Show THE REGULAR annual distribution of garden seeds from froin the agricultural department at washington has just licen been made and the annual kick is being made by many of the newspapers throughout 0 ut the land in our opinion the distribution serves no good purpose commensurate with the outlay which amounts to from 00 to il if the was to test teat some hitherto untied or newly discovered cereal or forage plant with a view to its general introduction indro and to aF certain what localities were best suited to its iti proper development the t end would justify the expend expenditure it but the seeds are of the common kinds advertised advertis ej and sold bold 1 all over the united states why tho the government hould provide seeds is DO more apparent than why it should t furnoh urnis h the tools with which to cultivate them the seeds are sent ostensibly to be tested and a request is made that the result of the test be forwarded to washington but probably more than half of them go to persons who have no use whatever for them and of the number who use them not more than one per cent report |