The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
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The Letter Mr.. Pickler Read in the uous.
From South Dakotn Constituent.


From South Dakota Constituent.
WASHINGTON. May l7.-In the de-
bate on the Agricultural Appropria-
tion bill in the house yesterday Rep
resentative Picker of South Dakota
had read the following letter from d
constituent, which, he said, illustrated
the general demand for seeds and plants
from the department. The reading
vastly amused the members of the
house. ex-Speaker Reed being espec-
tally noticeable, standing in the center
aisle with a broad grin on his face:
Britton, 5. D., Jan. Ri. 1893.
The Hon. JOHN A. PICKLER. Dear
Sir: My wife has been pestering me
for some time To write To some member
of congress for a batch of seeds-I mean
such seeds as are sent out from the Ag-
ricultural Department. Now that the
Democrats are in power, presume that
you have nothing to do but to help
make a quorum and send out seeds to
your hayseed constituents. Now | am
one of your hayseed constituents, on.
rather my wife is. as she is going to
farm extensively the coming season.
and we deem it but fair that we should
have our share, or rather my wife's
share, of garden seeds. We want good.
honest Democratic garden seeds. none
of your back numbers: something good
enough for old Andrew Jackson or
Samuel j. Tilden or any other Demo-
cratic saint.
would like some Today corn, and if
the new Administration have any new
silver seed that will produce standard
silver dollars. or even Mexican dollars
in about sixty days, | would like some
OF that. Our land is we'll adapted to
the raising of silver. We would like
that would yield - thousand
bushels to the acre and sell for dollar
a bushel. We have not farmed much
but are looking for anything new or
profitable.
Some of our friends say German carp
is good crop. We will put in few
acres of carp for a starter if we. can get
the seed. Some of our kind friends
ostriches. but they grow
so few in hill that we will not venture
to try them.
There is a small lake near our farm.
and my wife is anxious to raise some
gondolas. They are an Italian bird,
believe. The climate here is severe,
out she thinks she could raise them. by
keeping then. near hard coal burner
in the wiuter season. If MIR. Morton
could be prevailed upon to send us a
pair of young ones %e would esteem it
a great favor We could use some can
vussback duck seed to good advantage.
Mixed farming is talked of a good
deal. and some say our farm is just the
thing for wool. do not want Poland
China. or shorthorn wool seed. I
would prefer Shanghai. or Irish setter.
that would shear about twelve pounds
to the vine. We want to try some hard
coal seed this year, as we have paid $40
a ton for coal about as long as we care
to-.
One of my young sons has desire to
raise pair of elephants to break our
land with. Do you think Mr.. Morton
would be willing to send US u couple of
elephant eggs to try the experiment
with? Some of our advanced thinkers
advise me to raise a crop of plug to-
bacco In selecting the seed wish
you would send "Spear Head" "Cli-
max" or Star" The climate is too
dry for fine cut. If the department
has anything new in Jack rabbits, T
would like {. few vines that would bear
The second year.
Thanking you for past favors. am.
very truly yours, JAMES WELLS.