Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-17
AROUND TOWN.
Statistics Wanted in Rela-
tiOn to Farm Produce.
A YOUNG GIRL BADLY BURNED.
She Saves q Little Girl, and Her
Own Dress Catches Fire-Other
Recent Events.

Jerry Rusk, the new Secretary Of the
new department # the Cabinet, that of
Agriculture, is beginning to get down to
work. He proposes to make more Of q
business of ascertaining the exact amount
of farm produce grown in the country
than the Department of the Interior was
wont to do under the old regime. The
plans for the work of this new depart
ment were mapped out during the last
Administration, and will now be carried
out under the Harrison rule.
Mr.. A. 81. Decker, who has formerly
supplied the Government with such sta
tistics of farm matters as have been sent
on from this section, received the follow
ing letter few days ago from Secretary
Rusk:
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 26, 1889.
sIR1This department proposes hereafter to
bureaus among persons especially interested
in the data presented In each particular report,
reiy among those to whom Il VIII be n
most value. 1t Is believed that such
distribution will bring the department into
OF the country and increase its usefulness both
to the general farmer and to the agricultural
I desire to first secure list of the leading
men In each county interested in stock growing,
in order thst all bulletins, ports, etc. bear
ing upon their specialties may be sent them.
one particular class. Of animals. to
horses. or cattle, or sheep, or swine and
It is desirable to group them according
to the class in which they are most interested.
avoiding all duplication. In giving the names
and addresses under each class, please select
as "a far as possible one man n fos each GLASS. in
of the county in order that the documents
sent out may have the widest possible circula-
ton.
If our correspondents will exercise their
usual care and judgment In making up this
list they will favor the department and at the
same time confer material benefit upon their
fellow farmers in their own county. Any
suggestions you see fit make relative to dis
tribution of reports and dissemination of in
appreciated s'sH and carefully i considered. WI" '
With the circular was sent a number
of small blank books containing tables
in which statistics of farm matters can
be entered. The use to which these are
to be put is explained as follows:
'These books are to be distributed among q
few of the leading threshers of your county,
who will keep record Of the work done and
then forward @ Il them en- at t. once to this department,
| in order that data may be available. The re-
turns of threshing. If carefully made, win be
Whe1e the Of asrs
| 1t, more than one book may be furnished him.
| 1t is hoped that all correspondents will secure
full and prompt return of the books for their
eSunty."
Each farmer is expected to keep the
book himself, fill in the tables and re-
turn it at the end of the season to the
department,
A part Of the contemplated work viii
be to keep the department we'll informed
on the state of the market for various
products in different parts Of the coun-
try. 1t is believed that work of this sort
will contribute greatly to the advantage
of the farmers of the country,