The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-15

the present law which would entitls
county farmers Institutes TO Fepreoen-
tation at the meetings Of the board.
In his address delivered wednesday
night he said:
number of strong and enthusiastic
county farmers' Institutes have
great faith in the farmerS institutes
ana I believe they should be encour-
aged in every possible manner.
I'm order to get these county m
stitutes more closely identified with
the state board Of agriculture. would
suggest q change in our present law,
permitting each Of these county or
ganizations to send q real active dele
gate to the annual meeting OF the
board where he or she would be al
lowed q voice in the election Of our
members. We would then have
much larger attendance at our meet
fngs; and so many more would have
an opportunity of participating In the
splendid programs which Secretary
Coburn arranges for US.
Ross High Ambition.
II have no higher ambition than to
have the great agricultural and stock
interests Of Kansas more closely united
and extended-and encouraged to the
fullest degree of success. and / only
ask that 1 may be permitted to be one
among those to bring to our great
state the highest ideal of farm life.
Nature Kind Since September.
Since early in September. nature
has dealt much more kindly with us,
giving to US blessings far beyond our
expectations. causing parched and
barren soil to become land carpeted
with green. When say carpeted. I
don't mean just few rugs laid around
promiscuously. with q lot of bare space
around the edges: but a real green,
closely woven carpet with a heavy nap.
covering more than eight and half
million acres. extending clear out to the
border. and fitting snugly up into every
corner. OF course we have left few
had placed beautiful rugs Of alfalfa,
covering more than a million acres.
Then. too, we have millions OF acres
LETT for rugs OF corn and oats and our
native pastures and meadows. and on
this beautiful carpet and these rugs Of
green. today are feeding thousands Of
contented cattle and horses.
Next summer, when we take up this
beautiful carpet. and thrash and clean
It, SO as to prepare for another car
pet of green. and to receive our secre-
tary's annual report, can imagine Mr..
saving. Boys. there's no use trying
Both my vocabulary and arithmetic are
exhausted and can't do it Justice
ed Howe. Globe-Trotter, Talks.
e. w. Howe OF Atch.son in his char
enthusiastically entertaining manner told
cent trip around the world. The first
description was OF the visit at the
Samoan Islands. The next landing
place was Sydney, Australia, an enter
priSing city which reminded the globe
trotter OF Milwaukee and other Amer
No.
The harbor Of Sydney was up to
my expectations. I was immensely
pleased with sydney. It will not be
long before the city has q population
place. 1t seemed like visit to In
diana or Ohio. 1 received q letter
from Charles Gleed abusing me be-
cause did not pay more attention to
the people and their characteristics
but I found them to be much like the
people of this country.
we only spent a short time In sgd
ney, and then We Travelled one thou
sand miles to New Zealand. It was a
oisagreeable experience. have always
neen particular Hheue sao<
feeling when was put with three other
travellers In room that could not have
been more than 9x10 feet in size"
Mr.. Howe was impressed by the lack
Of cultivated farms in New Zealand.
the sheep industry is well developed
in that country. Mr.. Howe said:
people seemed to be prosperous and
were building houses. Sheep are frozen
and sent to all parts OF the world.
Swifts and Armours are over there.
we made trip through the hot dis
trict which is said to resemble the Vel
lowstone park. We certainly have bet
| ter hotel accommodations in the Vel
lowstone and the geySers are inferior to
what expected.
Australians Are Polite.
7 shall always believe the Australians
and New Zealanders to be the most polite
people of whom know
After haaving gone back f., to australia
| tions," said Mr.. Howe. There was moth
ing to do and almost felt like screaming
Durham. South Africa. was a great
surprise to me. There are 10000 people
there Of whom about one-half are white
they have Street cars@eve sr fdllnh {
make living comfortable. There are beau
| tiful stores and hotels
for johannesburg in the Transvaal be
cause I did not see a farm that .resem
i 'mealies, / DO not know why. III,
largest corn fields reminded me OF vers
small fields of popcorn. The Boer farm
around the house and make the negroe,
do the work. The country looks very
much what imagine this part of Kansai
looked like fifty years ago. 1 was toll
that the beautiful grass was sour grass
| and the cattle wouldn't eat It, I got tn,
impression that there was something tn,
matter with the country. Everywher,
| you go there are pests. and the peopl
| are not satisfied except In places.
Beers Control South Africa.
Although the Beers lost the war Will
England. they are in perfect control o
| the country. They couldn't do 1t witt
They e-e building a wonderful capital 4
Pretoria The Beers are running thing
and the English are complaining.
Johannesburg is a wonderful city. I
10 alm0.t as large az Kansas City. 1t 4
! the greatest gold mining camp in tn
! Labor Done by Negroes.