The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
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sunrise n'lpilenulhe torch of civil war
gave forth its first red illumination, young
Farmer Wilson was all for seizing mus
ket and rushing to the front. But the
family to which he belonged was large,
poor, and needed its men, who were strap
ped TO the plough; moreover, his brother
Peter, an older man, wanted to so, and
had the law of primogeniture, observed
by the Scotch, on his side. The two men
drew lots, and Peter went TO the war,
and died in 1t. The younger man re-
turned TO his plodding of the fields, to he
seized upon as a parliamentarian by his
neighbors few years later.
"Among the men with their coats of,
said Mr.. Wilson the other day, "are the
dairymen Of this country. They are just
: setting sbout Io-tackle sne Of the biggest
jobs they have ever undertaken, and, If |
have any kind Of gift of prophecy, they're
going to win. The problem Is this: Eng
land is buying S65 0OO,O worth Of for
eign butter year. The United States
supplies perhaps per cent of it, or little
| over 100000 worth. while little Denmark
American cow feed for the purpose OF
| holding this immense business. We make
| the best butter in the world. Then why
| can't we sell at least rs much of it to the
British people as little country like
Denmark? That's one of the things am
going to find out, if it takes all of the spe-
cial agents in this department to get me
tse facts: and it will be one Of the sur
| prises of my life If at the end Of three or
| four years we are Not furnishing Great
Britfdn with sy least one half the butter
she Imports"
~ sSecretay Wilse..a,us In from nine to
ten'hoursA day at his department He be-
longs to the careful, ploddng type Of
| workmen. He likes to make the drafts In
his own handwriting OF the more impor.
ttanti ictss-s md acrunsnts 10 which he
appends lis signature. Disaster befalls
him when as often happens, his old farm
er friends from Iowa walk in upon him
at his Office, Ser a single visitation of this
Ut eats a consil5.. ...sfe hole in his work
ing day; and II does not console the Sec
retscsy to be aWNre ihat tits his own fault.
lie will rot let SuciS visitors depart with
N reasonable time, much as they pro-
test that hey fear they are trenching up
on his indulgence. He lines up ON leath-
er sofa alongside couple of these pros
porous looking elderly agriculturists, and
there eu5ncs cauyassing of farming
matters, 'reatcd either theoretically, tech
nically or practically
Being 4 scientific farmer. as well as a
practical one, Mr.. Wilson says that he
feels as much compelled to keep up with
the latest writings of scientific farming
as the ambitious physician is obliged TO
follow the current developments in his
profession. Hundreds Of pamphlets and
publications Il sorts relative to mat
icrs of the al reach him every week.
] and he lo' ugh them all. lie has
one pei h ich, a,owevcr, is an emi-
nently prya and prniseworthy one,
vi. t, n ns d Of s,. n" s'sa, yEs beet indus
the Cnitda States pay ont Slo0OOO, ,oO0 a
year for is suJar, when We can easily
raise it a home?" is an inquiry he puts to
his friends constantly, and before long he
intends TO make n personal inspection of
the most important fields IN the country
where the sugar beet industry is growing.
Probably next year." said Mr. Wilson,
II shall make n tour of the farming dis
tricts throughout tho South and South
west. j a4.. JunsS,ss> farmer of the
must oi'nd. close st ,"Sof'i lack Of infor' for"
nation { this ite ann ents Of the men
n with tht. IN. fooultA sub.tropical re-
s,'Na, ~n,frl- i"o"iSF Fut 7 nm an;n, =,
'veuings. Re frlend Mem as I can onJ
8 Ice Cream, whate ds far as Califor,
rived. All are -N%
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