Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11
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The Asricuitursi Department.
When Secretary Rusk took hold OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture nj the beginning of the
Harrison administration il Was the baby" de-
partment Of the government Whatever ha.
been done for it in the last four years there
fore is to be credited TO The ssgacity Of Mr..
Rnsk, Familiarity kIfovu Is Your Uncle Jerry"
Secretary Morton viii take hold Of q comrlete
and well-oreanized bureau with some important
policies to develop / asked Mr.. RQsk few
DAYS ago what these policies we're
II were TO undertake to tell you all tina,
has been accomplished in the pef1r uent Of
Agriculture under the present administration
would have 10 give YOU the substance OF four
annual reports and innumersble bulletins"
said Secretary Rusk, land would perhaps Law
myself open 70 the charge OF not being the
most modest man IN the world. But viii. as
You desire, undertake to cnumerate few OF
what regard as important achievements Of the
department during the past four years
IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT.
First. the eradication Of pleuro-pncumonia.
OF which not trace has been found in this
country during the past eleven months. al
though found cases Of it in four states when
assumed Office.
Again, We have succeeded in 90 controlling
the interstate traffic OF our cattle M 20 greatly
reduce the losses due TO Texas fever. Tho
danger to northern cattle, in fact, has been
so much lessened that cattle raisers in the north
NO longer hesitate to purchase stockers at our
principal markets. and the result 20 exporters
has been TO lessen the rates OF insurance 10 the
extent of about SIS head
Under the acts Of Aurust 40 1870 and
March 8. 1891, we have established a sy,tem of
cattle and meat inspection covering both i'm
port AMI export cattle. sheep and swine, aud iu-
spectiou o. all meats including pork. for shin
ment TO those countries of Europe, embracing
practically the whole of continental Europe.
which heretofore prohibited the importation OF
American pork-s prohibition which, as you
are aware, has been raised in all these countries
as the result Of our inspection system.
The discovery Of the method bv which
Texas fever is communicated to our northern
cattle is also achievement OF the greatest
Importance, as this knowledge will unaues ton
ably enable to devise means in time by
which such communication can be absolutely
prevented.
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iacture OF sugar has made the profitable manu-
facture of sugar from sorghum an accom-
plirhed fact, while it has had an important Ell
rec iee' OF. on tne Manufacture of cane sugar Dur
tnr. - -. 80 ,t tIy 40
this country has bern rr,ctic,;, g,s,oo,,s,,,,.a
and / regard it now as merely question Of
Tune when the peopie OF the United States will
fi 81 =. a. VI 'ne sugar thet consume.
peonIe of Tn-one for ,,ea q. L%,,so ga a ,he
exports of that cereal for 1892 show an increase
in value of more than S2l, 500 900 over those of
1891. and while of course his increase ia in
great measure due 10 the condition of the
cereal crops in this and other countries during
these two wears, have already shown that by a
Comparison Of tae exports for lss2 with those
for $50 the ONLY wear in which corn .xuor,s
have been as great a. i'm the wear inst .lars.d
We fud that the price the pas, wear has been
much greater-aboat 80 pe- ceut-tl,an IN $50.
an effect which think is largely du. TO the bet
ter acquaintance of tho value OF corn a. a
human food brought about by our t,ro,,auara,,
among the people Of northern Earope.
The transfer of the weather bureau 70 this
department and its reorgaEizat.ou 20 as 70 ex
tend it, operations for the syectsl bereat of
agriculture. without in any gav restricting the
work already undertaken bg II under The War
DEPARTMENT. il an important ana :. the cu--
respondence Of the Seuartraert sao-. an e.
t-emely popular feature Of the .o,y ACCOM-
plirhed during the Lass two years IT, rais time
We have more than doubled our display stations
as well as our voluntary obseryers.'
administration two Secretaries have presided
over the war Office. While in the main their
ideas were similar, their opinions differed IN
some respects. Secretary Proctor inaugurated
many reforms IN the service and some Of them
have met with universal applause in army
circ,es; ara II y not ths easiest ming IN me
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