New-York tribune., 1902-12-05
TO STUDY AGRICULTURE HERE.
GERMAN DELEGATION TO MAKE A TOUR
OF THE COUNTRY NEXT SUMMER.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE-j
Washington. Dec 4-Dr Sheck. agricultural at
tache of the German Embassy, has placed in the
hands of the Secretary of Agriculture the itinerary
the delegation from the German Agricultural So
cety which will visit this country next spring ex-
pects TO cover. Secretary Wilson has instructed
member of his staff to make the necessary ar
ranpements and wiz detail a scientist from the
Department of Agriculture 10 accompany the visit
tors The delegation which will consist or between
thirty and forty scientists, agricu urists ana stu
dents will also be accompanied by Dr. Gerber the
agricultural expert, who represents German inter
ests in New-York City The visitors will arrive
in New-York on the Pretoria on June q or 80
After spending days sightseeing they viii VISIT
Baltimore, where they will inspect the harbor the
grain elevators, the packing OF oysters for ship
ment and several dairy farms in the neighbor
hood. Several days will be spent in Washington
visiting the Department of Agriculture etc
In West Virginia a number of orchards Will be
inspected visit will be paid TO stock farms in
the blue grass region the hemp and tobacco in
dustries will be investigated. and the party viii
then proceed to ST. Louis. There the time will be
divided between the brewing industry and Shaw's
Botanical Gardens, the stockyards and packing
industry. Several stock farms in and around Kan
City and Omaha will be seen. and visit will
be paid the Iowa Agricultural College at Anles.
At Ames Neb. the feeding of beet sugar pulp to
cattle will be made the subject OF a special exam-
nation.
Irrigation and underdranage of arid lands in Col
orado and Utah will be examined, and two days OF
rest and sightseeing will be spent in San Fran
cisco. a trip through Southern California will az
ford an opportunity TO study the fruit and beet
sugar industries and observe further the methods
of irrigation. Several large seed farms Will be
visited Returning through Oregon and Washing
ton, the visitors will examine the wheat and hop
growing sections and the pTune orchards In Mon
visits will be paid to several large cattle,
sheep and horse ranches The wheat fields of the
Red River Valley will be inspected and the milling
industry in Minneapolis will be carefully studied.
The Minnesota and Wisconsin Agricultural College
will be visited viii the great dairy section of
Wisconsin. and the party will devote day to the
brewing interests of Milwaukee.
In Chicago the stockyards and several agri-
cultural implement factories will be seen. and
brief visit viii be paid the fruit and beet sugar
farms of Michigan. After a day of sightseeing in
Detroit, Niagara Falls will be viewed, and
time will be spent on the dairy and fruit farms
of the Genesee Valley. Cornell University will be
visited, and the party VIII then go to Boston. and
dairy horse breeding and trucking industries in
the vicinity will be studied.
A short tour of the Connecticut tobacco fields
will complete the itinerary, and the delegation will
sail from New-York the Pennsylvania on July go
The German Agricultural Society. under whose
auspices the excursion will be made is a national
institution and a delegation of its members makes
an excursion annually. although never before has
so extensive tour been undertaken. The growing
pressure of American competition has moved the
society to make the proposed examination of
American agricultural methods