Show FARM ON HI HISTORIC GROUND one of the most famous farms in the united baates is be ng ing conducted by uncle sam on a portion of the his tone estate formerly the property of gen robert E lee two hundred acres are set apart for farming oper actions the remainder of the estate Is the national military cemetery here where are aured bur ed 16 union sol diers who lost their lives in the civil war urcle sam is not engaged in farming lor for his own profit says the new york press but for the benefit of the farmers of the entire country who will be given the results of the experiments by the experts in the em ploy of the government for more than a year laborers have been engaged in clearing the land and preparing it for crops modern build ings are in course u ot of construction and within a kort time the farm will be in full operation breed ng of or wheat corn and oats will also be attempted new fruits will be intro deuced and alose tl ose alleada grown in this country will be improved upon diseases of pears peaches plums and other fruits vill be studied with a view to stamping out cut the ailments of fruits and mal ing fru t growing more profitable table exper ments for the pur pose of n ng the best forage cirps and the most economical plans for feeding cattle will be some of the features of this interest bg ng place secretary wilon is taking pride in directing this work the portion ot of the lee estate set apart for farming pur purposes is about the poorest piece cf of land in that section of the country it was entirely unfit for agricultural pur poses and t was necessary to feitel ize and improve it the experts of the agricultural department expect to demonstrate that the poorest land in the country can be profitably util iced for successful farming operations gen lee i former home is one of the most beautiful spots in the vicin ity of the national capital the man son s on stands on the brow of a hill which slopes away half a mile to the potomac feet below the view irom from the port co of the old mans on had been famed for a century when lafayette was a guest at arlington he pronounced the prospect from the porch one of the most beautiful he had e eier ever ver looked upon since lafay ette s us is t the view has been changed new beauties have been added a e some of the old ones were destroyed by the ravages of war the d cap tol w th its majestic dome the symmetrical wash agton monument the beautiful congressional library and other architect ral ra features have tal en the r place in tl e picture while a grove of majest c trees which raced the slope be ow the house w were ere itterly destroyed during the greatest civil conflict eier waged |