Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-07-27
In CALIFORNIA.
Party of Morgantown People
Have a Nice Time.

shown all Over the State Wonderful
Resources of that Favored Region
Charming Hospitality Met with on
Every Side Hints and Helps for the
People of West Virginia
Director and Mrs. James II. Stew
art and Prof. B. II. Hite of shis place
who have been West for month
have returned home They had a
delightful trip and saw many places
and things of absorbing interest
From the time that the party left
Morgantown until their return they
enjoyed every mile of the journey
They went out over the B. and o. to
Chicago and there took the Union
Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande
for California The return was made
by way of Tacoma and the Northern
Pacific and opportunity was afforded
to take in all of the points of inter
est in the western part of this great
country.
Director Stewart was seen this
morning and asked about his trip
He stated that California was rev.
citation. The people were energetic
and hustling. Their hospitality was
ideal. In everything they tried to
impress ON their visitors the great
opportunities placed before the world
in their state and as result they
have built up an empire in itself. II
the people of this state had forty per
cent of the hustle of these people we
would be far in advance of the place
we are now.
The meeting of the American As
sociation of Agricultural Colleges
and Experiment Stations was held
in Los Angeles and lasted for three
days. These sessions were very in
teresting and profitable. None of
our representatives presented any
papers but they took part in num-
Der of discussions. After the adj
iournment of this meeting the party
left for tour of the state as the
guests of the state board of trade,
the board of trade of San Francisco
and of the various railroad compa-
MES. They spent a month looking
over the wonderful resources of the
state which in itself was great
source of establishment to the party
The state extends along the coast
in line almost as long as the en-
tire eastern coast of the United
States. Everything is on a gigantic
scale. The manufacturing plants,
the farm work, everything was 81.
gantic.
AS an illustration of the methods
in farming the manner of cutting
wheat will be interesting. There
the wheat harvest lasts for sixty
days. The grain Is selected SO that
it will not thrash out by the wind
and it stands uninjured until it can
be cut
Then it is cut, .threshed and sack
ed at the same time Thirty mules
were hitched to the machine which
takes some time on the fields two
hours to make the circuit 1t cuts
from fourteen to eighteen feet ac-
cording to the size of the machine.
1t cuts, threshes and sacks the
wheat. The sacks are dumped over
board and lie there for days or UNI
til it is convenient to pick them up.
There is no rain, no dew or anything
to spoil it and it keeps perfectly.
Eight hundred bushels are sacked
in this manner in one day by means
of this machine.
No one thinks of touching the
wheat and it is allowed to remain
undisturbed until the owner is ready
to put it into the large elevators
where it remains until ready to be
marketed A wheat thief would be
dealt with summary in case one
started to ply his trade.
The vineyards of the state were
among the many interesting things
inspected. In one place the rail
road ran for ten miles through vine
Y Yards owned by one firm The vines
were not placed on arbors like we
have them but each fall they are
trimmed down close to the ground
and the grapes grow right on the
ground. There is nothing to mildew
them and the manner of raising
them which would be a great failure
in this country is very successful