Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
SAVING SEED MONEY
Mr.. Morton Says He Has Not Had a Sin
gle Protest.
Not u Good Political Issue-Evidence
That People Did Not Hanker for
Packages of Seed.

| "Since issuing my circular of July 25 an
nouncing that there would be no seed dis
| tribution this year by the Department of
| Agriculture I have not received one pro-
| test from farmer against this action
| said Secretary Morton of the Department
| of Agriculture to Star reporter today.
Not only is this fact continued the
Secretary, but we have in the department
clippings of 500 newspapers from all sec
tons of the United States warmly approx
| ing the abolition of the seed distribution.
The agricultural and horticultural press of
the country is unanimous in its approval
Of the action
Just think of putting 4O5 tons of seeds
in the mails every year to be distributed.
Then we wonder why the Post Office De-
partment does not pay it's expenses. No,
| the distribution of seeds was wrong and
the SltS,oOQ spent annually for that pur-
pose was wrongly spent. 1t was easy
enough TO see that the people of the coun-
try cared nothing about the seeds by the
failure of the people to whom they were
sent TO acknowledge their receipt. There
were last year 100000 packages of seed
sent out to about a million and three-uuar-
tefs or people, and We received less than
l,0Uo acknowledgements Of their delivery
Il have no idea that there will be any
h.a
distribution of seed, for l know there are
very many instances of men who voted for
t tiie "a! "a" orislhaiiy VINO would not now vote
Tor Its restoration. But if the seeds are to
De distributed again the first thing that
wili % necessary will be to provide build
ing IN which, the work can be carried on
The entire first floor of one of our buildings
rearranged now for the accommo,ia,ion nf
| other orarches of the department, which
are ueihg useful service, and which have
ceuss th"rsi ..a Wy III ene atties mere. be-
able quarters - sun
.ixtI,
""ou campaign Thunder.
The Star reporter suggested that soma
republican pcllticiaps had snysasta, e..
I-tbe aho,;,tan ~ W., 60, .--a.
10 - -a.>,.s 'ne So So uis''iou'ioh wound
oe sooa SUBJECT Tor campaign material
next yeSt in rural sections of the country.
Mr.. Morton, laughed at the nnssibilitv of
repuhiioa,s t.ksn, ~, .-.t.t
Iiran1,ed.-; ~ aao
70, u.
a@e ies item Try that nave check
n rsiG t ~ G the amount that was
% ~ iela"sicah member OF Congress
Con.lrsssS 49, o, 1eeus' ma. member OF
~ -, ,s W. u niiiioh CT dollars.
fho,,e,d ~ .U ~. me ne mad bongnt up
In, -, ; W. u n VI seecs leSt year,
cbasad tnan, w t Eu ron Wnom ne pur-
1855 1850 ' ~ NC uesHheu giving me any
80 neie are thhisS connected with
hn. " seeus that would make
~ i, l,i..teLtai Al ihey We're brought
ono, ~, 1 aoi, .i-nh there VIII pe any
ooeas4oii l" oiihs them ont.
Experimenting With Grass.
.rho ,,.,,,.,,.
ep' .Nie"' VI <Asi icaiture Is now
masking an interesting experiment with
various grasses that are grown for grazing
purposes in yarious narts of tba ,.or,a
with a -viev- of sacprin, ror, .,ir ,o,,...e.'
- ,,,,r,.;c,,, ~ toi Ills country
iiioie pishliui supply Oh such food for
- niue patch OF ground
saad. ho,,so 49,. hio"n as 'he
fancy variat;es of So U ,,asr,a use2 " sroW
claimed generally found their way tn tha
tables of influential members of Congress
onaer NE direction OIL Dr. Dabney this
FOUR hnndred and fo't,, 49, piah.eu Win
grasses Secretary Morton feals a eraat
deal of pride in this exnerimert which he
believes will result greatly to the adyan
tage of agriculturists and stock raissrs
and which will 90 down in history az an
undertaking deyeloped durin. his oun -
mnistra ton Of the pepartment of A rri.,,I
ture. One of tine latest grasses received
here to be added TO this gras Mot is fror,
Argentina and as that reDubl;c sent oiA 0oO
head of cattle to Europe last wear If is
judged that the forage grass on which
they We're raised is worthy Of an aynar;
ment, and perhaps extensive introduction
in this country
"Our farmers have had their o1oysr ,nd
timothy. blu; grass and a few other ver;a
ties of TO: grasses, on which 70 demand
to feed T. cattle" said Mr. Marian in
explaining tie purpose of the eynarir,ant
now beng carried on ..and WHOM tbrnnch
drought or because of other reasons these
grasses have not supplied the neeis of the
cattle, the farmers have been left heInIess
Our effort now is to secure the very hest
results in forage era and an, in