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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



the Chinese understand that moisture in the soil is necessary, here are 

 a few mottos: 'He that does not harrow in the autumn is a fool.' 'To 

 eat wheat and flour, one has to sew wheat in moist soil.' 'To plow soil 

 in the summer is much better than to plow it in the autumn.' I will now 

 show you a large number of slides, some being exhibited for the first 

 time to the public." 



Apples. 



A DELEGATE, Wyoming: "What about the apples you spoke of?" 



PROF. MEYER: "They are not Yery well flavored, but considering 

 that you can't grow fine apples in an arid country, we have to be thank- 

 ful for what nature provides." 



Peaches. 



A DELEGATE: "At what altitude do the wild peaches grow?" 



PROF. MEYER: "V\^e have some of those peaches in Ames, Iowa, 

 and in San Antonio, Texas, and they are doing well there. Nearly every- 

 thing from northern China is remarkably hardy. The peaches in northern 

 China are excellent, much better than American cling stones. All the 

 American peaches, the best ones, have Chinese blood in them." 



Crop Rotation. 



A DELEGATE: "Do the Chinese practice crop rotation?" 

 PROF. MEYER: "They do, certainly. I have seen three rotations 

 of sorghum, soy beans, and small grains." 



A DELEGATE: "How ca*n you procure these different grains." 



Seed Distribution. 



PROF. MEYER: "I sent in from Siberia about one thousand pounds 

 of seeds and these seeds were given to different gentlemen in the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and were distributed." 



Prof. Meyer then delivered an illustrated lecture showing one hun- 

 dred fine photographic reproductions of Chinese and Manchurian farming 

 scenes. 



THE LEGITIMATE LAND AGENT VS. THE SPECULATOR. 



By J. A. Griffith, Land Commissioner, The Union Pacific Railroad. 



"In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth, and with • 

 especial care, that part thereof now comprising the great commonwealth 

 of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, AVyoming and Utah, and with infinite 

 wisdom and knowledge endowed it with all things necessary to human 

 comfort. 



"Then after the flight of time, a courageous Congress, during the 

 darkest hours of the Civil War, foreseeing, but only faintly grasping the 

 possibilities of what was to, and has, become a great empire and store- 

 house of wealth, wisely enacted laws that resulted in the construction of 

 the Union Pacific Railroad, which cemented with bands of steel, and 



