Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
may Be GUILTY MAN STUDY OF CONDITIONS
Photograph of Charlie Sailor High Caste Hndoos Here COL
Identified at Keyser. Letting Information
MISS OFT TO SEE PRISONER oN AGRICUL TURAL LINES
Will Determine Whether She the Farming
Can Recognize Him. in
Is ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICER SAFEGUARD AGAINST FAMINE
10ung woman Was Victim Of Visit
Brutal Crime in West Will Followed by Tour
of South.
ON AGRICULTURAL LINES
Effort to Improve the Farming Lands
in India.
SAFEGUARD AGAINST FAMINE
Visit to Department Of Agriculture
Will Be Followed by Tour
of the South.

Six high caste Hindoo gentlemen repre-
senting the government OF India and the
British imperial government. are In the
city gathering information regarding the
methods employed on farms in this coun-
try with the purpose of improving the
land and the system of agriculture in In
dia 1t Is the desire to produce moro food
stuffs. and in this way stop the frequent
recurrence of famines. particularly in
southern India. The Indian and British
governments are awake to the Importance
OF improving the agricultural system Of
that country. where the industry is essen
tally the chief employment and the main
source Of food supply for a thickly popu-
lated country.
1t Is one of the oldest agricultural coun
tries IN the world. and its soil was ex-
nausted years ago by crop systems that
were not adapted to the Improvement of
the SOIL. In order to obtain ideas as to
the pest systems of land improvement and
the proper crop rotations that will keep
the SOIL In good productive condition the
!ndlan government has sent it's young men
from among the highest classes to various
countries to study the agricultural sys-
TENS, with view Of adopting I'm India
those that are best suited to that climate
With this object in view a number Of
representatives of the race have been at
tending the courses Of agriculture and it's
kindred sciences at Cornell University and
the gentlemen now in this city are among
those at that school They are making a
systematic study of the methods in vogue
by reference to records at the Department
of Agriculture. and the officials there are
giving them every opportunity to obtain
all the data that would be of use to them.
Exchange of Information.
In return they are giving the depart
ment officials information regarding meth
DDS used in India in the production Of it's
crops. This information, the department
officials say. will be used in the develop
ment agriculturally of the southwestern
part of the United States, where the soil
and climate are very much like those OF
India.
The Hindoos spent yesterday In the bu-
reau Of soils Of the department Tomor-
row they will study seed plant control
and drug plant Investigations; Tuesday
will be occupied in the pathological and
physiological laboratories. where they will
gather information regarding plant dis
eases. water publication and soil bac-
teriology, and this will probably end their
work in this city.
Wednesday next the party. accompanied
by DR.. E. ]. Glasson of the Department Of
Agriculture will leave here on tour
through the south to study agricultural
methods under climatic conditions somewhat
similar to those existing in their native
land. From this city they will go to Ports
mouth and Norfolk, Va, to study the con-
fruit-trucking country In the vicinity of
those cities. Incidentally while at Norfolk
they will spend a day or two at the James
town exposition From Virginia they will
go to South Carolina and Georgia to study
rice and cotton growing, then to Florida
to study the citrus-fruit industry. Louis
lana and Texas will last be visited, and the
rice growing methods there will be investi-
gated. After completing their inquiries
they will return to this city, and from hero
go back to Cornell, and later will return to
India to put into practical use the infor-
alton they gathered. There is quite a
number of Indian students at Cornell who
will later take a similar trip before return
ing to their homes In the east.
Are Highly Educated.
The party in this city consists of Messrs
H. L. Dutt Dwijadas Batta, H. p Mira,
J. NJ. Chakravarty. F. NJ. FIJI and A. c.
Gosh, and they come. It is said from the
purest Hindoo families Of India They are
educated gentlemen, and speak English
with ease; in short, are polished men of the
world.
The visitors are receiving many social
courtesies from the department officials,
who have made them guests in their homes.
and are endeavoring to make their stay In
Washington pleasant one. This is the
first time delegation of high caste Hin
docs has visited this city and the country
generally on a mission like that now en-
gaging the six visitors. 1t Is believed they
will take home with them much informa-
ton that VIII be of benefit to their native
land.