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©DDOOCOOOOOOOCOOOOOCOwOCCO 3 f\ §p! Ejovernment's g 1 gwat Work For g G , _ O ® tne prrmers. £ 2 , o o o O By Tf#mry I ooinl* ]on. <\ §OOO9OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO It is .not many yoanP since the De partment of Agriculture was a very email concern, but now it is in fact ns in name a great and perhaps the most useful department of the gov eminent, while at its head is a mem ber of the cabinet. What docs this department do for tile farmer? Working in an unfre quented part of Washington, or out in tIM? country in Maryland, or at the various experiment]! stations wVtieh arc usually connected with agricul tural colleges, are about 3000 people.’ Of the 2000 in Washington aboilt one- - W '*• f ,/v • iv'^e’V 40m^3£$}r- ■.? tl ■ - ,“,sK - fi. ||| MAIN ISUILIUNU UP THE 1) Kt’AItTMKNT OK AUIUOULTU'UK. WASHINGTON, D. C. half are Hbicnilfle men. Then* are two large bureaus, twenty-two divis ions, offices, or surveys. Of lliese seven are eight tech-* ideal, nil seven are purely scientific. To iliese must be added (he olliceH of tin 1 Wont her Bureau, which iiqjjude 151 observer tlaiions, and llfty-two stations along die const and on tlie Great Lakes. Tlie Bureau of Ani mal Industry lias 152 teolnjionl stations engaged• In meat Inspection and quarantine work, and three lab. oratories where the diseases of ani mals and their causes are investi gated. This article - would lie uninteresting and therefore worthless if I should TUI! HYDROCYANIC GAS TItEATMENT. undertime tn describe technically the. work done by the department. 1 shall try to give the reader 11 general idea of what these practical and scientific men are doing for the country, lie cam e after a visit to the bureau iu .Washington I was led to read n good deal of its literature, and to look In to the subject, and it struck me that the work is not only iu every way worthy, but tliat its real value is not widely understood, has been laughed, or smiled into oblivion, perhaps on account of the jokes about the seeds and (lie "farmers" who distribute aud receive them. In tlie first place tlie department provides an opportunity to make UXIS . LM.XBOED DRAWINGS FROM LIFE. MODKLLISQ or FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. farming as profitable as in the nature of things it can possibly be. It does f his by ' Wording to the farmer who will avail himself of it full knowledge of the reauirements of his art, of the ! renditions of the ttoil and tllmate of lift neighborhoodJt nd of ;he crops which may be mcTk profitably grown on Ins farm. The Wepartmeut makes VgpZsr Afii w ry<sI V % VfeC-, . IN TUB BOTANICAL GAUDEN. the necessary experiments for farmer, saving him, both time and and putting him tliat: far ahead' in the game which his father had to learn all about for himself. A distinguished economist told me not long ago that it was hardly possible to overestimate tlie good tliat tlie ex periment stations had - orked in tlie business of fanning. It was this statement that put me on my in quiry These experiment stations, by the-xva.v, recoil e money from the Slates a little nmi'c than half as lmict* as they nV.dve from the gen eral Government. As is to be expect ed. (lie fanners at first entertained a very cont 'iiqityous idea of the scien tists iu ehnrgt* of the stations, hut tlils- are now epudng to depend upon them, and to -go to them for advice. Their confidence ivils first gained by tjie protection which they obtained from the stations against frauds and Impositions in commercial fertilizers, and now the stations look after the fanners' interests iq respect of nur ' scry stock, dairy products, and l'eed- Ing-stuffs, and aid them materially in fighting Injurious insects. 111 addi tion to lliese police duties the men at (lie stations are engaged in making original investigations in agricultural problems, and the results are pub lished in-farmers’ bulletins and iu the form of pamphlets. All (tier, of the work done by the whole department and of its value for its work is well done may lie ob tained by an enumeration of some of (lie subjects which have been Inves tigated and on which publications have been issued. The division of vegetable physiology aud pathology lias studied the disease of shade and ornamental trees, and has instructed those who plant and care for such trees In the causes of and remedies for the dis eases. It has taught fruit growers how to care for and improve the or ange, pineapple and other fruits. It lias discovered the secret of propagat ing the tig. It lias found remedies for diseases of truck crops, cotton, wheat, corn and other cereals. A good deal of work is done in investigating the character and conditions, including the proper habitat, of inants that are not usually grown here. It has thus been found that jute can profitably be raised in the South, and flax on Puget Sound. The department furnishes farmers with Information as to the character of weeds sent by them for identification, and It issues warnings to State experiment stations and to local authorities of the presence of dangerous weeds in their localities. It also makes tests of seeds and pub lishes the information gained by the experiments. It spreads abroad in formation as to grasses, grains, pois onous plants, roots and fruits. It makes thorough examination of soils for agricultural purposes, ascertains their tex.nrc, and issues a bulletin showing graphically the differences in important types of land. The same bulletin “shows that most of our ag ricultural crops are adapted to soils of certain texture, differing greatly for the various crops.” Bulletins are also issued showing the moisture maiutalucd by these crops, and the differences between adjacent soils. The department tells the farmer the character of his land, the kind of crop host-adapted to it and to the climate, is constantly experimenting to dis cover new crops for him, furnishes him with seeds, tells him the nature of the enemies that will attack his crops, warns him of their actual presence, and instructs him ns to tlie remedies to lie applied. It also separ ates Ids diseased cattle from Ids healthy cattle; stamps the latter so that they bring a higher price abroad than competing cattle bring; informs ldm of the character of the foreign demand for farm products, and advises him as to the best manner of packing THE SPRAYING-MACHINE. his fruit for shipment. The value of the worn of the forestry division can not lie overestimated. It lias done much to stimulate a widespread in terest in the subject of forest preser vation, aud has accomplished an ad mirable work In decreasing the num ber of forest tires. Tlie department also Instructs the farmer in the art of making good roads, and excites a desire for them by spreading abroad a knowledge of their great economic value to all who have heavy loads to haul to market or the railway station. This work Is done by the Govern ment for the benefit of those who annually provide from sixty-five to seventy per cent, of the materials for our export trade, and as if to emphasize the fact that tlie expenditure of the §3.000,000 is partly In aid of commerce, the Weather Bureau, whose warnings of the approach of const storms have saved millions of dollars’ worth of property aud thousands of lives, is attached to tlie Department of Agri culture. There is no doubt that the American farmer is the most intelli gent farmer in the world. Statistics of farm mortgages and farm holdings show that lie is the most prosperous, and liis Government dot's more than any other Government to help its ag rlctlturist tcs’-illful. wise, and prof itable cult: aud to point out to him the uioSt advantageous methods of distribution. For all the work which this depart ment has done the government has. thus far extendedJesstha^^^OOqfl Jm wk afterwards there was another appro priation of a like amount. Two years after that Congress appropriated §2OOO. By 1857 the annual expendi ture had reached §75,001), but it fell again and then rose,, but it did not exceed §500,000 until 1885, and the occasion of the increase for that year was the establishment of the Bureau of Animal Industry. In 1888 the ap propriation exceeded $1,000,000. but in that year the Weather Bureau was transferred from the Signal Corps to the department. The Government is now spending about §3,- 000,000 a year on its farm ers, but included in this sum is about §2,000.000 for the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Animal In dustry, and the experiment stations. These last perform as valuable ser vice—perhaps the most valuable ser vice rendered to agriculture, by the department. The above interesting article and the cuts which accompany it are re produced from Harper’s Weekly. CHICAGO HAS TWO WILD DOCS. Said to Be the Only One* on This Conti nent—Natives of Australia. Cautiously creeping from their darkened kennels to snatch a bit of food from the floor of the iron cages when no one is near, and darting back like a flash at every strange noise and sight, two dingo dogs, or wild dogs of Australia, have begun the daily routine of their career behind bars in the Lincoln Park Zoo. They are the only two dingo .dogs on the American continent, and were shipped directly from Australia. Naturalists term the dingo the king of the dog family. While no larger than a medium-sized shepherd they arc the terror of Australia .possess ing far more cunning than the fox and being more destructive than the wolf. They have been considered in capable of domestication, but of late years several instances are known where they have been tamed. Until recently the dingo was thought to be a domestic dog returned to the savage state, but in the latest researches of McCoy and Nehring fossil remains of the canine have been found in the pliocene and quarternary strata of Victoria, which proves flic animal to be a genuine wolf. He immigrated to Australia through the country uniting Australia and southeastern Asia at a certain period of the plio cene! epoch. The dingo inhabits the plains and the dense forests of Australia. Like the fox, ne hides in the daytime and prowls at night, threatening aK Aus tralian quadrupeds. He attacks every mi v DINGO, or. WILD DOGS OF AUSTRALIA. animal indigenous to Australia; his favorite prey being sheep and kan garoos. Prof. C. W. McCurren, head animal keeper, prizes the dogs as among the most valuable possessions of tile zoo.—Chicago Record. Russian Marriage Custom. When a Russian Princess marries, after the wedding dinner and ball it is tlie privilege of tile marshals and ministers to see tlie couple to the nup tial chamber. And after a becoming interval it is the duty of the prince to come out aud distribute precious mor sels of his partner’s garters to the haughty aud exclusive crowd who have been waiting. Each little bit bears the royal crown and the prin cess's initial in embroidery. Brace For Berry-Pickers. When a small boy complains that liis back aches his ciders are apt to remark that little boys do not have backs, but Edgar C. Mendenhall, seems to have come to the conclusion that even grown people have backs , r O' i *1 APPLIANCE TO STRENGTHEN THE BACK. to ache when compelled to maintain a stooping position for several hours at a time. In the illustration we show his now back brace fojr the use of cotton-pickers, berry-pic Iters, etc. The entire device is light iu construc tion aud responds quickly do the dif ferent movements of the body, and does uot produce an uncomfortable sensation when applied to jor tend to cat the body. j T HBOHBblete sot of Mafoking s!o.- has Won sold at .a 1.- i : T-. a<nd two sc is of ; mw. That Fatal Point. De Culper—l shouldn’t think yon would attend any more dinners if you have dyspeßaiaso badly. Wickston —I’ve got to the point now where the only thing that relieves me is to eat indigestible food.—Life. Exhibits at Paris. There is a large exhibit from this country at the Paris exposition which will prove very inte esting to ail who may attend, but no more so than the news that the famous American remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach Bit ters, will positively cure dyspepsia, indiges tion, constipation, biliousness and nervous ness. To all sufferers of the above com plaints a trial is recommended, with the assurance that when honestly used a cure will be effected. It also tones up the entire system. Liquid Air. First Kentucky Colonel (In dialect)-- Liquid Mr ought to tie .-nsier to breathe Second Kentucky Colonel (iikewis ■) —Why, ves. i suppose It mast bet used lor chasers. — Detroit Journal. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound is Especially Successful in Curing this Fatal Woman’s Disease. Of all the diseases known with which the female or<ranism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless earl*)’ and correct treatment is ap plied, the weary patient seldom survives. Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pinkham, early in her career, gave ex haustive study to the subject, aud in producing her great remedy for woman’s Ills Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was careful to see that it contained the correct combination of herbs which was sure to control that fatal disease, woman’s kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in har mony with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound is the only one especially prepared for women. The following letters will show how marvellously successful it is : Aug. 6, 1899. “ Dear Mrs. Pinkham : I am fail ing very fast, —since January have lost thirty-five or forty pounds. I have a yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired, and have hearing down pains. Menses have not appeared for three months; sometimes I am trou bled with a white discharge, and I also have kidney and bladder trouble. . . I have been this way for a long time, and feel so miserable I thought I would write to you, and see if you could do me any good.”—Miss Edna Frederick, Troy, Ohio. 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Felt as tired in the morning when I got up as if I had had no sleep for two weeks. Had fainting spells,was down-heai - ted, and would cry.”— Mrs. Bertha Ofer, Second and Clayton Sts., Chester Pa. “Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I cannot find language to express the terrible suffering I have had to endure. I had female trouble, - also liver,stomach, If kidney, and blad- J) der trouble. .. . \ fffi' r^ajjgj} I tried several doc- W ( tors, also quite a j | ’fy j number of patent f \ jJ h medicines, and lied / \Jf Aj, despaired of ever<§ getting well. At last I concluded to try Lydia E. Pink-'AuARy fil lian’s Vegetable Compound, and now, thanks to your medicine, lam a well woman. I can not praise your medicine too highly for 1 know it will do all, and even more, than it is recommended to do" I tell every suffering woman about your Vegetable Compound, and urge them to try it and see for themselves what it will do.” Mrs. Mary A. Hiple, No. Manchester, Ind. 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