The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22

breeding farm ID He has this farm lust
outside Santa Rosa, Cal. and h upon n t
has produced some Of the plan t wonders
Of the world .ss5ll He v has produced mo end
Of flowers, vel etables and trees, & as well
as new varieties OF fruits. lie has mar
Iried the plum 4 to Il the apricot, and got
what is known as the ,plumcot. He has
made a white blackberry, and 4 has taken
the common field ox-eyed daisy and made
the Shasta daisy, a. beautiful flower many
times as 5large.I Tho Shasta daisy will
grow out Of doors, and will bloom seyeralS
months every year.: He has originated
new callaS lilies and q great variety of
peaches, apples, pears plums and nuts
ms well as tYaluab Bile trees, fruits, l1owerss
and %veget ables. Y
Ri Gets $40 an Hour for Private b
Talks. 53.5
NJ met the other day q man who had just
visited Luther Burbank. He tells ME that
the people who live nea by cannot under
stand him. They look upon him rs a.
harmless idiot, who is raising thousands
Of plants and cutting them down without
reason, and then raising others. "A They do
not realize that he'll carrying on II great
business, and that he As doing wonders
for tho world. Ife Is wrapped up in his
He is a modest man, and does not care
for notoriety. He Keeps away the crowd
OF sightseers to some eXtent by charging
for his time. & His price to Interviews
5is $40 an hour and / am told that many
people are glad to pay that for the infor-5
nation they gel from him. lie Is an chs
fthuslast on plant production and on
plant breeding, tho ossibillties4ofw which
llo says can hardly DO stlmnted. In q
recent paper, which I have before me, / he
speaks of5the great staples OF the United
States saying: H IL \. " " IN
1t would not be difficult for a man to
breed a new rye, wheat. barley, oats or
rice, which would produce ono grninsmere
to each head, gor q. corn which would pro-
duce an extra kernel to each ear another
potato to each plant or an apple, plum,
orange or nut to each tree. SupposeBthls
were done. what would be tho result? In
the five staples only, in this country.
alone, We should have annually, Without
effort ana without cost more than 5 ~
M 300, OO0 extra bushels of corn, IN
Is 900, 600 extra bushels Of Wheat. N s5
100000 600 extra bushels oats, .5
f8{5 K / 1900, 900 extra bushels OF barley,
81 ,0OO, 900 extra bushels sof potatoes 81
What Plant Breeders May Do.
Here is what Luther Burbank says
pllnt breeders may do:&"Cultt vation and
care may lfclp plants8toS Ill, better work
temporarily but, by breeding, plants may
be brought into existence which Willadol
better work "a ways, nall places. and for
all time, Plantsnrc to be produced which
will perform theirBappolntod work better
QuIcker'and with the ntmost precision"
i'scIence secs better grains. nuts, fruits
and vegetables, all In new forms sizes,
colors and tlaYors, With more nntriants
and less vast G, md with every Injurious
and poisonous quality eliminated and with
power to resist sun, wind, rain frost and
Instructive fungus md insect pests, II
secs better fruits without stones, seeds
or spines better fiber, nee tea, sfre,
rubber, oil, paper and timber trees, and
better sugar starch, color ami perfume
plants Every one Of these and ton
Thousand more are within the reach of
the most ord inary skill In plant breeding.
Copyright, 1905, by Frank Ct Carpepter,)s