Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 5

w-g 4 i Thursday August 8 19C3 The Lexington Leader William Henry Hatch Author Of Hatch Act And Missouri Congressman Was Born Near Georgetown hill of wild siraw-i Hawkins' 17-year-old daughter in grains the weather bureau Thetis Clay Hawkins They had act of 1891 an act to supply pure one daughter who never marHcd I strains of seeds and plants to At her death Sarah Hades Hatch farmers who had been forced to wiliMi th Hnif-hM1 ifUmufhmw good" and of course the willed the Hatches' "Strawberry a statue is Mark Twain hla being Hatch farm in Rlvcrview Park Republican landxlklcl and his jru an He also lost popu-l to some degree Capl ISligll Lrtler souri Dr Elmer Kfrlil said ir -plied by a that much has come about through applications by American farmers of tlie Information and materials developed by the re search programs of tlie expert' meat stations berries on the 1894 a defeated Hatch crat peers larity by Joining with the Hatch Act Qf 1887 that bill reserving for him a niche in agricultural history Hutrh Act Or 1887 Agriculture Department yearbook of 1939 dies the Hatch Act as notable landmark In the history of the Department for it insured state co-operation in its research and educational activities" In addition the bill Discovery in the Suva Library nf a letter written by Governor William Bllgh of New South Wain on November 5 1807 to Sir Joseph Banks the great 18th century botanist and scientist who sailed with Captain Cook was revealed recently The letter from Biigh to Banks deals with how Bllgh found conditions in New South Wales the difficulty in keeping rebellious subjects in order and how he tried to deal with Bluxland "strange gods of Populism' and espousing tlie 16-to-one free silver Issue This also cost him his friendship with gold standard John Carlisle Retiring to private life Hatch continued his crusade for pure dairy products serving the National Dairy Uniun as president He died in 1896 at Strawberry Hill at the age of 63 A significant reminder of the Hutch dHys in Hannibal is a statue of the congressman erected in Hannibal Park the only monument in the park The nnly oilier Hannibal resident honored with The University of Missouri held an anniversary celehrution of the Hatch Act this spring at Strawberry Hill now the site of (he station of the department nf dairy husbandry The program included speeches on Hatch the research at Strawberry Hill over a 30-year period a study of whut Is expected tlwre In the future and a discussion on Hatch's contribution to American agriculture At Strawberry Hill Just west of Hannibal Hatch raised Jersey cat-lie Kentucky trotting horses and hogs Tlie name of tlie farm was By ANN BEVINS Leader Correspondent GEORGETOWN Ky Out In the Midwestern farming state of Missouri the agriculture people are doing honor to William Henry Hatch late congressman of Hatch Art fame William Henry Hatch was born near Georgetown He was a prod' uct of Georgetown Lexington Harrodsburg and Richmond His mark in the history of agriculture is a big one The year 1963 marks the 75th anniversary of the Hatch Act of 1887 That legislation established a national system of agricultural experimentation by appropriating funds for experiment stations In connection with land-grant col' leges Preacher's Bay The name Hatch is familiar to the history of (he Disciples of Christ in Kentucky and to the story of the development of old Bacon College Both parents were member of pioneer Kentucky families The Dictionary of American Biography itatei that Hatch's father was "a Campbcllite His mother was Mary Adams Hatch The Hatches were slave-owning people this probably pointing the way in part to young Hatch Joining the Army of the Confederacy at Hannibal Mo in 1861 Scott County records find his father a sermon or make a political speech all with eqal facility" William Henry Hatch's child hood is sketchy in historical accounts It Is known that he was educated in Lexington studied law for a year at a Richmond law office was admitted to the Kentucky bar at the age of 21 and practiced law in Harrodsburg for a year prior to moving West In 1855 At the age of 22 Hatch and his wife the former Jennie Smith of Scott County moved to Hannibal Mo on the advice of Mrs parents who had Joined the westward migration in 1839 He opened a law office with a partner named1 Campbell When Hatch was 85 his young wife died In the fall of that year he was elected circuit sttorncy for the 16th Judicial district and began his long career in politics By that time his father had moved to Ilannlbal also and was serving a two-year stint as pastor of the First Christian Church In 1858 Hatch and Jameson Hawkins led in building a toll read known as the Hannibal-New Condon plank road They modeled the road after one on the Hawkins farm back in Kentucky The Missouri road with covered bridges paid a 90 per cent return and made Hannibal an important market At the age of 28 Hatch married proto Util" farm to the State of Mis-souri for experiment station use Hatch enlisted with the South in 1862 in the rank of captain By 1963 he waa an assistant adjutant general acrvlng as assist ant commissioner of exchange at Richmond Va He received an honorable discharge after the surrender of Robert Lee Rights Lost Momentarily Because oT his alignment withlvided an exciting approach the losing side Hatch waa barred agricultural education Smtl imtlnin 1H72 In ren8nlinlt the Hatch Art as crnm-'tiJt72 lcp toward the development of Wht hS' 1 lronR wteultural economy thf doan of tho CoHiw of Agrl- Hh Snt ti ttnCUlUrc of ho gress from tlie heavily Democratic agricultural region He served in Congress for eight successive terms much tort being spent as the committee on worked for more than porlant to farmers Legislation sponsored mci Missouri congressman included1 -the 1884 act establishing the Bu-reau of Animal Industry the 1886 bill now known as the "first oleomargarine act" the meat inspection bill of 1890 several anti option laws to prevent i peculation Dutch setticn worked New copper mines in Kino WILLIAM II HATCH deeding two female slaves and their small children to Daniel Hatch in 1880 to settle A debt amounting to $1180 Congressman latest poet in the pressbox" Mr Oliver Howard of New London Mo author of several tract! published by the University of Missouri st Columbia plies early writings that state that "young Hatch could plead a case preach fYTOflrrofDrtrriP 455 Southland Drive Open Daily Southland 9 Shopping Center 10 PM Next To Kroger's In Southland Shopping Center Phone 277-7146 A Wk ADD FEDERAL TAX WHERE APPLICABLE PRICE! 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