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tribution Of seed by the Department.
and the establishment OF the sugar beet
seed industry, in the United States.
which. from the present indications,
will be q question of only q few years.
will have been due directly to the work
Of the Department. Seeing the i'm
portance Of developing cur own sugar
beet and seed industry, plans were
formulated three years ago to encour-
age the growing OF this seed. The
amount expended on this work, up to
date. including salaries and the an.
nual cost of American grown seed for
distribution, will not exceed $4,000.
while the value Of the sugar beet seed
used in the United States Is at least
half . million dollars annually. be-
sides tho much greater value to the
sugar beet raisers Of having seed
adapted to American conditions. A
calculation shows that the
value to American sugar beet growers
Of using higher grade seed than Is
usually sent hero BY German seedsmen
will easily a0Desate 81 900, 900 an
nua.ly. Our work along this line has
% far that We shall dis
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SOUTHERN FARMS.
Rapid Increase in Values Makes the
Whole South Prosperous.
Manufacturers Reconi

While 1t Is true that the industrial
development Of the South Is going for.
ward with amazing rapidity, it is never
theless true that, by virtue of the eX.
tent Of the agricultural interests in
the South, agriculture is yet the foun
dation Of the business of that section
A change from poverty to prosperity
OF the farmer, and change from land
without selling value to land in de
mand at an advance of so to $50 per
cent over the nominal price of one or
two years ago, is the most far reaching
development in Southern advancement
of the last quarter Ct a century.
1t Is far-reaching in many ways. II
means that within the last year or two
Southern farm properties have increas
ed not less than $1,000.O00,000 in value,
probably at least $1.5OO.OO0.000. But
more than that, 1t means that under
this improved financial condition the
Southern farmer has gained new cour.
age, new backbone; that he has learned
how to market his cotton crop; that he
has fought to a finish the great battle
as to whether the producer or the spec.
ulator Is to control the price of his
staple. Having won this fight, the en-,
Ire handling of cotton from the field
10 the factory. whether the factory be
In this country or in Europe. has en-.
tered upon an entirely new stage in its
history. 1t also means tina. land wi
Re moro thoroughly cultivated. for the
successful man. whether he be a
farmer, \ merchant, or q manufacturer,
is always better able to work to Roo
advantage than the one who ia fighting
losing battle.
More and more the diversification Of
agriculture has gone on and more and
more have fruit growing and trucl
raising. hog and hominy," with the
meathouse at home rather than in the
West. been developed throughout the
South.
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WHY FENCE FIRE RUSTS.
Department Of Agriculture says
Farmers Use Cheap Material.


A bulletin setting forth the results Of
an investigation made by the Depart
ment of Agriculture into the corrosion
of iron and steel wire fencing was =
sued recently to the farmers of the
country. Many complaints have been
made to the department in the las.
year regarding the present quality Of
iron an steel wire used fencing, and
to improve thesf conditions, wit tn.
hope determining some remedy for
the corrosion. Secretary Wilson order.
ed a thorough Investigation, an til
perts anne to the conclusion that the
chief trouble is that the average arm.
9 insists on using the cheapest vir
for fencing. and the cheap wire natural.
ly corrodes.
The department claims that some
manufacturers hold that II 1t were pos.
sible to make better grAoe or wire al
even a slightly higher price, 1t would
be useless to put 1t on the market, as
the American farmer would not buy It,
because he desires cheapness above
other consideration.
The result of preliminary expert
ments made by the Agricultural De
partment pointed to the manganese In
the wire as undoubtedly being he chief
cause Of the corrosion, and 1t is stated
that the more manganese there is pres
ent In fence wire the quicker 1t will
rust or deteriorate.
To show the possible causes for the
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16
JAPANESE BAMBOO rpee

The Bamboo Is the Staple Wood OF Japan and
Its Uses Spell Legion.
growers whether this part of the work
of the Department of Agriculture does
not hold out the greatest possibility to
the future Of America Of any branch Of
the government Every now and then
a new plant or new variety is discover
ed and introduced which may revo-
lutionize that particular branch Of
crop production. The macaroni wheat
which the Secretary mentions Is fair
example. Extensive trials OF this
wheat have been made throughout the
middle belt of the United States, just
west of the producing area for ordinary
wheat, and 1t is believed that vast
section of possibly a million square
miles heretofore thought unfit for any
agriculture, is capable of producing
this new grain at the rate of from Is
to 20 bushels per acre. With such a
startling showing as this due entirely
to the experimental work of the De-
partment who shall say when the food
producing limit of the world may be
reached?
Bringing Asia to Our Doors.
For every section OF the vastly d.
versified soil and climate of the United
States. says Secretary Wilson, there Is
a corresponding spot in some portion
of the old world where agriculture has
been successfully prosecuted for CEN
turies. What we need is full and COM
plete information regarding the old
world agriculture and the intelligent
application Of that knowledge to our
own country.
1t would be possible to extend his
letter almost indefinitely. the Secretary
continues. were we to go into the var
ious agricultural possibilities which are
now being worked up by the Once OF
Seed and Plant Introduction and Dis
t. ibution. We are now at work upon
the Introduction of the Japanese mat
ting rush into the United States. There
are imported annually into the United
States something like i've million dol.
lars worth Of mating. The owners Of
a newly invented loom guarantee that
the value Of the annual consumption
Of raw material to supply their fac
tories will not be less than $4,000, 900.
We are working to establish the cul-
ture of this mating rush in the aban.
doned rice fields of the Carolinas and
the work has already progressed far
enough to Justify reasonable assur-
ance Of success. We are also working
to introduce a disease resistant strain
Of Bermuda or Easter lily and with fair
prospects Of success. We are encour-
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tribute during this year $4,000 pounds
Of American sugar beet seed and the
growers will probably produce In the
neighborhood Of 100000 pounds next
year. all Of which has been contracted
for At the present time"
Nest Of the Money WASTED.
Although the amount Of money which
the Secretary may use. out Of the an.
nual appropriation for the distribution
Of sssds. for the discovery. collection
and distribution u nsw seeds and
plants II quits hnitsl, and but Q pit.
tancs OF the aaeuat authorized b.
Congress for tha distribution Of CON.
Doa cabbage, radiaA. temats and sthsr
Gnn1sA and flower seeds, the Depart.
neot nsvsrthslsss y doing some ~.
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aging the growing Of Holland bulbs In
the Puget Sound region and believe
II will be only . question OF time when
this industry will be established. The
Introduction Of the mango into Florida:
tho Introduction Of new persimmons
and other Chinese and Japanese fruits
which arc now being secured BY our
explorer In northern China, and the
Introduction Of harder or moro pro
lido strains Of alfalfa all promise in
the aggregate many millions Of dollars
Of increase i the value Of plant prod
uctA-
Touching on the question Of the An
nual Csagresaional sssd dstribution
Secretary Wilson says that while there
10 undoubtedly some bsnsdt attached 10
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from 31o.3oS acrss IN 1898, to . total
OF e10,100 acres in 1904, raising tho
value Of the Land from between 31.00
and $1.60 per acre to from $500 to
5000 per acre, and the output has been
increased from 179.919,2s5 pounds Of
rough rice in 1898 to S69. .436. 800 pounds
IN 1904. In tho matter Of fruits. It will
be remembered that the Department
introduced the Bahia orange, known
as the Washington navel orange, which
has become the standard orange
throughout California. More recently,
the Department has expended in the
neigh borhood of ten thousand dollars
In the introduction OF the date p. I'M
into Arizona and California and al.
though sufficient time has not yet
elapsed to enable US to state positively
what the outcome will be, there ap-
pears NO reason to doubt that an en-
tirely new industry will be built up
in these sections as result OF the ef-
forts of the Department. The present
value Of date importations Is, roughly
speaking, hak q million dollars. This
consists largely of the cheaper grndes
Of dates, the finer varieties from tho
Sahara seldom coming to this country
except In very small quantities. These
can undoubtedly be grown in our south
west
American Sugar Beet Seed.
THE introduction Of the sugar beet,
while not due primarily to the efforts
Of the Department. has unquestion-
ably been greatly assisted by tho dis
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markable work in searching, through
Its special Agricultural explorers, the
countries Of the old world where ag-
riculture has been carried on for cen
turtles and tens of centuries and where
it, history Of crops fades away into
dim tradition. and from these coun-
tries some Of the most useful and at
tractive plants have been introduced,
which promise great things for Amer
lean agriculture. It is q question
among far-sighted plant breeders and
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the distribution Of vegetable seed each
year the real value to the country Of
such distribution cannot be compared
with that Of even one good introduction
like macaroni wheat, Japanese rice. an
improved variety Of cotton or various
other articles which might be men-
toned.
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16

II is estimated that there are 400C
professional beggars In London and
that they collect over 1880. 900 u year
women.
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can buy It kem.mher
make IL to your order-eendt To iand it
IT doesn't satisfy you you send u back to nLh Will
refund your mdney without question The banks and the
po-tm.st'r here wte you that is The Do bn.'pea
as S ,. M on on 'ne p sannro a.s s M s,nnR ."u
Der usS no salv~s no harness lies, fakes just
give you . straight busnses deal . pri~.
a. Z Breska, 1919 Brssks Bldg, MarsAall. Mich.
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Briefs from Everwhcac.

Tho United States exported last year
$16.000.000 worth Of oleo oil.
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16

Tho United States sells nearly 5000,
100000 worth OF lard. cattle, fresh
becf. bacon. hams and oleo oil annually
to Europe.
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MiTSUMATA RAIN COAT.
Woven From japanese Plant Which the Dc
partment Is Introducing in the South.
corrosion and that manganese Is at the
bottom Of all the trouble. the depart
ment quotes a number of steel, iron
and metalurgical authorities on the
subject
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16

Pnderewski says he keeps his hands
oiled nearly all the time and stecps
them in very hot water before giving
a piano recital.
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H. has becn estimated that tho aver.
age man winks about 100000 times a
year. No actual count has ever been
made, however.
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16
New Cure for Rupture
Sent on Trial

Brooks Appliancei IL a new
scientific discovery y with au-
to1natic air cusiiioIis that
draws The broken parts ~
gether and uinds them rs
you would y b. oxen limb IL
absolutely holds fiIiiiiy and
comfortably AID newer slips,
aiwaJs hynt and cool and
COM otIns ~ every movement
OF tee body without chahnv
or hurting. ! make tito your
measure and send It to you
on Q strict guarantee of
sattsfAction or money re
funded and l have nut m
price 70 low that snybody
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In the Breslau xooloEical garden
there is . spider monkey which was
operated on for cataract of the eyes,
aAd which now wears glassss.
The daily tribune., 1906-03-16

Copper prospectors and miners arv
opsaing up the ruined forts. villaves
and canals Of . vanished racs Of men
that once Desplsd the rock.walled
mSadoWs of southern Utah.
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"sh." She tries over and over again,
placing her fingers in her fairy god
mothers mouth to feel how she does il.
She is pleased to receive a pat on the
back or nod of the head, for she
knows that means she has done werr<
Pan, fan and two or three other words
she can say plainly.
A company of wise men called the
Legislature met recently and some one
told them about Emma Kubicek, and how
much she had accomplished in a few
years They thought 1T wonderful little
girl who was blind, deaf and dumb could
learn so much under such difficulties and
they made an appropriation. that is. set
aside $1,000. to be used during the next
two years for Emma's education This
means that her fairy godmother can de-
vote all her attention to Emma
Her fairy godmother may not have an
enchanted wand. like the one in Cinder-
ella. but she has way of making a little
go long way. She keeps Emma neatly
and tastefully dressed and cares for her
tenderly as a mother
In spite of her Affections. no one need
think of Emma as unhappy or discontent-
ed. She is an attractive, healthy. lovable
little girl. with happy. cheerful nature.
She smiles and enjoys her play, just as
any other little girl would, and is learning
to do many useful things. Perhaps some
day she may become as highly accom-
plished as the wonderful Helen Keller.
Already she is sometimes called Illinois
Helen Keller
Although Emma can never hear the
birds sing. she knows that they do sing.a
she can smell the sweetness of the f1ow@-Y
and feel the warmth and beauty of the
sunshine After all. it is not SO much how
much we have as the use we naaks OF
what we have
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talking, for her sensitive fingers have
grown very deft. IN two years she
learned to do sums IN simple arithmetic,
point system. which is taught in most
schools for the blind. She is now 10 years
old and has learned many useful things.
She has grown quite dainty about her
person and can dress fand undress herself
almost entirely Emma takes pride in
soft and glossy. She folds her clothes
and lays them neatly away. and is more
orderly than many children who are
blessed with all their senses. She makes
her own. bed and knows, without being
told. when the regular time comes to
change the sheets and pillow cases. She
can also find her way alone from one
building to another.
When she first entered the school she
found her way around by shifting, as ami
mails do, but she now uses her sense of
feeling more. However, her smell is so
acute that if several persons are in a
room and some one gathers their hand
kerchiefs Emma can take them and usu-
ally return each handkerchief to the
owner. She seldom makes mistake. g
Emma is especially fond OF perfume and
uses perfumed talcum powder after her
which she occupies with her fairy god
mother she felt her way to the dressing
table and ernptied a great amount Of per-
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QUITE HAPPY ALTHOUGH BLIND, DEAF AND DUM]

NOT many years ago there was tiny
little girl with blue eyes and golden hair
named Emma Kubicek When she was
only three years old she became very i'll
with cerebro-spinal meningitis, which is
about the worst disease a child can have.
Indeed. she was so very. very i'll that her
parents feared she never would get well
At all They first have asked God in
their prayers to make their little girl
well again, for after a while she slowly
began 10 recover.
They were thankful to see her gradually
growing better and stronger each day, but
when they found the terrible illness had
left their daughter deaf and blind they
were sad indeed. OF course they loved
Emma dearly, and 1t grieved them to
know she must remain in silence and
darkness all the rest Of her life
They tried TO be especially kind to her.
and in their effort TO make up for so much
that she had lost they allowed her TO do
almost as she pleased. When she was
naughty they could not bear TO correct
her or try to teach her better This was
a mistaken kindness which did Emma
more harm than good. The result was
she became more like an untamed ami
nal than q nice, gentle little girl. and
then another misfortune overlook her
% She was only years old when she be-
came deaf, and was too young then to
have learned much about talking. and
after that she could not learn because
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potatoes. But it isn't much use to try to
sit down calmly and eat when you must
answer bell every two minutes.
So our girl tried to eat after they" had
finished dinner. They most always left
enough for her. Now no girl can clear up
after a family of seven in less than an
hour and a half. know because I did
it longer than / care to remember. And
if you take half hour for your own
meal, when the dinner is served at g.,
where are. you going to find time to iron
the clothes that were left over from Tues
day?
It is pretty lonely eating all by your
self three times day. and to save your
life in the press of time and work and
loneliness. keep up your table manners.
The girl who grabs honk of meat in
one hand and one of bread in the other,
and cools her tea by pouring it into a
saucer, gets done her work first.
Then there was a Mrs. Blair over near
the park with the iron fence. Here the
girl had a pretty little room. with win
dow, and her work was usually finished
at s.
The girl began to sing again as she
washed the dishes and rubbed cold cream
on her hands at night
And when a girl wears old kid gloves
| full sof gooey stuff at night to make her
| ndHuS pTetty--you Just Heeuh Woiiy dhy
about that girl. It's when she loses in
terest in these things and doesn't care
any more that she needs you and your
/ love-
Well, you know how girls are.
Always wanting something to pet and
/ kiss; perhaps it was because this girl
was so far from the little woman in the
/ calico dress that she fell madly in love
with Mrs. st. Clair's baby. In the first
place, she loved al babies-little birds
without any feather clothes yet. crying
kittens that had yet to take their first
peek at this hard. old world-and this
! baby was so tempting. His width and
height were about equal He was pos
sessed of mad passion to get one very
pink toe in his mouth.
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fune on her handkerchief and covered her
face with the powder till she looked as if
she had fallen head first in a flour barrel.
When her fairy godmother came in.
few minutes later, it was like entering a
perfume factory, and she found Emma
sitting in the corner slapping first one
hand and then the other. She knew. she
had been naughty and was giving herself
the punishment she thought she deserved.
The naughty imp comes to tempt Emma
sometimes, just as he does other girls
and boys
Emma dearly loves to play tea party,
and she always has play ice cream at
these parties because she is so fond of
it. She is. very particular about setting
her little table, first spreading the cloth,
which she made and hemmed herself;
next comes the centerpiece and in the
middle a vase of flowers. If there aren't
any real ones play flowers blossom at a
moments notice.
Her fairy godmother has choice vase
which Emma is not allowed to touch.
and though she cannot see it, that par
ticular vase is coveted treasure in
Emma's imagination. She had the table
all spread one day and the vase she was
alloweds to play with gave the finishing
touch The party was all ready to begin
when an unlimited guest appeared. As
the door WASH open he must have flown
right in through the key hole. 1t was the
Naughty Imp, who can always manage to
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: "Ah, it is such a lovely vaser' he said.
So he led Emma into temptation, and
when she reached out for the forbidden
vase the good fairy came to the rescue.
Emma slapped the naughty hand and
went back, but the naughty imp tempted
her again and again till she made the
trip back and forth eleven or twelve
times.
However. the good fairy won the vic
tory in the end. and the naughty imp
finally sneaked away and disappeared
through the Crack under the door.
Then Emma went on contentedly with
the tea party and had most lovely time.
Her fairy godmother rewarded her with
an extra sweet kiss when she tucked her
in bed that night. for, after all. she had
not been too busy to see the struggle
between right and wrong
Emma and her fairy godomther were
at the Worlds Fair at st. Louis last
year, and the little girl was obIiging about
showing visitors to her school exhibit
what she had learned She made a num-
ber of friends there, and every now and
then she receives a gift of some kind.
Sometimes it is a pretty dress, gloves or
something of that kind. and one lady
sent her pretty doll with little trunk
containing a complete wardrobe
Emma loves to dress and undress this
dolly. and usually, selects the prettiest OF
the dresses for her to wear. When she
makes a mistake and puts on a lace
stocking with one of another kind she
hastens to find the mate. AS she puts on
the, shoes she tries to say Shoe" for she
is trying to- learn 10 use her voice, but
shoe is a hard word on account OF the
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she could not hear others talk. Her
mamma and papa were poor Bohemians,
and neither knew how nor had time to
teach her. so she lost her power of speech,
too.
Fortunately, there are good fairies all
over the world who spend their time in
looking about for people who need their
help. A company of these fairies, called
the Associated Charities, heard of poor
little Emma. They called meeting to
talk it over and decided upon plan to
help her. When the> plan was made
known to Emma S parents they objected
at first, for it meant she must leave
them; but, after thinking it lover. they
wisely concluded it would be wrong and
selfish for her to be deprived of an edu-
cation just to keep her with them So
when she was years old they allowed
Emma to go away TO a school for the
blind.
1t was there that she became acquainted
with her fairy godmother, who appeared
in the form of the kindergarten teacher.
She saw how hard it was for little girl
who could not see, speak or hear to learn
in class with other children who, though
blind. could both hear and speak Al
though she was busy with her classes, she
managed to find time to give Emma spe-
cial attention
First she taught her the deaf and dumb
manual. which she easily reads now. by
placing her hand over that Of the one
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squeeze in through very small space.
Instead of seating himself in chair like
a. gentleman he settled right on the arm
of Emma's chair.
"A very nice looking table he began
politely. 'but'-he has such rude way
of emphasizing but-'that lovely vase
over there would look so much better
You know quite well.' said the good
fairy, who had just then come in. .'that
Mrs. Jordan doesn't allow you to touch
it" Mrs. Jordan is the name of Emma S
fairy godmother
1-''She is busy" went on the imp, ''and
won't notice you, and you can be careful
not to break it"
"Oh. but you might" warned the good
fairy. land that would grieve her.
Fairies and imps can speak every Ian
guage and they have a way of talking
derstand. The imp talked so coaxingly. E
which even deaf little girls and boys
understand. The imp talked so coaxingly
that finally he nearly drowned the tiny
voice of the good fairy Conscience and
Emma removed the vase from her table.
Slowly feeling her way to the other
table, she reached out her hand for the
forbidden vase. then hesitated.
NO whispered the good fairy.
Shaking her head. she < slapped the
naughty hand and went back to her play
She tried to be satisfied. but the naughty
imp kept reminding her of the beautiful
vase