The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-08
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
~ Ew. visitors abroad know that
~ three of the foremost chiefs of
state in Europe are practical
farmers Nevertheless, 1t is so, and also
true that they are able to make their
farms pay.
Besides King Edward, there are the
Kaiser and President Fallieres of France,
who enjoy substantial incomes from the
cultivation of the soil. Indeed, President
Fallieres often has said that his vineyard
in Gascony nets him a much better sum
than he is able to save out of the emolu-
ments of office.
Although farming is only one OF the
Kaiser's avocations, Cassells Journal
saws he has made it a success by his
thorough study of the business and his
application of up-to-date' methods. When
he came into possession of his farm at
Cadinen, near Danzig, he found 1t run
down estate. Today Cadinen is the BAN
ner farm of the empire.
Another remunerative feature of Cadi-
men is the Kaiser's majolica factory,
whose products the Emperor placed on
store in Berlin, where they sold readily
at good prices Indeed, the Kaiser doomed
the business With such zeal that some of
his critics denounced his "shopkeeping'
as bad form.
Still another source of imperial income
at Cadinen is distillery, situated not
far from the servants hall. 1t produces
about 81, 900 quarts of spirits annually, and
not far from the farmhouses pottery fac
tory and distillery of Cadinen may be
found the Kaiser's brickyard, royal VEN
ture over which there has been waged a
bitter public controversy. The Kaiser in
sists that the eS0o0OO plant is just able
to hold its own. On the other hand, not
a few of his subjects, who view his num-
erous enterprises as menace to compe-
tition. look at the imperial brickyard
very much askance
Though Edward VII has not opened
shop or started factory, like his imperial
nephew. the Kaiser, yet he has learned
not a few of the mysteries Of the stock
mxket. and has been credited with maxi
ing large sums by fortunate speculation.
Now he buys and sells only after con-
sultating the best-posted financiers OF the
kingdom.
King Edwards farm at Sandringham is
said to be a profitable investment. Like
the Kaiser. his majesty keeps In touch
with every detail of farm work while
staying at Sandringham, frequently drop
ming in when least expected, and making
a thorough inspection of everything.
suit nd ahod with
hob-nailed boots, he appears to take 9
keen delight In tramping all over the es-
tate. Nothing out Of order escapes MS
notice or memory. He Is just as exact
IN the management of several smaller
farms. which he also has put on paying
basis.
The products of Sandringham bring
high prices in the London markets.
King Edward, as Is well known, derives
an additional income by the breeding and
racing of horses Ills stud is one Of the
finest in the world
Not of royal blood, but of peasant stock
instead President Fallieres Of France
finds not only profit but pleasure IN the
work of a peasant among his vines at
Angouleme, Gascony. Those who WISH
him at his home are likely to md him In
the plain, rustic garb of an ordinary
field laborer. with the true persistence
of a tiller of the soil, he has never be-
come discouraged by all the pests AND
blights that beset farmer. When the
phylloxera killed all his vines he promptly
had them all uprooted and burned. There
upon he planted his whole estate OF about
rs acres with vines on q resistant root.
Queen Wilhelmina learned to make
money when girl by selling chickens
and eggs. Reared in . most practical
| manner. she was taught Al wifslz &C.