THE OMAITA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
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What Animals Produce Good Beef, Good Mutton and Good Pork
V
NTF.REST in the work of th
ihort course at the Iowa Statt
Agricultural college at Am this
7?l'!5, year wi-mefl to center armiinl
' r the Mock demonstration ' which,
wan held on January 11. This was,
perhaps, owing In jiart to the (treat success
of the demonstration which was held a
e-ir ago and which attracted bo murh at
tention. Mr. John Gosling conducted thi
demonstration a yenr ago and the cne,i
wan fortun.-ite enough to secure hi service
again this year. m the front cover of thl
Issue w'lll to found his portrait, together
with Prof, t'nrtlss nf the university. .'
The genernl orject of th demonstration
was to show the necessity of feeding from
a utilitarian standpoint. Mr. Gosling madi
It very plain to thosf present that a live,
stork feeder who la In business for profit
must produce the kind of Mock th.it best
eatlsflf the wjnt of the consuming public
If the greatest profits are to be derived.
In other words, animal must neither b
overfed nor underfed.
For tho purpose of the beef demonstra
tion four animals were selected.
One waa a blue gray steer which was
underfed.
The second was a blue gray spayod
heifer. 8hc waa fed Just about the right
length of time.
The third waa a Hereford steer that was
overfat.
The fourth waa a high grade canner.
The live weight, dressed weight and dress
Ing per cent of the cattle, sheep and hogs
used In the demonstration Is aa follows:
Pressed
Live weight, weight, Dressing,
- ' Lbs. Lbs. per cent.
Blue gray Steer l.l'O 719 tifi.M
Blue gray heifer.... 1.190 87. M
Hereford steer i,) R9 i "8
Good canner cow... 9x2 476 4 47
Shesrltr.g wether L li l"i R7.S3
Shearling wether 2. 181 1W 19 W
Shearling wether 1 W 113 .75
Lamb 13er 70 W S3
Fat hog 3.-) 271 77.42
Huron hog 13;! W 66 IS
These cattle were Judged on foot by the
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COT OF LAMB BETWEKN SADDUR AND LIT.OH SHOWINO LARGB PRO
PORTION OF LEAN TO FAT NICELY MARBLED. Photo by Staff Artist.
Uncle Sam's Matrimonial Bureau and Some
(Copyright, 1806, by Frank O. Carpenter.)
lASinNQTON. D. C, Jan. 19. (Spe
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ma
cial Correspondence of The Bee.)
Uncle Sam has turned match
maker 1
The fact need not excite the
80,000 splnaters of Massachusetts nor the
millions who are pining for husbands In
the other parts of the United States. Uncle
Sam's matches have not to do with human
beings. Such unlona are made In heaven.
Uncle Sam's marriages are of the earth,
earthly. They t.re the marriages of plants
and fruits, and they are adding to the
Wealth of the country. I can't tell just how
much; but the sum runs high into the mil
lions, and the matrimonial bureau Is just
beginning to work.
A'ew Oraaget for tho Sonth.
t spent today at the Agricultural depart
ment talking with Dr. Herbert J. Webber,
the head of the laboratory of plant breed
ing, and with other scientists on what Is
being done to produce new plants and fruits.
Dr. Webber has devoted his life to this
work, and under the direction of the secre
tary of the agriculture he and his associ
ates are accomplishing wonders, They
have produced new cottons, tobaccos and
grains, and they have now discovered an
orange which will grow about too miles
further north than any we now have. At
present the oranges of the United States
era grown almost altogether In the south
ern half of Florida and In a comparatively
small part of California. This will extend
the orange region northward throughout
Georgia and into South Carolina, the gulf
states, Texss, parts of Arlsona and Into
many other parts of California. It will
make tt possible for every southern farmer
of these regions to have an orange grove
In his back yard, and oranges will be as
common there as apples are throughout the
north.
It took tea years to produce this result.
How It came about Is aa follows: In 1894
and Ut we had a terrible frost which de
stroyed the orange groves of Florida. The
trees were frosen down to the ground, and
upon looking back It waa found that such
frosts had come from time to time and
destroyed everything. The department
then tried to find a hardier orange which
would withstand the cold, and Dr. Webber
and Prof. W. T. Swingle, who were thea
working for the department In Florida,
were given this task. After a time Prof.
Swingle dropped out, but Dr. Webber con
tinued and produced the oranges which
he showed me today. Tbe drat work that
Dumbbell Feat Performed in Ireland
N AMERICAN. Anthony McKinley,
with dumbbells lit Ireland re
bus made a remarkable ahowlng
cently, according; to the follow
ing extract from the Belfast
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Evening Telegraph:
tin Monday afternoon Anthony McKinley
gave another proof of hla remarkable speed,
staying powers and endurance in handling
dumbbells. He gave the exhibition ill the
billiard room of the Boyd Arms hotel with
a taelve-pound one and one-fourth ounce
dumbbell, shoulder to arm's length above
shoulder, one hand, and succeeded In put
ling It up 11000 times In two hours Ufty-
NO. l-CUT FKOM BLUE-GRAY
students on Monday, January In this
connection It ahould be remembered that
Ames college la carrying on aome extensive
experiments with blue gray steers, which
are a cross between a Oalloway and Short
born, and these animals were aome of
their own breeding. The heifer waa about
22 months old and waa a prise winner at
the International ahowa of 1802 and 1903,
standing next to Tama Jim, who. was first
In hla class. The blue gray steer waa
about 22H months old and waa out of a
load that topped the Chicago market De
cember 24 on a dull day. The Hereford
steer waa about 26 months old and Waa
purchased aa an example of overfeeding.
Jndaed First on the Hoof .
After the cattle had been Judged on
the hoof they were slaughtered and on
was dona was the selection of hardy trees.
They picked out the toughest and tried
to breed tougher ones by seed selection.
This was very slow, and they looked around
to see If they could not find types wltb
which they might cross breed.
Among the other things experimented
with was a hardy little orango tree which
grows aa far north as New York. There
are some on Long IsLand and several In
the agricultural department grounds. The
tree Is grown for hedges. It Is known as
the Trifoliate orange and It has a fruit
about as big around as a baby's flat, but
as sour as vinegar and aa bitter as galL
It la, however, a perfect orange In shape,
and Is really an orange, although not fit
for eating. They took this tree and mar
ried It to the sweet orange tree of Florida,
and after many trials they have now pro
duced the trees which will grow and fruit
300 miles farther north.
The new orange la three Inches In diame
ter; It Is a good eating orange, although
a little bitter. It can be propagated by
budding and can be easily spread through
out the southern portion of the United
Statee. Our navel oranges all come from
a tree which was sent here from Brasll
and grown In the agricultural hot housea
That tree was the father of the seedless
orange Industry of California. Theae trees
will be the father of orchards all over the
south.
Orsage-Lsaioas and Pomelos.
In crossing these trees several other
varieties of orunges were produced. The
seed from the union had to be first planted,
and as it takes about as long for an orange
tree to yield fruit aa it does for an apple
tree, it has been aeveral years before the
department could know whether tt had any i
thing or not. Tke first fruiting came this
year. One variety was the Rusk orange,
named after the late Secretary Rusk, of
which I have already writteij. Another
was an orange-lemon of just about tbe sise
of the Rusk orange. This orange Is ss sour'
a a lemon and it tastes not unlike one.
having a delicious flavor slightly different
from the lemon. It has more Juice than a
lemon of the same size, us can be seen by a
photograph I give of several tubes showing
the amount of juice In each fruit. This
orange-lemon cun be grown wherever the
Rui'k orange can be grown and It will give
crunge-Iemuii wrchards to millions of fami
lies throughout the south where lenioas
cannot now be grown.
Another of the trees produced by murry
ing the Trifoliate orange with the Florida
seven minutes fifty seconds at the late of
ninety times per minute, regular through
out, with one or two over every time after
the counter called out and often more.
The dumbbell was weighed at starting and
llnishlsg, In tbe presence of all. and the
total weight , amounts to elghty-aix tone
five hundredweight one quarter twenty-two
pounds. The previous -beat 'with this
weight, a twelve-pound dumbbell, was by
A. Corcoran at Chicago, which waa also
the greatrst total weight ever put up, when
on October . 1S73, he put It up 1 tinirs.
time not stated, or a total weight f uev-enty-rlve
tons. . ,
STEER UNFINISHED,
Wednesday, January 11. they were put on
the block and cut up before the atudents,
under the direction of Mr. Gosling. The
accompanying cuts show In excellent man
ner the proportion of lean to fat In the
meat of the three animals. Beginning with
the blue gray ateer, which can be designa
ted as the thin steer, it will be noticed
that the percentage of lean meat Is ap
proximately greater than In either the
heifer or the overfat steer, but it lacks
the marbellng. the fat not being pushed
Into the lean sufficiently. It would have
been Improved had the feeding been car
ried on a little ior.ger. The Chicago
cutter said, however, that it was the kind
cut up most in the markets In Chicago.
It was also noticed that the meat waa a
trifle coarser than In the heifer and not
so rich, owing to the fat not being pushed
Into the lean.
Taking the heifer which Is shown In Illus
tration 2, It will be aeen that the propor
tion of leun to fat Is smaller than in the
thin steer, hut greater than In the over
fat ateer. liown In Illustration ". The
heifer dressed 67.Stf. ns compared with 60.30
for the thin steer, and 6S.0S for the overfat
steer. The canner dresKfb 4.t7. The
peculiarity about the heifer was thai s!ie
carried a lnrs amount of int-rnal fat.
while tho ovei fat nicer cirri, d his fat on
the outride. It will lo noticed that thu
heifer meat is beautifully marheled ami
was pronounced of finer quality thi'.n either
of the sleirs. It would meet I lie. highest
demands of the trade, though, perhaps,
there might be some objection to the thick
vein of fat In the side. As a general
thing, though. It is just about right for
the high classed trade, being both rich and
fine In quality.
What Too Much Fat Does.
The feature of the overfat steer Is the
excessive amount of fat on the nutxide. as
well as the thick veins of fat pushed
through the lean. This is clearly a case
of a steer being overdone. In tiie show
ring such a steer would, of course, he
placed over one like the thin steer or
heifer, but from a utilitarian tUumlpoint the
overdone steer is unprofitable, owing to
the cost of producing that extra amount
of fat, which la practically waste. By
noticing the three f-uts of meat It will b
aeen that the extra feed put Into the
overdone steer simply went Into fat, or. In
other words. Into watte. The loss in the
thln'sleer conies from the fact that thero
Is not quite enough fat to give the flesh
the proper richness and more feed could
have been given the. animal to advantage.
The cutter cr high grade canner used
In the demonstration was bought for $18.
She waa slaughtered and cut up to show
the different grades and different uses to
which such meat Is put. The tenderloin
orange has a fruit which might be called
the orange pomelo, or the pomelo orange.
This fruit Is about the size of a large
orange, but It tastes somewhat like a cross
between the orange and the pomelo. It
will grow In these same localities and will
make a fine breakfast food. In short, from
the union of these two varieties of trees,
one little more than a scrubby buBh and the
other a fine orange tree, have been pro
duced three good varieties of trees which
will give the greater part of the south
oranges, pomelos and lemons.
. 1e Tangrelo.
Have you ever seen a Tangerine orangeT
It is a little orange with a loose skin so
fastened to It that It Is sometimes called
the kid glove orange. The akin can easily
be taken off and the sections of the fruit
pulled apart and eaten. You know also the
grape fruit or pomelo, which has a delicious
acid flesh, but a bitter, tight-sticking skin.
Both fruits are sold In the markets. Dr.
Webber and his assistants have married
this little tangerine orange tree to the
pomelo, 'and they have produced a pomelo
which, although not so large as the ordi
nary pomelo, Is of a good size. It lias a
loose skin so that you can tear it off with
our fingers as you can that of the tanger
ine orange. Tbe flesh of the new pomelo
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was stripped out, the lean meat waa taken
off the back and upper ribs, and. In fact,
the rlba were stripped. The round were
cut to show from which parte the corned
beef, dried beef and chipped beef of com
merce are obtained. The fact was also
brought out that It la from Just such
canners or cutters that the fine steaka
are taken which people buy at many
hotels, dining cars, restaurants and
butcher sho:s.
Characteristics of t.ond Mutton.
In addition to the beef there were dem
onstrations In slifep and swine. On Mon-lny
three shearling wethers end a Southd.iwn
Dorset Iamb were placed in the show lpig
and Judged. The weth.r- were placed
ah ad of the lamb lrom a show ltand
pu.nt. When slaughtered the wethers
killed out exceptionally fat. tarrying from
one to one a'-d a ouartrr Inches of fat
along the b i k, while the lamb :arHed
about i ne-hn f imh. The three Wethfs
dressed ;7.r. 5 , 'fi wml "."'. respn lively
The I imli d" "sr, r.i. !
One point given special attention wa ih
size of Ihe eye (if meat in the back of -lanib.
being Inr-jer (bin in the Wt-Ci.r.
showing the ex-'i.:t- fit In t'e Wether.
There was very I'ttlt wa-.e in (ho. I.imb.
The tressed wc.'pht of the 'n-n'.i w i about
seeniy-two pci.nJs. vhk'i fives nh nit
eighteen poinds to the ti:.tr'e' which is
a very dctdrabl.- welKhl on the market.
Anything from sixty to sevnty-two pcunds
Is called handy wrlght. Vt ry heavy sheep
have to go to elubt and peclal custrmers.
The carcasses were i.lso cut to show tho
amount of lean meat between the sadlle
and the less. These ouls ar shown In
the accompanying Illustration. Here again
the lamb showed to the best advantage,
having fi larger proportion, of lenn to fat
and nicely mHrbeled.
Mr. Gosling cnlhd attention In an Inter
esting manner to how easily a superior
carcass can he turtle lo jippe r Inferior by
simply a slip of the knife in the hands of
tli" cutter. To show this he lioliiteil to th'.
patches of f:it In t';e limb in. irked in t'he
ii In vc cut with a irt'iM. In reality theru
Is but a thin llim of f,it there, nnd had
the knife j .-: .d but a sl.arV to the rear
It would i;nv shown loin pi at 'the same
as on to oT P'site Ides.
Swiuc I ntler Uatcber'a Kulfe.
For the swin? demonstration two lugs
were selected. One was a fut back Ches
ter White b.irrew. weighing 890 pounds.
He dressed out 77.42. He was out of the
winning pen of Cheater Whites at the In
ternational. Tho other win a Tamworth
pig, weighing 182 pounds, and drersed 65.15.
In the accompanying Illustration the two
are shown on the hooks, the larger of the
two, of courss, being the Chester White.
The excessive fat In the Chester White Is
orango is more delicious than that of the
pomelo Itself. It is sweeter than the po
melo and more Juicy and acid than the
tangerine, and it contains the bitter prin
ciple of tke grape fruit slightly reduced.' It
might be called a kid glove grape fruit.
Vnclo Sam's New Babies.
These products are among the most prom
ising of Uncle Sam's new babiea They are
really the output of the Agricultural de
partment and any one good healthy Infant
of this kind Is worth more to the country
than the coat of that department ' for a
number of years. In the marriage of cot
tons Qr. Webster has united the long
staple aea Island cotton with the short
staple upland cotton and has thereby pro
duced a medium staple cotton whloh will
grow on the uplands. The Egyptian cotton
has also been cross bred with Uncle Sara's
product and the probability Is that we will
raise the $11,000,000 worth of Egyptian cot
ton which we now Import, upon our own
soil. I have written as to the wonders
which have been accomplished lu tobacco
breeding and something as to the Improve
ment being made In our corn. In the
plant breeding houses of the department
here I have examined the crossing of the
Texas blue grass with the Kentucky blue
grass whereby they hope to get a rich sod
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HEIFER ntOFEiL.Y FINISHED.
very apparent. The pig, on the other
hand, would have to be considered un
finished, aa a bacon hog should weigh
from 180 to 200 pounds and ahould have
from one and one-fourth to one and one
half Inches of fat on the back, while this
one only had one-half to three-fourths
of an Inch. In spite of this fact, a butcher
would consider him a profitable hog. as he
Is handy weight and the kind thut takes
well on the market. From a feeder's stand
point, though, he is not a.s profitable as
one that Is carried until weli;M ig aro-.ihd
200 pounds, as a l.'-p ir.d ;'s is Just In
eond.tlon to put on flsli rapidly. The fat
ba k, huweor. Is 'tnprd' table to the
feeder, ns the cost of producing that tx
ces.'ive fut Is to great.
some Represenlat 1 1 e students.
Among the younger men who to,.k tho
ruurse was P. A. Honker. Jr., r,f Arcolla,
W)o. He re;rcented the Wyoming Cattle
company, whlrh controls the Camp Siool
ranch. He was sent to Ames by his com
pany to Ret In touch with the i.emam's of
the feeder huyrrs. pa k' is tnd t o: sum.ira.
In siu .ikiiiiT oi' tils tr p Mr. Ki k' r .said
th.it his conn "' 'il2(F that the fe.rmers
of the Tu lilt ate l.e.ng rtliuatt.i along
tl.e 'il ef coiln t teeiiillg That tllC inS
tl it in .l.e fut .ii e i h.v win he mt r- Ils
crirr. inatin;, in iheir select. i n of :ettllng
stock. Thy we: t rn rat.chm.in is prima ily
a producer cf feeding cattle and therefore
It devolves tipen him to jiroduee the kind
that will he wanted. With that end In
view Mr. Kooker went to Ames and said
that from what he learned the feeding
steer that will he in the greatest demand
In the future wl'l be low set, with straight
lines both above ami below. He mutt be
broad, thick and deep, with a good h ad,
and be well balanced ger.eral'y. With lhat
tjpe In mind the breeder can set to work
to Improve his stock nnd in that way se
cure the highest market prices.
II. '. H:n:limr. cf Anl.my, la., was an
other interested student. Mr. Haulman has
been a butcher and dealer in live atuck of
all kinds for nineteen years and yet, as he
raid, he found frum his experience at Ames
that he mill hns a good deal to learn. He
whs particularly Impressed with tho way In
which Mr. Gosling in the beef demonstra
tion pointed out to formers tho necessity of
feeding from a utilitarian standpoint. That
Is, they must feed with the Idea of produc
ing the beef for which there Is tho greatest
demand. The average farmer la not In po
sition to feed for the show ring, that should
be left to the breeder of pure blood cattle..
In traveling through the country buying;
cattle for the Chicago market Mr. Haul
man said he has an excellent opportunity
to see how few farmers know when their
cattle are ready for the market. They
which will grow all over the south. In
the same houses they are breeding clovers
with alfalfas and also lettuces and different
varieties of flowers which have a com
mercial value.
Marriage of the Lettnces.
One of the strange things Is the mar
riage of the lettuoes. There are 'two com
mercial varieties in the United States, one
of which Is sold east of the Alleghenles and
the other west, the latter being raised
orderly about Grand Rapids. The Grand
Rapids lettuce Is a loose lettuce wltb long
loose leaves, delicious to taste. The east
ern lettuce Is a head lettuce and la much
better In some respects for the table. Dr.
B. T. Galloway, the chief of the bureau
of plant Industry, first figured out in his
mind what he thought would be an Ideal
lettuce for the market and he then told
his experimenters to go to work and see
If they could not produce that lettuoe by
crossing the different varieties. They have
married the eastern and western lettuces
and they think; they are rapidly producing
their Ideal. Indeed, I saw many heads
of lettuce today In the plant breeding hot
beds which seemed almost perfect and
combined tbe excellencies of both varieties.
In talking with Dr. Galloway the other
day he told me of some experiments he had
made with violets. He wanted to show
that money could; be made by raising them
If they were properly handled, so he estab
lished a commercial hotbed and set out
6,000 plants. As they grew he found that
some produced only one blossom apiece
and that others had a half dozen or more,
that some (lowered lu tbe month when they
brought the blggettt prices and others just
when there was the least demand. He
made a careful selection of seeds and after
a time produced violets which flowered
Just at the right time and in the largest
number per plant. The result was the hot
bed paid a good dividend. He had then
shown the success of his experiment and
sold out. His succeusor paid no attention
to plant selection and In a short time he
was making no more out of the hotbeds
than his neighbors.
Humance of the Potato.
Among the mut romantic stories of plant
production is that of the prosaic potato.
I'ot a toes nru ordinarily produced by plant
ing the potato or cuttings of It. A potato
plant, however, sometimes produces a seed
which may be planted and may possibly
yield a new variety. About lteo a man
named Goodrich experimented with wild
Peruvian and Chile potatoes. He grew
seedlings from these plants for a number
of years and finally from them produced
two varieties which were fairly vuluable,
one of which was known aa the Garnet
Chill. In loflo Mr. Albert Bieese of Ver
mont planted some seed of a Gurnet t hill
plant and one of the results was the Karly
Rose. Win n this potato wus put on the
market ' it brought fabulous prices, and It
Is Hill one of the most valuable potatoes
we have.
It was the Early Rose wb'ch was the
mother of the Burbank potato, which was
named after Luther Burbank, who was a
school boy when be discovered It. Young
B nbd nk bad heard what Hreeae hud done
In producing the Early Itoke, and he had
become generally Interested In plants of
alii kinds. One day while walking throjgh
a field of Karly Rose potatoes he saw a
seed pod on one of tbe pUals. Hs watched
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NO. I-CUT FROM HEREFORD STEER OVERFED.
either underfeed or overfeed, with the result
that they do not get the greatest profit. If
a fanner la to bo a successful feeder he
must learn to tell when his cattle have
reached the pink of condition and there Is
no way In which he can lesrn that si
easily and quickly as by attending tho beet
Chester-Whit.
BXAMPLES OF UNDER AND OVER
of Its
It carefully thinking he would save the
seed and plant them. The field was near
where he went to achool, and he examined
the pods from day to day until they should
be ripe. He was especially anxious about
them, for, although such seeds are often
found on other varieties of potatoes, they
seldom occur on the Early Rose. One
morning when he looked for the pod he
found It had disappeared. His heart fell,
but he got down on his knees and hunted
the field over. He cried over his loss and
went every day for a week to tho Held
looking for this seed pod. He finally found
It about sixteen feet away hidden under
another vine. It had evidently been
knocked off by someone passing rapidly; He
kept the seed pod and the next year planted
the seed. Prom the plants which grew ha
secured tho one which produced the Bur
bank potato, which is now known through
out tbe world.
Bnrbaak's Wonderfal Discoveries.
As be grew older Burbank became still
more interested in plant production. He
worked for a time in. the shops of the
Ames Plow company in Massachusetts, and
there invented improvements in woodwork
ing; machinery which were so valuable that
his employers offered to multiply his wages
twenty -five times If he would stay with
them. He decided, however, that he cared
more for plant breeding than for shop
work, and finally went to California, where
he started a plant breeding farm. He has
this farm, just outside Santa Rosa, Cal.,
and upon it has produced some of the plant
wonders of the world. He has produced
no end of flowers, vegetables and trees,
as well as new varieties of fruits. He
has married the plum to the apricot, and
got what Is known as the plumcot. He
has made a white blackberry, and has
taken the common field ox-eyed daisy and
made the Shasta daisy, a beautiful flower,
many times us large. The Shasta daisy will
grow out of doors and will bloom several
months every year. He bus originated new
cal I a lilies and a great variety of peaches,
apples, pears, plums and nuts, as well us
valuable trees, fruits, flowers and vegeta
bles. Gets IO an Hour for Private Talks.
I met the other day a man who had just
visited Luther Burbank. He tells me that
the people who live near by cannot under
stand him. They look upon him as a harm
Rival Systems
I I association was holding Its regu-
S. I hi. annnnl ,il..,i
"I reckon," said ths ven
erable Mr. Simpson to the
equally venerable Mr. Sklles, "we old fel
lows could give these younger men a lot
of useful pointer about living to a good
old age."
'Well, I guetts tu," responded Mr. fckllejt.
"But they wouldn't do us we've dope. You
couldn't get those chaps to be aa particular
about whul they tat and drink us we ar.
They wouldn't go to bed at 9 o'clock at
night and take regiur exercise every day."
"Is that the way yeu liver'
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demonstration at Ames college. Mr. Hsut
man also thought the course In horse Juflg
Ing Was of great value to Iowa farmers anil
he Is of the opinion that there Is a good
margin of profit for the farmer who will
breed high class horses, either heavy os
light & R. DAVENPORT-
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FINISHED HOGS. Photo by Staff Artist.
Offspring
less Idiot, who Is raisins; thousands ol
plants and cutting them down without
reason and then raising others. They da
not realize that he la carrying on a great
business and that tie Is doing wonders fost
the world. He Is wrapped up In his worM
and wants to devote himself to It. He Is 8j
modest man and does not oars for notoriety
He keeps away the crowd of alghseers tot
some extent by charging for his time. Hla
price to interviewers Is 110 aa hour, and X
am told that many people are glad to pay?
that for the Information they get from him.
He is an enthusiast on plant production and
on plant breeding, the possibilities of
which, he says, can hardly be estimated.
In a recent paper which I have before mt
he. speaks of the great staples of the
United States, saying:
"It would not be difficult for a man to
breed a new rye wheat, barley, oats or rica
which would produce one grain more ta
each head, or a corn which would produce;
an extra kernel to each ear, another potato,
to each plant or an apple, plum, orange o
nut to each tree. Suppose this were dons
what would be the result T In tho Ave eta
pies only, In this country alons, we should
have annually, without effort and without;
cost, more than
B, 200.000 extra bushels) of onrn,
15.ouo.000 extra bushels of wheat,
io.CtiO.ono extra bushels of oats,
l.SnO.OeO extra bushels of barley,
21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes."
What Plant Breedors May Do.
Here Is what Luther Burbank says plant
breeders may dof "Cultivation and carsj
may help plants to do better work tempore
rlly, but, by breeding, plants may b
brought Into existence whloh will do better
work always, In all places and for all tiros
Plants are to be produoed whloh will pert
form their appointed work better, quicks
and with the utmost precision.'
"Science sees better grains, nuts, frnltsl
and vegetables, all In new forms, sizes, ool
ors and flavors, with more nutrients ana
less waste, and with every Injurious and
poisonous quality eliminated and with,
power to resist sun, wind, rain, frost and)
destructive fungas and Insect pests. It
sees better fruits without stones, seeds vt
spines; better fiber, coffee, tea, spice, rub
ber, oil, paper and timber trees and better
sugar starch, color and perfume plants.
Every one of these and ten thousand mors)
are within the reach of the most ordinary,
skill In plant breeding."
FRANK O. CARTENTE3C
for Prolonging Life
"Sure." ""1
"Well, that may do for you, but tt
wouldn't suit me. I eat and drink any
thing I blame please; I don't take any eisr
else, and I go to bed whenever I fee
like It."
"That'll tell on you some day, Simpson.
When you get o be as old as I am you'll
see things different. Here I am without sm
ache or a pain of any kind and I'm ft."
"Huh!" exclaimed Mr. Simpson, wllk
lofty contempt. "I'm M."
riilzing Ids cane, he hobbled away la
great wrath, leaving the momentous ques
tion of longevity and ths best method of at.
tolulng It still ujistuwd Chicago. STrlbuno.
