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Abounding Prosperity for the
Aiwilrnn Farmer.
In tills weeks issue tho Manufac
turers' Record ot Bnltimoro, Md
Notwithstanding tho fonrs in tho
wrly summer that tho long- cold
spring would bring dlsnstor to tlio
trepj, It Is now assured thnt once
moro nattiro will bloBs this country
with abundant harvosts. It Is true
that tho phonomonnl yloltl or corn
J wheat last year may not ho qulto
equaled, but it Is also truo thnt tho
output will exceed tho nvorngo or re
ttot years, and at tho fmmo titno tho
increase In tho value of farm prod
icti U likely to far moro than offset
tie dccllno In the nggrcgnto yloltl.
There may bo a decroaao in wheat of
pwlbly 75,000,000 bushels, hut with
lie price moro than 20 contB a
hihel nbovo tho corresponding tinio
lutyear thero ought to ho a not in-
tftiso of $75,000,000 to $100,000,
H In tho value of tho wheat crop
far that of 190C. With an Increnso
i tho prlco of corn and cotton tho
SJIdr off In those crops will llko
rie bo loubtlos offset by their
I'tber values. Thus tho farmors of
tie country nro onco moro to ho
woe so grcnt as comparod with flvo
no so grnet ns comparod with flvo
ili years ago that it is difficult to
wmpreuend, tho mngnltudo ot tho
pla.
The valuo of farm products in dif
ferent years has boon ns follews:
Wears.
im $2,212,000,000
JJ9 2,400,000,000
"00 4,717,000,000
1,05 . 0,415,000,000
1506 0,791,000,000
1,07 7,000,000,000
Estimated.
Theso flguros bring out sovornl
remarkable facts, Botwcon 1880
b4 1890 thoro wns a gnin in tho
"lueof farm products of only $254,
000.000. Betwoon 1890 and 1900
re was a gain of almost exactly
wa times as much, or $2,500,000,000
Bat possibly the most striking fact
this reraarkablo oxhfblt of increas
es Prosperity of tho farmors la that
"9 gala in tho last seven years bo
ween 1900 nn1 inn? nt o ooo nnn
" " only 9 per cent loss than the
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lotnl gain ot 20 yonrs between 1880
and 1900. Tho Increnso In tho Inst
sovon years of $2,283,000,000 is a
gain of nearly DO per cent in that
time. This gain in sovon yonrs is al
most equal to tho total valuo of tho
farm products of (ho country In
1890. In tho Inttor year; tho por
capita production of all ongnged in
ngriculturo wns $287, nlmost oxnet
ly tho sumo na in 18S0, while nt tho
prosont timo tho porcnplta of nil on
gnged In ngriculturo Is about $000.
Under theso romarlcablo conditions
wo enn readily understand tho won-
i dcrful chuugo which hnn taken placo
J" In tho (Innnclnl condition of tho
fr.rmni'a nt fhn nnflrn nnllllffv
j Bitrdoncd ns tho west was 10 years
logo with farm mortgages nnd ns the
south was until to 1902 or 1903,
both sections nro now to a very largo
oxtont froo from such indebtedness,
tho nggrpgnto of farm loans probably
bolng Bmnllor than nt any timo since
1SGG. Tho prosporlty of tho farmors
la scon not only in tho paying off of
hundreds of millions of farm mort
gages and fn tho building of hotter
homos, but also in tho heavy deposits
In tho country batiks throughout tho
wost nnd south. Evory banker in all
tho agricultural regloiiB of tho coun
try has been Impressed during tho
pnst fow years with tho groat In
croaso In tho doposlts of farmors,
nnd in many portions of tho south a
largo proportion of tho deposits in
country banks nro mado up of sur
plus accumulations of tho agricul
tural classos. With such fundamen
tally Bouhd conditions It Is scnrcoly
possiblo, howovor unwlso may bo tho
nntl-corporntion legislation of tho
tiny, for tho country to ngaln sink
Into tho depths of pnnlcky times
such as wo havo had In tho past. So
far as the south is concerned, it is
qulto snfo to count thnt this section
will recolvo for Its cotton and cot
tonseed nn nggregato ot $800,000,
000. Tho world's demand for cot
ton has been growing nt such a rapid
paco thnt wo aro not Ukoly to soo low
prices for a long timo to como, If ovo
again; nnd whether this year's crop
fulfills tho cstlmnto of tho bulls or
tho bears, tho prlco will doubtless bo
so rogulatod by market conditions
nB to glvo tho groat total of $800,-
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000,000. Of this sum, Europo will
probnbly pay Into tho south to meet
Its bill for cotton nt lenst $500,000,
000, nnd with such conditions thorn
intuit of necessity bo grout busluess
nctivlty.
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51,000 1'JIo Cure.
A Thousand Dollar Qunrantoo goes
with ovory bottle of Dr. Loonhardt'8
Horn-Hold tho only certain euro for
ovory form or Piloa,
Ooorgo Cook, St. Thomas, Ont ,
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Protecting African Birds.
Tho French havo decided to tnko
stops to prescrvo and increnso tho
birds whoso p In inn go has long boon
a groat sourco of commorco In tho ro
glon of tho uppor Nlgor, a llttlo
south of tho desert of Snhara.
This part of tho westorn Soudan
Is Included in tho'Fronch provlnco
of tho uppor Senognl and Niger. It
Is tho region thnt for many gonora
tlons sent by enmol across tho Sa
Imrn to tho European mnrkots tho
fcathors ot tho ostrich and horon.
Today tho steamboat and tho rail
road tap this region, though thoy do
not ponotrato it. Thoy havo killed
tho dosort caravan trado, and os
trich feathers and heron plumes now
tnko tho steam route to tho Atlantic.
But tho quantity of theso prized
commodities sont to tho Niger for
shlpmont has been graduully de
creasing, nnd tho Fronch decided to
look into tho matter. Tho natives
kill tho animals to got tho feathors,
and it wns feared that tho birds wore
bolng annihilated.
The sourco of most ot tho supply
of feathers is the vest area south f
tho great northern bend of tho Niger,
which, up to this time, hns been olo
of tho largo unexplored regions. It
U still n big whlto spneo on our ma s
hut It will bo so no longer ns soon
as Dr. J. Docorso prepares his mip
mnterlnl for publlcntion. Ho wlis
sent there to study tho bird question,
and has traversed tho region In all
directions. It is another lnstnnco
of the spread of geographical knowl
odgo through commercinl effort.
Dr. Docorso was sont thoro by tho
govornor of the uppor Senegal nnd
Niger In October, 1905, nnd ho Iiub
only rccontly emerged from it. Ho
found thero tho Tunregs nnd other
Mohnmnicdnn natives who In day
gono by would have killed any whlto
man at sight, though thoy collected
fenthera to adorn tho costumes ot tho
women of tho whlto race But thoy
havo boon so cowed by tho nows of
French Btipromncy In nil tho sur
rounding regions thnt thoy offered
him no harm, though ho and lila
small party wandored through their
country for nbout a year and n half.
Ills mission has achloved results
of much economic Importance. Ho
says tho nntlves nro rnpldly exter
minating tho blrdB that havo bo long
yielded thom a golden harvest. Ho
advises ..rad leal measuros to provont
tholr extinction nnd small Fronch
postB through tho country to enforce
tho proposed regulations.
IIo suggests thnt tho hunting of
tho plumed heron bo entirely Inter
dicted for two yonrs and that to In
crenso tho supply reservations be
estnbllBhed within which tho natives
shall never bo permitted to hunt this
bird.
lie found tho wild ostrich Is still
very nbundnnt, though the numbora
havo been greatly reduced. IIo nd
vlses that the government establish
stations to the wost of tho Niger for
tho domestication of tho nnlmnl, just
ns hns been done on a largo scalo In
South Africa. Tho territories with
in tho Niger bend nro not yet suffi
ciently organized for tho starting of
ostrich rnnches, nnd tho region ho
rocommonds for tho experiment is
west of the Nlgor, betweon Fngulblno
on tho north nnd Fnrlmnko on tho
south. Ills plans, presented to tho
government In grcnt detail, aro based
upon tho Idea that tho ranehon
should bo kept In tholr natural ctato
as nearly ns possiblo.
Dr. Docorso snys that the wild
ostrich In tho French possessions Ib
suro to bo exterminated If It con
tinues to bo killed to obtain its
plumago. Paris, tho greatest of os
trich feather mnrkots, will havo to
dopond on forolgn sourcus of supply
unless tho bird is domostlcnrod in
tho French domain. IIo asks for
throo yonrs In which to glvo n fnlr
trlnl to the project.
Tho government hns decided to
supply funds for a thorough "test of
tho question whether tho ostrich, can
bo successfully domesticated in tho
French Soudan. Dr. Docorso will
hnvo chnngo of tho work. Tho feath
er trado of Paris, and especially1 tho
Syndlca dosTIumnBslors, is following
tho ontorprlso with tho grontest In
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Feasibility of a Parcels Post.
Tho mlnuto Postmnoter aonernl
Mcyor had expressed himself as sorl
ously considering tho feasibility of
adding n pnrcols post to tho post
offico sorvlco with a limit ot ton
pounds weight .on packages carried
thoro was a rush of arguments from
ccrtnln 'quartern to show why such
n sorvlco Would bo Impracticable In
tho United States, although ovory
othor country could lino It.
Tho central aflRortlon on which tho
nrguments depended wiih thnt dis
tances woro too great In tho United
States. It wnB claimed that with
a uniform uostngo rato dopcndlng
on wolght nlono tho government
would loso nil tho profitable short
dlstnnco matter ami bo-compelled to
enrry all tho loug-dlstunco matter at
n loss, which tho critics did not hcsl
tato to estimate, In udvnnco of any
Information ns to tho exact plan of
tho dopnrtmont, at a minimum ot
1150,000,000 a your.
It may or may not he tho caso that
a thorough pnrcoln post Bystom
would havo to modify to somo ex
tent tho method so successfully em
ployed In European countries. But
hero nro soma facts as to whnt th.i
lrnvornment finds Itsolf nbleto do to
day in tho way of giving parcels ser-
vlco to and from foreign couhtrlos,
which benr on tho problem.
Packages may now bo sont to moa1
of tho South nnd Contrul Amorlcnn
countries, to Germany, Oroat Britain,
Norwny, Sweden, Denmark and Bel
gium, nnd to Australia, Now 'Aon'
land, Japan, Cnrca nnd ninny Chi
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pound. For tho majority of those
countries tho maximum weight is 11
pounds, and to nono is tho pormlttod
v. eight less than four pounds eM
ounces. Tho pneknges may bo threjj
feet six Inches in length or bIx fed'!)
in length and ulrth combined. ;.
This sorvlco Is given, oven thoug
domoHtlc pnrcols cannot exceed foil
pcunds In wolght nnd cost a cont a
ounce or 10 contB n pound. At th
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tho govornmont try to oxporlment i
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