New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-14
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE INSPECTION OF AMERICAN CATTLE.
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE is
DOING.

DOING
Washington, April 10 specaI.-At the eleventh
hour IL decided that Secretary Rusk should accom-
pany President Harrison on his tour TO the PACING
Coast and he was extremely busy this afternoon maa
ing hasty preparations for the unexpected journey
Secretary Rusk and his subordlnates have been ex-
tTemely busy for several weeks with the preliminary
work necessary in order to carry out te ln'ent Vi
Congress In regard 70 the inspection OF cate' sheep
and swine and Of meat products for export or inter
state trade. This intent was expressed IN 'he s.'
OF August go 1890 and March 8, 1891, and the WORK
Of framing snitable rerulst.ons and preparing the
needful machinery TO make them effective Is one OF no
small importance good deal OF 10 mas been zone
and Secretary Rusk hopes 10 have al OF IL eonpoeu
before June /. Among other things Soo microscopes
have been ordered and these must be Manufactured 70
order. OF course, the men VINO are ensageu M INC
expectation Of beef, pork oaooh etc'' arc eAuemop
anxious that no time shall be lest, and the oncers
of the Department are strainng every nevre TO have
all the machinery la operation at the earliest date
practicable
The beneficial effects Of the law Of August. $780, are
already peroeptlble in the Increased expectation OF
live cattle and dressed beef In the three months
ended March 81 1901, the number Of live cattle ex-
no,,od % Enrone from the United States 65le2,
against 70 O9O in the corresponding period of 1900
on the former number, 80 ,235 were sent to Great
Britain an increase Of 1850 head; 2248 were
shipped to Germany, an increase OF l'oo2 heau, ooo
90 poro ON increase OF forty-seven head, and 1874 TO
FRANCE In the nine months ended March 81, 1881,
the total number of catle shipped TO the countries
named WINS o07 7s4; the total plumber for the cor
responding period, ending March 81, le9o, was
o59 16s showing an increase for tbree-fourths Of
year of A GIG head or more than II 1-2 per cent
The increased expectation is one OF the factors IN
the advance I'm the price OF live cattle wtuh tne last
-four ,,onths which has averaged nearly IL cents
nor nonnd and of course, has advanced the price Of
dreseed beef The short corn crop OF 1890, and the
advance in the price Of corn and the failure
q, forage crops In many districts Of the country on
Vccount NJ drouth were also factors which must be
considered. , -, =,
One Of the beneficial results Of the work done by
,h Danartment of Agriculture Is the reduction OF the
rates of insurance on export cattle on account Vi
Tho nrevaence of Texas fever several years ago the
rates were fixed at to 10 per cent measures tahelI
NV the Department to prevent the shpmeht Oh ueaseu
cattle have resulted in reduction OK insurance rates
To IL to per cent-an average reuucuoh Vi ANU.
q nor cont or "a so per head DR.. salmon, who is at
the head of the Bureau OF Animal lhdusUiy, euIu w.
dav that pleuropneumOna among cattle in the Uhied
states had virtually disappeared Several years ago
:, ntovoi,ad To a considerable extent in Maryland
ponrsvIvania NewJersey and New-Iork. Only Que
case has been reported this year ana IaI was NV
Long Island against which strict QaIie Is MOI Co.
tained and from which no cattle are ODtalheu lol
foreign export No case Of pleur0- pneumonia ahonl
cattle I'm Maryland Pennsylvania mas Deen A y
within the last eighteen months ana none e nrifsin
Jersey within the last months. Cdeat blIUdi
however requires that all cattle received from my
United States shall slaughtered on the docks anu
within ten days after they have been Ianued .t
cnnrse nreyents the expectation Of store" cattle q
that country The farmers OF Scotland ana tie .ol
OF England are camorous for the admission O Vi
compelled to pay much higher prices LOT Irisn ''''i'
among which pleuro-pneumona is prevalent