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Courtesy A. J. Pietars, Department of Agriculture.
of plant. So that seeds, as they are
handled by the big seedsmen, are gath
cred in by them from all parts of the
country from Maine to California. In
the latter state some of the vastest seed
fields of the world are found, where the
eye ranges over unbroken rows, miles in
extent, at least as far as the eye can
reach. If all this industry should cease
for a year and the farmer and gardener
became dependent for the succeeding
crop On the seeds which he would him
self save during the year, the shrinkage
in production throughout the country
would amount to tens of millions OF
dollars.
In the Olden Times.
OF course, in the early days each
farmer saved his own seed; possibly he
exchanged seeds with one or two neigh
bors or friends. AT that time there was
little competition in farming. the produc-
fon of the farm was used mainly for
the support of the family, and the farm
supplied practically all the necessities
and even the Injuries of life.
The earliest seed-farm in the United
States is believed to have been started
by David Landreth, the originator OF
the present big seed house. This was
before the Revolutionary war, on a
small farm, now included in the city
of Philadelphia. 1t is estimated that
over 100000 acres, including land in
probably every state in the Union, are
now devoted solely to growing seed
crops, and some of the largest growers
plant annually as high as 1000 acres.
Get Good Clover Seed.
The advantage of securing good ger
minating seed is manifest. Take for
instance clover seed which is sown on
wheat-stubble in the spring. 1t is al
ways possible to secure it at so cents OF
$I.oo per bushel below the market price
quoted by the reputable seedsmen.
What is the result of using such seed ?
1t must be considered a foregone con-
clusion that such seed is poor, worth
even less than the reduced price al
which it Is offered. The land has beer
prepared for pasture or hay, some of the
fertilizer used on the wheat crop still
remaining in the soil for the use of the
clover and timothy, and the grass anC
clover seed is sown to become the de.
pendence of the farmer for his hay
crop. He buys cheap seed; 80, 40, sc
or 60 per cent. of it is an adulteratior
of seed which has been killed or is old
dead or weak clover seed. The re
mainder is good, fresh seed. If he buy
this seed, likely putting off purchas
until the eleventh hour, and uses j
without testing its terminating quail
tiles, he may be lucky if he gets half
stand. In other words. half his LAM
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

Rocky Ford seed. At the end of the
cantaloupe season various individuals
could be seen going over the Rocky
Ford cantaloupe patches and disem-
boweling immature and frosted canta-
loupes for their seed. This seed, it is
true, was genuine Rocky Ford canta-
loupe seed, and it would probably ger
inmate o5 or 90 per cent, but it is OBJ
vious, IT'S sale as irst-class seed was an
imposition. Nevertheless thousands of
packages were annually foisted upon
seed buyers.
So if you are going to buy seed, and
buying seed to a greater or less extent
is advisable, not to say necessary, it
becomes a foregone conclusion hat it
pays to buy good seed and therefore to
know from whom you are buying.
The Government Seed Business.
The Agricultural Department is buster
than usual sending out millions of pack
ages of free seeds for Congressman. 1t
: should be understood that this free seed
distribution, while carried out by the
Secretary of Agriculture, is no scheme
of his, but is a Congressional affair, pure
and simple. In every session there is
one or more bills introduced abolishing
what has been termed by more than one
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

Broadly speaking, the growing of farm
and garden seeds may be considered the
most important OF agricultural indus
tries, for unless the quality OF the seed
IS maintained, the succeeding crop Is
greatly diminished in volume and deter
ioratcd in quality, so that If applied to
the country as a whole, the loss would
be enormous.
The great magnitude of the American
seed business is little appreciated said
a prominent seed dealer i'll describing
the carloads of field and garden seeds
which he handles each spring. The
producing capacity of the seeds quickly
de~teriorates, III most instances, and the
most successful farmers buy large guam
titles of seeds. The farmer rs a some
what cautious individual, and although
he buys, on an average, double the
amount of seeds he did ten years ago,
he has not, in every instance, reached
the point where he recognizes that the
greatest economy lies in getting the best
and Patronizing only those houses whose
reputation forbids them to sell poor and
adultcratcd seeds.T
Seeds Apt to RetrogEade.
The deterioration i'll many seeds is
very marked, and large seedmen go to
great lengths to produce the best pos
siblc seed and to have various establish
ments in different parts of the country
where the conditions are the best for
production. 1t is not possible that the
best results can be attained i'll produc-
ing a great number of seeds on any one
farm or in any one locality, however.
favored. The soil and climate which
may be the best adapted for producing
enc kind of seed may result only in a
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24
SEED LETTUCE AND ONIONS IN HEAD

oILC OSL FAND
plants as may be of real value to the
farmer in a Congressional district, new
and improved varieties, even though
only one package could be sent Out
where now a score or two are sent, the
expenditure would be defensible. This
would be building up our agriculture,
and there would be eases where the
entire agricultural output would be
changed, greatly to the advantage of
the farm. The Secretary is, IN fact,
employing this idea, as far as he is left
any discretion in the matter of seed
distribution. He is allowed by Congress
a small appropriation Of this free seed
money, and where his explorers in the
old countries of the world have brought
in new plants and seeds which it is be-
lieved will be an improvement on those
already grown by American farmers, he
sends these out in sufficient amount to
admit of a rational test by a farmer.
Time to Abolish the System.
As it is now carried out, the free seed
distribution should be stopped, and the
work of supplying the ordinary farm and
garden seeds, the results of which are
klIOWll " }DOuy, SllOulu Ut KIT W
the regular seedmen.
The seed business of the United States
rs II of great magnitude. While there
are, of course, INSCRIPTIONS and fake
seed houses who do not hesitate to
adulterate the seeds they supply, the re-
putable firms take great care in seeing
that their seeds are not only fresh, with
good terminating powers, but true to
name. The old-fashioned way was for
each grower to save his own seed, but
in many of our principal crops it is
found that the seeds grown in certain To-
~calities produce heavier yields, and while
if the planting is done a little out of the
or inal habitat of the plant the first
crol may not appreciably deteriorate the
seconl year, the crop from that seed
will show a marked falling off in yield.
1t is 1 " this reason that some of the
wisest farmers and planters send regu-
larly considerable distances for seed.
The seed catalogues always carry Il
number Of pages of novelties and new
varieties which are described in an ex-
tremely attractive form. 1t is well
enough to try these novelties, but it is
good advice to consider them as such
and have the main crop to fall back
upon from the standard or well-tried
varieties which have stood the test of
years.
An examination of many of the seeds
of common vegetable and forage re-
yeals the fact that all immense amount
of poor seed is sold to American farm
ers and gardeners. Farmers as a rule
are responsible for this condition, since,
as has been said, many of them buy the
cheapest seed in the market and trust
entirely to luck for it to produce the en-
tire crop. Such seed is dear at any
price, and is withal one OF the principal
source of the hosts of bad weeds which
are to be seen upon many farms.
For the last few years there has been
a constantly increasing cutlery against
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partly open from time to time to admit
the exchange of air and gases, using a
good-sized dish with small saucers and
renewing the water occasionally. Sew
eral kinds of seed may be tested at once
at a triAing cost. The Department cau-
tons the far. ( against extremes of
temperature and excessive moisture dur
ing the experiments. In some of the
larger and more reliable seed houses of
this country there is a wefi-equipped
and appointed incubator room in which
tests are made by the seedmen in
order to ascertain whether or not the
seeds will really grow. This is done
with every lot of seed that in
the warehouse and before distribu-
ton through the country. Results OF
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A HUNDRED ACRE RADlSH FIELD.

these growths are recorded in a book
and kept for ready reference in the
event of complaints. The busiest times
in the American seed warehouse is from
November to March, and often April,
when enormous quantities of seeds and
bulbs pass through the buildings first in
large sacks and later in smaller pack
ages by mail and express on their way
to the progressive American agricul-
turist.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

purchase in open market samples Of
seeds of grazing and forage plants, test
the same and publish the names of per
sons selling adulterated seeds.
So extensive is the seed business in
the United States that many seedmen go
to an enormous expense in publishing
each year catalogues giving the many
varieties offered for sale by them.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24
Cordial Foreign Relations.

Mrs. O'Riley-And are yez on spakin'
terms wild Mrs. Zylonski.
Mrs. Murphy-Av course I am. She
called me a thafe an l told her she
was another.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

the seeds sold by inscriptions dealers
and with it a demand for legislation.
Congress and a few states have passed
laws regulating the trade in seeds. The
Secretary of Agriculture under an Act
of Congress has authority to, and does,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

Congressman the free seed farce, and
speeches have been made annually de-
riding the practice, showing that it is
unnecessary and improbable and a
waste of public money yet when it
comes to voting for a measure which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05


OF Price. OF Psyne's brigade, one or the
other. was the last Confederate soldier
killed shortly after o'clock that MORN
Ing. about the hour Of that last charge
a the 1.ynchburg road TOR was there
in II. and heard the last gum Parker
was buried right on the field. Price, I
think, was tnkcn or the field mortally
wounded, II AL &
I SEQ NIL writors on the subject bear
mo out In my statement Major Daniel
possibly might want to put II. C.aNvl!son
among those last killed. but he was killed
at Long Bridge before we got TO lhEn-
vile Better let what say DO made
history. for It cannot BIO denied that
Poyton Anderson1 OF the Sixth Virginia.
sRnppahannock Cavalry, was tho first SOL
der wounded In the Army OF Northern
Virginia; that Captain John O. Mari was
the first soldier killed that II, w, Parker,
Of tho Second Virginia Cavalry, or Price,
Of tho First Maryland Cavalry, was tho
last soldier killed. and tho weight or owl
dsncc Is that Price was mortally Wound-
I'd first, as Parker was killed much IN adj
vance OF our line when the flag OF tr'l co
came. II General Munford or Major y.
IA. Grimsley, who had command OF l'ayne's
brigade that morning, would come out
ana sav what they knew, facts could
he better substantiated. The charge was
n1ads by both brigades stimuli
ana parker fen In one and Price In the
other. Mors than this the deponent saith
not, ~, ,,o1 ,r1,yAN
Il. 90. D, Fourth We, Cavalry,
JonersoHton. cuipeper Coz We, IVY
l6 1901.
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$: SERGEANT 3 u Al A !, SIT B
More About the Man Who Fell
atBI asst M orncrt. st
Edltor of The Times. Dispatch,

Editor OF Tho Tmes-D Dispatch;
4 slr,-1t has boon said that Asfby be-
longed to tho Second Virginia Cavalry,
ana I notice In The Times-D Dispatch OF
July II. 1900. 1t Is suggested that possibly
he might have belonged to the Ninth
Virginia, Company a, Stafford troops.
In a communication Of mine to Tho
5Tlmes-Dispatch about the last OF Fob
ruary, 1906, treating tho subject OF tho
last days OF the Confederacy. from Five
Forks to Appomattox, ! said where Ash
by belonged. will now DO moro ex-
spioIt and give the particulars about
Sergeant Ashby, Company ], Twelfth
Virginia Cavalry, Rosser's old brigade,
which brigade was on the Amelia Springs
road leading to Appomattox tho night q
April 9th, some miles In tho rear, ana
was ordered up to take Its position ~
line to the rlght Of W. ~ ~ Lees dlvl.
sion. This brigade arrived Just N our
3(Ipitz Lee's) rear, and the first she'll
from the Tederals near Appomattor pe-
tween o and q o'clock that fatal, morning,
passed over us and passed through Ash-
by's horse. cutting off both sttrrup
leathers and killing him without break
ing the skin. Tho Twelfth Regiment, on
arriving on the ground, had Just d!s'a
mounted. and Ashby was killed, as SAID,
about tho time no a!ightea. y ls true
he lived q short time, but, as 7 have said,
the skin was not broken, It seems the
concussion had done the work. hope
some ono OF Ills company Will come out
and confirm what have said, u true.
& The Twelfth Regiment was mostly from
the valley OF Virginia. think.
Whilst / am writing, I might as we'll
say this: That ! have said that Fitz
Lce's old brigade--First, Second. Thlrd
~ TN a ~ aH
onel Morgan, 4 thinky-and I,ayne'a Old
and Fifth Virginia and
First Maryland Cavalry, commanded by
Major sGrimsley-did tho last fighting tho
Oh OF April, 1895. at Appomattox, and my
claiming tint Parker, Of our brigade.
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Know that his body was removed IRON
SAppomattox to stono Bridge. Clarke eco coun-
", va; and There tho remains We're DE-
posted BY the side Of his brave brother.
named Lewis, who was killed at Troyll-
llian's. ,. 3it
An unusual circumstance occurred IN
the death of William. He was N me aos
Of mounting has horse to leave the Held
when. j expect about the last cannon shot
fired, passed through the horse. taking y s.
away part OF tho snddle flap. killing the (
horse ana Asflby. without leaving on !, eha
latter an abrasion, on either the pody
or clothing, 5t.3; 4, !. I.
This emblem may have been left OF tho I
grave after the body had been removed
TO Clarke, With a little digging, ! should
think It can DO readily asoertained II the
grave contained a body, Confederate SOL
dlers did not like to do much digging In
those times. Yours truly, :
NICHOLAS DAWSON,
Formerly Co. a. Seventh Virginia
Cavalry,
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MORE llAB OU r. sHBY.
One Of the Last Victims Of War
Seems Is Have Been Known.

wv
Editor Of The Times Dispatch: 6.st 4lit 4
a. slr,--1 notice In The 1'imes-Dispntch OF
the ,1lth instant. In the Confederate
Column, roll OF Company a !, Seventh Yir-
Bginia Cavalry, Rosser 8 Brigade, Of which
81 was d member AS to the inquiry Of
Major Daniel who tho Asllby fwns that
was killed ana buried at Appomattox, on
sountay morning, April %. H 1866 was
OF, the extreme right OF tho First
Squadron, Company "A, Seventh virginia
sCavalry.sy q were Ord cred to the frontsoi
Saturday ll1ornl Ing, as we ha q BEEN acting
us escofti;for General j \ II. "a Cord on from
Amelia Eoiiitn ouse to 1Ii III Er en-
sGencralsG prtlo on wa s3rcl evetfh ,frUnt the
rear, slGGeeded nv Gerleral Ma hoiie I'VE
were lllsainscort. ~ hon we v we're acalled
iii saturday nnorntng nll tho cavalTy was f1ls
III the rear OF tie 9retr eat. we were then
ordercdSto the front, and arrived ut APP
pcmattox Courthouse Sunday morning ut
4 o clock. All 1 the cavalry wns iyi then
up to the front, the Rosser Brigade in
advan ccs5 we were ordered to dlsnoune
and stand by our horses. At about sun
rise orders 81 ere, i5's GUN e your ,orscs. "
r bcingSto srigit8of the squadron, siad to
mount FRO hts;st ho fright side of my norge,
Just rssE sett led filg the saddle q shellafrom
tho erieni diitt ssed almost
SbrushingS ,rl vi and STU eTn me and my
horse toStsllcl1s nn extent that ly&fell over
ION my next Gonna D. ~ oshtraS c. III ctcher,
who straightened mo UP and remarked.
Marion, ara you llurt?"' I sa Id no, but
looked around to the rear and remarked
that It had gotten ono OF the boys In
the next squadron" With hat Willie
Brent areined out Of ranks and went back
to see who IT was. The order then was
GHlTorward'' = we charged through the Old
town md formed In n vacant lot on
the rond to Lynchburg.. WI lie Brent then
:re.poinedS Us. 7 then asked n I'm, who IT
was that was hurt. He said Eli AshbS, &
who was, killed; L he belonged to the
Twelfth Regiment, our brigade. e was
4 sonof William Ashby, OF AZ, arrets coun-
sty or Clarke county Va. The concussion
OF. tho shell s killed him. being
on. the right of u his \ squadron, and his
horse standing somewhat quartering, heI
mounting from the right side of his horse,
with ono foot In the strrup, the she..
pissed between him ana his horse, The
shell entered tho horse about the glrth,
exploded and cut the horse in two, and
did not break the skin Of Asllby, but
blackened the skin OF his chest and (
Stomach .sS} General Lee did not sur
render his cavalry to General Grant.
II General Sheridan was IN our front,
lie filed around ID their right and left the
way open for us to Lynchburg, where
VIC arrived Sunday morning and dlsband-
ed. vi III ,e n n, s ILL.,
The above Is respectfully submitted.
~ Yours truly 35 7 n Isl
1S 5; r., NJ. LAKE.
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tArlrll1r:1iste,ad.

The supposition that William DARN
stadt OF Hcsse. waa tho ancestor OF the.
Virginia Armistsads5 Is y most natural
ono. Nevertheless It Is a rnistnke. Moth
Ing would seem moro probable than that
tho gArmisteads who lived at place
called Hesse. In Virginia. should be de-
{sccnded from William D,Armstadt. OF
Hesse, In Germany. But there Ia no proof
that this William D Arrnstadt 4 left any
descendants. I do not know how the
place in Virginia called 8 Iesse, 4 obtained
its name. But the Armistcndso Of Yirg1nIn
snrc descended from w lillian Ar,nistead,
OF Kirk Deighton. = In Yorkshire, FL u
land. The sArmisteads lived & \. Kirk
iDeighton IA for many generations before
William Armistead etnisrnted 4 from that
place to Virginia. The Arm,stend family
is an old one. OF the English gentry. An
account Of the Virginia Arn,isteads an
,peared IN the William ana Mary Col
lego Quarterly. '' few yenfs ago.
h 315s ~ DEsCENDANT.
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The Thirteen Foolishness.

In no other western European country
n Il SUP earstltion so prevalent as In Austria
Hungary. quite recently the Chamber
lain,s oft,co changed the number OF box
+ isin The Imperial Opera House. and the
imperial Court Theater to- ia, because
the public objected to slttlns in q box;
bearing this unlucky number, None Of
Inc Hob subscribers who take box for
lie year wanted No, Is. and for single
performances II was lust az hard to dis,
bose o. but the superstition reached Its
height In medictne, Speaking at the
health exhibition, DR.. Heinrich Grun de- I
clarad that lin many Instances supersti-
ton, and especially local superstition. was
an absolute menace to public health, In
the Austrian hospitals, one finds no
block or pavilion IL, no ward k18, no
staircase IS. Very few patients will con-!
sont to be operated on on the 18th. And
In this respect Friday, too. is considered
Just as unlucky, AT Carlsbad, Marienbad,
iGastein, and other famous Austrian re-
sorts nobody wants to begin cure on .
Friday, K
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"a The Rev. Samuel Davies. OF revcred
ms,osy does appear 70 have 3, been
las Davies, who came to Virginia about
1890 !. ''The Rev. Samuel Davies was
born In Delaware d724) In humble cr-s
.cumstances.'' . "A (see Historical Docu-
ments. page 2o4) The family Of NiGi,o 9,
las Davies seemed to be4 quite distinct ltltlt
from any other family named Davies or
Davis Tho names o. Davies and Davis
arc found IN different parts OF Great
two names arc met with IN MI degrees
society DAYS. and Dayes the The
r "a my % Ao Of wales, had almost as
many mar y names in 4 Wales as st. Pntrck
had in Ireland and tho namesakes J, l {,
Scrcrt A blood from each other.
The degeendants Of the em nnsnn'si
= nrom,inent position in Amherst coun-j
~ +, & Va. and have married Into 7, tho
Scott TaliaYcrro. and other exceli'eh't5
families. 35 III % q \,
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l-'lt liN4 ~ srl
Kendall.

X e1dal. @ a. ri
b In reply to a request for tho pnrcntnge
Of Amos Kendall, the information is here
given: Il r. 5 III & *
81 Amos Kendall born 1883, died 1861 son
OF Zebodeo Kendall lborn 17b5, died 1890.
aon Of g Lieutenant John Kendall (born
1901. died 1850, son OF jacob Kendall (born
,1Gs1) son OF Francis Kendall (born ------. Il
died a17os. he came from England in 1910;
and was nm original settler at NVoburn,
y A1iddlcscx county. Mass, He was ~ the
Village miller. and was 30 PROSPEROUS
that he bequeathed n farm to each 9 OF
his sons ana ninc grandchildren.
4 The father OF Amos Kendall had q fam
ily OF twelve children, viz: Zebedee.s
born 1850; Samuel, born 1872; Abraham
born 1874 Mary, born LIES; George Minot,$
born 1871; y Amos, born 1883; John. born
mi: Hannah. born I 100; lsanc. born IDS.
died IN youth; Sarah. born 1885, 1sntc.
born 17o9 /. Timothy, born 1907.
George W. Kendall. OF the New Orleans
La.. plcayune, wns Of tl,iB same Kendall
family. MI $44 XIV @ 4s$}} $b$
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taken prisoner. 1 served in Company 81
l First Virginin Regiment. s
& XII Very respectfully, Z, I. 4. \.
623 Twelfth. Street, Manclles ter y q n
Enlisted When Thirteen.
Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sill have been handed q clipping from trol
your paper asking for the Oldest (, a .ttl
tho. youngest Confederate veteran ilY 'llnl
fVlrgnin. So far as KNOW 4. , n,ll3
the yo,irtrest Confederate vcter1ln living,
not only}ln Virginia. but In tile world.
who oniisted@as n private soldier. am
sffty-six years Of nge was. born III Clles--
tcrncld county, VA, and onlsted a as as / ! 9
private soldier when was thirteen years RS
of age, in Company F'if ". ~
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lie was At for red INK commissioni
they had no right 70 such claim.
Tho gifted N. p. Forrest, although UNI
lettered, with art outstripped, tile grad
yates Of West Point Witt, their "scienco."
His "disunguighed yalor and skill outs
weighed their learning,
CIIARI.EDs ALEXANDER 4,
Boydton, Var July %. 1893,
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cool behavior ana wel-timed restoring
words. that regiment would have carried
Itself out OF action.
The few soldiers who remained with
him were. perhaps, ms brave MS himself,
but they failed to use their utmost en-
deayor to rally their comrades. lIo5 pos
sessed tile art necessary for success In
war; they simply discharged their duty.
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YOUNGEST N NJ OLDEST Is
CONFEDERATE IN VIRGINIA
Great Interest Evinced 1.-THE Solution of the Vexed ues.
zion as to Who They Are--.Jeweled Crosses
of Honor for Them.

tie oldest Confederate born N Virginia
amidst tile old mother State?
question week our ouees and Angwers MN
their families bn people who have come o the
o. honor from the sides Of TIE famous
claims to these
shall egtGised Letters haye
and more VIII be coming by every nal
the
than by direct
mun Interested. \;
time
Of himself
This is WE'LL Let
pictures come With