old Rome.
lie Due aud Ioring Costly Experiments
Of Little Pract ical Value.
ny Mail ana Telegraph.

| ny Mail and Telegraph.
Washington, December 2,--The GA
zErlE readers, farmers and herdsmen
and tradespeope, of towns and Villages
and country along Southwestern rail.
ways, are interested profoundly In the
action of the agricultural bureau. So
Important have its operations and nc
| uops become, that earnest eflbrts have
been madohy Northern congressman To
invest the chief of this bureau with
honois, cmulumonts and power of n
member of the cabinet The PROPOSE
| ton was defeated, but will be renewed
and finally approved. The purpose Ia
strengthened at this luncture by tlp
eminent abilities of DIR, Luring and
successful administration of the finc.
lions of the bureau Nv his earnest md
able assistants. Publications pmannt-
| ing from these officers and their coad-
tutors IN all the siatcs have infinite
| practical value, Subjects are discussed
and facts divugUd and discoveries In
agricultural chemistry constantly
made which must finally crown agri-
culture, once tho rudest OF all pursuits,
with the destinations of ilno art. As
these ends are achieved fields and
ihrma aud rural homes become iniin-
itely attractive, aud the day H. not dis
tant, IL men like Loring aud Carmen
aud their associates may achieve the
| beneilcent results they contemplate,
when young men of the country viii
discover In inrmers' pursuits choicest
modes OF life and houndless opportu-
mites for the development of genius
and taste and skill. Then agricultural
vocatlons viii hc AZ productive OF
wealth and of intellectual and moral
excellence ns of honors and renown
once peculiar 60 those addicted 10
professional pursuits.
THE ORIGIN or THE BUREAU or AQRI-
CULTURE.
The wisest and host ruler of the Ro-
man empire--it Is an old story, but
IT should never loo forgotten found n
Loring and an agricultural bureau In
Mantua. u was made nm adjunct OF
the government aud Virgil issued the
first official report of an agricultural de-
partment. He crowned rural life with
RI ~. He invested II with the charms
Of song, Bees and birds and flowers
aud lowing herds, NJ the hands OF
rarest puctical genius, were fas-
cinNtiona never known before,
Virgil transformed rude soldiers,
addicted 10 desolntion and rHpino and
wrong into vigorous tillers OF the soil
lie wrought the miracle commended
In Christ's philosophy of life and gov
vrnmuut 10y transforming spears into
pruning huoits, and swords became
scythes and dtsolnto Italy garden
blossoming In spring with beauty and
In autumn cleaning with golden grain.
The Georges were tho first oiiicinl pa-
pcrs ever promulgated by an agricul-
turol bureau mnintainodby Wise and
bcnillccnt ruler of The enipirc While
Jesus Christ was reforming the
worlds morals, Virgil was
revolutioniziug It's industrial habits.
While Virgil converted barbarous and
bloody soldiers Into farming popula-
tions, the Savior of mankind corondiW
opns, and there was II single step Tor
old Roman DICTIONARIES, who had raw
aged states and cities, from the farm
10 the school aud church.
Virgil ns well ~ John
coadjntor of Him who spale ns never
man spakc. There wax difference In
the poelicul productions of these TWO
men Virgil chantcd the virtues
and glorios ol wine such AS
Maron gave Ia Ulysses, while
John caused more noise In
the world about the virtues Of water
than WAS eyer evolved from hethund-
crs of Niagara. II were Pope of
Rome, Nirgilius NJ aro's name should
adorn the calendar Of saints.
my ENoNs A NoH MouToHs.
But was going TO deal with prneti-
jal modern facts, and tell Of this latest
bureau devoted 10 the purpose OF col
Getting the learning of the nat ion
affecting agriculture and dilileing
unong the people Of the United States.
systematic practical methods have
vague thcorizing Ia which
his bureau once devoted its energies.
The primary needs Of toiiing farmers
ire studied, aud these are supplied by
scientific and practical Investigations
made In every direction. Besides this,
lie discoveries and researches made or
instituted by other governments ARE
,Dlated aud adapted To the necessities
II American farming populations aud
hus the agricultural genius aud pro-
,ress of the old world are suboriinated
% the purposes and progress Of the
iew. An illustration of this fact ~
discovered In the collection by the btu
eau here Of choicest seeds from tie
most approved gardeners ana FARMERS
4 Europe for distribution IN The
lnited States. A system OF inter-
hange has boon adopted, involving
he culture and production here Of
rains, plants. vines, shrubbery and
rops peculiar 10 the different states Of
europe and Asia, Afiien and Austria
Ia, M well ~ Europe, arc made 10
pntribuie to the practical advance
Ien.. learning and produciiyeuess Of
american agriculture,
SORGHUM.
.e Due. President Hayes raw mill
roprletor and chief Of the bureau, ex-
crImented even here IN the capital
a the production Of sorghum. He
uilt sorghum steam mill. lie hoji-
i and coddled mud compressed, aud
be product Of his tolls cost SO per
alton, about the cost Of Blninc's wine
'hicli ~ ticklcd the palate 81 The
odly Hayes. Congress, having made
u appropriation for experiments IN
Ie production VI sugar from sorghum
nd beets, the present commissioner o.
triculture, deferred by the enormous