The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-20
moss FERIAIZIAG CORN.
or SOME INTERESTING Ell
yERrMEsTs IN KANSAS.
=. IN Aid 10 the Farmer
rsIfsr-isy Of s'r"e'"re IN An'"ai
- yexefsbie Worias-Posafhii
e,es Of Progress In "rnin-srewinx.


49, nf sae eneeEg Fds3sx farmers az
1. that q gre eross-hree5lnE o.
.rsss uFInes1ss Is net sattre5y 1eS.
fssA -, 90 ~4n r. aeSert6sne9 from tas
~ - vsar igg9xs and csesr autnorf-
~ =, svssernas.1 effort 81 cultivation Of
- - ,.s made before 1877 when i7fn-
~ s-rs-.rsents w4Ts undertaken by Col
- fyaeisy 3 gEsFnlasnf banker and
ss-l4 90 sssts rtfy The results OF these
4.s.-sssx ser forward 4 80 Secretary
- ~ the t,a5 81 states department.
s.. -. and received hls entauBsas-
=. ss,s r,.eadati1n. wstb Il reaassi fisaf
- .tstscrats experiments b prosecuted
~ .s6itsonal Information furnished for
- b<usA; OF the gtla1e-
a. Dudley states faat ne nss been
.-svfax TIE the5gy - cToEs-pTseatng sssf
80 tine, and IS surprised khat tfFs sssat-
= sss 40 long escaped me iaT@stsgaton o.
kss.s-st.-si COLLEGES ard slate agpastr
- with the exception o. twa short
- tn ire 81. I>eGas Globe Democrat,
.svs be has found r8ihiz.g In the aess-
80. eoneernins . subject thai II lgts
go IL destined % revosats0aiz- tie
-. te,ssraes Egf grain growing. ~ ttEs
49,. :. the farmers OF this loesEtf " no
80 aeea observing his woTk IN mis- d.
80. Col. Dudley tas prepared paper
:. .sls subject. from whlcn tire following
sr,raefs are taken:
Syss cross-bresding y plants Is rot
- s-ssnt!sic discovery. simply oa@ tnas
/. - rsneraiIy known. Since ne p1hl ea-
- 81 the works u Charles Darwin ia
= The evolution OF plants as Well a. CO
<.srssss has been vel s&-ahsisaed- Pro-.
: Huxley toek up the work soon after
nxrvln. ard e,a hoSated aad smp!iaekl tbs
h.sse ,finc.yiez &c plan; breeding ard do
x&stsSsssoa 20 the easy understanding Of
81
~Nsny farsssrs harhor sentiments % op-
sae,snn. agerseness 10 scientific farming
- II 10 be a fruitful source Of costly ex-
snsnseEis without adequate returns
4 ssrt Of relaxation - means acquired by
essr ayccasioas. or by Inheritance. or by
esases. TaIs need not necessarily follow.
Nssaeg defines ss3snee II be 'ascsrtasueG
ru,a.. Pro-. Huxley says. Truth Is CON-
son sense clarified Scientific farming,
ia. must mean a Systematic application
4 ecmmoE sense
Most Of uz have 4 profound respect fer
sssA scientists as Isaac Newton. BENJAMIN
yrzakiin. Thomas II. Huxley. Charles
rasxgn e. al. through whose Instrument
eslfr tina, division % science known As BIZ
aagy has come % be- one OF tire elementary
kineass II the rsyival OF learning The
Assaeis,s tell 20 that when they examine
iks physical organization OF NAN they re-
szve ain tnso the finest particles into
ssses the microscope viii epahIe them 10
ksak him NJ. then they make a sort OF
anatomical record OF developments. his
saactions and activities. and study ais sn-
slrenHaen.s as he appears or the surface 10
~ xefld. They then take up other an
mas most convenient. tie bird dog for In
staacs. and they ind that his body is re-
sslszbie Into the same elements as that Of
ssa nar--ald SO OF al the other animals.
sAAs t1eir microscopic Inquiries resolve
nHsa At last into specks on animated telly.
Then they pursue their invest z t!,4us
ne tas vegetable world. and iiqd they can
D tie same way follow CUT the structure
y Tue plan; from she niosg intrisata fiower.
sFsss or shrub up TO the largest tYse. Ara
p with their seeds. Tie storehouseS1af oil
starch, Cher and gluten which sisfSar in
aasf normal state or Ia their coueentrSAed
.sfm, comprise he whole menu % animal
w. oxygen Is Required by tie animal
ss'sie acid Is essential 10 the Mani
ssssh'h Is manufactured from the ,-ia-
Asez ~ tAe plant. which L. destitute. -
sass ana voluntary motion st5ff has IN.
saaaefisl gigl, the power To charxa it,
F1saaes 'Rrote!al with the innate ltQfazs
ssl0sipie Of organic life. Scientists. wtt4
~ asa q the most expert chemists. have
ssay sfied 10 anaiyze protein They can
=. y O@eA into the dement's. but can
asain 80 4'. As setk
TIE aaSoaI viii take the same ri,ro-
seaans. sn'oTphous sui ssaacu iato us Iah.
asseFy stomach ssoive n analvxs II
p, - fsasadace & again hy iiytng rr3te n.
-elss microscopic investigated -
So INDUSTRIOUS student. the mast mr.
.s-11ty ieafaed. can nct separate nor ,stt
- - sssieFehSe between tna vegetable t@Ify
- sae animal Jelly. Taus bloiar!sts Nay.
-a 49, AZ TIE conclusion that funaa-
- -. aIstofhity OF structure pervacles
s - ..'ahai ana vese table worlds and that
60 AK. acc animals differ from one an
vi siI5piy As adverse rno,lifisatfons -
=. s same general plan. According ~ Tsrcf
- AsE Tie study Of living bod. es Is rsaI-
s', sas aiseipsne, which IL divided mo
.~-.asy and botany simply as a matter a.
- =, .ss'sesee. The animal and vegets Gle
t.ss are only two aspects OF The Same
.--aas'shtAl series - 0he.7on,ena ea@b
- $500 s. o. Throwing a food II llzht up9a
las. then. is the foundation ~ my A.
49, 80 tAat the same general uat44s1
8. ~ esatFol animal iife control plan:
- -. q me pEemiSs he adm tts.8 -
~. s.9s !. s are inevitable. Who would
i g.. - = improving t1e desirable Qualities
-. 81 aa9Fy aesd. az os his sssgne. ar az "a
ns.s' % !ccs. too close .n5rvetfaxe
So says, Nature 0hhors csntfv,t,..s1s
s-ss1tas Re have tAe eNper .sses. Il
ss.ssIers t2g hundreds a. ears ia bed
- - sasEala Gfe.r success 4 ,,ssesfsx.
So So S:s-F Improvement generally con-