The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-04-28
THINGS DOING.
tempt to Ascertain If the Coffee
Tree Can Be Grown Here.

Tree Can Be Grown Here.
=. BY ]. II. MARSHALL.
has been an idea of some of the
lie of the department of agriculture
hardy species of coffee tree
ut be naturalized here by growing
ON seed of the original wild coffee
as that grows in nature, unculti-
81 by man, and it is thought that
coffee tree of AbySsinia would re-
nd better to the environment of the
tern hemisphere than the Arabian
TX from which the coffee trees of
world at present originate. Consul
nner, who has just returned from a
to AbysSinia, completed arrange
nts by which seed of the wild tree
The country will be forwarded to the
tied States as soon as it can be Sc
ed from the interior of Abyssinia.
1atever its prospect of success, this
)ject is certainly an interesting one
the great army of American coffee
mixers.
Corn Growing Interests.
The corn school was one of the most
pular features of the Illinois farm
s. institute meeting and drew a big
ovid. Professor Hume of the Illinois
,llege was the instructor, and L. B.
lose of Indiana judged the exhibits.
More good bushels per acre." says
rofessor Hume, lis the object Of the
Ludy of corn The discussion follow
ag Professor Hume's address pointed
0ward a prevailing opinion among the
armers present that seed corn this
ear is low in vitality. Thorough test
ne before planting was urged by Pro
essor Hume. An unusually fine corn
xhibit was brought out by the prizes
.nered for the best corn to go as Illi-
lOiS' representation at the st. Louis
.air. The first prize went to the Messrs.
Sutton for white corn of the variety
Farmers Interest, which will head the
Illinois list at st. Louis.
Make Their Wants Known
At Des Moines 800 members of the
Iowa Meat Producers association ap-
peared before the legislature with pc
tition in favor of the Delano stock ship
ping bill. At the hearing given by the
house committee on railroads of testi
mOny against the bill the railroad men
advanced the arguments that high
speed Of stock trains tends to danger
and that fast traffic had so increased
the cost of moving stock that the re-.
duction of speed, with consequent re-
Of oocf bod hooomo q maaSI1r
of necessary self defense. The Delano
bill establishes a minimum speed of
twenty miles an hour for stock trains
and obliges the railroad companies to
issue return tickets to cattle shippers.
In the discussion before the committee
the stockmen not only demanded the
passage of this bill, but asked that q
meat packing plant be established at
the State Agricultural college to teach
young men the trade. The annual
meeting of the shippers association,
held the same day, ratified these de-
mands.
a New Range Country.
1t would appear that stock growing
Is to find q fresh territory in Alaska
which may in time rival the glories of
the old ranges. While the temperature
is frequently very low, it is claimed
that the absence of severe storms
makes the climate more kindly to stock
than that of the plains. Present plans
of Washington stock growers contem-
plate the transformation Of some Of
the Aleutian islands, with their wide
areas of rich grass, into great ranges
for cattle and sheep. One thousand
sheep have already been successfully
wintered there Eight thousand sheep
were recently sent by a company
which intends to ship large numbers Of
both sheep and cattle.