The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-02
AGRICULTURE.
Innual Report of Commits
Sioner Coleman.
FEARS AWAY UP IN ALASKA
.s Report OF abe Governor OF the
nc '.- = T.,ritory-stiII Plead
ing for the Anarchists
rbs t.nuntrr,s Agriculture.


w.sH1seroS, December Norman
coleman. Commissioner OF Agricul-
,,s TO-DAY submitted his second
annsI r.port 70 the President. He
,s.cribes in general terms, the pro-
- made in agriculture during recent
-. and the conditions when con,
l-3L,,ta N make this 1.-The best te1
go an the globe" He sets forth al
"-,gfb the benefits derived aud 70 De
tas2ad from agricultural experiments
n stafious ami colleges, and the several
f,stes are constantly urged TO enlarge
ETDeriments and often md themselves
E+rIFinp new leads. which they eau
rot follow, all for want OF means
Hence the general interest IN the Dill
row before Congress Tor the estsoilsn
Ene1t of agricultural experimental
T-tstions in connection with agricultural
Etolleges" and the prevalent opinion OIL
- Importance and 2 desire for Us
-srly enactment. No measure, ne
Isvs rs now pending or proposed
lst greater Importance or bearing
Eriphter promise of deep-sested and
Esssing benefits to the agricultural in
+s-s.ts OF the United States IN al their
.raucues." In Comment NJ upon the
work Of the bureau OF animal industry,
he describes the spread of pleuro-pneuI
Inonia and SAYS: Every effort possible
lnnde- existing laws has been made 70
locate diseased animals, and isolate all
nat have been exposed. ItvOult have
been most fortunate If every animal
sxposed % disease and liable 20 COR
tract i. could have been sun
na-ilv SLAUGHTERED. and the cOntagion
thus erac icated with the diseases OF ttis
character at Chicago. 1t has been truly
lssid that TIE cattle industry OF this
lcountrv has Iched a Crisis. There
can he no doubt that the disease VIII &c
soon wi tely disseminated unless prompt
and effe.tive action can be instituted
for its speedy suppression. Even nov
Id NAV have been Scattered to some ex'
II tent n the west. and tue investigation
tnext vezr will probably bring othel
IouthrSaks 70 light. The matter IS {
|tmOst important one, oyersbadoWing II
Iurgency all others affecting tur ag-i-
lcultura- population, and Of vital inter
lest almost to every consumer OF beef
Iof mill. OF butter and Of cheese.
To prevent the spread OF this sCourge
(which mas already greatly affected oul
Ifureign and inter State commerce, al
.dirOnsl legislation by Congress is nov
essential. Much valuable work hA
already been done in Maryland, anC
the danger Of dissemination of cOnta-
giol rom that state has been greatly
ilessened. No work has been done II
1.-The state OF New York, because Ii va;
le7idens that the appropriate ion was moi
sufficient 10 secure any favorable re
suits there on account of the infection
The disease sIsO exists in New Jersey
Pennsylvania and Virginia, but tn
State authorities have not ye
accepted the rules and regulations o.
II the department for cooperation.
greatly regret the necessity OF announc
Ing the existence OF this dEDgerou
disease over such WIDE area, but th
serious results 10 be unprecedented frOI
Il maze II imperative that the trutl
should be known, in order that sue
legislative action may be taaeu a. Ind
Gated by the emergency.
Upon forestry, he saws there IS yrac
t;caliy no reproduction sttempte,
II or iorest-plcaiing done WORT
mentioning IN comparison with the en-
ormOds annual consumption. las tn
II first step OF REFORM" he saws, I'm
dOub,edly the land policy of the Unite
II States n timOered regions requires
change, according 10 The conditions o
those localities. Besides the good ex
ample which government may set i
taking better care of its own timbe
lands, It might appropriately extenI
It's operations by planting on a larg
scale IN the bodies of several con
GgUOus sections in treeiess states an
territories OF the west. The mill
tary reservations in these state.
owned by the general govern men!
would form the most desirable field {
operation. Only by such extensiy
planting can desirable modifcatio
OF the extremes Of climate on the IVES
tern plains be expected" The Com
missioner calls attention TO the need O
: tuh2 10 ne used in sending specia
SIS 20 lorelgn countries in response {
invitations 10 take part in scientific In
FeSugauons oil all sorts. He thinl
reports from this standpoint of th
l neeas OF inls country instead OF from
foreign view. would be very valuable.