Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09
TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Facts About Rice Culture In the
UEited States.
IMPROVING ALASKA NAIL SERVICE

Dog Sieds Are TO De Employed ON r
New aud shorter Route TO Cape
Numr N.cissituj-s of Senator
tears Iint-The senator With IA,
-iUtOHoh.;c.
Enough rice can be raised in he
ut,rI states To supply the demands nj
tie people and shut ont The urm"usr
iUlpulIaiuuS of that commodity. List
year l6,RI.uU pounds Of rice w'rt
pruugnru IN the United States, md
l-H.mE,tuu pounds were imported. IN
:. \. Knapp uf the agricultural depart
mru1 has written n pamphlet in winch
hc d..is with the possibilities uf IN
United States as Il rice producer
According 10 the best estimates,
tl.'" are about ln.OUoUOu acres of %nd
IN IE, i've states bordering Oh the III
of Mexico we'll suited Ia rice culture
= me- amount which can I've successfully
irri-aird lay present methods using h~
aNaiJhi" surface ana arlrSian flows.
does not exceed 3.OU1.thn acres. S:.rs
the Washington correspondent of The
Chicago Tribune. The best results rc
qlir" rotation of crops, consequently
uuiy our-half that amount or l.:jWI.U00
Hrrr> would be in rice at any time.
The remainder Of the lo0Oo.0op acres
,ouH also lac brought into cultivar lon
Ncr, Il necessary. hut the cost wouId
perhaps be prohibitiye. At an aver.
age .i'ld of ten barrels per acre l,5'n..
uuu acres would produce nearly 2,5'n.-
Oo0 pounds of clean rice, nearly six
times TN" amount Of the present CON
sumption.
There is no satisfactory reason why
the uitpd States should not grow all
IL own rico and become an exporter.
The employment of machinery in rhe
r.rrtiriIs If the southwest similar 10
that u>rd in the WheatiirdS of CAlitur-
MIA aad III" Dakolas is reyoluti"uiz,ng
the methods Of cultivation and great.
ly reducing the cost. The American
grower, employing higher priced Ia.
bor than any other rice grower in ihe
world. ultimately will he able to mar
kct his crop ut the least cost aud the
greatest profit.
The poStotIice department is about
to attempt the establishment of an ell
tircly new AMI shorter mail route
which is planned for Alaska and which
VIII employ dog sledges, going over
land from katmai, about Ca1 IN les
from Sitka, to Cape Nome 10y way OF
Nu>hasak, through practical uue1-
piorcd territory. The distance will he
shortened by this course | ,2Un or 100
miles. but unforeseen obstacles may
be met which will make the time about
the same as the roundabout steamer
tracks through Bering sea and along
the coast.
Special messengers have been select.
ed, one Of whom was formerly a trader
in Alaska, and on March 10 they will
start from katmai across country to
, as an experimental trip and to lind oul
if the route planned can be regularly
operated with success, writes the New
York Tribune'S Washington CORE.
Spundcnt 1t is expected that the Ines
srngerS will arrive at Cape Nome by
the middle Of May and after deliver
ius their mail Will return as soon as
possible With reports for the pOstoitice
officials. Ii the trail is favorahly re-
ported and it is found practicable tC
build Il post road. work will be begun
in the coming summer 50 that Il perua
ncnt service may be established before
next winter. Lodge houses or shelters
will be erected along the line at inter
walls Of - to 100 miles, and men are tt
he stationed at each lodge for relays
This plan will not only protect The
mail carriers, but will insure more
rapid service and prevent delays oI
nearly Il week waiting for carrier tt
recover from Il frozen face or hands
Th" poStotfice department expect!
with Tie completion Of such road tt
give the weSternmost Inhabitants OF
the continent three or four mails eacl
month in the year,
Senator Gear wears a soft felt hat
He does not leave it in the cl0a kroolb
but, carrying il in the senate, thruw
1t down upon the floor As Mr.. Gear
desk is on the center aisle, his blncl
felt lat is the most conspicuous ohcc
in the senate chamber.