The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-12-27

One Of the Governments Oldest
Departments.



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elngs. ~ the nve years enas ne Esp-
resented Ems country as minister %
'9 rance Anonlas 1ehe1son III $500
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elies'
Desplke these enorLs V ih. ll's,.u n
new seeas ana piahts' many vaIis. Is
% Irults ana vegetaDies Will Wnlcn
eVerypody is now sIamliiar were scarce
or unknown IN this country y tns
carry part q tne nlheteenth century y.
Ihere were rev SEED FARMS, nurseries
or seedsmen. Seeds Were mostly
grown Dy the farsaers themselves ana
lnere was NO Improvement lron s'saai
20 year.
interest IN better seeds ana IN secur-
ing new seeds and plants resulted
iargely from the agrlcultural iairs m
ausuraled py the various societles Iors
promoting agriculture. wnicn were
ORGANIZED ct Charleston New YORK.
Ppiladeipnia. Boston ana Washing
ton.
In 1888, through the efforts OF Henry
L. Ellsworth, commissioner OF pat
ents. an appropriation Of $1,000 was
made for the purpose of collecting and
distributing seeds, prosecuting agricul-
tural investigations and procuring az
ricultural statistics. With the appro-
priation 10000 packages OF seeds were
purchased and distributed. This APP
preparation marked the beginning OF
the present department of agriculture.
Appropriations Tor seed purchase and
distribution continued to Increase as
the practice gained in popularity with
the people, until congress itself final
" took q hand in passing the seed
around
Under the system that now prevails
each member of the senate and the
house has quota of 10000 packages
or vegetables and 1000 packages OF
flower seed, each package being made
up to five packages containing differ
ent kinds Of seed. In this year 81
1920 packets Of vegetable and H.
226,315 packets of flower seed. or a
total Of 1884, 55 packets. were sent
out The total weight OF vegetable
and Hover seeds sent out was s994,ll6
pounds, or over 597 tons--enough to
MI 20 freight cars. In addition. there
were distributed thousands OF pack
ages OF grass seed. and plants and
vines Of various kinds
The job OF purchasing, testing, ap-
portioning and distributing govern
ment seed is big job. All seeds are
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