The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
AMERICANS SEE
HUNGARIAN FARMS
SPECIAL COMMISSION LEARNS
SOME LESSONS IN FOR
go ETGN COUNTRY
GREETED BY PEASANTS
vPECIAL PROGRAM RENDERED BIZ
nuRAL FOLK IN HONOR OF THE
Z ~ vIMTORs-sTUDY LIFE OF
FOREIGN VILLAGES.
ESPECIAL Cable to The Richmond Vir-
ginian.)

Especial Cable to The Richmond Vir-
ginian.)
NrzoHEGYES. HUNGARY. July
g.--Aa the guests Of the Hungarian
sovernrnent members of the American
commission on agricultural co-opera-
tion were shown over the government
breeding farm here today.
Horse breeding is one OF the I'm
portant Industries OF Hungary. Inc
most noticeable characteristic OF an
Hungarian city to the stranger Is the
appearances of the horses on .ne
streets. Even the cabs are two-horse
vehicles and the horses would do cred
It to many q private turnout In the
United States. Militarism Is back OF
the horse industry. and the Hun
rariaus have done precisely what ma
Tor General Leonard Wood would like
TO see done for the American army.
The government farm OF Mezo-
heRyes il about $4,000 acres. Nearly
All Of the land Is given over to forage
crops or pasture. The growth OF Tor
age IN particularly heavy and Its quail
fly very high. There are altogether
400 horses on the farm. this is put
one OF six such establishments in Hun
eayy. The purpose of the institution
q 10 keep up the quality OF the horses
bred, and to improve the cattle. sheep
ana farm stock OF the entire country.
The exhibition was impressive. more
- an EFFORT upon an enormous scale to
eecure practical results In cattle ana
horse breeding. than as a show farm
Oq fancy stock.
Breed Fine Horses.
The horses are bred for cavalry use
and TO secure q good Agricultural
breed. The stations are sent out 10
government establishments over the
country and are at the command OF
the farmers The most important
stallions OF the Mezohegyes farm are
the English halfabred and the Anglo
Norman. and the horses are all OF ro-
bust appearance and strong bone
structure. making them admirably
ssadted for agricultural USE
in the breeding Of cows an effort 70
made to secure an animal that Will
eerve both as a dairy COW and as
draft animal. for the small farmers o1
Hungary work their cows as well az 70
re them FOR milk. The Hungarian
cow In not now of much use either as
= dairy animal or al q beef animal.
II IA of the long horn breed. similar TO
cattle OF the Western plains. Swiss
cattle has been imported and various
experiments are constantly being cas-
rtad on to produce combination dao
ara draft animal. Some efe0lfCEt
$XO98 Oh T1GAE lS1h pANAA va ~'-N
mSmbers of the commission
The American comm.<stcn was
taken to the farm by spe-tAt trash
from Budapest A cavalry pos. n
maintained on the farm and fh1
Americans were Quarter1- IN hhe OF
Accrf barracks In o9o seoaon OF
the barracks a group o. tan OF mo
Americans Immediately established a
bachelors hall.
Before sun-up the next mernir>S
many Of the Americans wicked to
the country market and watched the
Hungarian peasants begin thei.
market day. The women for the
most part do tho selling and spread
their produce about them on the
afound. The impression Is being
koFne In upon the Americans that
women do most OF the work In
EUROPE.
Government Plays Part
The government farm requires so
many people AZ herdemen and stable
hands, besides the cavalry post. that
a n quite q good sized village. Here
especially the visitors was impressed
with the enormous part played by the
government In the development OF
agriculture. Undoubtedly European
governments have come to consider
agriculture as different from all
other forms OF industry. OF far great
e. social importance. and as an In
dustry standing In need OF government
support and protection. to be brought
20 It's highest state OF development.
TN problem Of keeping the peasantry
upon the coil involves the question OF
national existence. 1t is military
problem. and economic problem, a
problem to maintain tho backbone OF
the nation. And what IL done In
Hungary to better the economic and
social position OF the farmer Is done
not 10 much for the farmers sake az
for the nations sake, and in the be-
lief that without the farmer with
out successful and contented farmers,
the nation. cannot exist.
Fhe Hunearian Peasants.