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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—The British steamer Hattrawan. which 
cleared from Pensacola .Ian. 12. with 10,000 hales of cot- 
ion for Havre, put hack with lire in her hold. The lire 
was discovered when the vessel was fifty miles off the 
shore. The cargo is valued at .$500,000 and the damage 
will i>e heavy. ... In a bill introduced at Albany, 
.Ian. 13. by Senator Allds a scale of annual automobile 
registration fees is proposed. A tax of live dollars is pro¬ 
vided for machines weighing 1,500 pounds; ten dollars 
for machines weighing 2.500. and five dollars for each 
additional 500 pounds. A Hill by Senator Grady would 
send automobilists violating the speed limit to jail for 
thirty da vs and impose a fine of SI 00. If a person is 
injured through carelessness of a driver the penalty the 
hill provides is imprisonment for not less than one year 
and a fine of .$1,000. If death results the driver may 
he convicted of manslaughter in the second degree. A 
second conviction deprives a chauffeur of his license. 
A train made up of cars carrying costly shipments 
of silk from China and Japan and an eastbound freight 
train collided Jan. .14, at Sldewood, twenty-seven miles 
west of Swift Current, Assiniboia, on the Canadian l’aci- 
(ic. Six cars were smashed. The loss is estimated at 
several hundred thousand dollars. J. B F. Bine- 
hart. former vice-president and cashier of the Farmers’ 
and Drovers’ National Bank of Waynesburg. Pa., was 
found guiltv on all of the counts against him, in the 
Federal court at Pittsburg, Jan. 15. Judge Young sentenced 
Rinehart to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The case grew 
out of rite failure of the hank two years ago. involving 
about $2,000,000. The jury found Rinehart guilty of all 
ifie eleven counts, charging him with making false reports 
to the comptroller of the currency, and upon all of the 
nineteen counts charging him with making false entries 
:md with abstraction in transactions connected witli the 
Greene County political campaign <>f 1905. 
Twenty persons were killed and as many more injured in 
n wreck on the Denver and Rio Grande, near Glenwood 
Springs, Col., Jan. 10. Westbound passenger train .No. 5 
, rashetl into a doubleheader eastbound freight near Dot- 
soro. According to I lie railroad men there t lie wreck was 
caused by disobedience of orders on the part of the engi¬ 
neer of the passenger train. lie had been ordered to wait 
■it Dotsero for the freight to pass, but apparently thought 
lie had time to make another siding, seven miles beyond. 
The force of the impact practically tore the chair car in 
two. while the tourist car, directly behind, was telescoped 
almost from end to end. . . Four hundred automo¬ 
biles were destroyed in a fire that swept through the old 
freight sheds of the Providence division of the New York, 
New Ilaven atyl Hartford Railroad in the rear of the Park 
Square station. Boston. Mass., Jan. 17. The value of the 
machines is estimated tit from $700,000 to $000,000 and 
very few of them were insured because of the high pre¬ 
miums demanded on account of tlie character of tlie 
building in which they were stored. In addition the train 
sited at the end of the station was practically destroyed 
with its contents, which consisted of a hoard bicycle 
track and a pavilion known ns the Winter Garden, in 
which were merry-go-rounds and various devices for enter¬ 
tainment. . . . After five years’ litigation settlement: 
has been made out of court for 30 of the deaths in the 
Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago, the total fatalities reach¬ 
ing near B00. More titan 400 cases are still unsettled. 
It is said that $750 will be paid in each of the 30 cases 
by one of the firms responsible for the construction of 
the building. . . . Fire at Berlin. l*a.. Jan. 18, caused 
tlie death of seven men. The fire was caused by an 
overheated stove. . . . Extensive frauds in the dis¬ 
posal of tlie public domain covering a long period and 
involving lands estimated as worth $110,000,000, are direc¬ 
ted to the attention of Congress in a report forwarded 
Jan. IS. to the House and Senate by the Secretary of 
tlie Interior, who recommends that an appropriation of 
SI,000.000 bo made available to prevent depredations upon 
public timber and to protect public lands. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—In the contest at the corn 
show held at Purdue University. Uafayette. Ind., the 
grand championship of the State in the single ear com¬ 
petition went to Peter Lux, of Prescott. In the club 
contest, each exhibit consisting of fifty ears, the grand 
sweepstakes of tlie State went to the Johnson County 
Corn Club. There were exhibits from clubs in four sec¬ 
tions of the State. 
The New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, January 
15, unanimously turned about face in tlie matter of 
automobile legislation by passing a resolution asking 
the Legislature to amend the automobile law by allowing 
recognition of licenses issued in other States without 
charge to tlie owners of tlie machines. The farmers have 
been in tlie past very bitter in the matter of automobile 
legislation, and one of the principal reasons why the 
Legislature has not recognized outside licenses for tour¬ 
ing in ibis State without charge lias been this attitude 
of the farmers, in explanation of tlie turn aliout policy 
the farmers said that they were now automobile owners 
and wanted to get the benefit, of going into other States 
to tour without taking out a new license, and the only 
way they could get ail States to give this recognition to 
Jersey machines was for Jersey to alter her automobile 
regulation. The farmers also passed a resolution favor¬ 
ing a public utility commission with the rate-making 
power, for an amendment to the law permitting trolleys 
to carry freight and for a standard of 105 pounds for a 
barrel of potatoes. 
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Ayrshire Breed¬ 
ers' Association will be held In the parlor of the Man¬ 
hattan Hotel, Madison avenue and 42d streets. New York, 
on February 3. 1!)00, at 2 o’clock, p. m.. for hearing 
reports of Hie secretary, treasurer and Home Dairy Test 
Committee, and for the election of officers. Secretary, 
C. M. Winslow, Brandon, Vt. 
Lieut. Gov. Horace White was elected president of the 
reorganized State Fair Commission Jan. 18. Other officers 
elected were: Vice-president, DeForest Settle, of Syra¬ 
cuse ; Secretary, S. c. Shaver, of Syracuse; treasurer, 
Albert. E. Brown, of Batavia. 
FARMERS’ WEEK IN OHIO. 
A NOTABLE GATHERING.—The second week in Jan¬ 
uary was a notal ie event for farmers in Ohio. At this 
season delegates of farm organizations came from all over 
the St ate in convention at Columbus. The fruit growers, 
wool growers, various cattle breeders’ associations, far¬ 
mers' institute conductors aud tlie State Board of Agri¬ 
culture, all meet during this week. These meelings were 
unusually lively and interesting this year, for many 
things have happened io wake up Ohio farmers. Tlie 
purebred live stock interests are very large and import¬ 
ant in Ohio. The celebrated cattle forgery case was tlie 
chief theme of conversation among stock men. Every 
breeders’ association in the country is stiffening up its 
rules and using greater care in its inspection. Some men 
who comprise a small minority seemed to think it best 
to cover the matter of fraudulent pedigrees up and say 
as little about it as possible. The great majority of 
influential breeders repudiated this policy and argued that 
the only way to gain tlie confidence of buyers was to 
come out squarely and let in the light. Ohio is a won¬ 
derful live stock State, and her breeders cannot afford to 
stand for crooked work. 
Tlie Ohio Horticultural Society held one of its best 
meetings, with tt large attendance and much enthusiasm. 
Throughout the Eastern States apple culture is tlie great 
theme for discussion. The famous apples from tlie Paci¬ 
fic coast are working into the markets of all large cities. 
Many Ohio growers on tlie natural fruit lands feel that 
they can raise first-class fruit, and that tlie home markets 
should he supplied by home grown apples. Questions of 
culture, packing and spraying have been thoroughly dis¬ 
missed—now comes the yet more important matter 
of selling and controlling markets. The writer paid 20 
cents for two baked apples for breakfast at one of the 
leading hotels. They were of such size that at this price 
a barrel would bring $30. At the central market at 
Columbus second-class cooking apples were selling by the 
small measure at about $0 a barrel. The larger cities in 
the Central West do not seem to have yet developed the 
demand for high-priced articles of food which is seen in 
eastern cities and towns. Some of these Ohio fruit grow¬ 
ers seemed surprised to be told of the way our eastern 
people buy drinking water and other guaranteed and 
natural food and drink. These t lungs will come with 
another generation, and tlie Ohio boy who starts a good 
orchard to-day will find great opportunities in the future. 
The Farmers’ Institute managers had an inspiring meet¬ 
ing. All reports indicated that the Ohio institute has 
become a strong factor in farm education. Tlie spirit 
of tlie workers is high. No sentiment was more vigorously 
applauded than that which referred to the home and 
putting the child above the dollar. No one could 
spend two days among those earnest men without being 
inspired with the idea that Ohio farmers realize the value 
of a child and what the true home life on the farm 
means for the future. The Student’s Union is art organ¬ 
ization of agricultural students at tlie Ohio State llniver- 
versity. These bright aud active young men have a great 
opportunity through their organization to influence the 
farm thought of Ohio. 
Under the present State law the Ohio State Board of 
Agriculture elects two members each year to serve as an 
Executive Committee. These members are to be appointed 
l>y the Governor, and tlie election amounts to a recom¬ 
mendation on the part of tlie Board. The new Governor 
of Ohio, is a Democrat, and he may see fit to reject tlie 
Board’s selection and make the committee a party organ¬ 
ization. The retiring members. Dr. H. N. Brown and 
E. P. Bailey, were re-elected, and t it is was considered an 
endorsement of the Board’s position in the fertilizer 
battle with the Smith Company. That fight still hangs 
fire so far as the injunction goes. It was freely stated 
however, that all over the State farmers were taking the 
matter in their own hands with a method far more effec¬ 
tive than any injunction. We shall take this up again 
later. 
Some 10 years ago, when the writer went through Ohio, 
most of the farmers seemed afraid of chemical fertilizers. 
I understand that fertilizer talk at the institute was dis¬ 
couraged. Now all this is changed and there is a general 
desire to learn how to use chemicals economically. Much 
of this interest is due to t He very valuable work by 
Dr. Thorne at tlie Ohio Experiment Station. Tit' «s' of 
phosphates and potash in connection with manure lias been 
very practical, and farmers have been able to follow it 
easily. Now most of them realize that the greatest need 
on most Ohio soils is phosphoric acid, aud from that will 
grow the knowledge which alone will save farmers from 
tlie fertilizer sharks. 
It is, of course, impossible in a brief statement to do 
justice to such a meeting. This plan of bringing all the 
farm organizations together once a year has much to 
commend it. We would like to see it tried in New York 
with every society represented by delegates and members. 
It would make an impressive showing, and the e ffect of 
bringing such a body of men together while tlie Legisla¬ 
ture was in session would be powerful. h. w. c. 
OBITUARY.—C’ltas. E. Whitman, president of the 
Whitman Agricultural Company, of St. Louis. Mo., died 
at his home in that city January 7. He was born in 
1837, at Wintlirop, Me., bis father, Luther Whitman, 
being an inventor and large manufacturer of machinery 
and implements in that place. Mr Whitman became 
manager of the Walter A. Wood Reaping and Mowing 
Machine Company's branch house in Chicago, 111., and 
itad charge of their interests in tlie West and Southwest 
until he removed to St. Louis. Mo., in 1870. and. witli 
his brothers, Gustavus F. and Henry L., established the 
Whitman Agricultural Works. 
I live twelve miles from Lexington, in tlie heart of the 
Blue-grass region of Kentucky. If is here that the supply 
of white barley tobacco for the whole world is raised. 
It will average from 1,200 to 2,000 pounds to the acre, 
and will average in financial returns to the farmers 
anywhere from $90 to $400 an acre on good land; 
consequently land sells for from $100 to $300 an acre. 
We raise tlie finest of horses here, including the saddler, 
standard-bred trotter, the Thoroughbred and German 
coach, and Perehcron. Some of the finest farms in this 
part of Kentucky are owned by New York race-horse 
men. Land here produces 80 bushels of corn to the acre, 
which is now worth 70 cents a bushel. This land is 
very rich: the only fertilizer that it gets is the clover 
or rye crop that is plowed under. There are no 
manure pits here; probably not a half dozen silns in 
this part of the State There are only a few dairy 
herds here, and probably one good orchard to every 15 
farms. But when if comes to stock we have got them. 
There are fine herds of Red Poll. Short-horn. Hereford 
and Polled Angus cattle. Poland China. I )uroc-Jersey. 
Thin-Rind. Berkshire. White Chester hogs, and sheep of 
all kinds. Farm labor here during the Summer is 
scarce and very high, hands getting $1.25 to $2 a day 
and board. This State is now trying io induce good 
foreigners to settle here on account ot' the labor prob¬ 
lem. We have a stock and a no-trespassing law here. 
Any stock found on the public highway is taken up and 
the owner fined $25 for allowing them to run at large. 
Any person found trespassing on another person's place 
without permission will be fined the same amount. 
Midway, Ky. j. h. d. 
A few years ago you sowed your 
grain by hand and to-day you can’t 
get along without tlie machines that 
save you so much time. 
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