Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

nave CalCuidIou WAS lutIOuuCcu Ia SAtAo
country in 1S9S-1aOO. at cost OF not
more than $4,000. This drought-resisting
class of hard spring wheat. brought from
south Russia, now furnishes nour TOT
good part of the nations bread supply,
and is exported to foreign countries In
large quantities to be used In the better
grades of macaroni.
The Introduction Of durum wheat made
it possible to extend the wheat-produclng
area over many thousand acres in the
semi-arid northwest, where no other va
rieties formerly could be probably grown.
The annual value of this crop. intro
duced into this country at cost OF not
more than $40 600, is now o estimated I'M al
between S4O.OOO0OO and $50 O0O,OW
About the time of the successful intro
duction of the durum wheat, the Crlmean
and kharkov wheats hard winter VaIle-
|. ties, were introduced from southern rus
STA and planted over large areas in Kan
sas, Nebraska and adjacent states more
recently these wheats have been intro
duced In the intermountain states Iarther
west. These varieties. introduced at
relatively small cost, are also producing
crops now valued at many miulonS OF
dollars.
Another cereal which is giving large
returns for the amount OF about SoUUV III
vested in it's introduction by the govern
ment is the brand of Swedish select oats
brought to the United States in 1873 me
Wisconsin agricultural experimental sta-
ton and the Wisconsin pe'imental AS
this variety. 1t now forms about one
half of the oat crop of the whole state,
and the annual increase In value or the
oat crop in Wisconsin alone, due to large
ish oat is approximately $1,000. 900. On
an original Investment OF only - Wo TINS
return sounds like get-rich-quick
scheme. Swedish oats are now grown
extensively all over the states along
the Canadian border. The Russian oat
known as the sixty day" oat was In
troduced in 1901 at cost even less than
that of the Swedish select. This Is an
early maturing variety and is adapted to
the corn belt and semi-arid districts of
the west 1t promises to be even more
profitable than the Swedish variety.
Agricultural explorers brought from
Japan in 1893 a number OF short-kerneied
varieties of rice, the Introduction of which
has given great impetus to the cultiva-
ton Of this cereal in Louisiana and
Texas. Although the total cost OF intro
ducing these varieties did not exceed 80
OOO the annual increase of the rice crop
caused by their introduction is estimated
to be at least $3,OOOO0O.
Experts of the United States DEPART
ment of Agriculture have accomplished
considerable in the introduction of the
grain sorghums. including kafr. milo
and durra, which have been distributed
almost entirely by government agents
This class Of crops is the mainstay or
agriculture in the semi-arid southwest
and is relatively as important there as
corn in Iowa and Illinois. The value
of the grain sorghums crop In western
Texas Oklahoma and Kansas is not less
than $40 100000 annually. In recent
wears workers in government employ
have greatly improved the grain sorg-
huns in earliness and weld. and the
growth is rapidly expanding. kaoliang,
very early type Of grain sorehums.
has been introduced from China during
the past few years and owing to the
fact that 1t can be grown farther north
IA than IynRv
milo, 1T is expected this variety will
still further increase the areas where
grain sorphums are grown. Resides the
cereals which have heen mentioned. the
Department Of Agriculture also intro
duced into this country improved varie-
ties of barley. which have been intro
duced on the MANY sections adapted to
the cultivation Of this valnab'e Grain;
division IF the Department OF Agricu1-
tnre under the direction OF Carleton
r. Ball, are now working in various
VARIETY of cereals and methods Of grow
ing them to produce new and valuable
varieties which are more profitable In
more misunderstanding than the kinds
! If cereals formerly grown in these
localities. These new varieties are dis
trhnted as ranidlv as possible in the
detrimental farms and 1t is expected
within few years to extend very ma
terra ly the area over which thew are
| cultivated. This kind Of work of the
government with VEGETABLE and fruit
crans as well AS grain yields quicker
returns than almost anv other line of
experiments. although the general pub
lie knows little about how 1t is ac-
| cnnnlishad nntil the estimated values
Of the introduced immigrant crops are
announced.
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authorities Of the whole civilized world
are working to dis
Leper Treatment cover cure for lep-
rI. rosy, reports have
40 o"' come to this country
of a novel method adopted in the new
Chinese republic in dealing with unfor-
tunate people afflicted with this dread
disease. When China became a republic
there We're many evidences to indicate
that it's PEOPLE had stepped out of the
ways of darkness in which they lived and
had set out to become as enlightened as
the remainder of the civilized world.
Officers of the United States public
health service however, are astOunded
at the unusual methods which officers OF
the eastern republic have adopted IN
dealing with lepers. The government
health experts have just read, report
of DIR. J. J. Matignon, formerly physician
to the French legation at Picking. which
seems to indicate that young China has
gone back to the methods of Philip the
Fair Of France who is said to have dis
covered a most effectual way of stamping
out leprosy in his realm He is said to
have burned II 900 alleged sufferers from
the disease
In reporting the new methods of dealing
with the leper question as adopted in one
of the provinces of the new Chinese re-
public, DIR. Matignon says that in the
town of Nan Ming, capital of kouang 81,
where a small colony of lepers lived, IT
was proposed by missionaries to build
refuge for them. Many well-to-do inhab-
itants promised their support, and the
governor of the province seemed anxious
to approve the scheme. Young China re-
scented the interference of foreigners In
matter of social hygiene however. and
did it's utmost to stir public opinion
AGAINST the lepers, whom it described
las outcasts, rejected by heaven, whom
it would be impious to help"
general massacre in the interest or
public health was openly discussed. At
daybreak of December H. 1912. the ieper
village was surrounded by more than 1D
soldiers and, like sheep driven to
daughter house. the lepers were forced
toward pit which had been dug for
them on the army's maneuvering ground.
At the bottom of the pit was pile OF
heavy wood. The lepers We're forced to
climb one by one down into the pit by
means Of ladder. The women carried
their children in their arms. The WORD
of command was given by the cartain to
kill and the soldiers fired point blank at
the victims. Oil was then poured into
the pit and flame Of fire announced
young Chna's solution Of one OF it's pub
lie health problems. The governor OF the
mr. rir.nn lot