The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Washington, Aug. is. Omitted
Press -Across the Atlantic, through
Europe to st. Petersburg. south to-
the Caucasus mountains and east to-
the famous cities of Samarkand and
Tashkand is an imposing line of
travel being followed by Frank n
Meyer, a scout for the agricultural
department. He is one of the ex-
plorers sent by Secretary Wilson TO-
the most remote parts of the earth I'M
search of ideas that will help theI
American farmer. Meyer returned
not long ago from a three-year trip
in the Orient that carried him to re-
gions never before visited by a white
man.
The garden spot of the world isl
what he calls the region in Turkestan
he Is about to visit. Grapes grow
there. he says, larger and more lus-
cious than any known in the western
world. although efforts have been
made" said MIR. Meyer. Ito introduce
these grapes into this and other
countries, such attempts have proved
failures. The quality OF the fruit is
far superior TO the most priced
grapes of France and Spain, and al
though the Inhabitants of the country
being Hohammedans, do not drink
wine, there IL every reason to be-
lieye that new and excellent winees
can be made from the products OF
these unequalled vines Besides
grapes. the region Is rich in different
sorts of apples. with which We of
the Occidental world are unaequaint-
ed and the same Is true of melons
peaches and various other kinds of
fruit. There is a large, soft-shelled
almond peculiar to this region, and
divers other nuts which might be
successfully introduced into this
country. and this and other sections
OF the orient which | will visit Is rich
In alfalfa and various forage crops
which will form objects of investiga-
ton. In the matter of improving the
, forage crops of this country Secretary
! Wilson is especially interested, and
investigations with this objest VIII
form one of the principal features OF
I my work in this expedition The eli
mate OF the countries which / Will
I visit more nearly resembles that OF
the United States than that OF any
other portion OF the globe. II being
remarkable for absence OF the moist
ure which characterizes the whole OF
Western Europe, and presenting
much the same extreme OF heat and
cold as does a great portion OF this
country"
That they are still little Old.
fashioned In Brazil is Indicated by a
report from Vice Consul De Young
OF Santos He says there Is fine op.
portunity for the sale OF small corn
grinding machines in Brazil because:
'In the interior Of Brazil a print.
tive method OF producing corn meal
by pounding instead Of grinding is
practiced. The instrument known as
a "mojollo" works automatically, and
consists OF a tree trunk balanced on
the bank OF a stream, one end OF the
trunk being followed out TO form a
large cup. while the other end Is in
the form OF a pestle. Water filling
the cup depresses that end OF the log
whereupon the water runs out and
the other end falls back into its orig
inal position. the pestle striking the
corn. Some modern corn grinders
have recently been introduced, but
there Is a good field for a very small
and inexpensive grinder TO take the
place OF the "mojollo' In the Interior
where -four mills are rare and each
all. L.. -. -