The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-02
FARMERS Do NOT
WANT FREE
SEEDS
SAY THE SAMPLES SENT BY CON-
GREsSMEN ARE OLD AND
USELESS.
VAST SUM IS EXP \ DED
BY the Government Each Year--ssed
ceaIsrs Wsging War On the
Scheme--ArGty and
Navy Keyed Up.

Washington, Oct. Behold hoy
great fire q title fame kiad'eta9 \
quoted a Long Island farmer Of
religious turn of mind fsw days
ago when be saw about ten thouaaad
package Of goyernme NJ free so sds
being burned in the yard IT neiga-
bor in one Of the suburbs of Bros.
lyn Why are you bar1ing the
seads?" he asked, Because they are
worthless was the reply The far
mer thoroughly agreed with tais
tatement but he thought they might
be made useful What win yon sci
them for?" he asked. You can nava
Iall you can carry away for half a dol
ar was he reply, So he loaded up All
5ashel bag and took in INTO New York
Here he told his st-ry To seeds
dealer, with the result that these
J pissed seeds viii form one of the
rncipal exhibits in the antifrea seei
ampaign when congress leas aq,bies
These ten thousand o. more pack age
9t seeds which generous government
forced upon unwilling Long lslanl
farmers were not being aa rogel ta.
cause they were old Gr w8Pm eaten
az was once the case They wers
probably good enough In their way
but they were not good enough fer the
long Island truck farmers slthcngh
specially designed for truckers TIE
We're de- troyed because they were 0f
the commonest varieties, many of
them Aaiis@ aseeIs tina haa DOORS ls
the market twenty oz th, tY year
N fact some Of them are so ald that
hy nave been dlscagdad by The
more eaterprising seed men fer newer
md imnroyed yarIet es. and the Only
place they are obt7inabi Is TIE
department. OF agriculture which
sends them ont in the eongr ssioasl
rec seed distribution a new. rafe
and valuable seeds. = NJ time the
free seed distribution was joke. but
IS has now become a se ions matter
or congress Is vast ng 4 quar- or Of
2 million dollars yearly in this man
uer to say nothing o. tae S250.000 1t
go IS the postoffice department TO
handle them. The farmers are getting
fery tired # this farce. The up-t--date
and prosperous farmer considels il
n insult to hi intelligence for
member Of congress To send linn
i've cent package OF the same kni
If seeds his father planted twenty
ears ago and attempt q palm il or
m him as something new, rare and
TO determine just how new" thee
seeds are. which ha; Teen rescued
rom be flames, the seed deale-s OK.
'mined their catalogue with interest.
ug results 1t was found that Cne
-ariety Of parsnip, two of lattucr
hree Of turnip one Of tomato. one of
,nion and two Of radish seed had
1een catal3gucd By a New Yorl, firm
g 1879 one of le.tuce on tomato
ud one muskmelon came into u.e IN
SSi Five other varieties of lettuce
tere introduced between 1875 aud
500 The newest variety of eed was
10 onion. introduced b. Pliad
bia firm iu 1898. whiie fte ollesi was
raced back thirty years. and n0 ,uc
nJws when II was fast pro crtei N
iew of thc FAC which w'il DE- pre-
anJcd 10 con sress if RS scar civ pes
lhla that IL win co1tiaue che nc.ion
bat u is sending o8t 'uev. rare anl
aluable" seed even If IT. c1atinre7
Or distribution iu he face of the
dicule halped upon it by the agft
Utur1i ana daily press. AID the ccn
ymnati5n EXPIRE sad by farmers and
heir organizations.