The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
IMPROVEMENTS.
TOBACCO ! I
Department Of Agriculture E,x<--l
poets to Produce Disease IS tl
Resisting Weed. #
IMPROVE AMERICAN IN i ! 1 4 . CORN !! j !!
Drought csistifg Qualitic 81
Guatcinalans Corn to B Given
\ "a 1 Our Product. s.s

}53$B (1rrom Our Regular Correspondcnt)f'' 45
II WASHINGTON, D. q, July 17.--r 1,hh
attention or the Department OF Agri:-g
culture Is about to be directed 70 the
4 improvement Of the types OF tobacco nov
grown III Virginia and North \ Carolinn1 q.
,rlie success OF the experts OF the depart
%inentEln Improving tho tobacco grown IN
4 Connecticut has encouraged the belief
that the smoking, chewing and export
tobaccos or virginia, North Carolina, Ten IN
nessee and Kentucky may - beS cq uall
Simprovc d. s v y n ~
+5is''I have no doubt we shall BE- able to
accomplish great things In the way Of
Z Improving tobacco said DR.. Galloway
The head of thos Bt.rcan 70 f5 Plant Indus llls n
TRY, 81 to- day. Nv shall work n IN Il con-
nectlon with Commissioner Kolier, In
Virgin Ia, and tobacco growers may rest
assured We shall nccon1p lisll much for
3!hcir behe III AZ.
And then Dr.. Galloway went ON to tell
row 1t was possible to breed tobacco
s which would have very broad and heavy
u leaves. with very fine stems and RIBS.
Ono Interesting and highly valuable
achievement OF the department has been
1 !ilc securing OF tobacco which will not
yrow suckers. This means d great deal
4 70 tho tobacco grower, who has to- cx-
pend SO much time ind labor king
tho suckers from the tobacco plants.
about ms much as is spent In DESTROYING
the worms which try to eat up the weed.
Disease Resisting Z obacco.
Il Have you yet found d tobacco the
4 worms will not chew?" 4 asked 4s5
3i5 Not yet replied tho Doctor. .'but
+ we are making grca t progresy In the d.
rcction OF securing types OF disease-rc-
OF fp1,u OH
ually have a tobacco which will not have
1.-THE suckers on It. and which will not be
subject TO any disease, All the grower
( will have8to do then will be to cult vate
the ground about the plant, N and kill the
worms omit. Perhaps We may even tually.
4 find some insec. or worm which will Kill
q Tho ID tobacco worm. The cultivation OF,
\ the tobacco plant will then be greatly
I simpllfled, and the cost correspon
reduced Il III ,Ss5 u VI
I But DR.. iallowaydid not give great en-i
CONFERENCE.-THE tho idea OF discovering ar,
enemy OF the tobacco worm which would
4 DO away with the farmers back breaking
work ofEpicking and destroying the pests,
q Possibly Tie had In mind the failure Of
the department to accomplish any very:
bcneflciase results from experiments with,
J; the Guatemnlan ant, which was brought;
il to Texas from Guatemala two years ago
&andAturned into tho cotton fields for the
purpose Of living 1t wage a war Of gex-3
Termination on the cotton boil weevll,5
which was destroying many thousands
OF dollars worth OF cotton every yea +.
3 The ,seeyjl Z is still eating up the cotton,
e ana the lmpor ted an Is are thriving Ia tho
cotton fields. Tho two Insects appear
10 have got together on q harmony plat
IL form. md are d yelling side by side In
Il pretty fraternity. Il Il
1.-THE ant does not do well In Texas"
said DR.. Galloway, by way of excuse.
"Guatcmalan cotton is planted on hill
sides. The ant thrlves on such land,
but lie does not do well on the lowlands
Of Texas as i. 50 busy trying to to keep
from washing away. n or drowning, That
{ he has no time to- devote to the pursuit
& OF the weevil. '3fsii vi Il, q
Improve American Corn.
Or. Galloway is greatly Interested In
: experiments which arc about to be under
4 taken by the department with certain
specimens OF Indian corn. which have re-
Gently been obtained from Guatemala
x Some specimens OF this corn are very
Y fine, the ears being as much as fourteen
inches I'M len ct and the grains being.
\ almost pure starch. The doctor believes
u that the department viii be a bic TO Inn
@ prove the varieties OF corn now grown
In this country by crossing the ,Guate-
81 fnalan varieties on 1t, " Guatcmain is q
very dry country, and Dr.. Galloway be-.
slieyes that the drought-rcsisting qualities
f5of Guatemalnnf corn may be given Amer-3
II ican corn. tsf Ss
& Speaking OF Guatemala, Captain W. P.
a Kent OF Yirginln, who has been APP
S pointed to the position OF consul general
&nta Guatemala City, said to-day he ex-a
poets to leave for his post about the first
&'of September. Captain Kent says no
should like to be u I'M Guatemala at this
time, when there Is n chance for some
Y excitement growing out OF the war be-
tween that country and Salvador and
Honduras His opportunity would have
come through the. absence OF the AmeS1i-
d can minister. who was on his way to