Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-12-09

hereafter each applicant for the position OF In
spector or assistant inspector In the bureau OF
animal industry be required as condition pre-.
cedent TO his appointment TO exhibit to the
United States civil service commissioner his
diploma from an established regular and repu-
table veterinary college, and that this be sup.
plemented by such an examination in veterin.
airy science as the commission may prescribe
The exports OF agricultural products from the
United States for the fiscal year ended June 81,
1892 attained the enormous figure OF 1890 QUO 900
In round numbers, being 1871 per cent OF our
total exports
In the last fiscal year is aggregate was
greatly reduced, but, new TT c IS, reached
tol5 O0o, 000. being Ii per cont Of I'LL American
commodities exported A review OF our agri-
cultural exports it'll special refere ce 10 their
des nation will show that in almost every line
the United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ire.
land absorbs BY fur the largest proper ton OF
cattle the total exports aggregated In value Tor
the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1897, S8,p0O0oI,
OF which Great Britain took considerably over
t2s,O00.O0o. OF beef products OF all kinds our
total exports were S!s,0J00jO, OF which Great
Britain took SI,0n0O.
OF pork products the total exports were ST.
10000, of which Great Britain took S'3, LOO 200
In breadstuffs cotton and minor products, like
proportions sent TO the same destination are
shown.
The work OF the statistical division OF the
department OF agriculture deals with oil that
relates to the economics OF farming The main
purpose Of its monthly reports are TO keep the
farmers informed us fully rs possible OF all
matters having anv influence upon the worlds
markets in which their prod acts found
sale Its publications relate especially
10 the commercial side OF farming.
1t Is therefore OF profound Importance and
vital concern to the farmers Of the United
States who represent nearly one-ha OF our
population, and also Of direct interest to the
whole country, that the work Of this division
be efficiently performed and that the informa.
ton 1t has gathered be promptly diffused 1t
is matter for congratulation to know that
the secretary will not spare any e1or TO make
this part OF his work thoroughly useful
In the year 1889 the congress appropriated
$1,000 TO be taken from the patent office funds
for the purpose OF collecting and dis.
tributing rare and IN proved variet es
Of seeds and for prosecuting aqri.
cultural investigations and procuring agri.
cultural stats and from this small beginning
the seed division OF the depar tment OF agricult-
ure has grown 10 its present unwieldy and I'M
justifably extravagant proportions
During the last fiscal year the cost OF SEEDS
purchased was $50. 5IS g. The remainder Of an
appropriation OF SlS5.O 200 was expended in put
never could have ente ed tie minds OF
those who first sanctioned appropria-
tions OF public money for the pur-
chase OF new and improved varieties OF
seeds for distribution that from this would
grow large appropriations for the purchase
and dis tribution by members OF congress OF Or
binary seeds, bulbs and cuttings viii b are COM
mon in all the states and territories and every
where easily obtainable at low prices In each
rat md n nYnnrimnnt
station has been established These stations
by their very character and name. are the
proper agencies TO experiment with and test
new varieties OF seeds and yet this indiscrim
innate and wasteful distribution by legislation
and legislators continues, answering no purpose
unless Il be TO remind constituents that their
representatives are willing to remember them
with gratuitous seeds at public cost
Under the anction OF existing legislation
there was sent out from the agricu tural de-
partment during the last fiscal year enough Of
cabbage seed to plant i9.20J acres OF land.
sufficient quantity OF beans to plant 1000 acres,
beet seed enough to plant $500 acres sweet
corn enough 10 plant 1880 acres, sufficient
cucumber seed to cover 2,O2i acres with vines
and enough muskmelon and watermelon seeds
70 plant q 75 acres The total quantity OF
flower and vegetable seeds thus distributed was
contained in more than nine million packages
and they were Sufficient II planted TO cover
so sos acres Of land.
In view Of these facts this enormous expendi-
ture without legitimate returns OF benefit
ought to be abolished Anticipating o COM
munication so manifestly in the interest OF
good Legislation more than SiOO0O0 has been
stricken from tho estimate made to cover this
object for the year ending June 81, 1895, and
the secretary recommends that the remaining
$4,000 Of estimate be confined strictly 70 the
purchase Of new and improved varieties OF
seed and that these be distributed through ex-
pertinent stations Thus the seed will be
tested and after the test has been completed
by the experiment station the propagation Of
the useful varieties and the rejection Of the
valueless may safely be left to the common
sense Of the people.
War nauarfrn0nt.