The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-06-20

organisations both Of finance and dis.
The government lends every encour.
asement possible to these organise,
tions. Maybe from q selfish motive
but nevertheless from good policy
The hrst object is to keep the people
at homo and contented, the second to
buy supplies direct from the producer
for the army. thereby saving quite On
expense which IL very heavy to say
the least Austria Hungary now have
100000 troops on the border line In
Of trouble over the Balk.
an war.
These organizations and improved
school conditions are doing much good.
The extension school and work similar
to our farmers institutes are carried
on in the village and parishes. The
work is given In lectures and demon
strations three evenings a week for
four months q year
We spent four days In Budapest,
which is the seat of government, stu.
dying the foundation Of the cooperat-
I've, financial and distribution sys.
TENS. We gathered much valuable in.
On Saturday afternoon we went to
Mesyoheges as guests Of the Hungar.
Ian government to spend Sunday visit.
Ing one Of the large farms. This farm
$1,000 acres. It was estab.
lished several hundred years ago as
\ horse breeding plant to provide
horses for the army, but II Is now de-
veloped on all lines Of agriculture.
This farm is very level and of black
clay soil, very rich. They produce
wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, hemp.
sugar beets. horses, cattle. hogs, sheep
and children, the last is an important
product because they need men for
The army.
They have $4,000 cattle on this farm
u which 2,000 are the old long horned
type grown exclusively for
,xen work, the other 10000 are the
Swiss Simmenthal cattle. These TO-.
700 cattle are all the descendants Of
10 cows imported 40 years ago. We
raw some 1000 of these cattle and
hey were q remarkably good lot, large
last maturing, at three years old they
weigh from 1900 to 1000 pounds each
They are triple purpose cattle, first
'or beef, second for milk, third for
work.
They have 1900 hogs, which are
II large bacon type and they grow
very big. The 10000 sheep are Of the
types. There were at the
present time only 5000 horses ON the
arm. These have been bred for gen.
,rations particularly for the army use,
hey weighing about about 1850 to
1900 pounds and are hardy and full Of
rim. We wexe Ahcxn several hundred
,f them and the quality would class
ahead Of any state tair exhibit.
On this farm there are 1000 people
Who do. the work. Men, women and
children work but not so hard as the
lverage peasants have to. The wo-
men work In the fields everywhere
md 1t is q feature that is very detri-
mental to the welfare Of the people;
t makes them old at 25 and Of neces-
sity retards mental development Of
he masses. However, take 1t that
n Q generation hence the splendid
schools that are being provided by the
government will raise the standards
very materially. It might be well to
note that the school buildings and
compare very favorably
with our very best
The government has ton Of these
farms but the other nine are not 20
large. The government owns nearly
all the railroads and keeps them In
very good condition.
On Monday morning we made . pill.
grimage to one Of the large parks to
decorate the statue Of George Wash
lngton which was erected In 1905 by
the Hungarian emigrants who live IN
America % q token Of appreciation to
their fellow countrymen Of Hungary
who gave their small savings to erect
In Cleveland, Ohio, monument to
Karolyi Sander (Alexander Charles)
who in 1866 led the forces that gained
the Hungarians their freedom. He ID
called by his countrymen the enamel
pator Of liberty. These wreaths were
placed with appropriate ceremony.
At 2 p. m. we embarked for Vienna
Austria, but on the way we stopped at
. peasant village to view the cooper
ative work that is being carried on
Here we were given rare treat in
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