The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

very important committee the time
or the consideration it deserves
With Senator Bacon at the head oil
foreign affairs, Senator Culberson
OF Texas, will become the head OF
the judiciary committee.
Other committee chairmanships
will 60 to the following:
Finance. Senator Simmons. OF
North Carolina.
Navy, Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina.
Military Affairs, Senator Jos. F.
Johnston, of Alabama.
Post Offices and Post Roads, Sen
ator John II. Bankhead, of Alabama.
Appropriations, Thomas S. Martin
OF Virginia.
Agriculture, Thomas p. Gore, of
Oklahoma
Commerce, Francis G. Newlands,
OF Nevada.
Public Buildings and Grounds,
Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia.
Rules, Lee s. Overman, of North
arOlina.
One OF the worlds best collections
OF books on Turkey and the Balkan
States is in an American library. 1t
Is the famous Rant collection now
i'll Harvard University library. 1t
was acquired by Harvard in 1899
and has since been added to until to-
day the section on the Ottoman EN-
pire comprises about 1000 volumes
American Libraries have very large
number of valuable special collec-
tons. What is probably the most
important Dante collection in ex-
istence is at Cornell. The most re-
markable set of Bibles in the world,
comprising large number of first
editions and unique copies, is in the
library of the General Theological
Seminary in New York. One of the
finest libraries of Japanese material
to be found anywhere is at Yale Uni
versity. In works on mystic SUBJ
jects it would be difficult to dupli-
cate in Europe the great collection
in the Masonic Library at Cedar
Eapids, Iowa, or in the Scottish Rite
Library of this city.
The last report OF Secretary Will
son, "a head of the Department Of
Agriculture, which covers the
a' Movements of sixteen years. the
time "Tama jim" has served as
chief of this great branch of tho
government service. is crowded with
interesting facts and shows what n
marvellous growth the country has
had since Mr.. Wilson came to the
chiefship of the department. The
GARY cow is one of the principal
producers of wealth on the farm and
the value of her products in 1912
estimated at about $3.50, 900 ooo
an amount which exceeds the vain.
OF the cotton lint and is nearly eoua,
to the combined value of lint and
seed.
The lowly hen is another Of the
wonderful producers, it being est;.
mated that she laid during the wear
1912. loo, 000,O 900 dozen eggs ana
II an egg is only worth a cent and
three quarters it gives the tidy sim
OF $s5o.ooo,o0o, and IL this is ,d
ded to the value of the fowls raised
the products of the poultry indus,
try on farms amounts to abor.
s'".ooo.ooo. This nearly eoual.
The value of the wheat crop
The animals sold from the f,rr,
and the animals slaughtered IN !,
together number about 11looo ooo
and the farm value of these animals
is estimated at 1890. 600 GOA
Most productive of all agriculture
al years in this country has hoan
1917. declares the report rho
earth has produced its greatest on
iual dividend. The sun and tho rot,
and the fertility of the soil maid M
heed to human controversies b.,
Kept on working in co-oper.,;on
with the farmers efforts to u,;,;,o
them. The reward is a high yener.1
level of production. The man no
mind the pillow has filled the Nathan
larder, crammed the storehouses and
will send liberal supplies to FOREIGN
countries.