The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-10-04
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Farmers Institutes.

growth of the farmers institute idea
is one of the signs of the awakening Of
better farming methods. During the
past year farmers Institutes were held
in all of the states except Louisiana
and Nevada, and in all of the terri
tories except, perhaps, Alaska and
Hawaii, where the efforts to inaugurate
the movement have up to this time,
failed. The secretary of agriculture re-
ports that marked progress has been
made this year in institute activity in
all directions over any previous year;
more money has been appropriated
for formers institute work, more ses.
sions have been held and the total at
tendance has been larger than at any
time since this means OF carrying agri-
cultural information to the actual
farmers themselves has been in
vogue
The number of Institutes held during
1909, as reported by AZ states and ter.
ritories, was SOFA, an increase Of 1877
over the highest previous record. The
number Of sessions was 1856, and the
total attendance is given as zoos, 1868,
an increase over the previous year Of
l42,657. The average number of
persons attending session increased
from lis in 1908 to 146 in 1909. The
states and territories made appropria-
tions for institutes aggregating $345,.
666 in 1909. The average cost per ses-
sion was $21.51.
Many of the institutes are giving
especial attention to the problem Of
bettering the condition of women in
the country, where 35 per cent of
the women live-about 100000 of
them in all, including girls.
Consular Inquiries.
Inquiries of all sorts are made
through the consular service. In the
Daily Consular reports the editor runs
a page of "trade opportunities, and
among these are requests for strange
things. A German firm wants to know
the names of firms producing croco-
dile leather in the United States AS
lit happens, one of the biggest tanners
of crocodile and alligator leather has
an establishment at Newark. Another
firm in Italy wants the names of ex-
porters of all kinds of feathers. A firm
in Turkey would like to correspond in
French with American manufacturers
of machine oils, copper, paints, butter,
lead in bars and pipe, watches, iewelry,
wooden ware and apparently almost
everything else. A commission firm
operating in India and other foreign
countries would like to handle almost
any kind of American goods. Anyone
who would like nice monopoly for the
sale of tobacco, can put in a bid to the
emperor of Morocco. Not less than L.
100000 francs will be considered. A
Belgian business man wants to sell
American paper in Europe. Inquiries
are made in the Azores for catalogues
of American threshing machines and
electric cooking and heating apparatus.
A Belgian firm guarantees enormous
sales of colors. Steam rollers-not the
political sort--are wanted for road
work In Germany and Asia. A firm
in Oceanic wants to get in touch with
makers of machine tool These are
but few of the foreign inquiries.
Making Muscial Instruments.
late consular report states that
large part of the 81 ,350, 900 annual
imports of musical instruments into the
United States comes from Austria. A
large proportion of the inhabitants of
the town of Graslitz, numbering 49,
600, is engaged in the manufacture of
brass horns, trumpets, bugles, Gym
balls, etc. Besides those employed in
the factories, hundreds of men, women
and children work at home. Fully f.
600 persons are employed in this in,
dustry. The hours range from Z to 7,
with an hour at noon and two resting
spells of half an hour each, and the
wages range from $2:43 to 5000 a
week. The children are trained up to
the business and instruction is given
in school maintained by the govern
ment. There is also a manufactory
employing 500 persons which makes
miniature musical toys, sollo mostly
in the United States.
People who hunt are increasing 80
rapidly, and the Laws of the states and
territories are 50 numerous and com.
piex and come in contact at SO many
points with federal regulations, that
the secretary Of agriculture has issued
Gas Farmers Bulletin No. 418), a PAM
phlet entitled "Game Laws for 1907
This differs from other publications of
the kind in these points: Cd Inclu-
sion of brief but comprehensive re-
ivew of the measures enacted and al
so the more important ones which
failed; (2)arrangement of provisions
by subjects instead of by states; (3)
adoption of uniform statement and
order of the various details to facili-
tate ready comparison of similar pro-
visions in different states. Its chief
objects are to present in convenient
form the restrictions ON hunting which
affect the enforcement of the federal
statute regulating interstate commerce
in game, and to show the trend and
general condition of legislation from
year to year. 1t can be had for the
asking.
Shipment Of Game.
Shipment is the most important fea-
ture of the traffic in game. If permitted
without limitation it is great factor
in game destruction. realization of
this fact has induced many of the
states to prohibit export OF all or GER
tain kinds of game, ana in few in
stances all transportation even within
the state.
Federal laws affecting the shipment
of game comprise the statutes regulat,
ing interstate commerce in game ars
the importation of birds from foreign
countries and those providing for the
protection of birds and game ON terri