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Show 3 B SUM TAKES GGODCAREFARMERS 'W. ij gpciids Eighteen Million Dollars 7 k Kvcrv Year on Experimental I " Work. 1 PURPOSE OP EXTKRIMENTS I ! IS TO INCREASE YIELDS i Kvery AijnVuItnrisi Is Benefited i i bvilieScienliiir Methods of ?i ' the Bureau. : 5 I (BY PRESTON 0. ADAMS.) "f By I-cascil Wire to The Tribune XEW VOTi'K, 7l.in. 1. Uoiv gratify- 2j 1 iuc it iinusi be to farmers through the t ; C0UntrY fo know t lint tin United Stales ? ?0Ycrnicnt i? j-pending- in the neighbor- I j I Jioofl of f!S,OOU,000 every year on ox- il ,rt.rimenfl v;oY looking . toward in- f ticnsin" Hie viold and eflicicney of the " i f-ixni-' of the I'niled Stales. This mon- 1 ' i'v is not expended in foolish expori- ' i soul's, but a investigations nre made v uiuic the juTMiiml supervision of ex- V ' rrfirioii',1l aejiarlmentnl heads. Seere- 13 f t.iry Wilson !l petical man and re- ' o'uircs results l'rotv. all lines (if invcsli- l- ration. Kerv avenue of trade is eov- fVed hriMUFe. rhe farmer is 'hugely do- i3 non'lrnt' upon them for his success, . Hi" prosperity ultimately brings prolit- 5 ' ahie results in all oilier lines of bitsi- 1 I nC" EfficicuCWork Being Done. iff! llecontly a railroad ofticial said the p raited Slates government could bet- ; F (or afford to invest the cost of on'j ' I battleship in agricultural experimental j Trod: than lo spend it in increasing ; , iiit? naw. A first class battleship costs ' nlmit "$9,000,000. Secretary Wilson : ' ilifided that a statement; ought to be j " I'Mieil lolling about the reatwor!- whieli his department is doing, vopies ; of t lie report can bo had by applying to liis department of agrieuliuro of. Wash- ington. This report; tells of an in- 1 stance where a farmer was raising only t twntv bushels of potatoes to an acre, i aail who. dissatisfied, appealed to the ; i agricultural deparlinenL for' assistance f ond advice. Both were given and now : I this farmer is raising 20 bushels of " I potatoes to an acre where bo formerly 5 I idiild only grow twenty. The depart ; L mem supplied him with seed and infor r mat 10 ii how. to best prepare the ground f in which 16 plant the potaloe:). This is r onlv given as one of many illuslra- j- f ;ions to prove the efficient work being f done. J Dividend Disbursements. 1 f This month will sec the largest divi- I' dend disbursement ever made. The l enormous sum of over $2'2o.000.000 will 1 C lo paid to iiiTcslors withiu tho next f four weeks. A a ear ago I hey were '. I WS.OOO.OOo, while in 1!)07 thev were : ' 5220.000,000- Tfailroads will pay to t shateholdei-s in January ;i little "more ! f hnn $72,000,000. an increase of about. ., Sl!,000,000 over the same month of lost, J year, iiile stockholder.' of industrials, , I mining and public utility concerns will , ' receive inoro than $6.1,000,000, a total 1 t of $i;sn,000.000 in dividends. Interest. . 1 ivments will aggregate pioro than f nOO.flOO, of which t52.000,000 will rep- ' f rejenl (he fixed charges on ihe oufc- '. v.' Mimding milroad bonds, and .$'!0,000,- ; j 00ij inlcicl payments will be mado on I the cninbini'd bonded indebtcdu'uss of the miscellaneous corporations of tho " country. Interest charges in .lannarv , . yj will he the greatest in history, and 1 , rT.Ht'to what extent the large corporate I concerns were forced to borrow funds ' . in meet maturing obligations during ' il, pressing days following the panic. j A prominent banker and industrial man told me (he other day he would not. be one bi,l. surprised to see $250,000,000 or even $265,000,000 paid out iu dividends in Iflll, judging from t lie present outlook out-look for the future. s Concrete Substitute for Lumber. "Reinforced concrete construction is (he coming substitute for lumber' (said the head of one of tho big New York construction companies to me (his week. "We sec the advantages of the concrete work everywhere. This is well illustrated illus-trated in the subway:,, where enormous pressure and constant vibration are present. Lumber is growing scarce overy day, while building operations are growing. In the Panama canal work concrete takes the lead. Last vear il used 50.000,000 barrels of Portland e.e-nifml. e.e-nifml. while tn vcars ago it used but 1.000,000 barrels.''' Immense Irrigation Scheme. An immense irrigatiou scheme is uu dor way in the southeastern part of Sacramento county, California, under the leadership of .fudge Joseph-A. Way-mire Way-mire of California and several New York capitalists. Tho project is fo lap Lake Tahoe for 500,000,000 gallons of water, with which lo irrigate ihe f-outb-ern part: of California. Judge Way-inire Way-inire while in New York the other day paid; "There are about .100.000 acres in Sacramento county which are now worth liftlo for agriculture., but which, with water brought on, would acquire a value of $JO0 per .acre at once. Le'gal obstructions havo been overcome, and the engineers hav (racd the route through the. mountains down lo Auburn, Au-burn, where an immense reservoir will be constructed. The waler will be brought from the lake in conduits (hat will have a carrying capacity of 500.-000.000 500.-000.000 gallons daily. . large dam will be built near tho entrance of Truckee river at the lake. Thenci- a tunnel live mile? long will be c,uf through the mountain?. From the western 'termiini? of (he tunnel the north fork of the 'American will otVer a convenient grade lo lake (he water down to Auburn' reservoirs. In (h,e course of the canal or conduit to Auburn there will be five falls or drops at which electric power pow-er cm be gonevatod lo (he extent of 2"0.nfi0 horse-power? These falls will have a height of P00 feel. -100 feel. 1500 feet. 700 feel and 500 feel, respectively. respective-ly. The capitalization of the company is placed at $50,000,000.'' But Utah Celery Goes to Coast. California celery is coming to New York in great quantities the past week, and all the leading hotels a. re carrying Ihe niuno "California'' on (heir bill? of fare in specifying the celery they have in j.ore. Cheaper local qualities ban; been driven to (lie e.-ibl side. Threo cais arrived during (he early part of till1 wrel ;uid found a good outlet at prices ranging from $1.50 to $5 per crate, or about (he figures that ruled al a corresponding period last year. The qualitv was good. Shipments of California "cauliflower are expected Jo begin next week. Great Engineering Work. A big iron and steel man of the east is back of the project eil engineering i work lo be done in San Fraui i.sco, Cal. I learned this today. Much of the f-teel casting for supporting the sides ano top of the liinnel is lo be made in Pennsylvania. 1 understand (his -work has no equal in the Pacific northwest. The project is lo drive a tunnel seven milfs long, tapping Pilt river and cut-tiu" cut-tiu" off tweutv-one mile? of tho rapid stream. The fall is 100 feet, to a mile iind will furnish one, of the biggest elenlric systems this side of the Uock-ieh. Uock-ieh. lie "claims that when completed thev will lake lo San Francisco 200,-(jOO-hort-e-Tiower al a cost of not to exceed ex-ceed $10 per horee-pnwer per annum. John ilavs Hammond has. il fa stated, an option on the proposed svslem. lie i hopes to raise the cash in Avail street. It is estimated that (he system will cost .-12,000,000. II. V". I !ii I cm of Port land,' Or".. i the local promoter of tho big undertaking |