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barleys were found which closely resemble those grown in our Western 
States. Some of these may prove of value. 
Several indigenous types have persisted in the oases of the Sa- 
hara. Two of these were collected. From the region of Lake Mariout 
in Egypt, two barleys were secured in 1904 which are now grown com- 
mercially in the United States. This region was visited by Doctor 
Harlan to see if other promising types might not be obtained. A large 
number of forms were found there, some of them indigenous; because of 
improvements in transportation seed has been introduced into the lo- 
cality and old forms are disappearing. June and July were spent 
in India, mainly in the Vale of Kashmir, which lies at an elevation of 
5,000 feet in the latitude of South Carolina. Here cereals were col- 
lected and alfalfa plants were found growing wild. On the plains of 
the Punjab an early barley was secured which may be of value in 
breeding varieties for the Southwest. 
November, December, and January were spent in Abyssinia, where 59 
days were devoted to a caravan trip from Adis Abbeba to Gallabat on 
the Sudan border. Grain sorghums which probably have been grown there 
for a very long time were secured. At the higher elevations little 
but barley was found; slightly lower down emmer is grown, and frequent- 
ly broad beans; still lower wheat and teff are seen. Seeds of all 
these were brought home for trial. 
Fred D. Richey, agronomist in charge of corn investigations, Office 
of Cereal Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Prof. R. A. 
Emerson, of Cornell University, returned about the middle of May from 
South America, where they went to secure varieties of Indian corn for 
use in breeding work. 
Messrs. Richey and Emerson were gone three and a half months. Dur- 
ing that time they traveled in central Argentina; crossed the Andes to 
Chile, where they went as far south as Temuco; visited the region of La 
Paz, in Bolivia; spent some time in the highlands of Peru near Cuzco, 
and finally collected specimens at Huancayo, Peru, whence they returned 
to the United States. 
The principal object of their trip was to find types of corn which 
can be grown in regions of low summer temperature. With this in mind, 
they secured seeds from southern Chile, a region of cool summers and 
long days; and they found varieties of great interest near La Paz, Bo- 
livia, at elevations of 12,600 feet. Over a hundred collections of 
seeds were made, and many photographs were taken. 
Chaulmoogra Trees 
Now that the dread disease, leprosy, long thought to be incurable, 
seems to be yielding to treatment with the ethyl esters of chaulmoogric 
