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Show RUSSIA CAN PUT 150,000 MEN INTO AFGHANISTAN i In Case of Russo-English War the Czar Can Pour Great Army Into British Territory. "WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Mr. E. A. Bessey, one of the youngest of the corps of special agents of the Department of : Agriculture, has Just returned to 'Washington 'Wash-ington from a tour of nearly three years1 duration in Russia and Turkestan, Turkes-tan, with a brief stay in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the Caspian sea, Mr. Bessey spent the winters in Germany and the . summers in traveling for the department depart-ment in search of feeds, plants and cuttings cut-tings desired. He was sent to Turkestan Turkes-tan primarily to obtain samples ot alfalfa al-falfa seeds from special localities in that f vicinity. ThQ alfalfa was first dlsrov- tred in Turkestan, and it is there that it now reaches?its highest point of cultivation cul-tivation and luxuriance. In addition to the alfalfa feeds Mr. Besisey brought back to the United States many cuttings of grape vines from the sunny vineyards of Turkestan, cuttings of pears1, peaches, apricots, almond al-mond and many fruits not know n in this country and for which English holds no name. arvd many cuttings of date palms. The latter have already been shipped to the Government date farms in Arizona aid California, now being conducted by the Department of Agriculture. Agri-culture. . 11 From Russia Mr. Bessey brought samples sam-ples of seeds of wheat, which it is believed be-lieved Is especially adapted to the AVest Central States, and will thrive and produce pro-duce more to fi given area than the variety va-riety at present under general cultiva- ' tion in that section. Mr. Bessey says that Russia keeps 150.000 well armed and disciplined1 troois in Turkestan, but owing to the completion comple-tion of the Turkestan railroad, could pour this force Into Afghanistan with- , out delay In the event of a 'war between Great Britain' and Russia. |