Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-05
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
+ FarIners TrOSpeTing.

The report OF the Secretary OF Agriculture de
serves especial attention in view OF the fact
that the year has been marked in very un-
usual degree ley aeira ION ard or aniIation
-...~.e sno "a. iil7's moaning ~ an iucrya5o n
the profits OF their b sil ess. 1t viii be found
that the efforts Of the department have been
intelIigen " and Zcalously devoted to the pro
motion OF the interest iuJrus,ed to its care.
A very suDsJaHtinl Improvement IN the mar
ket prices Of the 10 ding farm ruducts during
the year is nCti d he price Of wheat ad-
yanced from 81 cents Ia October lSsg TO S1002z
in October, ESQ; com from 81 cents to Sol!
cents cats from 49, cents 10 A cents. and bar
ley from G3 cents to IS cents. Meats showed
substantial on OF 50 large an Increase. The eX-
port trade IN live animals AMI fowls shows
very large increase, tbs total yalue in such ex-
ports for the year ending June 30, 1880.
was S3A.O00,OOl, ana the increase over
0OO. Nearly 2JJ,OJJ more cattle and
over IS U0J more hogs were exported than in the
pork products ana IN dairE IFouoc-s vas very
largely Increased, the increas= in the articles Of
butter alone being from T. 5J4 ~ po4uds TO 29.-
745,Oi2 pounds, and the total Increase
in the value Of meat and dairy prod
ucts exported being -, 0Os 900. This
trade so directly helpful 20 tn farmer it is be-
Ieved will be yet further and very largely In
creased when Jhs system OF lDspt ctlon and
sanitary Suppression now provided by law is
brought iully into operation.
Protecting American Meats.
The efforts of the Secretary to establish the
healthfulness Of our meats against the dispar-
aging imputations that have been put upon
them abroad have resultsd IN substan-
tiaI progress. Veterinary surgeons sent out
by the Department are now allowed 10 par
ticipste in the inspection o. the live cattle
from this country lsndsd a q e. gl1sh docks,
aud during the ssFeral they have
been On duty contagious
Uleuro- pue uIuOuIa has be pfte-t. This
inspection abroai and the do rc inspection
OF live animals and pork produce provided for
by the act Of August 80, l-sJ. T1l afford ae per-
feet guaranty for the Tholesoneuess of our
rneats oferei for foreign consumption q is
anywhere given to food product. and its non
acceptance viii quite clearly reveal the reet
motive ot suy continued restriction for the4r
Uss: and that having been made clear, the duty
Of the Executive win be very plain.
Beet Sugar Interests.
The information given by the Secretary Of the
yrogress and prospects q the beet sEger in
du srrv is ful of interest. l. has already passed
the experimental stage and Is commercial
success. The area over which ths sugar beet
can be successfully cultivated is very large, and
smother field crop Of great value la cEsrod 70
the choice Of the farmers.
The Secretary Of the Treasury eOncurs in the
Recommendation OF the Secretary Of Agr7c1lt-
that The Official supervision pToE11e1 Dy
the tzrfH Law for sugar q domestic production
shall be transferred to the Department OF Asrt-
culture
The Law relsting 70 the civil service has, so
far a. / CA learn. been executed by those hay-
ing the power Of appointment N the CLASSIFIED
ssryios with fidelity and fnapsrtiabtT- aud the
service has ben increasingly satisfactory. The
report Of the commission shows a large amount
Of good work done during the yeax with very
limited sppropriAtions-