PAGES WEEK;LY. VOL. XXIII. No, 19. MAY ESTABLISHED.1Rfl3.} TOPEKA, KANSAS, 13, 1885. {.SIXTEENPRICE••'.50 A YEAR. 'AGRIOULTURE AT THE WORLD'S (strange as It may seem)'could, if she de'i by critical analysis) Is a notable feature of early· frost has whitened the former, th. FAIR. sired, compete with Maine and Vt'rmont in these displays. The hard spring wheat of latter Is green and untouched. These sor- the (By Col. Pardoe. ortb� New Haven ltegtaler) markets of Europe and the gulf States the northwest contains from one to two ghum exhibits from the northwest show fur the winter trade. It be that before many the or NEW ORLEANS, LA., May 3. 1885. apple may hundred per cent. more gluten and albumen yearA production after thirty years of work. under sugar f,om amber will suffice for The agriculture of the United States has a�ded t�at than the bt'st winter wheat of the South. sorghum great discouragement, Minnesota orchard- the country. Colonel Harris, Commissioner I' had such a complete 'exempllticatlon More notable than all others of the food never. Ists have secured as fine fall and early wln- of Agriculture for Louisiana, says that the 0d uetS are the exhlblts '0f corn. ie of Its dI versI and value as Is to be seen In pr 1'1 ty ter apples as are grown, and that her serIous Iosses to the sUJCar planters of hi. datlons 0f SIzes of ears and have the gra magnificent display made by the general collective exhibit was the finest of that class kernels State because of bad seaaons, overflows at;ld been studied carefully by the farmers of all government and the several States, and Ter- of apples In the Exposition. Among the low prlees, have led many to put In rice In­ It IS generallyeoneeded Kl'n- rltorles at the In this 'I'hese horticultural products that attract much th�t stead of cane, and their success Is a Exposition city. tuckyse�tlons.has the finest exhibit of white dent stronr are so cover attention are those of a tropical and seml� argumentto induce others to pursue a like .complex, so many Interests. com. while the northwest, Kan!la�, Nebraska tropical kind. 'I'hese show' th e ca abllltl es course. The excellence of the sugars made comprise the entire national area, and when PI, and Dakota, make the most magrufn-ent and of the e uthern States for 1,1 the the of amber are so that one meeting northwest, adaptability I grouped astouudlug, may extrem. so. varIed dlspIaY13. N..braskida n el' d camsI i tile Count'ry 8 deman ds for oranges, Iemons, surghum cane to thee temperateteeieeri zone, and well pause before attemptlna to give even that "corn Is king" and has a mosaic Ro- figs, citrons, guavas, cocoanuts, pineapples, the Immense saving of transportation, all an idea of wllat they are within the liruits manesque medallion of the monarch embla- bananas, and other fruits. Florida and lead to the belief that eventually neiuly all of a single communication. Yet time com. zoned prominently on her walls. In their have their ability the States-wtll make their own sugar, and pels me to limit this article to generallza- Callfor�lIa demonstrated dl-play the extreme limits of production of - to furmsh oranges both for domestic eon- finally be able to more than Is no", tlons, leaving to others the work of careful this grain trom South .to Nor-til' tromthe export sumptlon and for exportation, but It has not Imported. eouiplete analysis. Broadly considered, well known southern corn of commerce to been known that they will soon The animal and vegetable fibers dl.. the agriculture of this country, as here generally the Squaw corn of northern Minnesota and be able to the national demand for I played here have been stud· shown, may be described as an exhibition r_nel't Dakota are to be seen. It Is to be rt'jlretted' profoUlld�y lemons and Ilmes, and that are making I @y practical men, and espeCially b, by groups of States, of the products of the thl'Y that the study of the cereals and vl'gl'tables 1� such rapid progress ln the cultivation of the Buropeaue and The hemp Qf climate and soil that are especially profita I of North America ends at our national Canad!ans. other fruits named as to make the lind Kansas, the jute of Ml8IIlsl� ble to their people, and of the results ob- supply northern boundary, because of the lack of K�ntuckY from those sources for markets Ippl and, Loulstana, the cotton of all the talned by careful and long contmued exmbltors from Manitoba. Had that dls- Am�r1can- merely a question of time. St�tllS from North Carolina to -.TexasIDllll' experIments In the adaptation of the pro- tnet of the new dominion been represented Hive, and the fine grade and coarse wooll ducts of other regions. These distinctions Louisiana and Mississippi are also orange as was expected, the farthest lIullt of the from all sections, afford a field for Investl­ apply both to plant life and to the animal producers, and will eventually' add largely northern growth of cereals would have been JCatlon which In Interest were quick kingdom, and alford th- best means for to the sources of supplv for America, and reached. Much Intere-t has been shown by p.ersons to see and to linprove. Northern determining the progress of this nation in northern Europe. Foremost of the States western and southern farmers In the Indian splnnl'd have expressed their delight at the Improve­ the tillage of the SOli, and in all collateral that have successfully experimented In corn and potatoes shown trom New Eng. ment in cotton. It Is the best proof adduced pursuits. Looking about this Immense e:rowlng forl'lgn tropical products on Amer· land, Malna and Vermont leading the others Ican soil Is In her of the value the Atlanta Exposition of 1881 bulhllng one Is Impressed with the fact that F'lortda. exhibit is arrow In these exhibits the latter State making a was t.o the South and the cou try. Before the Uulted States need Import no staple root, an analysis of whleh shows 85 per cent. specialty of eholee varll'tles of ma�y pota.· that was of starch ·as 65 held Individual planters In alllhe food, and but few things to gratify the pal- against per c-nt, In that toes. The progress In the propagation of cotton States were to from elsewhere, The a seeking Improve the ate, and none of the -materlals which grown cassava, capital the amber sorghum cane. 'and In tile produc- seleetlon of and the are obtained food for contains 75 cent. of staple by seeds. by expert­ various beverages except stock, per tlon of syrup and sugar from It, as shown by mental fertilization. In the last three yeara tea. c(lfftle, and cncoa. N or need we send as starch. She raises two of the most choice both Kansas and Mlnnesnta is noteworthy thlR effort has been general and successful. far away as Brazil for the last two. for the varieties of ntneapples, equal In size and In many respects. Oemmlsstoners of these At the made our sister In flavor to the In the the three annual meetings of National grand display by republic, superior best grown two States have furntshed many facts frnm Ootton Association, between 1881 Mex�co, shows that that country can supply West Indies. Although the cultivation of which those of most Interest will be �tated. _Plantt'r1l' ex­ we or are this delicate fruit for commercial and 188=>, exhibits have been and all consume at present, likely to purposes For twenty-five years sorghum has been the �ade planations given that have the need for centuries. while the whole of Oen- began only six years ago, the crop of 188! subject of contmuous experhnents In all �ncreased zeal of the planters. stimulating them to " tral America .stands ready to furnish any- netted $150,000, and the present prospects sections of tills .eountry, During the civil are the emulation. The results are, thing In which Mexico may fail us. As that crop of the current year will war the southern Atlantte and the north. _wholesome climate of the than that value. This fruit many more pounds of lint to the acre, largely governs the products OIo�e dOUble, western States. depended on sorghum to several sectlona of the It is our best- In months from the longer and fibers, and prices Uulon, �eglDs bearing eighteen supply syrup for table use. WI hout much stronjl:�r hlg?er for and will fir-t of the and Is continuous relatively for their crops. The displays of guide grouping these exlnblta, setting slips, knowledge of sugar from practical making In neees- All the wool, If c.oilected one spot, would show therefore be employed In making this thpreafter. islands of the Florida cane juice both those sections tried to get at a the wide extent of the brlt'f ab,tract of our and the mainland are glance sheep­ sarily' llatlonall\gricul· KI'Ys adjoining sugar fron: sorghum. Inventors and maDU' ture. are to the cncoanut. Four growmg Industry. The principal plant staples corn, adapted years ago, facturers spent cOllsldt'fable sums In origin. Senator Maxl:'Y, of Texas, who has given wheat, and other cereals; cotton, tobacco, ppople who had sel'n them grown success· ating and makin� apparatus hoping to this Interl'st much cant! an I its aOlI In the Fort Mevers Intelligent Investigation, ric�, products; vegetabletl fully ylclnityof bl'gan supercede cane sugar.