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sides, also our first opportunity since
leaving home of seeing the sun set
behind the hills. 1t was q beautiful
setting, the most homelike we have
seen.
We landed in Geneva about Q o..
clock, May 10th. Geneva has very
fine harbor and an immense amount
of shipping. We spent the day sight
seeing, leaving for Rome at D. m.
Geneva is a very old city yet consid.
ering the disadvantage of being sit.
uated on the side of immense hills Of
solid rock is a very modern city. The
care for cleanliness, good streets,
parks and comfort stations is worthy
of mention. Nearly all the people
live In six.story apartment houses.
Their taste for art is very notice.
able. The shops are rather small
when compared with those at home
The old wall built centuries ago to
protect the city is still standing ex.
cept down in the city they are tear
ing 1t down in places. Some of the
old gates are standing. but most of
them have been torn down to accom-.
modate the city's growth. One gate
at the east end of the city is still
standing and is near the house in
which Christopher Columbus was
raised. This house Is very old and
the city proposes to tear 1t down un.
less the Americans buy II.
1t being dark when we started for
Rome we did not see the outlying
country until We awakened at o..
clock In the morning. The fields were
green with luxuriant growth in the
fields. The wheat and rye Is now out
In head and In many places they
were cutting the alfalfa. The many
orchards We're cultivated and wheat
and rye growing between the trees.
The roads every where were remark.
obly good. They are built mostly of
macadam.
We arrived In Rome at o'clock
end were met and welcomed by the
President OF Agricultural Institute
and other city officials We went d.
rectly to the Hotel de Russie where
we had breakfast. Being free for a
time several seized the opportunity
to see some of the historic places OF
Rome. In the afternoon we were re.
ceiyed by the King and Queen OF
Italy In the Agricultural Institute
Building. They We're addressed by
the representatives Of many nations
but none OF them were more ably
given than that OF Congressman Moss
OF Brazil, Indiana. Mr.. Moss is
hard headed. live farmer and he de-
livered his address without notes or
a break. but not so with the others
for they all read their remarks. DR..
Butterheld, President of the Massa.
chusetts Agricultural college present.
ed the King with an engrossed scroll
OF resolutions adopted by the Amerl.
can Commission before leaving New
York. The King and Queen are very
democratic. They shook hands with
all OF us. The King Is very deeply
Interested in Agriculture. He made
the international Institute OF Agri-
culture possible. He built mag
rncent building and endowed 1t for
the purpose of making permanent
Institute OF Agriculture composed OF
all the nations OF the world. Mon.
day we held session with the Insti.
tute delegates who individually ex.
pressed the welcome we viii receive
Il ON the countries we viii visit. Our
morning closed with the presenting
OF a beautiful loving cup to Mr.. Leu,
bon who got the King interested n,
the founding Of the Agricultural In
stitute, In the afternoon we were
received by the Lord Mayor In the
Capitol Building The party was
shown the historic collections and
liter what is said to be the finest
palace In Europe. All manner OF
fine art and tapestries over 100 years
old were to be seen in this building.
II is very seldom that any one out.
side OF Royalty Is shown this Palace.
The people are trying TO show us the
best hospitality they have. In the
evening We We're served magnih.
cent banquet at the Hotel Excelsior
which is one of the finest hotels IN
Europe.
On Tuesday our real work began.
We had sessions all day and also
We were given outlines
oi the work We will find In the dir.
ferent sections OF Italy we viii visit.
For Instance, We will get co.opera.
tive dairy schemes at Bologona, co.
operative farming at Padua. coopera.
tive banking at Florence and Milan.
We have so little time to see the
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