Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-13

All persons not needea Tor sIremcitn- conduct
OF toe affairs OF the department During the
nrst quarter OF the present year tho expenses
OF the department. a +gre ;ate1 s;45,ST576 as
against SO.,Ol3 IL for the CORE spending per-
iod OF the fiscal year endin June 3IIs93 Ihe
secretary makes apparent his intention TO
continue this raie OF reduction by submitting
estimates for the next Iisca year less by S99I.
se0 than those Tor the present year.
Inc amount appropriated for the bureau OF
animal industry fCr the current fiscal year is
ss5OoOo, the esti nl8te ior the ensuing year is
The re ulations or 1892 concerninr Texas
fever have been enforced during the .ast year,
and. the large stock yards of the Country have
been kept free from infection. Occasional
local outbreaks have been largely such al
could have been effectualIy guarded against
by the owners or the affected cattle
While contagious pleuro pneumonia in cat
tie has been eradicated. amin ii tuberculosis a
disease widespread AMI more dangerous to
human life than pleuro pneumonia, Is still
prevalent Investigations have been
the the me- means ms of of R It's communics,io1 serr 11
and the method of It's correct diagnosis,
Much progress has been made in this direction
by the studies OF this division of animal path
ology. but ou kht to be extended in co-opera-
ton with local authorities, until the danger to
human life arising from this cause is reduced
to minimum The number Of animals arriv
Ing from Canida during the year and inspected
by burelu officers WAS 1902 and the number
from Transatlantic countries ,297. No
CONTAGIOUS diseases were 70 md among the i'm
ported animals The total number of inspec-
year was eII, sac
The exports show filling OF of about q
per cent from the preced ins year, the decrease
occurrin entirely in the last half OF the year.
This Sug tests that the falling of may have
been largely due TO an increase in the price of
American export cattle Durint the year end
Ing June 30, 1895, exports OF inspected pork
aggregated 20.677 ,ilJ pounds as against 49, 49,
S74 pounds for The preeedin year Tne falling
OF Ill this export was not confined however to
1nSpoc; ed pork, the total quantity exported
for 1892 being 3D. 490,6l6 pounds, while in 1893
it was only 81. 3U8, 80 pounds.
join the secretary in recon nendint that
hereafter each appn ant for the position OF
fnspe, tor or assist INT inspector in the bureau
OF animal Industries be required as condi-
tion precedent to his ai,pon tment to exhibit
TO the United st IteS civil service commission
his diplomL from an established regular and
reputable veterinary college and that this be
supplemented by such examination in
veterinary science the commission may
prescribe
The exports of agricultural products from
the United States for the fiscal year ending
June 81, 1892, attaine1 the en- lrmous ii ,ure of
SsO1O0Ooo in round Numbers being 7s.7
per. cent of our total exports
In the last fiscal year this aggregate was
greatly reduced. but nevertheless reached
S6l5, 5,00O,00J being 20 per cent of all American
commodities exported. A review of our agri-
cultural exports with special reference to
their destination will show taat in almost
every line the United Kingdom of Great Brit
ale and Ireland absorbS by far the lar gest pro-
portion or cattle the total exports a ,gre-
gated in value for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1873. S2i0JJ 100. of which Great Britain took
considerably over 81, ,0J0OJ0 OF beef products
of all kinds our totll exports we're as 0JOOOO
of which Gre 1t Briti.l took Ssl0JOOgJ
OF products the total exports were $500 ODD
OF which Great Britain took S53,000O0). In
proportions sent to the same destination are
shown The work of the statistical division
Of the department of agriculture deals with
all that relates TO the economic of farming
The main purpose OF Its monthly reports are
to keep the farmers informed as fully as pos
Stbie OF all matters h win any influence upon
worlds which
found sale. Its publications rel Itee specially
to the commercial side oe farming.
In the year 1889 the con ;ress appropriated
BLOOD TO be taken from the patent offile fund
for the purpose OF coilectin and distributing
rare and improved varieties ct seeds and for
prosecuting agricultural inyes tigation and
procuring agricultural statistics From this
SIN Ill beginning the seed division of the de-
partment of a riculture has grown to its
present uEwieidy and unju suitably extrava-
CANT proportions. During the last fiscal year
the cost of seeds purchased was S66.5i8 81 the
remainder OF an appropriation of Sl35, ,0)0 was
expended N puttins them up and distributing
them 1t surely never could have entered the
atoms of public money for the purchase OF
new and i'm proved varieties of seeds for
distribution that from this would
grow LARGE appropriations for the purchase
and stribution by members OF congress OF
| ord mary seeds. bulbs, cuttings which are COM
mon in all the st ties and territories and every
where easily obt lin ible at low prices. In each
state and territory an agricultural expert
| ment station has been established. These sta
Nv III very C.ldFtClST anu uiIut are .Ilo
| proper agencies to experiment with and test
| new varieties of seeds and yet this indiScrim-
| mate and wastefui distribution by legislation
and legislators continues, answering no pur-
| pose unless it be 70 remind constituents that
| their representatives, are willin to remem ber
| them with sratuties ut public cost
Under the sanction of existing LEGISLATION
there was sent o1t from the agricultural de-
| partment durin f; the last fiscal year enough of
! cabba &c seed TO plant 10 30 acres of land q
sufficient quantity of beans to plant 1000
! acres, beet seed enough to plant 900 acres,
| sweet cora enough to plant 1880 acres sufi-
| cient cucumber seed to cover 2,02o acres with
| vines and enough muskmelon and watermelon
| seeds 20 pant 2,675 acres. The total quantit,
| of flower AND We setable seeds thus distributed
| was contained in more than 0 COZ, ,O01 packa ge.
| and they were sufficient IL p.sl.ed to ro"e
SO 500 acres of land
In view of these facts this enormous expen
| diture without legitimate returns OF benefi
ought to be abolished.