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ment The one referred to Is No. 227
and can be had upon application to
members of Congress, or Senators, or
to the Secretary of Agriculture.
THE HISTORIC SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Orange Tree Foe.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
The famous Shenandoah Valley Is
one of the best farming sections of
Virginia, and 1 had the pleasure re­
cently of taking a trip, in company
with my father, down to its lower en.l
at Harrisburg, probably 140 miles
south of Washington. The valley was
the acene of many hard fought skir­
mishes and battles in the late civil
war between Sheridan and Early, and
we touched at the point where Sher­
idan made bls famous ride to Win­
chester ami turned back the victorious
troops of Early. I have more than
once beard my uncle, who was a cap-'
tain in the 128th Illinois under Sher­
idan, relate how after working all
night making up Ills company's pay
rolls, he had turned out of his tent
just in time to see Sheridan riding Dy
on his black charger, swinging his sa­
ber, swearing like the typical cavalry­
man that he was, and Hhouting to the
boys, “turn back, w’ve got them
will give 50 and (10 bushels. I noticed
large acreages of poorly cared for corn
which would not make half a crop,
even where the land was apparently
fairly good.
It seems singular that so many
farmers, not only in Virginia, but in
every State, will plough a field, harrow
it, fertilize it, and lay It off and plant
it, cultvate it once or twice and then
through neglect to give it two or more
cultivations at the proper time reduce
their yield from 20 to 40 per cent. I
noticed many corn fields on this trip—
and they can lie seen in every farm­
ing district in Virginia—where the corn
had gotten a good start and grown
well, up to its first cultivation; then
work had ceased on it and the wire
grass and weeds were gathering as
much fertility as the corn itself.
Corn in Virginia appears to be the
favorite crop for planting in young
orchards. It is, in fact, believed by
The Department of Agriculture han
received a report from an agent in
Mexico stating that in six and perhaps
more states in Mexico he has found
traces of the orange maggot, which is
a dreaded foe of oranges, and It Is
feared that this condition might per­
mit of its entry into California.
The Mexicans in attempting to erad­
icate the maggot have destroyed thou­
sands of orange and mango trees
The multiplication of the orange mag­
got is said to be something enormoue.
NEW MONEY NEEDED.
The Government Cannot Print It
Rapidly Enough.
The great Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at Washington has reached its
limit, und new machines und additional
workmen must be provided to turn out
the money needed for the country.
“We are even now having much diffi­
culty in keeping up with the demand
for new money.” said Charles II. Treat,
the United States Treasurer, “and it
is going to be difficult to supply the de­
mands for the busy business season.
Large amounts of old money are com­
ing Into the treasury for redemption,
with the request that new money be
Issued in its place. The business of
NO OTHER
WAGONS APPROACH
In Perfect Adaptability Under all Conditions to
The Strong Old Hickory
Japanese Paper Plant.
Secretary Wilson’s men are working
to introduce a sort of vegetable
leather. It is in reality a paper plant,
as much so as the papyrus plant of
ancient Egypt, but its uses are mani­
fold, ranging all the way from dainty
note paper to water-proof garments—
and which are really water-proof
under the severest tests--und leather
pocketbooks which outwear real
leather. The plant is a pretty little
shrub called in Japanese “mltsumata,”
and it is its inner bark which is
converted to use. The plant grows in
MANUFACTURED BY
the mountains of Japan, and Explorer
Fairchild, of the Department of Ag­
riculture, believes that It will thrive
WHERE THE MONEY IS ENGRAVED,
over a large part of the Appalachian
LOUISVILLE, KY.
range and other similar sections of the the country must have what it wants
United States.
in the way of currency, and when this
LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD
In Japan pipe cases and tobacco old money is sent in for redemption
pouches are manufactured from the it Is not wise to delay getting out the
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material, as weil as a kind of wall new money to replace It.
paper, which is already becoming fash­
“The national banks of the country
ionable in America. Such wall papers are increasing their circulation at a
of vegetable leather are turned out In remarkable rate. During this last year
buutlful designs for wall and ceiling this increase has been about »60,000,000,
decorations, being stamped and mod­ and many of the banks have had to
eled by hand in the most artistic pat­ wait much longer than prudent to ob­
terns. It would seem that Americans tain their circulation. These delays
have a great deal to learn from the ‘tie up’ the circulating medium. There
of unfailing service
AMERICAN CROWN
Japanese about paper-making. Already were recently 118 banks on the list
large quantities of another kind of waiting for new currency. This In­
paper obtained from the same plant creased growth of the circulation out­
are Imported for use as legal docu­ standing of national banks represents
ments, diplomas, deeds and bonds. the normal growth of the country.”
There are at least eight other plants
Plans are being considered at Wash­
from which the subjects of the Mi­ ington for the extension and enlarge­
a green soap, consistency of paste, a perfect
kado obtain paper stuff, while this ment of the Bureau of Engraving and
country depends for such material up­ Printing, where all of Uucle Sam’s cleanser for automobile machinery and al1
vehicles; will not injure the most highly-
on linen. Mr. Fairchild, who lias made money is manufactured.
polished surface. Made from pure vegetable
a special study of this subject, says
oils. If your dealer does not carry American
that it is not pleasant to think that the
Crown Soap in stock, send us his name and
brilliant white note paper which a wo­
provea the
address and we will see that your wants are
man uses may have nn it part of the
supplied. Put up in 12^ 25 and 50 lb pails.
filthy garment of some Egyptian fellah
ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY
saved by a ragpicker from the gutter,
yet it is a fact that hundreds of tons
of the
of Egyptian rags are fetched every
year to the United States to supply
CHICAGO, ILL.
The honey bee is said to be the in­
the paper mills. At Mannheim on the
Rhine the American Importers have veterate foe of the bumble bee and will
rag-picking houses, where rags are col­ kill him on slight provocation, and
lected from all over Europe (the often without provocation at all.
TyPEW'RITE'R
disease infected levant not excepted!,
There were imported into the United
have published some good ones spec-
and where women and children work States for the last fiscal year 3,658,131,- tally We
suited for farmers. Books that will help
with wet sponges tied over their 447 pounds of sugar.
WYCKOFF, SEAMANS A BENEDICT
every farmer to make more out of his
mouths sorting the filthy scraps for
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shipment to New York.
The best in The
the
United
States
was
worth
last
papers are made of these vile rags. year »280,000,000. The value of hog
WEBB PUBLISHING CO.,
Papers made from the Inner bark of
St. Paul Allan.
plants, like the “mitsumata,” are a cre­ products was $186,529,000.
Salt is a government monopoly in
ation of the Orient. They are softer,
silkier, tougher and lighter than Amer­ Italy, and people living on the seacoast
ican-made papers. If wet they lose are forbidden to evaporate sea water to
their strength, like tissue paper, but obtain salt.
SELF FEED FULL CIRCLE TWO HORSE
ou drying regain it.
Iced whale was one of the delica­
cies served by the Emperor of Japan
at his dinner to Secretary Taft and i
party.
JAPANESE TEACH RUSSIANS.
Over 70 sizes and styles for drilling
Remarkable Incidents Connected
Thomas Kilpatrick, who gave to New either deep or shallow wells in any kind
with the Last War.
York its first apartment house, in 1853, of soil or rock. Mounted on wheels or
War and pence are strange bed­ was ridiculed as a man who built five sills. With engines or horse powers.
Strong, simple and durable. Any me­
fellows. for over in Japan, the land of houses, “one on top of the other.”
The Baler for speed. Bales 12 to 18
the rising sun, the Japanese readily
The fact that malaria was caused by chanic can operate them easily.
mixed the two arts In a fashion totally mosquitoes was known to Cingalese
tons a day. Has 40 inch feed hole.
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unexpected. The Japs bad coralled physicians in the sixth century.
to bank barn work. Stands up
at Illmeju somewhere in the neighbor­
WILLIAM BR08., Ithaca, N. Y. Adapted
to its work—no digging holes for wheels,
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of whom were «literate. A well-1
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acity, lessens labor, makes better bales
known writer In commenting on the ?.en?
h.int J HKht»d all night,
and does not increase draft.
success of the Japanese arms brings . **' ¿i_r;'idHt0 s e<‘I' each u'fiht, usually
out Into th»' light the secret of Japan s Dy Bls Dr°tuer.
strength. It is in just one thing, tbo
The Michigan Central Railroad will
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men have mental as well as physical tunnel the Niagara River.
training.
The majority of -oppou's
Fifty million codfish are caught In !
soldiers have received education in 1 the waters of Norway annually.
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licked.” A great fighter too, was
Early, who was said never to know
that lie was whipped.
This part of Virginia is full of land­
marks of the great civil strife. Many
old-fashioned houses, with tlieir great
outside stone chimneys, toll their own
tales of antebellum »lays when tobacco
was king In Virginia, and when peace
reigned in the great state which was
the Mother of Presidents. Peace again
prevails over Virginia and she is now
taking on u second prosperity. Tbo
Rhcniindonli Valley, as a whole. Is rich
In agriculture: it lins also many stone
quarries and some manufactories.
Few prettier places could 1 > fotiud to
live In than the country around Har­
risonburg.
Nestling Among the Mountains.
Tbo valley nestles between the Mnn-
sucton spur of mountains to the west
and tlie Blue Ridge of the Alleghnnles
to the east. It grows great quantities
of corn and wheat; some sheep and
cattle are raised and considerable
fruit. “Tlie liort Icirttural possibilities of
tills section of Virginia are wonderful,”
said one of the fruit men of the De­
partment of Agriculture to me. recent­
ly. “Old Virginia will yet wake up
some day. The main stay of the
country, however, now, is the trinity
of wheat, com and grass (timothy and
clover). One feature of tlie trip was
a 1‘eklti duck farm with 25.000 birds,
which produced, it Is claimed, $ 16,000
lust year. Hut com mid wheat are the
principal money crops. Wheat costs
about 7o or 75 cents a bushel to raise.
This includes seeding tile field with
timothy mid clover mid consequently
Il stand of pasture land, which gets its
start from tlie fertilizer for tlie wheat
crop. So tliut It a fanner gets 75 cents
h
RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER VIRGINIA.
TWELVE INCH HEAD.
many farmers and fruit growers to be
the best orchard crop.
It seemed to me that there must be
milch pleasure hi getting up In the
early morning and looking over toward
a range of mountains with their sum­
mits In the clouds and the mists rising
from smoke. As the sun breaks over
the crests the clouds arc dispersed and
it is then time tor breakfast.
Hiireau of Animal Industry.
Dr. D. E. Salmon, who has recently
resigned ns chief of the Bureau of An­
imal Industry of the Departmtit of Ag­
riculture, has held tliut position for
over twenty years and has done some
of tlie best work which lias been ac­
complished in that department. Under
bis direction and supervision the sys­
tem of inspection of slaughtered meats
intended for Interstate shipment and
export has been brought to a high state
of perfection until American meats
which are received abroad with the
official tag from the Bureau of Animal
Industry are assured as good.
The integrity of the American mer­
chant or shipper may be as high as
that of the merchants of any other na­
tion, but It is nevertheless a fact
tliut without some such supervisory ac­
tion on the part of tlie government,
till“ foreign market would soon lie com­
pletely killed by unscrupulous dealers,
and It Is believed that tlie inspection
system of tlie department has done and
is doing more to build up American
trade abroad for agricultural products
than any other work.
Inspection ®f Dairy Products.
A very important branch of the Bu­
reau of Animal Industry is tlie dairy
division, and of late years government
Inspection and regulation, to some ex­
tent. lias been extended to dairy pro­
ducts. Congress recently passed a law
authorizing the Department to Insp.'ct
butter shipped abroad, and further
to supervise and practically comi»el
creameries and renovated butter estab­
lishments to adopt cleanly and sani­
tary methods.
Dr. Salmon resigned, presumably, on
account of the charges made against
him by reason of his connection with a
private corporation supplying tags and
labels to the bureau of which lie was
chief. After ,an exhaustive investi­
gation by the Department of Jus-
tic»', Secretary Wilson exonerated Dr.
Salmon from any wrong doing In this
connection, but. either ho himself de­
sired to sever his connection with the
government, or it waa thought advis­
able to ask Ills resignation and later
appoint a new man not couuected with
such charges.
Dr. A. D. Melvin, nn assistant In the
bureau, tins Ivcn placed In charge aud
may become the permanent chief.
Free Farm Du Het in.
Introduced by Department of Agriculture,
The Department of Agriculture ha «
a bushel for Ills wheat, be comes out Just printed a »mull bulletin which will
whole and Is getting bin grass and l»e »ent free to any farmers npplylug
clover without cost. This rotation of for It. It outlines the results of n num-
crops aud the plowing under of the ! liter of farmer's experiments made at
clover the seeoml year keeps the land the various State Experiment Stations
fertile aud improved.
In cooperation with tlm Department at
Wnslilngon. It Includes such questions
Money in Well Tended Corn.
as th»* top dressing of grass land, pea­
Corn, well planted and cultivated, is nuts ns forage crops; winter killing of
a good money crop In Virginia and-Is fruit trees; cranberry culture lline-sul-
almost necessary to a proper rotation. i phnr-snlt wn»b for seal»' insects: clean
Tliv average of the Virginia crop Is | milk: poultry houses, etc. The bulletin
»11 .55 per acre; In Illinois, which Ims I Is ont' of a series known an "Expert-
much richer soil, the value I* |ll.W I ment Station Work." Four or five of
and much of the com yield in Vltgiula | thee«* ¡»articular bulletins are issu.sl bv
Is pltably small. There are tbousauila the Di'p.irtmeut ilurlug the coarse of
of acres of worn-out lands yielding mt »'«ch yisir. each oue containing from
higher than 21) or 15 or even 10 bushels six to a dozen short articles on practi­
to the acre. The Nheuataloah Valley cal farm matters. rhem> publications
farmer» nil sav that their gmsl bottom are of the most popular and useful
land«, and even some of the uplanda. little documents Issued bv the Depart-
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some form, and with the desire tn en-1 Tlie great turbine steamers of the
lighten the Russian prisoners, the gov- Cunard line, which are expected to
erment of Japan established In the show a speed of twenty-five knots an
prison at Hlmcju a school wherein hour, will be in service in the spring of
was taught to the illiterate Russians 1907.
their own language. Strange as this
King Oscar of Sweden and the Nor­
may seem this fact lias lieen brought wegian
poet BJornson are great per­
out by a short article in the Japan sonal
friends, though the poet has long
Dally Times in which appears the beirn writing
in behalf of the independ-
statement: “Thanks to the teaching, cuce of Norway.
those soldiers who were totallv illiter­
The black spotted trout Is the great­
ate are now able to write letters to
their homes. It is stated that the est climber among fish. He goes up
authorities of the quarters received falls and dams on his way to headquar­
inquiries from Russia asking if the ters with ease.
letters were really writteu by the
An automobile omnibus line Is in op-
senders."
I eration In Lima. Peru.
The total number of merchant ves-
Credit Due Japan.
i seis registered in the world is 29,756.
This, one of the most unusual events
The German sculptor. Meissner, has
ever produced by war. is as much to | completed
his statue of Peter Ilenlem.
Japan's credit, im it 1« valuable to I who four hundred
years ago substituted
tlie poor Russian peasantry. Tlie . springs for weights
In clocks, thus
Kola* Dally News has l.-cn issuing making the watch a possibility.
The
an illustrated weekly for the Russian statue is to be erected in Henlein
’s
prisoners. The first Issue of the sheet I birthplace, Nureuiburg.
cullisi "Japan and Rasala“ contained
Daniel Webster, on his Marshfield
over twenty excellent photographic
illustrations. Tills paper In Introduc­ farm, was a scientific farmer und a '
breeder
of thoroughbred cattle—Abler-!
ing Itself statisi that Its object was
“to kwp the 70.000 Russian prisoners neys, Ayrshire® and Devons.
now In this country Informed about characteristics of our people, thus pre-
.,5e
I'lt<u"1<>n at the front and
the attitude of the various powers In l"r,n< !h<* T*.y ,or mutual friend
connection with th»> war, as welt as1 shlp and confidence between the two
after the restoration o<
t» acquaint the prisoners with the. nations
peace.”
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