The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-04


lilies for use IN tiir4t cultural colleges an
sxDerim-nt stations or he Lreatmeut OF
tuberculosis ana glsreieI~.
EXPERIMENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Quite recently this department has puo-
= h d the results of its Investigations OF
ovine tuberculosis and its researches VIII
n, vigorously continued. Certain herbs
in the District of Columbia will be thor
3ughlv inspected and will probably supply
d.0uate scope for the department 20 IN
diligently prosecute its scientific work
.ni furnish sufficient material for pur-
poses of illustration, description and deli
milton. The sterilization of milk sus-
pected Of containing the bacilli of tubercu-
iosis has been during the year very thor
oughly explained in "A leafet by DR.. ID. Sal
mon the chief of the bureau, and given
general circulation throughout the coun-
try.
The office of the experiment station
which l. part of the United States depart
llcnt of agriculture durng the past year
mayed itself almost wholly IN preparing
for publication works has~d upon The re-
cris of the agricultural experlinenV t
stations and other Institutions Tor a2Ticul-
tural INQUIRY in the United States ana ior-
eipn countries The secretary IN his
report for 1898 called attention TO the fact
that the appropriation made for The sup
mort of the experiment stations through
out the United States were the oniy
moneys IA ken out of the national treasury
nv act OF congress for which no account
ing TO federal authorities was required
THEY CAUGHT THE IDEA.
RESPONDING to his idea, the Fifty third
congress in making the appropriation for
the department for the present fiscal year
provided that the secretary OF agrIculgu re
should prescribe the form of annual
financial statement required by section 3
of the act of March =. 1887, and ascertain
preparation hereby made are ID accord tnce
with the provisions of said act, and shall
make report thereon 10 congress. the
best service of the stati-tician of the de
partment of agriculture is the ascertain
ment Of the actual and real
conditions, favorable or unfavorable,
of the farmers and ia ms of
the country aud to seek the causes which
produce these conditions to the end that
The facts ascertained may guide their in
teiligent treatment
In obedience TO this law the department
of agriculture Immediately sent out biank
forms OF expense accounts to each station
and proposes in addition TO make thrOugh IA
test experts, SYST matte examination of
the several stations during each year for
the purpose of inquiring by personal in
ve-tigaIiOn the detailed Information neces-
sary TO enable the secretary Of agriculture
to make, as the state provides, a saJisfac-
tory report o congress.
CHANGE OF METHODS WELL RECEIVED
The boards OF managers of the several
ftarions with great alacriiy ana cordIdlIty
hav@ approved the amendments to he law
providing his supervision of the eXpendi-
lures. anticipating that 1t Will Increase the
efficiency of the stations and protect their
directors and managers from loose charges
concerning their use of public funds, oe-
sides bringing he department of agrcui-
fure into closer and more confidential re-
iaiions WITH the experimental stations and
trough their joint service largely increas-
Ing their usefulness to the agriculture of
lie country.
Ariug upon a recommendation con-
tanned in tue report OF 1893 congress APP
pr.Driated $40. 600 to enable the secretary
Of agriculture to investigate and report
uu"u the nutritive value or the
vi aUs articles and commodities used for
Hur, n food, with special suggestions of
IA. wholesome aud edible rations less
W.T. fui than hose in common use. Under
THIS upDropr iatiOn the department has
prepared aud now has nearly ready for
distribution an elementary discussion Of
the uutritive value and pecuniary economy
of food. When We eau Consider that fully
one half OF ali money carried by the wage
Farmers OF I ne civilized world is eXpend. Il
by them for floi, the imDOr ance aui u IL
lty OF such an invest igation Is apparent.
EXPENSES OF AGRICULTURAL DEPART
MENT.
The department eXpended in the
fiscal year 1892 s2,3J4.e19 56, aud
out of that sum Ihe total
amount expended in scientific research
wa A. 6 per cent. But in the year ending
.Iur. 80 1894, ont of iOtal eXpendl' ure of
81 945 SIS IS, he departmen applied 81 per
ccns OF that sum TO scientific works aud in
vestigaton. Ii Is therefore very plainly
observable that he economies which have
.aI in. la an m N II n
this department have been al al expense
of scientific research.
Inc recommendation contained in the re-
porI o: the secretary in 1873 that the VIC
Ious system OF promIscuous free dIstribu-
licu Of It's departmental documents be
la ndoned. is again reserved. The publ
cations may well be furnished without
cost 20 public libraries, educational instI-
tutions and the Ulcers of the libraries of
states. and the federal government,
but from AL individuals applying for them
n price covering the cost of the document
asked for should be required. Thus the
publications and documents would be Sc
cured By those who really desire hem for
Uriva'e use. Half a millIoa of copies of
tie report IF the secretary of agriculture
are printed for distribution at an annual
cost If about $500 600. Large numbers
Of them are cum boring store rooms at the
capital and the shelves of seco midland
book stores throug nout the country. All
This labor ard waste might be avoided If
the recommendation Of the secretary We're
adopted
OBJECTS TO FREE GARDEN SEEDS.
Tie secretary also again recon- mends
that the grafuitous distribution of seeds
cease and that DO money be appropriated
for that purpose, except TO experimental
stations.
Use OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
He reiterates the reasons given in his re-
port for 1898 for discontinuing this unjust
ifiable ErsJuity, and fully concur IN the
conclusion which he has reached.
further important utility in aCricul-
tural statistics is found in their eluclda-
lion of the relation of the supply Of farm
prod uc's to the DEMAND for them in the
markets of the United States aud the
world. II Is deemed possible that an aEri-
cultural census NAV be taken
each year through the agents OF
the statistical division of The department
Such course is commended for tria! by
the chief of that division. It's scope would
he: / The area under esch of tnS more
important crops. 2 The aggregate pro-
duets OF each of such crops. s. The guam
i'iY OF wheat and corn in the hands OF
ta'mers ~ a date after the spring sowlnSs
aui Paintings AMI before the beginning 81
b rvssf, aud also the quantity % cotton
nat tobacco remaining in The hands OF
N2nters, either At the same date or at
me otHer designated time. The cost Of
il- work i estimated al $500 600
CIVIL SERVICE RULES FOR sTATISTICIANs.
Owing 10 the peculiar nature of the
s;HGIstlclan's work aud the natural aud
acquired fitness necessary to IFS successful
Prosecutions. the secretary of agriculture
haF