The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-03

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terests, and we are glad to believe it has broken
the fallow ground and planted the seed, that will
bring great blessing to the rural districts of
country in the improvement of our public high
ways for it seems to be necessary for our national
government to spend enormous sums of money in
order to keep abreast with the times and to COM
pare favorably with other nations; and it will be
but small consideration for Uncle Sam to build
a few hundred miles of road each year. giving the
rural districts the benefit of share, as well as
canals rivers, irrigatng the desert plains of the
West, building war ships and providing enormous
sums for mimic battles, that cannot be productive
of any good to the general public.
We are proud of our national city, and as the
capitol building forms the hub of the surrounding
city, with its avenues and streets as the spokes OF
the great wheel centering in the hub, SO should
the city OF Washington represent the hub OF the
great national wheel, having for its spokes mac
adamzed roads that should reach from che At
lantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the
Gulf Thenthe result would beto bring capitaand
labor shoulder to shoulder. for the construction
Of such roads will require labor and the opening
up of the country will bring capital, and thus the
country will become densely populated and real
estate will advance in price not only on the. i'm
tionately setback for miles from them. Hence
our large cities will not only be near each other
but will be close neighbors with their country
cousins, for then will be seen the teams from the
city visiting the country and those Of the country
visiting the cities. People can then travel in car
carriage or automobile, fast or slow
hope may not be thought visionary for this
is possible, and is only the result of what we are
Obi uuf .,ra nd asn ur Ga ia rjp
to buy us all farm. he is also rich enough to
build US all road.
The view here given of the results of good roads
would not make more radical change than
many things that go to make comfort and con-
venience since my early recollection; viz: the
electric cars and lights, the telephone, the Mar
conf wireless telegraph, the mower. the binder,
and thousands of inventions that were not
thought of in those days, which have become the
common place things of today.
Then we should have humble pride today as an
organization of farmers that we have already
taken step forward for the benefit of humanity
and the advancement OF our social relation with
our fellow countrymen.
We would not forget to make brief mention of
our Agricultural Departments, both State and
National, that are doing SO much for interests
in their different departments of work And
am glad we have Prof. Brown of Washington, D
c., who has charge of the bureau of Seed Testing
with us who will inform us today on his specific
line of work in the interest of agriculture.
| Then fellow farmers let us continue our efforts
on all legitimate lines that will be productive Of
the greatest good to the greatest number.
The committee of inspection re
ported having noted a nice lot of
fruit trees, some of which they adj
vised being trimmed, number of
thrifty grape vines, a good assert
ment of vehicles and farming i'm
plements, timothy, clover and wheat
looking well, the barn and other
buildings clean and in order with a
nicely arranged stable. Among
the stock we're noticed four fine
colts, good pair young mules, IS
head young horned stock, fine
brood sow, six shoats and nine
pigs.
Mr.. Edgar Brown, Botanist in
charge of the Seed Laboratory of
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture at
Washington, D. c., was presented
by the host. Mr.. Brown produced
a case of seed samples and gave a
very interesting and instructive
talk on seed testing, showing con-
clusively that it was always
cheaper to buy the highest priced
seed, as the low priced seeds always
contained a large percentage of
foreign matter, whether it be
adulterants or otherwise, or
that the seed had deteriorated
through age or climatic conditions.
From some of the samples exhibit
! ed, which had been procured from
the open market, it was shown that
in some instances that seeds costing
/ nearly twice as much as others of
the same variety by analysis had
proved to be a hundred per cent
cheaper from the fact that they
were nearly pure and in condition
to terminate, whereas the reverse
was the case with low priced seeds.
| oo thC l0h HlCl 10 uhuOlC W tCSt
the value of seed, he advised all to
procure samples of intended pur-
chases and forward them to Wash
ington for free test. A report of
the test would likely be returned
in a few days. Samples should be
addressed to the Seed Laboratory
U. s. Dept. of Agl., Washing
ton, ID. G.
Some of the members expressed
a desire to procure inoculating
material for leguminous crops. By
addressing the Supt. of Veg. Phys.
& PATH, U. s. Dept. of Agl.,
Washington, parties will be sup
piled. with the inoculating material,
free of charge.
All present expressed their ap-
probation of the hosts essay and
the information impaired by Mr..