Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-06
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.
Its Growth In tho West--Fruits and For
ago for the Arid Regions Meat
Inspection.


WASHINGTON, Nov. G.-The annual r
port Of the secretary OF agriculture dea
>. at length with certain plans for thoroug
reorganization OF the department, an
N suggests several new features in the il
ID terest of the development OF agriculture
On the rapid development Of agricutur
- in the Rocky moutain districts the secre
tary says: at will surprise eastern state
with new views of the wealth and prog
ress of the great American desert OF tn
recent past" Special suggestions in re
gard to this division are the extension o
local statistical work and the enlargement
OF the corps Of state statisticians by the ap
pointment Of one in every state.
A comprehensive plan of agricultural
survey of states and territories is also sug
gested to be pushed as asrapidly as available
means will permit.
The intention is expressed to adopt
some method by which county CORE.
spondents can be utilized to secure repre-,
sentation Of the department at state and
county fairs.
The condition of the sugar industry is
reviewed in detail and the results de.
clared to be OF mixed character, in
some cases yielding well, and in other
cases proving disappointing. Special at
tention is to be given to the development
of varieties OF sorghum containing q
higher proportion of available sugar. I'M.
portant progress has already been made
in this direction. Many localities in the
limited States, especially in the north and
on the Pacific coast, are known 10 be
specially suitable to the production OF the
sugar beet, rich in saccharine matter.
The interest in this subject by successful
| experiments in California will be met by
the publication during the coming winter
of full report on beet sugar industry in
the United States.
The botanical department is to bo spe-
cially occupied in IN effort 10 solve the
problem OF increasing the forage yield on
300, 100000 acres of arid region outside
of possible irrigation, by promoting the
productiyeness OF grasses now growing
there.
In regard to the textile fibres question
now occupying the attention of the de-
partment is the utilization Of fax, jute,
ramie and other fbres.
The report urges tho duty of the gov
ernment to assume more definite super
vision Of such forest acres as are still |
owned by it, and as occupy position of
importance in the regulation OF the water
flow and other climatic conditions, and |
emphasizes the importance Of the rela-
tions which the forests bear to the prob
lem of irrigation OF arid lands and Of their
immense annual product.
A special investigation was ordered a
few months ago through the pomological
division to secure information regarding
fruits growing naturally in unsettled por-
tions of the country, and to collect speci-
mems of them rs an aid to determining
the most suitable varieties of our cul-
tivated kinds for propagation in that vast
region.
The language used by Secretary Rusk in
regard to national meat inspection law, [
Is pointed and vigorous. The necessity :
for inspection at the time OF slaughter, he
says, is first, to enable the authorities 10 :
locate any cattle disease centers, {
eaying inspection of our own meat prod t
lcts to- the officials of other countries, c
hus giving foreign governments some s
show OF reason for the claim that they &
nave better opportunities for learning of |
diseases among American cattle than are Q
enjoyed by our own government. il
Authority and means are also desired to
enable the department to exercise close t
supervision OF the economic side Of cattle n
markets, and the characteristics of stock o
the highest prices, variation Ii
IS to age, weight and quality, and all facts
,earing upon the cattle industry which 0
,ill enable the bureau to supply to farmers s.
uch information, as it is impossible for [
hem to obtain it for themselves.
Sheep and wool receive special con- d
Iteration in the report. The growth of ly
he mutton interest is referred to as one T
0 be greatly encouraged. As to wool Il
rowing, the reduction of the tariff in tr
SS3 is earnestly deplored. To it is-at-
ributed the great reduction in the num- 4:
er OF sheep, which was since then fallen di
# by about 100000 head, while i'm S;
orts of wool have increased from 49,
5O,654 pounds in 1854 to 1926, ,4S7, ,729 HI
ounds the past year. s.
Figures are submitted showing the i'm bt
ortance OF agriculture, which produces [h
n annual yield of nearly $4,000
O0, 700, employing on 100000 farms II
0 100000 persons, representing a pop. b,
lation Of 30,000,O00 people, while the in
alue of live stock alone is estimated at h;
2 ,507 100000. !,
Referring b the agricultural depression, Fl
le report does not undertake tho delicate 9s
uty of legislators in diagnosing the caus-
5 and analyzing the proposed panaceas, ell
ut the right OF the farmer to the fullest N
nioyment compatible with the rights OF 81
Is fellow-citizens of the benefit Of the GO
rotective system, which is the rock-root. "
! principle OF the Republican party, is W
lrnestly insisted upon. For all such til
rticles as our own soil can produce the ia
'rmer justly asks that protection which
i'll insure to him all the benefits Of our re
ONE Market" eli