The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-02
WIT LAM JENNINGS BRYAN ON THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE

pest to the Austrian boundary gives | one a view of one of the richest sec | tions of Hungary. While the Danube l hardly justifies the poetic praise that has described its waters as blue, 1t Is | a majestic stream, and its broad valley ! supports a large agricultural popula- ! tion.
 No American can visit Hungary without having his sympathies enlist | ed in behalf of It's people, for theirs | Is fascinating history. Their coun- | try is one of the most favored in Eu- ! rope so far as natures blessings go. | The Carpathian mountains, which l form a wall around 1t on the north and east. shut out the cold winds and, by turning back the warmer winds from
 the south, give to Hungary more | temperate climate than other Euro pean countries in the same latitude and in few countries has agriculture l been more fostered by the state. The present minister of agriculture, Dr. Igmatius Daramyi, has been at the ' head of this department for ten years. ! and being an enthusiast on the sub | ject. he has introduced many new fea- lures and brought his department into l close contact with the people. During his administration the annual appro- priations for agriculture have ln- | creased from about $S,O00,O00 to about ! $13,000,000 and the income from his l department has risen from $6,000,000 to $9,000,000, leaving the net cost to the state at present some $4O0O,00O per year.
 technical schools to those who intend to farm; she has twenty-two industrial schools with about 600 pupils. and these
 schools are so distributed as to make
 them convenient for the small farmers.
 She has four secondary schools of az
 riculture with a total attendance of
 over 500, and to complete her system
 she has an agricultural academy with a student body of 15U. In order to ac-
 commodate adults who have not had
 the advantage of these schools, she
 has short winter terms and travelling
 instructors. By systematic enort the
 agricultural department is not only in-
 creasing the efficiency of the Hungar-
 ian as a tiller of the soil but 1t Is in-
 creasing his general intelligence and
 raising the standard of citizenship.
 The experiment station is also
 prominent feature of the work of the
 department of agriculture. All the new
 agricultural implements are tested
 and reports are furnished upon their
 merits; there are several seed-testing
 stations. where farmers can secure at cost price. not only selected seeds, but seed shown by experiment to be suited to the climate and soil of their localt-
 ty. Then there are number of model
 farms located at convenient points
 which are intended to be object les
 sons to the neighborhoods in which
 they are situated. At these model
 farms and at other centers breeding establishments are conducted where
 horses, cattle, hogs and sheep of the
 best breeds are kept and loaned to the farmers about These breeding farms
 have resulted in a marked improve
 ment in the quality and value of the stock
 Nor does the agricultural depart ment confine its attention to stock
 raising and ordinary farming; 1t Is l equally interested in horticulture, vine dressing. forestry and even bee culture. Government nurseries fur nish the hardest varieties of young trees and vines and train those who
 desire to give special attention to | these branches of industry lnstruc- | ton in the pruning of trees and the l training of vines has an artistic as well as a utilitarian side, and taste is | developed in the ornamentation of the
 arbors and gardens. Here, as else l where in Europe, much attention Is