Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
VISITING GERMANS
Party of Landholders and
Farming Experts.
STUDY OF METHODS
TOUR OF THE STATES IN QUEST
OF INFORMATION.
The Distinguished Party Calls at De-
partment Of Agriculture
Future Movements.
STUDY OF METHODS


German landholders and agricultural ex-
perts, who arrived in Washington late Sat
urday night and are registered at the
Arlington Hotel, were received at IL 30
o'clock this morning by Secretary James
NJ Wilson at the Agricultural Department.
The early part OF the forenoon was spent
by the foreign visitors at the Agricultural
Department inspecting the buildings,
grounds and various branches of work con-
nected with the department This after
noon a large portion of the party made an
excursion to Mt. Vernon The deputation
will leave the city tomorrow morning at ~
o'clock on special cars over the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad for the west.
The delegation of Germans was accom-
panied on Its inspection tour this morning
by Herr Scheck, recently of the German
embassy, and by Mr.. John I. Schultz as
sistant chief of the experiment division of
the Agricultural Department. Among che
buildings visited were those containing the
bureau of soils, bureau of animal industry,
the chemical and botany division and the
hot houses and grounds used by the depart
ment in it's work of experimentation hero.
The visitors seemed very much pleased
with what they saw and took the greatest
interest in each branch of work inspected.
Mr.. Schultz explained the operations of the
several bureaus to the members of ths
party in their own language.
Viewing the Sights.
The members of the party from the
"Fatherland" put in their time here yes
terday afternoon in viewing the sights in
the city on Seeing Washington car
The megaphone on this trip was in the
hands of a German who explained to the
visitors in their own tongue. the various
points of interest along the route.
The delegation is visiting America for
the purpose of studying our methods in
agriculture and farming. and also to in
spect the improved farming machinery In
use here A few of the number are en-
ployed in the German agricultural depart
ments and others are owners of large
farms, upon which scientific farming and
livestock raising Is carried on in the most
approved manner. The landholders are
distinguished from farmers in that the
owners of large tracts of land, while the
term farmer in Germany is applied to
those who cultivate small plots Of ground.
Delay Of Three Days.
The deputation was expected to arrive
on the Pretoria in New York April %. The
vessel was delayed three days, and the
Germans landed in New York Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. They were met by
Mr.. H Percy Baldwin, a travelling pas
senger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad of this city and he will act as
their escort prODdDly as lar DIS 81 LOUIS
The details of the trip have all been ar
ranged by the officials of the railroad,
which has also prepared for the torists
valuable guide and handbook of the states
and cities in America they will visit. This
book also gives minute information to the
visitors of the arrival and departure or
trains, well as photographers OF the mar
Dor of New York, the Statue of Liberty
the Department of Agriculture and the IN
terror of the Pullman cars placed at the
disposal of the party as well as map
of the United States. on which is marked
the route to be Travelled. The details con-
tanned in this pamphlet have been collabo-
rated by the foresty expert, Herr Scheck
and Mr.. Schultz.
After leaving Washington tomorrow
morning the first stop will be made at Mar
tinsb,1r9 w Va where a fine fruit nursery
will be visited. From there the party VIII
proceed to Lexington, KY. where 1t Will see
one of the breeding places of Kentucky
finest horsefesh.
The travellers will then proceed through
Kentucky. Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Col
orado Utah, California, Oregon, Washington
Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wlscon-
son. Illinois, Michigan, New York and Mas
sachusetts. The last point to be visited In
the bay state is Scituate. where the party
will visit Thomas w. Lawton's famous
farm and country place, "Dreamwold. 1t
will return from there to Boston and leave
Immediately for New York, where the trav-
elers will arrive on Wednesday. June "A.
List Of the Visitors.
The members of the party are: DR.. Vic
tor Won Bauer of Bruenn, Moravia; Max
imIlian Beuther of Golencin, near Posen;
F. Biermann of Gross-LuesewitZ, near San
itz Mecklenburg; Ulrick Bohm of Streesen.
Pomerania: Frederick Brettreich, Munich;
Dr. Alfred Dietrich, Coblenz; Konrad Eber-
hardt, Speyer; H Eyssenhardt. province Of
Bradenburg; r. Friedrich Ferber, Gera
ottoman Feuerstein, Silesa; DR.. F. H
Flecken. Bruehl: Erich Won Fluegge, Pom
erania; Theodore Fuehling, Rhine prov
ince; A. Fuhrmann, Berlin; Kurt Gaebler,
Brandenburg: Armand Gain. West Prussia
Enrique Chichester, Berlin; Bernhard Con-
tard. Leipzig: Karl Hanisch Breslau; H.
Kloevekorn. Uderwangen; Victor Won Laf-
fert Dammereez. Mecklenburg; Hans
Lampe. Leipzig; DR.. Eugene Count Lede-
bur, Bohemia; E. Lemcke, Mecklenburg;
Dr. Felix Lindermann, Dresden; P. Moeller
Mecklenburg; Ferd. Won Preacher. Munich;
C. Recholtz Pomerania; Walter Richter
East Prussia: Fritz Rueffer, Heidelberg
Bernhard SachSe, Saxony; Jacob Schlosser,
Koeln- Ehrenfeld E. Schneppat, East Prus-
sia; Baron Won Schnurbein. Bavaria; Ernst
Simons. Elberfeld; Karl Skene. jr.. Kletten-
dorf Fritz Staakmann, Leipzig: Baron
Schenk Won Stauffenberg. Wurttenberg;
Anton Triep, Elberfeld; Herr Vielhauer,
teacher of agriculture Baden; A. Wadsack,
province of Saxony; Farmer Wagner, In
gersleben: Martin Weissenborn. Pomerani ;
w. Wien. Mecklenburg: DIR. Martin Will