The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-13
AGRICULTURE.
The Work Accomplished by the be-
partment of Neutrality-suspicious. to
EraAlicate PleurO.Pneumonia.

The o Accomplished by the De.
partment of Neutrality-suspicious. to
E~ra4iicate Pleuro-Pneumonfa.
The department. Of agriculture has continual.
with q good measure OF success, its efforts Ca
develop the processes, enlarge the results and
augment the profits of American husbandrv.
10 has collected and distributed practical in
formation. introduced and tested new plants.
onecked the spread OF CONTAGIOUS disease OF
Insects and destructive fungus growth. and
sought to secure to agricultural labor the hiphest
reward OF effort and the fullest immunity from
loss. its records OF the year show that the sea-
a generous supply Of the demands Of consump-
ton mas been assured. and a surplus for ex-
por.ation' moderate in certain products and
ago It was found that the great
cattle industry Of the country was endangered,
rapid extension Of the European plague Of
plenro-pneumonia. Serious outbreaks existed
III Illinois. Missouri. Kentucky and in Tcnnes-
see. Animals affected were held quarantine.
rive counties In New York and from one to fOur
counties In each Of the states OF New Jersey.
pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland wero al
most equally affected. With this great danger
upon us and with the contagion already in the
channels OF commerce, with the enormous direct
and indirect losses already being caused by It.
and when only prompt and energetic action
W v successfully Unefc were IN none OF these
states any laws authorizing this department. to
eradicate the malady or giving the state officials
power TO cooperate with 1t for the purpose.
The department. even lacked both the requisite
appropriation and authority. By securing state
cooperation in connection with authority from
congress .-- ~r
THE WORK OF ERADICATION
Eas been pressed successfully and this dreaded
disease has been extirpated from the western
states. and also from the Eastern states. with
the exception OF a few restricted areas which are
still under supervision: The danger has thus
been removed, and trade and have
been freed from the vexatious state restrictions
which were deemed necessary for a time.
During the past four years the process Of diffu-
serchnm and sugar cane has been introduced
into the country and fully perfected BY the ex-
periments carried on by the department of agri-
culture. This process Is now universally con
through it that the sorghum sugar industry has
been established upon a firm basis and the road
TO It's future success opened. The adoption Of
this diffusion process is also extending In
Louisiana and other sugar-producing parts
OF the country, and will doubtless soon
be the only method employed for the
study has also, within the same period. been
undertaken of the subject Of food adulteration
and the best analytical methods for detecting ".
A part OF the results Of this work has already
been published by the department, which, with
The matter in course of preparation, will make
the most complete treatise on that subject that
has ever been published In any country. The
department seeks a progressive DEVELOPMENT. It
would combine the discoveries Of science with
the economies and amelioration of rural prac-
tice. A supervision of the endowed experimental
station system recently provided for is q proper
function OF the department and is now In oper-
alton. This supervision is very important and
ssh0uld be wisely and vigilantly directed to the
lend that the pecuniary aid Of the government In
tfavor Of intelligent agriculture should be 80 APP
.plted as to result In the general good and to the
sbeneft of all our people. thus lustifyinR the APP
spropriation made from the public treasury.