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Show IE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. R.,.1 delivered July 7, IMS, at the , KCrcli-3 of tho Graduate tf Asrliulture. Columbus, O rrimcnr ot Agriculture has ipt graduate Institution for H,iarrl 1 ngrltultural science. v --.nil ir-nllRts arc making Mjiact r,, fl ll In which produ- t inter The graduato of - jiunl i liege who desires to nitMllgation'5 has a wide choice nid lo Ui Ingle or croup spell spe-ll rtmh h he tuny wish to In Hiotzrr n ik doing more for thu H, c' the t nllod States at the H tine thi being done hy an to' ho l on earth for the Hrtir run n The npprnprla H't i P i n uncut of Agricul H rcillr r indlrcctl), are over Hum i " The combined In t lb ii r lies of Harvard, (fjmr'i i hi ngo Hnd Ltlanl lilvbi plowed tnllrgci In Etij-ni ""' ' ""' equal th -i it 1 1 Iho pepirtniept ; v I nt tlilsnppmprln m i . ilur foiirthH nf i . nt il npprnprlntlnnn "" s i the Kiippnit of nil T i i i,nv eminent ,ii i f Iho Ippm ttiienl H lire li I' pic rnl pnrlltnn r l- ihe wnlk of 1,1 htarlMln.l hi V h unit llr --(' ct I h if mote thill l r ' r i llv arises Win I i 11 ' 1 il In jllsllf) up. i 'in- mnihlned in t into mil uulvi rnl t Muih nf the iln ' nn t he cstlit utc I in a hi i f til a hlcved hy thn II m.uer the Hbfe the mo'it H -i i ptnjirmltoti l'ia t ihr weather I Mir l. an' nt "l t I ii w ler nnl nn hnd what H t til I I in III Mi lli.'ll K i "I- e In- ' i In lillnstalc mil ll r ,m ,(,dlo l" ' llh i Men to H 1h nrk a mint i-'j iiinl irnlK hut : f n I nllr nf I he nrk nf Ihln hii- "ill e The nn H , It" fccr hia i lr ri .1111 tint e rule 1 he e III in ml to lint ri h the IK i .mine in H Hi uhi iintinc H i i nst S per cent i r II Miin-i H 1 1 1 m MilpH haling n i 1 1 lelln H 1 in? heen i i ne in ret that " Mi mie hair of I il iiillllnn ilnllira i i il i hn itititr UK en tn AH'" nn H i tin niiit mini H ' h the lime in nf . In rented the tun- ' il nlthln the hint i ii, 'Ihr e thliiKt I til Hi tn mo e H ih In the next fx H I nnidui ttt will ho ' l"or e unple, S OOl) H 3 f ml heal ere H iinu-hnut the Hem! ' "f mini There la " li ni l.u.hdn of this i i nun and not t t ' mmv Hie iiome de ' I I n,e miiplUH fnr H T,,r I en -iiiiuiri meut of lJl .i o iMioo worth of ''' I' I i lnt scar fioin tho tt i ilium nop winill J ' m the mre. and '!" ' I i hceu actuull) ' nn Is tint iiiuniiiinnu ' r r , ,(,,. ( up( HtlltCN v ' m Is hut in tniiH to H.' , ' r an the I'nlted Pi n me thhd of the rle H " il t department hna In " 1 ' i Miilellep niltHhlo H' ' ' inuutr ..oultdinii " in ' nip thin M'mi will ''' 'I liunn demand and H I iiininint foi expnil, H' ' InciciHcd In n1ue '' f) p i illi and thentnoiinl '4 I i e pil.l out hefore '''" lontlHln Kiie the ; r n Hioi, one American "tim I n P mo Orlenlal" '1111 i ,.( f lon.prleeA """n and we hu half that 'UUli i wiapper and 1111- k, ' "ri'irtment of Aurl- ? ' " n the people how lo E 'ne hut urn r ijipei tohacco, "'i iuib nn iimm jeonooo) Oi i mi, ,ioiH8- woith '"in -I i-onnctllcut Milley r r ni wrapier tohacco In i. i. ' rloln of tlno tiller '' lw itudled hy the hcN , "'r lrinimt In four Htaten . . " , 1' n- iMinla. Ohio, Tex- ,,"' "olltia with a deter- ?,' ' 'I" principles that '"J" ' nt '11' """l,n ,""1 ,' k WO annually lo Hie to?.'. "" n ,al" 0 "T" nr WrSW. r' ' r-UlUUtH 111 thC Cll- ,"' ",,ri" fuilt-nnd eRe-BuhD. eRe-BuhD. ' 'elm? Iinimileil and ,,' J1ll'ldllii(f. A thi.alened BlrMii l""n'1 ",,lon nr K m. ,"' '" h inula Imh been m, ,'"' ifral ycara of study, 'n.ii.i ' """nt of new arletlc K raiim- RIV(, pr(lnlHG nr nner Hiu p sl i'i kreihV."r '" Ima fifteen pnrllen i ,1' m nimr In twent tlvn m f "ilniti ; u,r UUe, foi Hlaplo ';"' -ernl anlla Hut n .' "ot ne l'lnml on that B V, ' " '' mlii llrceli d effort , ' 'he fiiimc it.,, 'u i lire Mtidjliur for- t ' '","" " "f ABrlculture, j, u ' I for ureatei urrfuli ri., ' ln pl'intliip wliero ;,. 1 mnri lntelllerit ' 'h. ""'IH nop rti ..111 in ih.,. '. ' llr forests Bill "- I j 0 way i ,,hC, S-k n.rut a money alue on the work f; ii j reau of ehemltr doen work iSnifil- r"!.r.lmMlUl ot l," Ooernment nqulrea with reuard to the healthful-neH healthful-neH of article-, which form pnrt of our i!l r? ?,eu H.nA fnr,,R" """ineri. and to rorth but there I-. no was to put an entlmate on the a1uo of thla work The nuke of experiment atatlon nr-raligei nr-raligei co-operation between the de-parttnent de-parttnent and nrnrlv all the Htatc experiment ex-periment Matlonn of the lountrt au-pervlnci au-pervlnci the Kilentlllc InieiitlKatlon of lirlRallon and Ituesllataten the nutrition nutri-tion of ihan In all hl vomtlonii 1 he dl llon of ulatlntUa Inquire Into the crops of the tountri, in that the producer may know what the remit la likely to bo In regard to the crc-it -ita-plea and come to Intelligent i onrlualoni as tn the effeit the olunie of enh i rop will hae on prliM The InterchanKC of facta along thla line wllh foreign conn-trlea conn-trlea la peine arranged for. with a lew tn getting conclunlonn relitlie tn the eiop of the world for the benefit of the Amerlcar) producer The dhlnlon of entomology Inquire Into our Inject frlenda and eneinlee Whereier an Infect l doing damage nur en'omolnght Inlenen'a mnkea dll gent Inqulrs Into the life hlMnrj nf the peat and InfoimB the people regarding Ihe he-t inethoda of preienllon The entomologist ?ent one arltant tn Japan a jear iign tn find the orlg In il home of the Pan Jnni male He In-icMlgiited In-icMlgiited lhat count! for the months Hon of things for export from their anorei that can be succetsfull Blown In the I'nlted Stntr? llhln a. reasonable reason-able number or sears coffee rubber, fibers fruits spkes eti , consumed In the lulled Stales will be grown under our own flag, and will enable those pen-plea pen-plea to bui more heaMIs from us In these new Island possessions A dlslslon nf the department studies foreign markets The hea tulince of trade In faiorof the I'nlted State, during dur-ing the last few scira Is due lirgel) to i the producers from the soil, who send I abroad b, per cent annualls of our exports ex-ports Ac publish pamphlets deioted I entlrels to Hit ninienients of agrleul- I tural products and nn at considerable pains to get facts that Are not found In other statistical publications, omclul or , prhate ongresa has charged the department with the dut of maintaining the Integ ' HI of our export meats so that foreign i purtliaseis will In future he full ad- ' Mied regaidlmr them The department has had Ihe reputation reputa-tion In past sears of sending out Nalue less seeds Within the last few seals steps Iuim been takn wllh the iiulhoi-Iti iiulhoi-Iti of i ongress lo test lomniciclnl mid Imported seeds as will ns all the seeds sent out b the department ro tint In addition In gatherlnj- new seeds the get the er best that grnwers can produce pro-duce A ery Interesting work Is hlng done In fir-iway Alaska This pirt of our countri hasellnntli condltlnns slmtlir to thoe nf rinland The agricultural rnslhllltle nt this cnlllltr are muill greater than our people Iiim genenlli supposed Th long dais nr sunlight up there grow perfect grains an 1 legeta-blea legeta-blea that will he laluuble for hshrldlr- I lug lo imprmc their kinds In the Mates ' and gle us new Mirletle nnd Die time Is not far dlsl ml when Its iigrh ultu-ril ultu-ril imduifi will ki HI ex, ced Ihe I pinduet nf lis mine . The lnnl Miluahle wotk nf the de. partmenl l Ihe education nr under- . Rruluates and v)t grn luafs for Its Tw-.t4.,VfH ' -f-ertt yvL Lt. - wj jt-JaMtiyj--")! Kyi frfpTpMaaVt- ---. ... - -j r-s-. i Galloway. and round srilts enough, hut nlnass In the nelghbnrhond or Imported plant He then went lo I hlna and Inspei tr 1 lh fruit tress near tlc coast and nbout the great trnde le iters' There he found scales In plenl hut slo In lonnectlnn with Imported trei', he llualls w m to Tien lain tnwuril the gient wall and Ihere found Hie si ale assnilated wllh native plimls, nnly doing Utile dam ige being kept In rubjeitlon bs Its nnlurnl psrnslle Thla piraslle i dHgatlieinl In large numbtis Kill sllpiel tn the I lilted lil-ted Hlntcs The Will la sent lo the loiulltles wh'rc treis ale snlTerlng We tannot intimate the i line of this work, hut It msls the dipaitnient heal Us The biological mmey Inquires nlo the distribution or anl al and plant lire at itffecied' b) litltude the hnblta of wild animals and birds and Ihelr ulue or detriment lo Hi. husbindnian hcslder nscertalnlniv w here phnts. ow Hut to natural conditions, cun reach their naxlmum growth. ... ... One of the dlsilnctlsc features of cli-HUatlon. cli-HUatlon. or Ihe want or It Is the condition con-dition Of the public roids The department depart-ment has organized a scientific Inquiry Into the material for building hlghwuys. so that our people i the several local- Itlea of the tountry may learn Rhat s the most l.alualilo and most ainllahlo for this purpose No mones value cin be put pion this work, but its worth to tho funner Is Instantly nrPiirsn ; The people get Ihe bcnellt of i II these Investigation-! through the at laloti of ubllcatlOns. which has during the past seal ear sent out 10 000 000 coplea of oer fOO distinct hubll.ullons prepired mostly b the eilentlnta ot the depart- ent There are llfls-flie experiment slatlons lu the United btates sending out a tolal of tOO.000 pieces of prlntcl matter nnnuall reg-irdlne their seen. fie Investigations An eMlijiMe ran be made of the woik of the depirinirm. when we nnrf that It '"ids out twe nty II ties a nnuh primed mailer as tho flfts.flie experiment stntlon' " I have said nothing about our explorers explor-ers Fen of the staple ctops of the tlnlted Btates nre natlio to the soil O ,'r v alimnle Plnl- h e Hjgels conie from fotelgn 'ountrle., and Hi "' M also of our valuable animals, wiwi r i,..i jnifd One exp orer goes Inliodllctlon t pari r. nc lt ,w. inniilrlnc Into market for pur unci,, Ipplncs, for p pu" ,m,trn B 1onen!"flnt'7 mones value on It. vS Mas sass "TilinSd ate The Island Bioups. the United "" nig have each i',i;,rorsciHHis',re,!1,,Sutrron,.he .Vpn7.m?nt.0l.el.. -l-rMds produilnc IJ" -nited m-"'" ",'!! Kuon, Mt toCcourae the piodue- TYPES OF THE GREAT BEEF BREEDS. it '') Shorthom. Ueieford. work and that of the experiment stations sta-tions of the countrs. who find scant pro-vision pro-vision for their Instruction In our Institutions In-stitutions of learning. Vo have man such students who uppls facts ua they nie found. In fuct. Ihe Depiilmeiit of Asiloulturo applies sileiue to ihe rirm the forest. Ihe oi chard and the Wvvn and to eversthlng I elated to them This Is a brief outline of some or tho work of the 5100 scientists nf the de. partment who Inqulie of nature re-giirdlng re-giirdlng the trulhx that have been undiscovered un-discovered In Ihe past and appl them to help the farmer. those who hid exalted letijth of leg and neck over depth of flesh but the knife that lal I bare the loins and ribs lu those lompetltlve tcspi tnrved ilei p Into the minis of West m stock breeders the lis. son that bcmil nl me Is but skin d ep Tin most rrolltulle fiedors and killers were often quite plebeian In appeiirnnic on the ho f as i ompared wllh thilr mure distinguished lonkin n Utiles hut on the blink the rl h-ileshed ihiinls had mans, ilass or triumph In seeking animals or great dlgestlir power In m"ct Ihe exact Ing demands or modern reed lots and show. )nrds the I, ndene has been tn over, loik other Importiint clniruerrllles There Is a middle ground In this as In all things rise upon whhh there Is safets Th aim should be handsome well.carrled heads xnd level quarters Jollied to rial fieilers andhulihers middles Iheblenl lug or beauts with utllltv should b the breeders stendTnst li irpobe nnd our West ern peoide must make up their mlndi to suppls the needs of the trade with the pick of the hhorthorn Hereford and Angus An-gus tspes " 't ' : Z 1 1U Aberdeen-Angus. 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