Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-04

OF a pension, and indicates willingness
to be blind to the existence Of mean ana
trcacherous crimes which play upon
dcmagogic fears and make sport OF the
patriotic impulse Of a grateful people.
ELEVENTH CENSUS.
The completion OF the eleventh census
Is now In charge Of the Commissioner OK
Labor. The total disbursements on nc
count OF the work for the fiscal year
ending June -. 1894. amounted to siO,Ss5.-
1861. Al the close OF the year the number
OF persons employed In the Census once
was go. At present there are about four
hundred.
The whole number of volumes necessary
to comprehend the eleventh census will
be twenty-five, and. they win contain e.
20 printed pages The assurance II con-
fidently made that before the close OF
the present calendar year the material
still incomplete will be practically in
hand. and the census can certainly be
clio ed by the 4th OF March. 1895. After
thar the revision ana proof.readny ne
&C say TO bring out the volumes will
stin he required.
The text Of the census volumes has been
limited. as far Az possible TO an analysis
Of the statistics presented. This method.
which is In accordance with law, has
caused more on less friction, and. in some
instances, individual disappointment. for
when the Commissioner OF Labor took
charge of the work he found much mat
ter on hand, which. according 20 this
rule. he was compelled to discard.
The census is being prepared according
to the theory that 1t IS designed TO col
Iect facts and certify them 20 the public
not to elaborate arguments or 70 present
personal views.
AGRICULTURAL.
The Secretary Of Agriculture. in his re-
port, reviews the operations OF his de-
partmenL for the last fiscal year. and
makes recommendations for the further
extension OF its usefulness He reports a
saving in expenditures during the year Of
$500, 900, which Is covered back into the
Treasury. This sum is % per cent. OF the
entire appropriation.
A special study has been made OF the
demand for American farm-products in all
foreign markets. especially Great Britain.
That country received from the United
States during the nine months ending
September 80, 1921, 305.9l0 live beef-cattle.
valued atS226. 800 600. as against 1881 cattle.
valued at Sl62634,0o0. during the same
period for 1893. During the first six
months OF 1894 the United Kingdom took
also ll2.000 900 pounds Of dressed beef from
the United States, valued at nearly NO,-
100000
The reports shows that during the nine
months Immediately preceding September
80 1894 the United States exported 10
Great Britain 226.6760 coo pounds OF pork;
OF apples, 1000 900 bushels, valued at 81
10000; and OF horses, 2.sll. at an average
value of $3.50 per head. There was falling
Ia, afba Of n Al
bushels and the Secretary is inclined
to believe that wheat may not I'm the
future be the staple export cereal product
Of our country, but that corn will con-
tlnue to advance in importance as an eX-
port article, on account OF the new uses
70 which II is constantly being appro-
priated.
The exports OF agricultural products
from the United States for the fiscal year
ending June so. 1894. amounted to $685. $685.
O3s, being 72.2S per cent. OF American
exports Of every description. and the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain lost
more than hfty-four per cent. OF ali
farm-products finding foreign markets.
The Department of Agriculture has
undertaken during the year two new and
important lines OF research. The first
relates to grasses and forage-plants, with
izing the people as TO the distinctive
grasses Of the United States. and teach
ing them how to introduce valuable
foreign forage plants. which may be
adapted to this country The second re-
lates to agricultural soils and crop pro-
duction, involving the analysts OF samples
Of soils from all sections OF the American
Union. to demonstrate their adaptability
to particular plants and crops.
Mechanical analysis OF soils may be OF
such inestimable utility that II is
foremost In the new lines OF agricultural
research. and the Secretary therefore re-
commends that division having II in
charge be permanently established IN the
Department
WEATHER BUREAU.
The amount appropriated for the Wea-
Their Bureau was 1851, 100 and of that sum
sl3S.5o0. or IL per cent, has been saved
and Is returned TO the Treasury. As
Illustrating the usefulness OF this GER
vice 1t may be here stated that the warn
ings which were very generally given OF
two tropical storms occurring in Septem-
Der and october OF the present year re-
suited In OBTAINING safely In port 2.305
vessels. valued at s35.2S3.9l3. laden with
cargoes of probably still greater value
What Is much more important and graft
flying. many human lives on these ships
were also undoubtedly saved.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
The appropriation TO the Bureau Of AMI
nal Industry was $4,000. and the ex-
penditures for the year were only $685.
i2924. thus leaving unexpended 1854 $40 76
The inspection OF beef animals for ex-
port and interstate trade has been con-
tinued, and l29H.o56 head were inspected
during the year at cost of ia cents per
head, against a.. cents for 1923 The
amount Of pork microscopically examined
was g. 1881 pounds. against 20677, 40
pounds in the preceding year. The cost
OF this inspection has been diminished
from 50. cents per head In 1898 to 6ls cents
In 1894.
The expense Of inspecting the pork sold
In 1894 TO Germany and France by the
United States was $ss922.10. The guam
uty inspected was greater by 1900. 600
pounds than during the preceding year.
when the cost or such inspection was
sl72,9s7.oS.
The Secretary OF Agriculture recon-
mends that the law providing for the
microscopic inspection OF export and inter-
state meat be so amended as 20 compel
owners OF the meat inspected 10 pay the
cost OF such inspection and | call atten-
ton to the arguments presented I'm his
report In support Of this recommendation.
The live beef-cattie exported and tag
ged during the year numbered 363. j35.
This is an increase OF 60.535 head over the
previous year.
The sanitary inspection OF cattle ship
ped TO Europe has cost an average OF
1914 cents for each animal and the cost
Of inspecting southern cattle and the
disinfection OF cars and stock-yards ave-
RACES 81 cents per animal.
The scientific inquiries OF the Bureau
Of Animal Industry have progressed
steadily during the year. Much tuber-
cllln and mallein have been furnished
10 State authorities for use In the agri-
cultural colleges and experiment stations
for the treatment OF tuberculosis and
CHAMBERS.
Qaite recently this department has pub
l!shed the results OF its Investigations
OF bovine tuberculosis, and its researches
will be vigorously continued. Certain
herds In the District OF Columbia Will
be thoroughly inspected. and will proba-
bly, supply adequate scope for the de-
partment to intelligently prosecute its
scientific work and furnish sufficient ma
terial for purposes OF illustration. de-
scription. and definition. The steriliza-
ton OF milk suspected OF containing the