Show 1 n I II MAKE OGDEN N FAMOUS FOR FORI FORI I i HER FRUITS I i r S J of cars the agricultural I I For Fora a number y years rears r 1 1 IT I tural department has h s been sending lg s1 i I to remote parts of the i world for tho the purpose of o collecting b t rare cereals als vegetables ve fruits and andr r yh r I I flowers to be added ad ed to the horticultural horticultural tural and antI agricultural n wealth of the thel l VI J I country county From ono one of these Journeys I 1 tI Frank Prank N Meyer foyer has Just returned j r I i with 2000 specimens of plants among i I j I which are arc areA areL L iJ D i i I A cabbage from China which Is isi 11 i I white and odorless and grows to a ai i 1 i I size eizo weighing forty lorty pounds i I I A peach from the orchards ds tha t send I Iro y i I I fruit to tho the palaces of Peking single Bingle ro specimens weighing ono oho pound pounds pounds s I s 4 i i I A persimmon tree which yields de do delicious dot deW W t j i i licious ls seedless fruit sweet and antI firm firmI f I I i j when S ripe u t I I I A peach from Kirin which resists d cI the heavy hea frosts of northern Manchu tk i II Alfalfa from northern Manchuria of r vigorous growth grouth Ii I A wonderful yellow Jellow yellow rose lose growing n wild in the tho mountains of sI sIne near ne hn ShanghaI SIh 4 A seedless seed loss dale date at between w n 11 I Peking and Tsi nan which is well 4 jl 11 adapted to southern Utah thriving 1 In strongly alkaline soil We suggest that the tho local fruit as association association write to Washington and I ask for further particulars In regard i I to the peaches cabbages nail and dates I I f J I That Thai part pait of tho rho United States first I to develop dc such fruits aud and vegetables I t would be 10 enriched immeasurably ThoI Tho The I j I 1 agricultural department might not bo be boin boIn beT T r in a position to furnish seeds of vegetables vegetables i I or cuttings of trees tree but the I I information no nl doubt could be sup supplied supplied I u plied by b which gardeners and orchard z I of or Ogden Ogdon might obtain ln first hand handed a 1 H I ed od these I rare products of oC tho the soil of I China The rho promise of a rich return 1 i J Is great tp t warrant tho the rI I f 4 effort i Ij i The Tho o Ogden peach of or pound a weight eight w i II f and of f delicious flavor la or and nud attractive II color cOlora a transplanted product of oC China ChinaI I I I could make male famous for its Ils j fruits J Mr MI Ir Meyer describing the i ih i a 7 11 h I I ties of or travel in Asia draws n picture c cor of or an nn Inn il f in the thc river country countr I All guests and their ponies panics arc are lodged lod cd In one room swarming with vermin and filled with snakes snake The Tho hovels are filthy filth beyond description Mr Ir Meyer placed saucers filled with Ilc kerosene rosene under the four logs of his j I bed to 0 keep off ocr the crawlers and hung hunga a mosquito net over oer him as ns a protection protection protection tion against the tho vermin from the tell cell ceilIng telling Ing Fires are arc built at one end of oC the tho buildings from which the tho smoke escapes through flues built along the floor under the beds to keep them warm but bul every ever leak allowed smoke to pour Into the room filling It al almost almost almost most to suffocation Tho The cost of living Is h not great three eggs eggA and a small paper pap or of salt sail being served for forthe the tho equivalent of one ono cent Bandits infest InCest sections section of or tho country countr the merchants buying I u ins pence peace by lI paying tribute to those as they tile y yare are aro willed called The journey journe of Mr Meyer convinced him that even In these benighted countries there are aro valuable lessons In agriculture to be learned X A R H BOWMAN nOWMAN |