The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
THE GERMAN FARMERS HERE.
rORTy-THREE ~ THE DELEGA-
TJON-NiSS ARTON WELCOME.
the 10. asO-Mile Tour They VIII Make In
the stud, OF American Agricultural
Methods. Under Guidance Of . wash
irgton Onlciai-WnOt Miss Milwaukee.

,vcthods. Under Guidance Of . wash
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ror,y.'hree German landed proprietors
arrived On the steamship Pretoria in this
,i,y Yesterday. nearly two days later than
r,rected much to the disappointment
ri the Arion Socie ty, which had prepared
y grand reception to. be given on Friday
evening The festival was given without
H." guests.
Tho farmers" have arranged for the
visit for the sole purpose Of studying agri-
culfual institutions in this country. At
the Hobokon pier after their arrival Sun
reporter was introduced to a committee
81 three. consisting OF Landrath Erich
Won F0gge, Oberregerungsrath FIR. Bret
,rech and landed proprietor A. Wadsack.
The three agreed upon two points, namely,
that they all felt very sorry for having
r,u sed the reception at the Arion and that
the trip across had lasted much too long
for them.
II may be explained here that an Oberre-
cier,ngsrath is a superior officer Of the
Government. A rittergutsbesitzer is a
'anded proprietor who has been knighted,
4 landrath is also a Government officer.
All the visitors were astonish he'd at the
,nlsndor Of the port of New York. The
PARTY consists OF DIR. Victor Ritter Won
bauer, Ritterguts bes itzer Macmillan Beu-
Their, Rttergutsbesitzer F, Hermann; w.
,reich Regerungs rath Or, Alfred Dietrich.
Konrad Eberhardt. Rittergutsbesitzer II.
Ey,s enhardt. r. Friedrich Ferber, Ottoman
Felers tein, DR.. F. H. Flet ken, Landrath
Erich yon Elaseer Z H. fKh Nm, gra aSs,-
Armand Gain, Enrique Gildemeiste ter. Bern
hard Goutard, Karl Hanisch, H. Kloeve-
dorm, Victor Won Iaffert, Hans Lampe,
j.. Lemcke, E. Lemcke. DR.. Felix linde-
mann. Rtterguts besitzer P; ~, Moller. Ritter
Fritz Rufrer, Rittergutsbesitzer Bernhard
Sachse, Jacob Schloe. ser, Rittergutsbests-
ar E. Schneppat. Freiherr Won dchrack-
bein Ernst Simons, Karl Skene, Jr., Freiherr
Schpeck Won s.au Msdsss Anton w. Irs6'
Martin Well senborn und W. Wien.
The German farmers will first explore
the State Of New Jersey. They intend to
visit the Walker Gordon Laboratory Com
at h.na bv s New YaI aoa
philadelphia Il b physicisns. They viii next
visit Baltimore and Washington. where
Mr.. Wilson will allow them to inspect the
Department Of Agriculture. From Wash
!ngton they will 60 to West Virginia, sc
Cincinnati they will travel to the blue grass
country, where they will stay for a con-
siderable time, to study horse breeding.
According to the present programme they
win visit John E. Madden's farm at Ham,
burg Place, the Parker Wilkes Farm. and
others. On May 8 they are scheduled to
visit the Horticultural College at Lexing-
ton ST. Louis will be the next stop. Next
they will go to Iowa; will pay a flying visit
TO the Horticultural University at Ames.
will make stops at important places in
Nebraska, will 60 via Colorado TO Utah and
California; then via Santa Roes to Berkeley,
Los Angeles, San Jose. San Franoisoo and
Portland. Ore; then. to Dakota and Min
nesota. stopping at Minneapolis and Wis
consin. where they will make short halt
in Milwaukee After that they will 60 to
Chicago, returning via Detroit. Niagara
Falls and Boston to this city where they
are due on June a.. They will then have
travelled 10.4sO miles on twenty-three
different lines.
The whole tour will be made under the
guidance OF Mr.. John L. Schultz. an Official
from the Department Of Agriculture atWash-
inpton