Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — WILL STUDY AMERICAN CROPS. [ARTICLE]

WILL STUDY AMERICAN CROPS.

Germany Attaches an Agriculturist to lta Embassy. Several of the European Governments have decided to send to their embassies or legations in this country what they term “agricultural attaches.” Such an attache will be expected to keep his home Government informed not only as to crop conditions, prospects and prices in the Unijted States at regular intervals, but also to keep his people lasted as to progress in all agricultural methods and improvements from time to time. Germany is the first to send an attache of this sort, who arrived in Washington a few days ago and called upon the Secretary of Agriculture. Ilis name is Beno Reinhardt Freiherr von Herman. He is a baron, although an agriculturist, so that he wifi no doubt be welcomed into official society this winter, despite his long name. It is understood that both the English and French Governments will soon follow the example of Germany and send an agricultural attache to their embassies here, and Secretary Morton now thinks that it might be wise on the part of bur Government to return the compliment by sending some of our most practical and successful farmers abroad in place of the few military and naval attaches who presumably adorn the diplomatic service of the United States. The feller of the Merchants* National Bank of Massillon, Ohio, paid out S2C gold pieces iustead of silver dollars on a check for $240, and will, therefore, take no vacation this year. f.\ John Hartman, Joseph Wilke and Alexander Wilke, membeys of a New York pleasure party, were drowned.