The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-02
OUR GERMAN VISITORS
Forty-six Agriculturists to Tour
the United States.
DISTINGUISHED MEEIETHEPARTY


sIiIes-Great Entertainment Plan
ned For Them In milwaukee.
Nowhere is the German kaisers cam
paign for commercial supremacy over
this country more vigorously pressed
than in the very heart Of the United
States, says a washington special to
the New York Herald
A party of forty-slx German agricul-
turists will soon start from New York
on a 10000 mile trip through the Unit
ed States, spending two months in a
thorough and detailed scientific inyes-
tigation of the agricultural resources
Of the country.
Among the members Of the party
are: DR.. Victor Ritter Won Bauer Of
Bremen, #. r. Brettreich of Munich,
DR. Alfred Dietrich Of Coblenz, Dr. #. II.
Flecken Of Cologne, Erich Won Fluegge
Of speck, Victor Won Laffert Of BRAZIL
storf, Mecklenburg, lieutenant of the
reserves; DR.. Eugene Count Ledebur
of Lobositz, Bohemia; DR.. Felix Linde-
mann Of Dresden, Count Won Sehnur-
bein of Rain, Count Schenk Won Stauf-
fonberg of Ristissen, and other owners
and managers of feudal estates, agri-
culturists and students
Leaving New York, the party will
visit the model dairy farms Of the
Walker Gordon Laboratory company,
in Plainsboro, N. J. A day viii be
spent in Baltimore and several days in
seeing the sights in Washington, where
the party will be received by Secretary
Wilson. From Washington the party
win go to the blue grass region Of
Kentucky, the home Of the thorough
bred and trotter. Few interests in
Germany are Of more concern to the
imperial government than the improve
ment of live stock breeding, especially
that Of horses, upon which the efti-
cheney Of the army is SO dependent.
Owners and managers Of the principal
stock farms in Kentucky have ex-
tended the party invitations to visit
their establishments, and most Of these
invitations will be accepted. Lexing-
ton win be a two day stopping point
When the party arrives in Kansas
City, the scientists VIII see what hap
/ pens to a steer after it is driven from
the stock trains into the cattle yards
until it becomes quartered beef ready
/ for export to European governments
which are dependent on the United
/ State for food stuffs In Iowa there
win be several stops ct points well
+ suited for the demonstration Of various
agricultural interests. Des AIoines will
serve as an example Of a combined
manufacturing and shipping center in
! the heart Of an immense and extremely
wealthy agricultural country.
There is nothing which the German
i government is more anxious to inves-
tigate than the reclamation Of arid
lands by irrigation, and to give the ag-
riculturists thorough lesson in this a
week will be spent in that part Of
Colorado and Utah now being trans
formed from barren desert to fertile
farm land. one day will be devoted to
an ascension Of Pixies peak. Passing
westward to Salt Lake City, the party
| will be entertained By the president Of
the Utah Sugar company.
| California's fruit industry has a
! large place in the itinerary Of the ex-
petition. Brief visits will be made TO
fruit farms in Berkeley, Santa Rosa,
Fresno, Los Angeles, Salinas, Pajaro,
jacksonville and San Jose The most
prominent fruit growers in California
have prepared to royalty entertain the
visitors. and they win spend busy
dav or two in san Francisco, leaving
there on June i for Portland, Ore, via
the Willamette valley, where the hop
growing industry, though young, Is ex-
trenelv promising Of rich returns 70
those interested. In this valley are
some Of the finest dairy farms in the
United States.
From Portland the line Of travel will
lie through Oregon and the famous Pa
louise county wheat region Mount
Hood will be assembled, and the small
fruit growing industry in the Mount
Hood river valley will be inspected
This region is renowned for its straw
berries. and the scientists viii arrive
there Just at the time when the crop i
ready for marketing The shipping
facilities for this class Of fruit vii
also be looked into.
In Deer Lodge and Billings Mont
the party viii visit two Of the larges
and most complete cattle ranches i
| the United States. The visitors vii
be shown the methods by which ar
, raised the splendid beeyes the killing
: packing and shipping of which the!
will have previously witnessed in Kan
sas CITY. The most extended study th
, visitors will make Of the wheat raising
! industry viii be in and around Fargo
\. D.. the 3chest wheat country in tn
United States. The line Of travel wi
then follow the line of wheat, and b
/, courtesy Of the milling industry /
Minneapolis ana ST. Paul the scientist
!, win be shown how -four Is manufat
! tured In manner that enables ia
United States to supply the world.
Tn wisconsin famous dairy farm