Evening star., 1914-10-10

MAI. WILLIAM M. KING.
Later. moving to Green county. Ohio.
Springs, where he came under the in
fluence of Horace Mann, one of the
most distinguished educators in the
country at that time.
After his college days Maj. King
then Mr.. King, of course-engaged in
the nursery business in Ohio. He
moved to st. Louis before the civil war
and carried on the same industry there.
At the outbreak of the war he entered
the United States sanitary commission,
when he was finally retired, near the
close of the conflict. he was highly
complimented by the government.
Returning to st. Louis. Maj. King be-
came an associate editor of Co1man's
Rural World. Six years later. owing to
now-the major returned to Ohio and
became associated with the Farm and
Fireside of Springfield.
July /. 1885, Maj King retired from the
vision of the United States Department
of Agriculture. Maj. King held this po-
sition for four years. and accomplished a
good work, the results of which are still
felt by the country. He was the first man
to introduce the testing of the quality Of
Before Maj. King came in the depart
ment bought any and all seed offered 1t,
almost. But things changed. During his
third year as chief of the seed division
$1,000 worth Of bad seed was returned to
dealers who were trying to impose on
Uncle Sam.
Maj. King also was one of the first men
to apply the principle of sending the
into active practice the sending of seed
to the section of the country best adapt
ed to it's culture.
In 1890 Maj. King became agricultural
editor Of the weekly edition Of one of
the local papers. In 1897. when James
Wilson became Secretary of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, he appointed Maj.
King to the bureau of statistics. as it
was known until this year, but now the
bureau of crop estimates, where he is
serving today.
Maj. King was married to Miss Mar
garet McLouth in 1863 Mrs King was
the sister of DR.. l.. A. McLouth, ex-
president of the South Dakota Agricul-
Normal Institute at Ypsilantf Mich. Maj.
Kings wife was for over twenty years q
favorite writer on "home topics" in the
Farm and Fireside of Springfield, over
the signature OF MAZDA Mel"
Maj. King and Mrs. King live at present
at Ballston with Dr. w G. welburn, their
son-in-law, who married their daughter,
Miss Mary L. King. Maj. King never
tires of telling how Mrs. King was a
farmers daughter" and the beauty Of
Mrs. Welburn is a favorite theme.
Maj. King is a member of Columbia
Lodge. F. A. A. NJ, at Clarendon.
and was member of Harmony Lodge
in this city for a great many years.
He is junior vice commander of George
G. Meade Post. No. 5, G. A. R. He at
one time conducted the post paper.
The major is now engaged in review
ing agricultural and trade papers, in
which work he finds his past expe-
riences as editor and writer invaluable,
and when it comes to penmanship
Maj. King, it is said, writes the stead
lest hand in the office.
The official paper of Germany, the
ReichsanZeiger, has not been received
at the department for good while
came in the other day several months
late, but this is not thought by Off
cials to bear any significance except
that some vessel managed to get
through. Papers have been received
regularly from Russia and Hungary.
The paper from Budapest comes by
way of Trieste.
DR.. S. A. Jones, chief of the division
of crop reports. returned to his once
recently from an official trip through
the south.
Miss Laura F. Shipe. in charge of the
stenographic section of the bureau OF
chemistry, is to be on leave next week.
Miss NJ F. wilcoxen. a clerk in the
bureau of animal industry. has re-
signed her position, and 1t Is uhoer.
stood by friends in the department
that she is to move to San FRANCISCO.
]. l.. Watts, clerk in the bureau OF
animal industry has rendered his resfg-
nation from the bureau, and has gone
to New York.
The insecticide and fungicide board
clock, which stopped last week, Is go.
ing again. To visitors it seems as II
it's face fairly smiles And no wonder.
1t is waving it's hands all day long TO
somebody.
T. c. Shaw of Georgia and A: F. Hit
called in by the bureau OF crop esti-
mates to serve on the crop reporting
board which got out the reports the
middle of the week.
That crops have improved is the opin-
ion of a member of the board, from the
results Of the figures he helped to com
pile. The tobacco crop bids fair to be
larger than ever, and potatoes and ap-
pies will be very plentiful.
The price of cotton has declined about
AZ per cent since last October. the Of
ficial points out. August l cotton sold
for 12.4 pound, September l for 81
cents a pound and the 1st of this month
for 7.s cents a pound. October L. 1913,
On top of the restricted export bust
ness the production of cotton in the
United States this year will probably
be second only to the banner crop OF
1911.
Capt. Israel w. Stone. a clerk in the