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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16
New Farm Plants
Work Of the United States Department Of Agriculture
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

A feature of the work OF the De-
partment of Agriculture when holus
ont enormous promise Is the Work Oh
foreign agricultural exploration ana
the introduction of new and rare seeus
and plants.
American agriculture is a compare,
tiyely new thing. Our climatic ana
soil conditions are largely different
from those of old countries whence
orr fathers came, and the bulk of our
agricultural products have been intro
duccd from abroad. Because our dad
dies did it before us, is sufficient eX-
cuse for the majority of men to go
ahead planting and cultivating in the
same old way, but as a matter of fact
the original producers OF any or our
common crops. a hundred or two hun
dred years ago, may nave started
wrong or have started in some partlcu-
lar locality with some particular crop
not very we'll adapted to that sec
ton. For two hundred years our an
ceStOrs NAV have been making liv-
ing by growing that crop, and yet 1t
may be that in some section of France,
or perhaps Turkestan, where the soil
and climate exactly corresponds, a
particular plant is being grown to-day
which is far superior as a money pro-
Queer.
This is not a mere theory for every
little while some agricultural explorer
of the Department sends in a new
species, or perhaps merely new vari-
ETY. of some common grain, for in
stance, which upon trial proves to be
Il much heavier and better yielder
than the kind that our farmers have
been growing since the Indians occu-
pied the land.
Secretary Wilson takes much stock
in his agricultural explorers, and he
has some energetic young men who
are both botanists and linguists and
have become almost as familiar with
the agricultural productions of some
little known and difficult to reach cor
ners of the globe as they are with the
farms of the United States. The writer
is indebted to David q. Fairchild FOL
an intensely interesting talk on foreign
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Perhaps the most striking charac-
teristic of the late President Mckinley
was his sound judgment of men ana
his ability to surround himself with
the ablcst counscllors obtainahle. We
owe to this keenncss in recognizing I'M
usual ability the Introduction mo III"
Cabinet of Secretary Hay of the STATE
Department. Secretary Root of the
War Department, Secretary Taft II
Governor of the Philippines and later
Secretary of War; and Secretary Will
son of the Department of Agriculture.
All of these won marked success. Mr..
Hay became our foremost diplomat, If
not the worlds; Mr.. Root carried the
burden of war upon his shoulders and
ut the same time recognized his grrd,
Department and the army; and Judgr
Taft's administration in the Philip
pines was so able and successful that it
brought him a place in President
Roosevelt's Cabinet. With Mr.. Root
he is now talked of for President, and
if not that, Il place on the Supreme
Bench.
But of services rendered the country
looking to its internal development,
that of Mr.. Wilson in the great and
surprising domain of agriculture has
never been eQualled. He came to the
Cabinet both practical farmer and Il
trained scientist. From the tail end of
the Cabinet Departments he has raised
the Ministry of Agriculture to Il con
spicuOus position, outshining several
of the other Departments, and Ameri-
can agriculture has come to have Il new
! nj
his active constructiveness and never
tagging energy.
Secretary Wilson is rendering the
American farmer Il notable service and
he has won the confidence of the peo-
pie to great degree as is evidenced
by the many tributes paid him since
the recent trouble in his Department.
Rather than being censurable for the
graft" discovered, it is 10 Secretary
Wilson'S high credit that so little of
this sort of thing has occurred. 1t is
impossible to build up such an I'M
mense organization as is the present
Department of Agriculture without
some evil creeping in and without some
designing individuals getting onto the
pay rolls for the purpose of private
gain other than their salaries.
Secretary Wilson will not resign to
meet the demands of few sensation
| mongers, simply because the country
which is bcnetitting so largely through
his splendid work will not hear of il
any more than they would agree to
Secretary Taft's resignation following
the disgrace of every army officer, or to
President Roosevelt's retirement every
tima that ono of his oDDOintmput :
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

SeedIess Grapes, Mating Barley
and Luxuriant Hops.

SeedIess Grapes, Mating Barley
and Luxuriant Hops.
On a tour of investigation through
Europe, Mr.. Farchild secured many
important fruits and vegetables. The
Sultanina seedless grape was sent in
from Italy. The Huasco seedless raisin
grape was another find. The best
mailing barley in the world was
found growing at an old town in Mo
rlvia. Introduced under the name of
Hanna barley, it has already proved
of value to those regions where it has
been grown, especially on the Pacific
coast. 1t is not only earlier, but
heavier yielding than other barleys;
and if it is found that it can be gen
orally substituted for the barleys now
grown, its increased yield of from one
to two and half bushels per acre will
add enormously to the aggregate out
put. A study of the hop regions of Eu-
rope disclosed the fact that the Ameri-
can hop is far inferior in quality to
the best European varieties. The I'M
portatiOn of young plants for the pur-
pose of producing better American
hops was undertaken by the Depart
Bamboo Will Thrive in U. S.
The Jordan almond, the finest va
riety in the world, was found growing
in Spain, and at once recognized as far
superior to the almonds produced in
the United States, so a supply was im-
mediately secured and shipped. A
discovery which Mr.. Fairchild thiDks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

plants. Mr.. Fairchild speaks five or
SIX different languages and knows
pretty nearly every plant that grows.
lie is one of Secretary Wilson's
bright young men," and he has or
ganizcd and is in charge of the sec
ton of Plant and Seed Production, at
present modest branch of the De-
partment, but one which Is destined,
in my Judgment to become one of its
most important bureaus. This divi-
sion already has some ten thousand
plants new to America, which are be-
ing grown and tested all over the coun-
try.
New Plants of Promise.
There is not a state nor territory
in the country" said Mr.. Fairchild, Tin
which the crops, staple and subsidiary,
are not capable in many cases of be-
ing Supplanted by more successful
ones. l have found new plants and
new varieties of old ones almost every
where | turned, in every one of the
grand divisions of the earth, which
somewhere in our own country will
constitute an improvement upon the
crops our farmers are already grow
ing. Our farmers are growing per-
haps barley or wheat or some other
staple crop and are making money
from it, and are satisfied, yet it may
be that there is a variety or a strain
more exactly adapted to their condi-
tons of soil and climate which will
yield them several bushels more per
acre with the same labor. l could
mention varieties of several staple
crops which, upon the tests made in
this country during the past year or
two, have shown a very large increase
over the ordinary VI d of those crops.
! VIII net name ths lina Of Ssain I
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16
A Peculiar Horse.

The excellence of the English Colo
NAL educational systems is evidenced
by the following interesting descrip-
ton of the horse by a Bombay stu
dent:
The horse is a very noble quadru-
ped, but when he is angry he will not
do so. He is ridden on the spinal cord
by the bride and sadly the driver
places his fOOtS on the stirrup, and
divides his lower limbs across the sad
die, and drives his animal to the
meadow. He has long mouth, and
his head is attached to the trunk by
a long protuberance called the neck.
He has four legs; two are in the front
side and two are afterwards. These
are the weapons on which he runs,
and also defends himself by extending
those in the rear in parallel direction
toward his foe, but this he does only
when in veXatious mood. His food.
ing is generally grasses and grains.
He is also useful to take on his back
n man or woman as well as some car
go. He has power to run as fast as he
could. He has got no sleep at night
time, and always standing awaken.
Also there are horses of short sizes.
They do the same as the Others are
generally doing. There is no animal
like the horse; no sooner they see their
guardian or master they always crying
for fooding but it Is always at the
morning time. They have got tail, but
not so long as the COW and other such
like similar animals"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16
No Resignation for Secretary
Wilson.

There are many good and sufficient
reasons why Secretary Wilson whom
the sensationalists have indirectly If
not directly held accountable for the
cotton scandal in his Department, will
not resign. Whether or not Mr.. Wilson
is even indirectly responsible for the
criminal doings of trusted employees,
he is the man directly responsible for
Il most wonderful development and evo-
luton in the Department of ASricul-
ture. And a man who can revolution
ize agriculture in an agricultural ma
ton in space of eight years and with
nj win the confidence of the farmers
generally can not be spared.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

nave III mlnu, because we have only 4
very small supply of the new seed for
test, and not enough this year for dis
tributon, but our agents have tried it
in various states, and in every instance
| think, where the experiment was in
telligently made, the yield of the new
variety was very much larger"
The Dates of Persia.
Mr.. Farchild has made plant ex-
ploratlons through many of the most
interesting countries of the globe
Peru, where the Incas once practiced
agriculture and irrigation on SpIcn-
did scale; Chilli, a temperate country,
where many plants We're found suit
able for our conditions; China, India,
Chaldea, and numerous others. At the
last place, near Bagdad. are found the
immense date groves of the land Of
Babylon, where are produced probably
three-fourths of all the dates of com
merce. These vast date forests extend
for distance of seventy miles up and
down the Tigris. Many fine date suck
ers were obtained by Mr.. Fairchid
and shipped to the United States, and
are now growing in Arizona, and some
Southwest, where the conditions are
exactly favorable for date growing,
may not only produce all the dates
which America uses, but export this
wholesome fruit. Dates picked,
packed and shipped by American
methods will bring a higher price than
the imported products. which, if the
history of their packing were known
might not be eaten with such avidlty
by the fastidious. The saccharinc OF
the date itself cures or candies thI
fruit, and some of the trees whicl
have already fruited in Arizona ant
California have yielded very fancy ah'
fine dates. For Il long time to come
all of the dates produced in the United
States will come from the Tigris an,
North African trees, imported through
the department, and their progeny
date suckers-will command lahc!
prices.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

In deciding divorce suit, Cincinnati
judge has stated that "a man is entitled
to some supper. and hot supper at that,
when he gets home The evidence shows
that this man got great many hot roasts
upon his return home, but not of the kind
that he could eat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Scientists are debating how long n man
can live under certain conditions after his
neck has been broken. Among the poll
ticians there are "A good many with nrckS
intact who have been dead ones for some
time
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16
SOME AFTER 9HOUGHTS.

District Attorney jerome, of New York,
says he Is man Of peace. He is putting
up pretty good fight, though. on the
New York graftcrS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

third Of the United States. Herein
lies tho Importance of this work. The
finding Of Japanese bamboo was no
discovery: the Importance lies in find
ing that they will thrive in our climate.
Not only are they the most ornamental
plant in the world, but they are prob
ably the most useful wood in Japan,
not only for the making Of fancy fur
niture and knick- knacks, but for al
most every use. Tell me what you
can use wood for" said Mr.. Fairchtld,
and | will tell you what use the
Japanese can make of bamboo"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

"Why would you not get married in
August?' asks Nixola Greeley Smith. in
writing recently OF summer weddings.
The reason a good many of us would not
is due to a Discrimination to violate the law
against bigamy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16
Better Than the Congressional
Free Seed Farce.

Dozens of other extremely interest
ing and promising plants were found,
quantities purchased and sent nome
for tests. The number of these dis
covcries and introductions is so great.
and such an exhaustive test is in each
case made by the Department before
ANYTHING is recommended Tor introuuc-
ton, that it is practically useless for
farmers or fruit growers to write the
Department for samples of the strange
and interesting things which its agri-
cultural explorers have secured, and
which are described from time to time
in the magazines. Until any product
has been tested and is determined to
be practicable for growth in the
United States, it is not possible to Sc
cure any seeds or specimens. In fact,
the Department has none. Those that
are sent in are Immediately distributed
among the Government experiment
stations and to a few practical grow
ers who are especially able to properly
attend to the experiments under the
direction of the Department. How
ever, the possibilities of these tests are
very great, and Congress would be
we'll warranted in diverting some of
the immense annual appropriation for
free seeds" into this channel of intro
ducing to American farmers something
which may prove of real and national
| benefit.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Prices in Nebraska and Missouri are
quite uniform. Nebraska man claims to
have killed six antitrust bills In the state
legislature for So, 600. That's what tley
charge In Missouri, LOCO a piece-dozen
rates $4,000,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

A Hawaiian woman bore seven children
at once. Photograph has been forwarded
TO the White House.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

iers who are so short at the banks that
they have had to go abroad on health
trips.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Chairman Shonts says they "are work.
ing on the Canal with loyalty and zeal"
The bids have been opened. however, for
dredges and steam shoveas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Non possimus" simply means nothing
doing"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

Secretary Taft's resignation following
the disgrace of every army officer, or to
President Roosevelt's retirement every
time that one of his appointments
turns out badly.
SOME AFTER 7HOUGHTS.
District Attorney Jerome, of New York,
says he Is n man Of peace. He is putting
up pretty good fight, though. on the
New York graftcrs.
Scientists are debating how long man
can live under certain conditions after his
neck has been broken. Among the poll
ticians there are n good many with nrCkS
intact who have been dead ones for some
time
In deciding a divorce suit. a Cincinnati
judge has stated that "a man is entitled
to some supper. and hot supper at that,
when he gets home The evidence shows
that this man got great many hot roasts
upon his return home, but not of the kind
that he could eat.
"Why would you not get married in
August?' asks Nixola Greeley Smith. in
writing recently Of summer weddings.
The reason good many of us would not
is due to Discrimination to violate the law
against bigamy.
Prices in Nebraska and Missouri are
quite uniform. A Nebraska man claims to
have killed six antitrust bills In the state
Legislature for $1,000. That's what tley
charge In Missouri, $1,000 a piece-dozen
rates. $4,000.
A Hawaiian woman bore seven children
at once. Photograph has been forwarded
TO the White House.
There are great many tall bank cash
iers who are so short at the banks that
they have had to go abroad on health
trips.
A London scientist has cabled the yellow
fever authorities that he has something
good for mosquitoes. What is wanted is
something extremely bad-which will make
them very sick at the stomach.
At what time shall man retire from
active life? asks the Boston Globe"
What particular kind? Automobile dodg-
ing or. defending himself from insurance
agents?
Non possimus" simply means nothing
doing"
Chairman Shonts says they "are work.
ing on the Canal with loyalty and zeal"
The bids have been opened. however, for
drsdges and steam shovels.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

A London scientist has cabed the yellow
fever authorities that he has something
good for mosquitoes. What is wanted Is
something extremely bad-which will make
them very sick at the stomach.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-16

At what time shall man retire from
active life? asks the Boston Globe. -
ing or defending himself from insurance
agents?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-11
Write Friends the Fair October

peop1ing of the great Southwest.
Much has already been done thro
their efforts and the marked develop
ment of the Valley below Roswell
where artesian wells are being
brought in with rapid succession is
the best indication of the character
of men the Tallmadges are bringing
to this Valley. With perfect proprie-
ty mention might be made of a score
of men who age pushing forward this
development, but limited space for
bids. AS the exponent of this work
and a distinct representative Of his
class, L. A. Goodell, formerly of
Beardstown, ILL.,, now of Dexter, New
Mexico, has just completed one of
the best wells in the Valley, and is
ell closed out his large interests in
Illinois and is a permanent factor in
the great change that is Coming to
the Pecos Valley. Surely "city that
is finished has begun to decay" but
more of the finishing touches OF
the Tallmadge proposition are in
sight. They are now constructing a
railroad and in this department of
their efforts more shall follow-a
part of the superstructure only just
begun.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-11

The Tallmadge people broke all
records on their great harvest excur
sion, opening the fall campaign of
immigration to the Valley, when they
arrived with the first solid train of
vestibuled sleepers ever run into the
Pecos Valley. This train was a spe-
cial from Wellington, Kansas, and
| except for coal and water, until
reaching the Pecos. where a brief de
lay occurred by reason of repairing
the bridge, arriving in Roswell four
hours ahead of the regular passenger
train due here at 4:50.
The Tallmadges have found it ne
| cessary in order to take care of the
great volume of business coming TO
| them to require special service from
| the Santa Fe in order to save days
time This special service is added
at a very great expense, but will ma
terially facilitate the sale of lands.
tC. L. and e r. Tallmadge were in
| charge of this party in person and
| with their able corps of workers went
to the selling of~lands with their old
time zeal and enthusiasm and a
power of persuasion that has always
proven irresistible Twenty-four hun
night, with twelve hundred acres to
be closed Monday.
| Accompanying the excursion was
the famous Military Band of Kirk
wood, ILL.,, consisting of twenty-five
| pieces The band enjoyed all the
drives and discoursed the finest mu-
sic on the way. The entire party re-
turned to Roswell for Sunday and
| spent the day most pleasantly visit
ing the places of interest. party
of about thirty were driven out to
the Hondo in the afternoon. These
men were representative capitalists
from Illinois, and visited the lands
under the government reservoir with
a view of purchasing and reporting
to their friends and aequaintances in
the North
In the evening the visiting band
joined with the Roswell band in a
concert in the court house park
where a large concourse of people
had gathered to enjoy the music.
Some one has aptly said. "A city
that is finished has begun to decays
this terse saying applies with very
great significance to the Tallmadges
Their work has only just begun-the
foundation is but fairly laid. Now
for the superstructure. From $500
agencies placed throughout the mid
die West and the far East; with
well equipped Offices at all principa
points from Chicago to the Pecos Va
ley they will draw the people whe
shall make the desert bloom like the
rose With an expenditure of $20,00t
per month. they now proceed to tbs
| superstructure. viz: the settling ane
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-11
More Trouble in Warsaw.

Warsaw, Sept. lin consequence
of the execution Friday of Ivan Kas-
pashak, the socialist leader, who was
citing murder, all the factories of
Warsaw struck today. Cossacks and
infantry are patrolling the streets
The theatre at Lodz was flooded with
revolutionary documents last night,
whereupon the police surrounded the
theatre and arrested about two hun
dred people.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-11

New York, Sept 11.-Ten per-
sons were killed and more than for
ty injured by the derailment of an
elevated train at 53rd street and 9Th
avenue today. The train was south
bound on Ninth avenue and should
have continued ON the straight track
instead of being switched to the
curve by which Sixth avenue trains
proceed on 53rd street from Ninth
avenue to Sixth. The switch lever
was open. The first car of the Ninth
avenue train took the switch. barely
staying on the rails, and turned in
to 53rd street. The switchman, when
he saw the blunder, it is alleged, turn
ed the switch back again to turn the
train down Ninth avenue. The sec
ond car got around the turn, but the
third was thrown off the track and
fell into the street, turning COM
pletely over and landing upside down
while the fourth car struck building
at the southwest corner of Ninth
avenue and rested against a fire es.
cape. The passengers climbed .hro
the windows and descended to the
street.
The identified dead are: E. P.
| Scheible, New York; J. H. Huspach,
Solomon Nugast, negro; John Nor
ris, negro; Cornelius McCarty, labor.
er; VIM. Lane, electrician; John Co
| chrane, Joseph Back, policeman. The
last mentioned was struck by the
falling car and crushed Nugast was
beheaded.
81 am satisfied that the accident
| was due to neglect of the switchman"
said Coroner Scholer. "In the first
place he made a mistake in turning
| the Ninth avenue train into 53rd st..
and then added to his blunder by tUr-
ming the switch back again in the
attempt to divert the train into Ninth
| avenue"
| Cornelius Jackson, the switchman
| blamed for causing the wreck, fed.
but was arrested at his home He
maintained that he set the switches
right General Manager Hedley. of
| the Interborough Rapid Transit Co..
said: 1T was a physical impossible
1 ity for the switchman to have turn
| ed the switch while the train was
/ moving rapidly over it. Statement $
4 to that effect are absolutely incor.
rect He explained that the switch
| was turned and the signals set in
the tower for the Sixth avenue south
bound train, and the Ninth avenue
train took the switch at rapid pace
The stream was SO great that the
coupling between the first and sec
ond cars broke and the car Jumped
the rails, the curve at this place not
being banked.
4 Freight Trains Wrecked.
Bloomington, H.. Sept. 1.-two
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