The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

the wheats now used are some sent by
Mr.. Aronson. from Palestine. He has
discovered there a wild wheat whose
ancestors are supposed to have grown
in the Garden of Eden. and there is
another wheat which has been found
In the tomb of an Egyptian mummy
more than 5000 years old
Among the now varieties which we
are now planting is that brought In
from the dry lands bordering the
Sahara in Southern Algeria. This is
the durum or macaroni wheat which
NJ. A Carleton. one Of out agriculture
explorers. sent to be tested upon the
semi arid lands of our middle West
II was tried in Kansas. Nebraska and
Texas. and the first crop was seventy
hve thousand bushels. That was eight
or nine years ago. The second crop
was over a million. and we are now
raising fifty million bushels, about one
half of which is eNpoted to Euope and
some 10 the very country whence the
wheat came. That wheat all comes
from land which would not grow whea
before.
New Graina for the Farmer
similar experiments are being made
oN our experts OF the Agricultural De-
pertinent in almost every grain known
to man. New grains and new varie-
Ties of the old grains are being gath
cred from all over the world and
brought here for testing and uniting
with other varieties This is especial
I ~ so Of corn, oats, barley and rice.
our corn crop last year was worth
over fifteen hundred million dollars.
It's value was moro than a dozen times
that OF our gold and silver OUTPUT.
and the amount raised was so great
that II would have flled solid four
morse wagon train reaching from here
TO the moon II the skies could be
bridged and the corn taken thither.
Nevertheless. the corn breeders tell me
that by marrying the different varie-
ties and planting good seed this crop
could be doubled without the addition
OF one acre to the area or adding more
fertilizer. All that is needed is good
SEED and cultivation and the land Will
produce from two to four times what
II does now. This matter is under
stood by our well informed farmers
| who belong to the many corn-breeding
associations scattered over the Union
! The varieties of corn are now as we'll
| known as those Of cattle and horses
The best are being crossed and re-
| crossed. and a variety may be discov-
cred. which will be worth a great deal
! of money" As 1t Is the best seed bring
hiEh price in the market
Plants for Our Dry Lands.
| am told at the Agricultural DEPART
ment that they are making a special
! effort to discover new cereals for the
! dry farms of the West Many choice
varieties have been introduced. and
some of these are yielding from 90 to
so per cent. more than those of the
past. a great deal of work is being
| done in millets and sorghums. and
| Uncle Sans agents In Manchuria have
/ sent several of these from that coun-
try. They are also using the Siberian
sorshums and kowliangs from China
These millets have been married tc
others, and their children may be bet
ter adapted to our soil and climate
than the parents from faraway Asia
We are introducing alfalfas from ST.
IBERIA which withstand the cold and
drought and also drought-resistine
trees which Will produce stock FOOD
and fruit. Among the fruit trees Il
an olive which grows in the half des.
ert parts OF North Africa where the
| rainfall for years at a stretch is otter
less than ten inches. In the same con
neeuon is the date which is being