The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20


hcn'ty Of remedying shn >.i.. he poins
out that partial remedy. to provid
which Is the duty Of his department.
% keep the farmer fully informed /
regard 90 the market values Of nj
warcA This will a. least save hin
, from the penalty Of ignorance and tn
INSCRIPTIONS greed OF traders. and n
concludes 10 extend tho work IN thi,
direction until every farmer in In
country may know. before he market,
hia goods just what their value is ID
the nearest market.
Il He eongratulates the country upor
the success attending the practical an
piicaticn AZ the department experiment
station in Kansas Of the alcohol process,
perfected in the laboratory Of the De-
partment. for the extraction OF sugar
from sorghum The practical tests
have realized all the authorizations
formed in the laboratory experiments.
and the cost Of the process IS found 10
b 20 trifiing As TO he practically insig.
nihcant There seems 20 be no rea-
son." he says. why we should not,
therefore. look forward with confidence
70 the day when the 500. 00o. 900 paid
BY Americans 10 foreign producers for
sugars should be turned into IT, ,ock-
cts Of our own people"
In all our efforts towards Oversize
ing our crops climatic conditions must
play an important part. and in this
connection he declared his conviction
OF the Importance and value to agri-
cultural interests Of the tran sfer 20 his
department Of the weather bureau: q
transfer which has. he finds. been gem
orally received with great satisfaction
since the increase in signal stations
from $50 to loo. and OF voluntary OBJ
servers from f.so0 to 1900 Plans have
been agreed upon and undertaken
with . view to eularging and extending
the work Of the bureau especially in
aid OF the agricultural interests
Secretary Rusk devotes considerable
space to a review Of the work OF the
bureau Of animal industry. Pleuro-
pneumonia he regards As quite under
control and limited in territory to two
or three counties ON Long Island and
in New Jersey. over which thorough
quarantine is exercised. He earnestly
recommends increased appropriations
to extend meat inspection to all appli-
cant&
The benefits" he says. (which have
already accrued BY the opening M Of |
the foreign markets to pork producta
the increased demand for beef products
and the re-establishment Of their repu-
tation for wholesomcness and sound.
ness in the markets Of the world. &c
gether with the protection which this
inspection furnishes to our own con.
'nmers. amply justify . liberal appro.
priation--
In reviewing the work Of the division
u chemistry with reference to the adul.
eration OF foods. the secretary empha-
lies especially the authorizations Of
once. which are found to extend 20
Tery large percentage. not only Of the
round coffees. but Of the coffee bean,
Wholly artificial coffee beans having
zen introduced into the market. Of
which many samples bought on the
pen market were found to largely con-
ist These artificial beans are sold to
ne trade at four cents a pound. In
arge measure, they are imported. and
he secretary urges that such importa-
lon- as well a. their manufacture or
g IN this country be absolutely pro-
ibited.
~ the rainfall experiments he states
riehy that they have been made. but
lat as regards the production OF rain /
has no data yet at hand which
'ould justify him in expressing any
,nclusions on the subject.
In concluding his report he indicates
lat from the time he assumed the
'ins Of Office he has devoted his per- .
nal attention 10 . general enlarge
ent Of the scope Of the work Of the
'partment In the interest Of practical
,riculturc. especially the extensson
the market for the disposal Of th4
rplus Of our great staple crops. H.
uding the cereals and our vast animal Z
'oducts. and the enlargement Of ouv !
oductive capacity, % ss TO achieve !
e gradual substitution Of home
own for imported products. and to !
inging the department into such close .
lations with the farmers a. would ac- !.
'aint them with its work. inspire them
it'll confidence in its ability 20 serve !
EN-. and forciDly impress upon the OF. :
e-s OF the department themselves tho Z
ants and conditions Of the tiIlcr Of the \
IL These objects he believed to have Z
en- measurably attained. and further, I
IS Of the opinion that By steadily keep !
3 them in view and extending and !