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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Slere 8ilIisr 8pger.

Ut MT Barti al 9ooe gamIe friteIioe Bigger @etopae) e
anfommen fra 0onmdrf o9 t~ilbpoes, iaoIanet De reffer, til fol.
genoe poerit neOate BrHer: -
Sreue fra ent6er, OOeriotte Of s. g. 0spnter (abb. 1869
438 Sioer. 80
p0entide SbeOpsia". On berie oon6elg lille Bog ON ben
rete 5oritaoeie al boao @onm oe 8rttls er, og ON,
bborleoes &oam fl oG, og arhtus opitaa os.
Ba Danif uo9ioet beo 0auri8 s. Shmiot. (abb.
1879 12 Sioer. 10
emdle, eaer DSas % aGs!" @f aoopb Oeonoo. Neo
5ororo at Foitor 9le0eI (9bb. 1862. 26S Sioer 10
ssp 9rrOifcner for 9prn Of @orOen Galtbrop. OperfaHe
at Sbora 9irb. 3ororo al Gbr. &icbarot. (abb. 1879
SO Sioer. 10
SI 6oriuar moo Den iaofalote @runotoieianisme, al 0r.
8. Wnrhnen. (qbb. 1919 t2 Sioer. .ft
SbeolOsiife G%fbanolingsr af Or. tol. 6. 6. Scbarline. TO
eipne al Balt, Beter 5. @br. SdarIfne. Oeb Sorfat-
terens Bortrrt oe Omrios af bans 2eonet. (abb.
1880 428 Sioer. 40
ollie ooenitaaenoe er %uinobunbne, men rem og goo 9Iitano.
nbooer nero9renoe 5oripnine faas bisie Bigger life mere.
DANISH LUTHERAN PUBLISHING HOUSE,
BLAIR ,NEBR.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10

oper nogle al Dem, iom bar poet
til Mrs. Miffelien, Hainp &iDer,
Ont, Canada, oa De iCm bar Jet
benoes 9rep / DereS 9loo, bar an-
mooet ON of fpittere oeri for De
9iorog, De bar poet.
Seq bar MI faoet in0 | alt
$160.65. 0eraf er fpitteret gennenl
gSfonOinnpen" $t55, og Benge
fommer inc meo bber Boit.
WrS. Miffelien bar p@ret og
er en0nu ipg al 9IinotarmSbet9n-
belle, ioa Ger blioer pitt life meget
tilooers for Sus, Iom oct bar DE
ningen, oct iful0e 6lipe for De Ben-
&c JONI bleo iamlet.
Nie0 oct ialnnle Sc optager min
Suffering / Ceres 9IoO, opr iao
penlig at nnmo0e Dem, ser enonll
oil ienOe @aoer til Mrs. Wiffel.
ien ON at ifrioe 0eres Napn og
aoreSie tp0eIigt, oa jeg moOtager
9repe, bpor ri mna gptte os til
0aonet. Saa ifol ieg paa Mrs.
Q}iffeliens @egne toffe nae @iDer,
ne.
genIigIt, $. q. anu6ien,
5min 8alleD, Minn.
Ser isIger ioo
Suffering.
@oper inoient til $. 81. anu0.
len, 3min 8ollep, Minn., til @irs.
ariitine MiffeIien, Noinep Giper,
Ont, Canada.
6. GIifiloien, 9ampton, 0ebr.,
81; arne {. Stoun, 2einan, Saif.,
San. 81; Sens Brandt aocb, 9teu-
man @roDe, Re6., 81; en- un9ont,
@Ien, Nebr., SOC; $. 9inolon0,
Staples, 9. 8af., 81; Mrs. Sobn
8. aaaia, geterierl, @inn.. 81;
2lnorew Maoion, Seiuell, Sa., 81
RidorO @elion, SeiueIG, So., 81
4. ~. Ssreug, @ooo6urn, Ore.
81; 6. Bcterien, 6erman, Rebr.,
81; DE g. Sgrenion, @raetting-
ger. So, So. 6plgenoe fra Oleon-
Der, Gal: 5. D. ". 5o6nion, MrS.
5. 3. u. Sobnion boer SOC; eiter,
oo ausuitils Sobnion boer 25e;
RoD @nulien soc.
5noient til 6. Sanien, @ermiI.
lion, 9. Dofota:
Sra Oonif hlt6. Menig6eo oe6
@apoille, S.0of., Clan So, 1855;
ira Gigeforeningen iamme Ste0
So. Silinmmen $37.15.
0ette gelsb er foitteret for ogioa
gennem oSfonoinaoen", Chicago.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Snbifrtptionss Snobpoelie.

1 Del: 5ros- og Seoel9re for
Wenigbeoen.
2. Del: Operiigt ober 8ibelen8
Sn0bolo.
3. Del: gibeIIf a~noaotsbo9 ngeb
@rp og oe0 &pelo".
ga. 30 Softer q 6 @ts.
Subifription er bin6enoe for belle
8erfet.
fslgenoe Rumre al gla0et.
PUBL. HOUSE, Blair, Nebr.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
MisionsmbSe

afbolOes, ON @uo oil, / ct. 9auli
8. eo.-lutb. WenigbeO, 8ottm. 60,
So. ira ben 10. til Is. San. 1911.
@s6et beapnoer Sirs0ag aiten
ben 10. 9u ~in0bp0es til Meoet
meo Oroet i 9(abenbaringens BOG,
Sap. %, II.
Sn0meloelier til Meoet moa nere
mig / Sanoe in0en ben s. San.
Faa Meni9be0ens og eene 9egne,
$. NieI e N.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Hefenotgerelier.
oeMisIiomsmbbe | 3nIfin

Sra 10. til 10. Sanuar 1911
blioer Der, niI @ub, afbolOt ling.
ooms- og Misiionsmsoe / 9fuifin,
Nebr. llnee ioopeI iom eIore inobp.
oes berOeO biertelieit til at iamIes
meo os / CUBS gus ON SUBS Orb.
WeIo eOerS aomme / goo 9io
iamt til boilfen Station; Der oil
oa p9re 8ogne til Steoe for at
bente eber.
8. Senen
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Sommeteitament.

Rst Tormat - IaRst - fmaIt.
Oct banife B~ibeIielifabs uogaoe.
1p OoerietteIie. 2atinffe Tsper.
2r. II. Eoa alminbe.tot pastx.
Snob. | Gbosrin meb VnIbfHh
og runbe SiGrner. Stsrreiis
3A ga os nj SefstenoeSeIs
Somrne to. &c
2r. IL. Bao Snoia Bapir. @sosris
meo Snerfnlo. @uloinit. Cant
me 5ormat iom Scr. fl. men fur
"a CONNIE tpt 80.
Denne I9roeles imufte os betpers-
me lloeaoe oil afbi9Ipe ct l9ngs
fsIt Sapn. Snoienb GeftiIIins
itrafs.
Han. 2ntb. $xbI 9sxfe.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
9irfeinbbiclie % Misiionsmpoer!

Om @uo pil, 6liper 0o5aretb
MeniebeOs npe airfe / Geoor Sails,
So., inooiet Senoog Den 10. San.
1911, og Der oil blioe afbolot Mis.
iiOnsmsoe no9le al De feIgenoeD age
genner ira nar oe fern inobp-
oes biertelieit til oenne Dor Ssi'
tiO, og 5 bebeS meloe e0ers Som.
II. So1uor 1911.
Fua Ro3oretb Menigbe0S gegne,
elias Br6oenen
Meni9be0ens Brpit.
904 gluffs ct.
Moos 8oIft
Menigbeoens 5ormono,
u. g., ge6or Sails, So.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
ND 5urretnins / Blair.

llnoertegne6e bar cabinet en- @en-
ernl Merdonoiie 6orretning / Ger
terrible Store. 9onoSmpno inc.
bp0es oenligit. 6erite alasies 9o-
rer og reel gebanoIing g%oranteres.
Is. g. Nielien.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Sluffeflemt.


Diet al spar airfe.
gaaro me6 9nif or 8 t.
gel eIIer Biano a Sui.
Ofiir.
Srlges til 5oroel for Borne.
6iemslasen. gris -25 Cts. per
gfsemplar.
9ctfe gribenoe digit meo bets pp'
perIige Muiifalife Accompaniment
iortiener al finoes | etbpert mi.
IifeIitenoe banif Siem. aeb bet.
Sc ssr Dem ielo og Sagsn en-
Iiensite oermeo.
Gaas hos
Tan. entb. Tnbl. Gonie,
Blair, Neb.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10

30 ppperliee it6rre Gprfer er be-
gpn6t at uofomme / Setter / Gam
mart.
1. Mart;n 9ittbers Gin % So-
peonerfer oeo g. Senerinen n.
ga. 40 Setter q 10 @ts.
2. 0Sbab itaar Der ifrcbet?" 81
belorbejoe / 3 0ele al Eait. aSi6en-
felot.Sanien.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
Rorreipon0aneer
Gbens5er, NnbnbOn, Sa.

IL, "a. Oh ifuloe lpie So6ias'
9ioeroii, ben er ppperli9; men glenn
ino enoelig life, at on ogioo bar DIN
@neef, Der felger meo big paa
bin 2ipsrejie o9 bsrer og ier alt,
bbab Dig angoor, ogiao oine 9ep9g'
grilnoe.
Soo bar ri ogioa Der bolot Sul.
Monge goOe, ipnli9e Sing til Se'
eemets RGrine og 0poterit, JON
Sileers6, SuIeiteg, SiiIefoge, Sile-
9obter og SiiIegaper, bar life at for'
ngte.
Wen ON Ri life bao0e imo9t on-
ben Sui, emo ben mdn ianoan put
ter | Mun6en, ioo niloe Oet o9ret
en- me9et fattig og bsiIt mongel'
fulo Sui; tbi man eoer Jig BOG life
inc / SUBS &ige, ligeionGiot ioni
man orsmmer Jig 0erino.
On Gel 3uleeGiter bouoe pi;
Der tpnfer ieg ferit paa Stuoenter
oa gfeoer fra Blair Sfole, Der Dor
fommen beru0 | Dor Miote for at
feire Sui. Com ip6nonlig boo0e pi
ssuletr9, ia, %enoogioo TO @on9e,
ierit for gsrnene og ioa ior De ltnge,
bportil De Gl0re o9iao par Oelfom'
ne.
gsrnene bopoe npiten nae noget
at fremiiae enten imoa Sufferers
eller en- lille Gang ener frie Soler.
0e lnge 6ooee, 6no0 man foloer
defamation. ga, ser q enOog
noaet, iom, bois ieg opiottebe bet
rigtia, falOteS 9ialoa; bet oarSom.
tale imellem ct Bar flinfe % pei
ififfeoe 8iger; BET bar me9et IN.
teresiont. SIittelig bleo ri minoet
ON, at Sonen fra 9immelen for.
Hummer olbrig; oct oil 10 ioa 90.
ioo iiee, at 0en er n0eOelig; Gent
boor fort at BABE no0et uoeoeligt
/ oenne oe0eIi9e, ior9Gngelige %
forfpnoelige geroen 90 ino er
ri oeioo ber tran6t oner 0ertprife.
len fra 1910 til 1911.
9i troaOte oper meO 9ennen;
gSerrel tileio os ale pore inoioi-
ouellc Spnoer, ole pore 6omilie.
ipnoer og Meni9beosinnoer % Gam.
fnnosipn0er".
0ptoors0oa ialot Sneen life juit
iao title, men ielu ON ben par let,
iaa par oen 0og iao urolig pdn
@runo al ct lille Butt ira oct
iforpe Sierne.
Men Sneen niI0e ogioa minoe
os on, at ieIo ON 5pn6erne par iom
a%orntoiin, iaa ifol oe blioe buioe
iom 5ne. 81. I, IS.
an0ennptnarsOoo bopOe ri port
onrliae Wenigbeosmeoe / en- itreng
Sneitorm meo en- goo Del Sili9t.
ming of auloe, men ne0e | Dor Sir.
feunoerbpgning mprfe0e ri Dog in.
tet i'll 8eiret. PIT blep oronet og
bolonceret op og aflagt Gegning
ooer gipet og mootnget. 0erefter
blep Der iaa oolgt em6eosm9no,
iom ale bleb @ennolg. $. y. Nas.
milsien bleu Diafon. Sans Rielien
airfepasier, Garl geterien &asie.
rer o9 5. g. Sanien Sielpefasierer
og SIR anuoien blep DeIegat til
aarsmg6et.
0Rite Gao bonoe Stormen logt
iig, og Solen ifinneoe poanp. Oct
pasieoe meO 9iaterens Oro:
@fter l~loeirsifpen
Smiler ooer 9Den
Solen oobbelt floy.
areaturerne, liee ne0 til Sum
ben og Staten Der lao pan rBorh"en
og iliffeoe Solifin, ia, og ri ANDRE
meo, ielte, at ui par ODER oct;
| oct minOite par ri Oo oOer Sne.
itormen. 9aeen for par Sneitormen
oper os. Saoban er oct meo Be
fpmringerne. Sci ifuIoe oerne bore
ooer Dem, men Itunoom fommer
De ooer os iom en- Sneitorm meo
en- frpgteIig auloe. Wen ri maa
oloriJ Iaoe os nsie meo, at Oisie
getpmrinser faar O~Oerbaano, for
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1911-01-10
swim gallcp, Mimn.

A.. 5onrar 1911.
.goniferen", Blair, Rebr.
Sr. Meoafterl
Seq lender Dem berpeo en- 9iite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

portant experiments may be closely
watched by officials who must needs
make their headquarters in the City
of Magnificent Distances.
In a general way il may be said
that Uncle Sans agricultural expert
ment stations concern themselves
with research and tests in nine diff
ferent fields. namely, botany, soils,
fertilizers, crops, horticulture, ento-
molCgy, feeding stuffs, animal nutri-
ton and dairying. At the principal
farms not only is there conducted, all
re while, a wide range of scientific
research in the laboratories and plant
houses, but also an immense amount
of practical experimental work in the
fields. the orchards, the stables and
the dairies.
At all the more important stations
we find the principal crops studied
either with regard to their compost
ton, nutritive value, methods of Gull
tivation and manuring and the best
varieties adapted to individual locali-
ties. or else with reference to systems
of rotation which it has come to be-
realized are of such tremendous i'm
portance if we are to continue re-
ceiving an undirninished yield from
our hard-worked agricultural areas
year after year. Many of the stations
also investigate injurious insects with
reference to their restriction or de-
struction and at these farms are test
ed the prowess of those bugs which
are brought. often from the utter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

a laboratory that concerned itself
with the analysis of soils, manures.
etc. In 1870 an experiment station
was established as an adjunct to Har-
ward ColIege,-the first of long line
of experiment stations attached to
educational institutions. About five
years later Connecticut led the pro-
cession of States in establishing a
State Experimental farm, and the 'au-
thorities of the Nutmeg State laid
out no mean amount of money in pro-
viding an institution patterned very
closely after ths-4 best experimental
farms then in existence in Europe.
Almost from the time of the es-
adjustment of the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture in 1862 the ma
tionaI government has maintained
what passed for an experiment farm,
although it was indeed a far cry
from the modest tract of the Civil
War period to the magnificent ex-
pertinent farms OF the present day,
which have only within the past year
or two been brought to a point in
efficiency which all but realizes the
highest ambitions of the projectors.
The first governmental farm was To-
that city has continued to this day
the center of Federal experiment
farm work. That it should serve as
hub is but natural, because of sew
eral considerations, but primarily be-
cause it is desirable to have the ex-
pertinent farms SO located that i'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

ing in rubber from the forests. or
supplies from Cuyaba; the latter car
rying food. tools, clothing, medicine
and rum to the camps in the depths
of the Montana.
Gatherers are paid about fifty cents
a pound for the gum, and an energetic
man, with a fairly good tract to work,
will harvest 1900 pounds in the sea-
son of five months, commencing with
the first of May. An advance is al
ways made to secure the laborers'
services. This he seldom repays, but
instead goes farther into debt and
virtually becomes a slave of the rub
Der company.
Only small proportion of the Ia
Dor employed is drawn from the local
sources. The greater part of it
comes from Ceara, whence the
peasantry are transported in large
numbers to Anazonia. Emigration
agents conduct them in parties to
Manaos. and from there they are sent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

there is a station in Louisiana thai
is seeking improvements in the meth
DDS Of sugar cultivation and manu-
facture; an institution in California
that is going extensively into tho
mysteries of wine and olive oil man.
ufacture; and an experimental estab-
lishmeEt in Virginia that is concen-
trating effort on the production OF
superior vinegar and fruit syrups
There is one station devoted to de-
vising improved methods of cultivatinR
cranberries. and bee-culture and nut
growing are yet other spheres OF &C
tivity that enlist the attention of ex-
perts in special Intelligence offices"
of this kind.
The model experiment farm OF all
the world is the one located at Ar
lington, Virginia. short ride by
trolley car from the city of Washing
ton, and an institution which has
been dubbed the field laboratory OF
the Department of Agriculture" This
farm of four hundred acres was part
of the historic Robert f. Lee estate
which car1e into possession of the
government at the time of the Civil
War and its present fertility is a
particularly impressive object lesson
because of the wretched condition Of
the land when the Federal farm ex-
perts took hold Of It few years ago.
This has been transformed into as
fair farm as one could wish TO
sea domain In the fields and
greenhouses Of which a force Of fifty
to sixty men carry on every imagi-
nable form of vegetable testing and
vegetable forcing; cultivation under
shade; apple raising in a wonderful
orchard that contains 5S5 varieties
OF apples; grain cultivation: and-as
an interesting side line"-experi-
ments in the cultivation of those
plants from which the world derives
its most important drugs.
Only recently the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry OF the Department of
Agriculture has acquired a huge farm
in Maryland, experimenting a smaller
farm in the same State,-where there
Will be carried on Investigations bear
ing in any way upon the animals to
be found on the farms Of America.
AS may be surmised experiments in
dairying practice play an important
part in this branch of the work, but
there are angles to the undertaking
which the average citizen would not
suspect. For instance, Uncle Sam Is
here experimenting with milch goats
and with that new family Of farm
animals.-the offspring of a sturdy
American mule and the zebra which
was presented to then President
Roosevelt by an African potentate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

is hardly necessary to say that there
is no way of escape open to him.
The river boats are the only means
of reaching civilization. They are
closely watched for runaways.
The rubber tree which grows in
damp districts is the species known
as the hevea. The castilloa, or eau
cho, is found on dry soil. There are
comparatively few places in the Am
azon basin that produce the latter.
Where it is found the sap is secured
by cutting down the tree. so that each
season exhausts a post and new tracts
must be constantly sought.
The Government of Brazil is con-
structing a railroad, about 210 miles
in length, around the series of rap
ids and cataracts on the rivers Ma
deira and Matamora. which are the
chief aff1uents of the Amazon
This will connect the navigation of
the main stream with the $500 miles
of waterways of Bolivia, and will also
give easier access to the Acre terri
tory, which is believed to be the
richest rubber region in the world
A small section of this line is already
in operation, and it is anticipated
that it's entire length will be COM
pleted within a years time.
Para is the old time centre of the
ruDDer Iraue OF Brazil II IS also
one of the places where yellow fever
is still epidemic. It could be, and
should be eradicated. 1t is an ex-
ceedingly beautiful city. with clean
and well kept streets and plazas.
The Botanical Gardens. on the OUT
skirts. are probably unexcelled by
any in the world.
Para was founded early in the sew
enteenth century. but today has the
aspect of a thoroughly modern city
throughout. It has always enjoyed a
fourishing trade. but the high tide of
it's prosperity came in comparatively
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

recent years with the growth of the
rubber business.
A small district near the water
front is the centre in which the avia-
dores and rubber buyers congregate.
Here consignments are received by
steamers and samples examined in the
offices of the operators. These sam
pies are always cut open and sub
jected to various tests in order TO
detect authorizations. After II has
been sold to the exporters, the rub
Der is packed in wooden cases and
reshipped to foreign ports. The
United States takes $50. 600. 900 worth
of it, or more, annually.
When a river steamer arrives with
a cargo of rubber. the shipping dis
trict of Para is a very busy spot.
Stevedores, warehousemen, commits
sion agents, brokers, buyers, export
ers, and a host Of underlings, work
day and night until the shipment is
disposed of and on its way to the
ultimate markets. When prices are
high, money is plentiful in Para. and
tire Brazilian spends It with the lavish
hand of a sailor on shore leave. Lon
don and New York regulate the prices
of rubber and during the crop season
the operators in Para and Manaos
are in constant communication with
these cities.
There is a good-natured rivalry
between Para and Manaos. The lat
ter was a village thirty years ago
and the old city affects to look upon
it as little more than a mushroom
town at present But Manaos accents
these pleasantries with good grace
as she can well afford to. She has
her own rubber exchange and vessels
laden with the valuable product clear
from her docks for European ports
She is growing faster than Para ana
gaining a constantly greater grasp on
the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

most parts of the earth, to prey upon
one or another of the pests that be-
set our growing crops. Going a step
farther effort is made at most of the
farms to try out the most advanced
ideas with regard to farm building
construction, drainage, etc, and the
Federal officials in charge of these
farms have done much to prove to
what advantage concrete and cleo
tricity,-the revolutionizing Influences
of the age,-may be employed on the
farm.
A new line of usefulness for the
government experiment farm, which
promises much for the future, has
been developed only during the past
few months. 1t is nothing less than
a movement to make these up-to-
date SHOW farms meccas for the
visits of farmers and farmers sons
and daughters. Particularly has the
idea taken hold of the instructors
at educational institutions, notably, Of
course, agricultural colleges. They
have suddenly awakened to the fact
that a few days spent at one of these
farms will afford more object lessons
than could be obtained otherwise IN
weeks of travel and which clinch the
book learning of the students as
nothing else can do.
OF late, student parties, numbering
fifty or more in each company, have
been descending upon the centrally
located experiment farms in great
numbers, particularly in the spring
and autumn, and the government OF
ficials have found a new duty thrust
upon them,-that of personal conduc-
tors for such parties. At the farm
near Washington, which is the es-
peciaI attraction to such pilgrims in
quest of knowledge, the plan is fol-
lowed of treating the visitors to
hay ride up and down the roads
that cover the farm as by net
work. A governmental official &C
companies each hay-wagon and as
the different plots of land under Gull
tivation are reached he briefly ex-
plains the work in progress much as
the megaphone lecturer dwells upon
points of interest for tho benefit of
patrons of a sightseeing automobile.
1t is found that agricultural students
derive tremendous benefit from sue
cessive visits to the same experiment
farm, whereby they are enabled to
view tests and experiments as they
progress.
Some of the experiment stations
are specializing on thoroughly unique
work. For instance there is tte one
in South Carolina that is exploiting
tea as an American crop. Similarly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

out to the different seringais, or rub
Der stations in the forest. To a pair
of gatherers, or paraoras, is assigned
a definite tract, the trees of which
each taps daily. walking round a
blazed trail and gathering the sap as
he goes. This he afterwards coagu-
lates by rolling it on piece of wood
in the smoke of fire, and ultimately
making it up into balls of a certain
size, which are collected by the fore
man and sent to the nearest depot,
whence they are shipped down to
Para by river steamer.
The paraora builds a rude hut at
the beginning of the trail through
his tract. There he stores his ra-
tions and makes his smoking hearth.
Until he becomes accustomed to the
solitude of the forest, the life is one
not long in adapting himself to his
surroundings. Seasoned paraoras
will remain alone for months at
time, apparently quite content aqd
working hard in the steaming atm os-
phere, Indifferent to the attacks of
mosquitoes and small reptiles.
The pity of it is that few of these
men derive any substantial benefit
from the intensely arduous and
nedltn destroying lives WHICH enSS
lead In September, when the rains
set in, the gathering of rubber ceases
and the forest is soon flooded. The
laborers then take up their residence
in the town, or central stations
Here, between seasons, there is moth
ing for them to do but drink, gam
BILE and loaf. Before it is time to re-
turn to the forest, the paraora has
spent all his earnings of the past
season and added to his Indebtedness.
AS he can not leave his employer
until this is discharged. he seldom
sees Ceara and his kinfolk again. 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

Department of Agriculture, been en-
thusiastic regarding the benefits to
De derived from experiment farms.
But farms of this kind, to be worth
while. cost money to acquire and
even more money to maintain and
so there was some delay in getting
started. Ultimately, however, Con-
gress provided the money to purchase
some farms for such service and now
after years of improvement and de-
velopment the most important of
these holdings have been brought to
the point where not only are they
model farms in the matter of equip
ment and arrangement but they are
the object lessons to be closely stud
led in all their details.
The United States government now
has a conSidera BILE number of expert
ment stations and sub-stations. even
extending to Uncle Sans new pos
sessions. such as Hawaii and Porto
Rico. With Federal aid and encour-
agement most of the individual States
of the Union have established State
experiment stations,-in not a few
instances connected with State agri-
cultural colleges and latterly impor-
tant private interests engaged in grow
ing or using agricultural products (for
instance, canning and preserving in
terests) have ab1ished private ex-
perimental farms to investigate along
the special lines involved.
What should perhaps take rank as
the first American agricultural ex-
pertinent station was established at
Albany, N. Y, in 1919 by the New
York Agricultural Society. This pio-
neer institution was, strictly speaking,