Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-12-14
Facts For Farmers From the Secretary
OF Agriculture's Report.

The report of the secretary of agri
culture contains not only most inter
esting statement of the progressive and
valuable work done under the admins
tration OF Secretary Rusk, but many
suggestions for the enlarged usefulness
of this important department.
In the successful effort to break
down the restrictions to the free intro
duction of Our meat products in the
countries of Europe, the secretary has
been untlring from the first, stimu-
lating and aiding all other government
officers, at home and abroad, whose
official dnties enabled them to partlci
pate in the work. The total trade in
hog products with Europe in May, 1892,
amounted to 82,0OO,OO0 pounds against
46, 900, 900 in the same month Of 1891; in
June, 1892, the exports aggregated
S5,000,000 pounds against $4,000, 900
pounds in the same month of the
previous year; IN July there was an
increase of Al per cent and in August
of IS per cent over the corresponding
months of 1891. Over 40, 900 900 pounds
of inspected pork have been exported
since the law was put into operation,
and comparison of the four months
of May, June, July and August. 1892
with the same months of 1891 shows
an increase IN the number Of pounds of
our export of pork products of 81 per
cent and an increase in value of 663
per cent.
The exports of dressed beef increased
from 1877 100000 pounds in 1889 to 900
100000 pounds in 1892, or about 60 per
cent. During the past year there have
beeu exported 1854, 807 head of cattle
against 2O5, 1856 exported in 1889. This
increased expectation has been largely
promoted by the inspection authorized
by law and the faithful efforts of the
secretary and his efficient subordinates
to make the inspection thorough and
to carefully exclude from all cargOes
diseased or suspected cattle.
The requirement OF the English reg
ulatious that live cattle arriving from
| the United States must be slaughtered
at the docks had its origin in the claim
that pneumonia existed among
| American cattle and the existence of
the disease could only certainly be de-
termined by post norton inspection.
The department of agriculture has
labored with great energy and faithful
ness to eKtirpate this disease, and on
the 26th day of September last public
| announcement was made 10y the sec
rotary that the disease no longer existed
| within the United States. He is en-
l tirely satisfied, after the most searching
| inquiry, that this statement was just
| fled and that by continuance of the
inspection and quarantine now required
| of cattle brought into this country the
disease can be prevented from again
Getting any foothold. The value to the
cattle industry of the United States OF
| this achievement can hardly be es.
timated.
We cannot. perhaps, at once insist
that the evidence shall be accepted as
satisfactorily by other countries, but
if the present exemption from the
disease is maintained and the inspection
of our cattle arriving at foreign ports
in which our own veterinarians par
ticlpate, confirms it, we may justly
EXPECT that the requirement that our
cattle shall be slaughtered at the docks
will be revoked, as the sanitary re-
strictions on our pork products have
been. If our cattle can be taken alive
60 the interior the trade will be enor-
mously increased.
Agricultural products constitute Ill
per cent of our unprecedented exports
s-r the fiscal year which closed June so.
1000 ,b6 total exports being 81 ,O64, 2S7-
dS S0 and ID, the ya:;saA Of the agricultural
products S79s. III. 676. witch exceeds by
more than $50 600, 600 the shipments
Of agricultural products IN any previous
year.