The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07
EXPANSION ON THE FARM.
International Crops Provided by Hikoff's
Seven Soldier Sons-in-Law.

CHURCHTowN, Pa, June 6.-Old Joseph Hi
koff. who has patch Of ten acres on the other
side Of the forest has seven married daughters.
Every son-in-la was or is engaged in the war
with Spain or against the Filipnos Said
HikofY:
Il was never more surprised in my life when
they came to me. one after another. and babe
me good-by. saying they were going to the
war. There was no use for me to object All 1
said to each of them was; Well, send me
some seed to experiment with
We'll. sir. like good sons-n- law. they
promised and kept their word. jim Hallogan.
who married Title. my eldest daughter. while
on his way to Manila stopped somewhere and
had run into Egypt piece way. and he sent
me packet OF wheat that he said had been
discovered in q mummy cave or dug out. 1000
years old. 1t was a little fat grain. darkish
red. not much shrlvelled for it's age. l planted
the handful he sent me- and right out there in
that sunny corner yOnder. that wheats grow
ing nice as you please. Jim sent Maria-that's
my wife-some mandrake apple bulbs he got in
Arabia or Palestine. with directions how to grow
them, and there they are sproutipg as nice as
you please in that box yonder. Tom Logue.
another transport. ut he listed under a false
name. Why he did it | can't tell Tom always
He t ssn n1s pSk 81 Sa
stuff in that patch above the hogpen, and they
are growing nice.
You see I've got each patch labelled in ink
on a thin board wired to a peg in the ground.
and can make mistake One OF the first
things Halogan sent me from Manila was a lot
of hemp seed, They're growing all right down
near the meadow. As a curiosity one Of my
sons in law sent me up n lot OF flower bulbs
from Cuba and Porto Rico. They've got some
kind OF Spanish names that Just can't re-
member. You can stoop down and read EN- il
You want to. They're a lot OF cuttings from
South Florida. too. OF course cant raise pine
apples or bananas. but | Just planted what
they sent me to see how they look green
They'll be killed by frost soon enough There's
Il lot OF Philippin" rice growing down near the
swamp that one OF my sons LAW sent me
from Iloilo. OF course. it's only curiosity
olulu. Guam Janan Hong Kong. Cavite. Ponce
san Juan. Santiago and other foreign parts
One of the boys sent a few bulbs OF a pretty
lily they say grows at Malolos My wifc's grow
ing all Of them under glass and in the open air
"Since we got these expansion seeds and
bulbs We don take so much interest in home
crops but | told Maria the other day that we
mustn't neglect bread and butter on tho place
She answered that it was the only Instructive
pastime we had, and she's righ t We are get
ting booked up IN geography and foreign
as we watch our international crops. Yes.
you'll be welcome to call again when the
wheat barley, corn. rice. mandrakes. fruits
flowers. &c. are further ahead, nearly for
got tho Georgia melon seed another son-in-
law sent me- and Japan cantaoupe seeds by
another one OF the family who went out ten
miles into the country from Toxic. He also
sent me three cuttings ot Japan cherry,
which Just grated on that tree out there