Evening star., 1915-06-27

tion will be a state meeting OF colored
farmers of Texas. to be held at Prairie
View July 2s to 80. e. l. Blackshear.
president of the State Colored Farmers
Congress. has issued an appeal to col
ored farmers in each county to organize
and to elect delegates.
July 1 the bureau Of crop estimates
is to issue a report on the acreage and
condition of cotton in the United States.
w. L. Pryor of Mississippi. a special
cotton agent of the department. is to be
the outsider called in to work with the
crop-reporting board of the department:
A general report on the condition or
grain, hay. potatoes and various minor
crops is to be issued July s.
During the first week in July the bu-
reau of crop estimates is expecting J. p
Killehrew. a tobacco specialist. from
ClarksviIle. Tenn, and Frank s. Ptnney
special agent from Iowa. to visit the
bureau and assist the local force
Ira p. Phillips has been appointed
sample collector of the insecttcide and
fungicide board. and is now located at
Norfolk. Va
It is said that the truck farm and
market garden industry in the vicinity
of Havana, Cuba, is largely in the
hands of Chinese. The Chinese are
known there for their great industry.
them in Havana alone, it is said. The
Chinese in Cuba. it is pointed out. are
left overs" of the coolie trade wh1ch
brought thousands of Chinese to tuha
to what was then little less than slaV-
cry They were imported under con-
tract to serve eight years at "a a
month 1t is said the planters paid
$500 apiece for Cinnamon thus import.
ed. Serving out their time. many or
them left Cuba for other parts of the
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John o. Riley of the department was
at Atlantic City during the week.
In circumference are reported from
Sydney New South Wales, this season,
They are said to be more like plums
than grapes, of a white variety and
of excellent quality.
Live stock receipts at Chicago last
week amounted to 314,o63 head, a gain
of 96.113 head, but 57,1S2 head under
last year. Deliveries of cattle gained
1925 head for the preceding week. but
corresI-@-.i,oe week of 1914. Sheep re
ceipts were 3,474 head heavier than
those Of the previous week, but fell OIL
25.s3s from the same week last year.
Farmers of Hale county, Tex, are
reported to be putting In orders for
galvanized iron granaries in order to
store and properly care for their large
wheat crop. Dealers report that orders
for about $50 such granaries have al
ready gone in. One hundred and fifty
thousand bushels of grain can be
stored in these $50 granaries.
Costa Rica's production of sugar for
the year is calculated at 1000 tons.
There are between $4,000 and $4,000
| nj pfed TO sugar
The importation of beet sugar seed
into the United States amounts to
about 16,ooo.000 pounds annually. The
largest production Of seed in this coun-
try up to the present time has been
but 100000 pounds. 1t Is declared by
those in the department conversant
with such things. This is but 29 per
cent of the amount imported. 1t is
said that the negotiations which are
being conducted with the imperial gov
ernment of Germany by the State De-
partment over the importation of sugar
beet seed, therefore, are of the great
est Importance to the beet sugar in
dustry of the United States. Most OF
the seed used in this country has IN
the past come from Germany.
Experts point out that 1T takes TWO
wears to produce beet sugar seed. Beets
which were planted last year cannot
be used as seed crop until next year
The whole department is busy these
last days of June closing up the afairs
of the fiscal year.