Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27
GERMAN WARRIORS FARMERS
Practical and Theoretical Agriculture
TO Be Taught Soldiers.
TO PURCHASE LAND
state sells On Easy Terms 10 Men Nho
Have served Their Allotted Time
In the Army--EmfEratiOn
FnIlinr off.

BERLIN Aug g6-Far-reachinE expert
ments are being MADE IN the German army
in teaching the soldiers both practical ana
theoretical farming during their service ID
the ranks Many Of the soldiers even
those from the cities become 50 interested
that when they have finished their term
they take advantage Of d -sw passed some
years ago. by which thsy are enabled 40
purchase small plots Of land by the pay
meut in ready money n quarter Of us
value In this wsy il is hoped 10 stem the
rush u people from the AGRICULTURAL dis
trdcts TO the cities which has caused 80
much anxiety 10 The authorities OF recent
years
The Prussian state itself sells much o.
its reclaimed moor lands "a this manner
IN plots ranging from hRf an acre 10 rVer-
ty-five acres II charges interest al the
rate Of only 81 per cent on three-guArters
Of the purchase money and also advances
money for the erection Of houses and
barns The tenant may pay or as much as
be likes every year and after a certain
number Of wears the property becomes his
own In some instances larger plots Of lEno
are acquired from private owners by the
state and laid out in contiguous small
farms. which are sold in 8 similar manner
to farm lRborers These, by a system Of
cooperative working are enabled 20 cult
waite their land al q much cheaper rate
than Il they were working alone. The IDEA
Of the gradual purchase system Is spread
irE rapidly through the governments ef-
forts and many rural districts, hitherto
sparsely populated and poorly cultivated
are becoming thriving agricultural cenfers-
The government has appointed 15e com-
niissioners TO assist IN the purchsse Of
real estate by ex-soldisrE and thrifty
workers.
Meat supply Threatened.
The hoof and mouth disease IL now max
/ ing such rRvaEes among German docks
that even the RErariAn organs admit that
the meat supply Of the country lie seriously
threatened An official report OF the i'm
yerial government, dated July 81, shows
that 3, s36 farms, located In 4sOs different
districts are affected One result Of the
1 spread Of the disease mas been 3 reduction
in the number Of cattle IN the country.
According 10 the latest Official reports
\ the number Of all live stock except swine
brought TO market TIN year has been
! smaller than IN 1910. II Is claimed by the
RgrArsGr newspapers that the disease WAS
brought into Germany IN June. 1910. from
RuNEaA and that despite the rigorous pre-
czutionAyy measures Of the authorities, Il
has spread 10 its prsseut proportions in
the brsef space Of enc year. Dust new the
meat supply IL further threatened by the
certainty that all sorts Of Azirnaa food
products VIII be scarce and high The
Er@@ crop has been greatly damaged by
the prCerActed beat and drouth Of the
Upr3ng and sumns~. TIE potato crop also.
n 10 feArsd, WI be much shorter than
usual. and TINS means much for the meat
supply. nanos the waste Of potato alcohol
disdnsr11s In one Of the principal feeding
matsrsEls for tAttsning live stock. The
oG1s crop has also been seriously injured
by adverse weather conditions
Immigration Failing OFF.
T1H number Of ennErants leaving the
German North sea ports this year is much
less than IN 1s10 Fur the FIRST seven
months Of the year Hamburg reported
reduction OF SO0O IN the total OF as 78
The causes assigned for the lighter oUtEo
this year are IN part the unfEvorshle busi-
ness slt=&>3on Il the United States and
The mere rigid application Of the American
irnuiigra1nn laws Another cause. how
ever. is evidently prosperous conditions Of
the chief countries that now supply the
bulk % the Immigrants into the United
States This year Germany itself Is feel
ms very keep1y the shortage in the supply
1 Of Russian farm lAborers. Que 20 the fact
tlraG Russia lie now enjoying UnnslRl pros
psrsty, wages have been raised. and the
| pec5ds are consequently staying a. home
The shortage Of Russian lAborers has
amounted 10 the proportions Of a calamity
| for the farmers In eastern German prov
inces- Fewer GaHcihns and Hungarian
laborerH TOO, are coming into Germany this
year, owing 70 more prosperous times IN
those countries; the same thing Is true N
Regard 10 italy.
German anglers have decided 70 tTy the
experiment Of stocking their streams with
American trout and for this purpose q
consignment q 100 rainbow trout sEEE
from Greed, IN Colorado, recently arrived
In CuxhGvea- u was found that tn trout
in rbe German rivers had been osgenerBtinE
for several years, N spite Of careful
preservation and the provincial authorities
Of western GerurESy, WIN have sstAhaishsd
. pdsciculrurAi Institute ~ AdsnEu, decided
70 introduces fresh blood from the AmerS-
can rivers. The sEEE, which came Ove-
packed IN ice arrived IN splendid eondfti1n
and are 70 be placed in the rivers i'm
unedtaaefy.