Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-12-06
WRITE FOR FARMER
u
rnE ANNUAL REPORT OF sen,
RETARY MORTON
Says Wheat Shouts Not BE Dcpesle6
On a. the staple Expsrt-More u
,rsnA for Barley and Cefn-Objes
tions to Our Beef and Pork.
Doesn't Like Silver.

Doesn't Like Silver.
1,he annual report of the Secretary y
Agriculture il particularly interesting Il.
cause of its references to current troubla
with foreign governments over the In
portatiofi IT American products. n
Secretary reviews the subject of forein
markets and gives figures of our agricsE
tural exports, especially those to Grs4
Britain That country paid during ts
year 1898 for American breadstnds M
,-is;ons, cotton and tobacco over $324NN.
600. Including about $1O,ODO,0OO We
Af mineral oils with agricultural export
the ,rsited Kingdom took 54.3 per cent
of nil expo.ts of breadstuffs, provision
mineral oils, Gotten and tobacco.
or dressed beef Great Britain took fren
,,x during the first six months of the yees
Isol xtONDO. 600 worth. Australia il o.
.b;,f c,ift,,etitor for the trade. Mr.. Nor /
ton deems it probable that the Americas /
farmer will find more advantage from III
.binmept of dressed beef than from The
expectation of live cattle.
referring to the frequent allegations on
the part Of the European governments
that live animals from the United State& \
ore diseased, the Secretary expresses thG 1
op;,,isn that these allegations are SOM
times based on fear Of infection, but IN
Mt other times made for economic reason
He argues that IL all American beef going
abroad were shipped in the carcass, be3.
IN. the government certificate as Is
w~holesemeness. it certainly could not b
shut ont on account of alleged diseases
InA 4 nwtui EtIirnvlRpV nA.
tons continue to insist on microscopcAl
inspection of American pork ana Veterin-
ary inspection of beef, with governmental
certiticatioh to each, the government OK
the United States might well insist upon
such inspection and certihcation by such
foreign governments Of all importatlons
therefrom, whether edible or beverages
intended for human consumption.
He reports a very large increase IN Inc
exports of beef and hog products over the
wear previous. with. on the other hand,
marked decline in the exports Of wheat.
BETTER Raise Barley and Corn.
TIL review of the foreign market
leads him to certain conclusions as 10 the
future of our export trade i'll agr1eui'
turai products rs follows: 4
Connection of Russia. Argentina,
Australia and other countries favored by
conditions which enable them to grow
wheat at Il low cost, and especially ~
the proximity of their wheat-growing
regions to water communication, warns
American farmers to no longer uepelu
upon wheat as a staple export crop. YIN
the other hand. a good market. at ii'r
prices. is to be found in the United King
dom for barley and corn. which, owing
to the great variety of uses to which they
may be applied. promise to be in constant
and increasing demand"
The Secretary reports the inception
of two important scientific Investigations,
the first relating to grasses and forage
! plants, the other to agricultural soils and
crop production. The Secretary believes
that the Importance of these lnvestlga-:
ions ~iustities the erection of each into
an independent division, and he has so
provided in the appropriation for the en-
suing fiscal year. /,
The work of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry during the year has g greatly
increased. Notwithstanding the reduction
in the appropriation. 2
The secretary concludes that the invest
mcnt is a paying one and may properly
come within the functions of the Govern
mcnt. :
The Secretary concludes a review Of
the inspection of export and Interstate
meat with the recommendation that the
law providing for the same may be SO
amended as to compel the ms of the
meat inspected to pay The cost Of inspec-
ton. Ii, he argues, the inspection widens
the markets. thus enhancing the price OF
their property, they, as the direct pecn-
mary beneticiaries, should agree to pay
for it.
Inc inspection of animals received in
the United States has been continued in
Great Britain. and il was hoped that.
having demonstrated that there Is no
danger of introducing contagious dis
eases, the result would be the revoca-
ton of the British restrictions upon our
cattle trade.
No PieurO-PneumOnia for Two Years,
More than two years have passed with.
out the development Of II pleuro-pneu.
monia or other disease In this country
which might be dangerous to British
stock interests. The hoped-for revoca-
ton, nevertheless, remains ~unrealixed.
The scientific Investigations Of the
Bureau have progressed steadily. Special
mention is made in the appropriation bill
Tor the current year of tuberculosis and
sheep scab as diseases the Secretary OF
Agriculture is authorized to guard
against in view Of the danger to human
lie from tuberculosis. The sterilization
OF milk has been thoroughly explained in
a ieatet which has had a wide ~circula-
tion. 1t appears that sterilization Of
MIX may be u perfect safeguard wher-
ever milk is used.
Inc Russian thistle is made the text for
a suggestion that seeds of new grasses
ANA other plants from abroad must ba
hereafter very carefully inspected.
Inc report concludes with u statement
lowin that Of the total export of this
country for 1894 fiscal year, farm prod.
ucts aggregated $t;2S, 600, 900, or 1853 per
cent. of the whole. The markets of the
world. says the Secretary, demand from
the American farmer the very best quality
OF breadstuffs and materials. The farmer
exchanges his products, the result OF his
labors, which have specific purchasing
power, for money having a general pur-
chasing power.
Under the heading, 'For Prime Pork
tive Us Prime Currency the Secretary
asks:
Would the sGOO.OOO, 600 worth Of farm
products from the United States sold last
year to foreign nations have been mn re-
munerative to the American farmer ~
,hey had been paid for in silver as h
nave been paid for in gold or it's equiv
alent? ss"
when the standard coin of the repub.
nc shall be made of metal worth ma much
aitcr 1T is melted as it purports to he
worth in coin, and the mint volnas and
.he commodity values Of all metallic
money approximately equal it, will NOT the
Annericah farmer and all other citizens
uecoihe more permanently prosperous? II
tue american farmer. laborer, and manu-
.acIhref are compelled by law to submit
70 the measurement of the ynlne - the
products OF their efforts by a silver stand
are VIII not the foreigner in buyins those
vrouuc,s always use the same measure?
WIN ms beef, pork. and cereals the
american farmer buys money. and why
mould he not demand Ms suncrlative
quality in that which he buys 40 thr d.
nestle and foreign purchasers insist nnon
IN that which he sells?
~ those buyers demand sprime. heef
ana prime pork, why should mot the
farmer demand prime currency. III best