The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-04
AS no, A~GRICULrURE.
Operations Of b Department and Rec
concentrations.

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Operations Of the Department N Rec
concentrations.
The secretary Of agriculture in his re-
port reviews the operation Of his depart
ment for the last fiscal year, n makes
recommendations for the further extetl-
sions Of its usefulness. He reports q saw.
ing In expenditures during the year of sir
hundred Thousand dollars, which il COW
cred back into the treasury. This sum il
t~wenty-three per cent Of the entire appro-
preparation.
A special study has been made Of the
demand for American farm products in all
foreign markets, especially Great Britain.
The exports of agricultural products
from the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 3Oth, 1894, amounted TO
s62s, 56S, o3s, being 2.2s per cent OF Amer
lean exports Of every description, and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain took
more than "a per cent of all farm products
finding foreign markets.
New Lines Of Research.
The department of agriculture has un-
dertaken during the year two important
lines of research. The first relates to
grasses and forage plants with the pur-
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people rs to the distinctive grasses OF the
United States and teaching them how to
introduce valuable foreign forage plants
which may be adapted TO this country.
The second relates to agricultural soils
and crop production, involving the an
alysis of samples of soils from all sections
of the American Union to demon
strate their adaptability to par
ticular. plants and crops. Mechani.
cal analysis of soils may be- OF
such inestimable value that 1t. liz
foremost i'm the new line oil agricultural
research, and the secretary, therefore, rec
ommends that q division having il In
charge be permanently established In the
department.
The Weather Baremu.
The amount appropriated for the wealth
er bureau was &05l. 100. OF that sum
$685. 500, or IL per cent, was saved and re-
turned to the treasury,
AS illustrating the usefulness of this
service it may be here stated that the
warnings which were very generally given
OF two tropical storms occurring In Sep
TENDER and October of the present year re-
suited In OBTAINING safely i'm port 2.3O5 YES
sells, valued at $36, 283. 913, laden with car
goes of probably still greater value. What
is much more important and gratifying.
many human lives ON these ships were
also undoubtedly saved.
The appropriation to the bureau of AMI
NAL industry was S850,OO0 and the expen-
ditures for b year were only $495, 429. "a.
thus leaving unexpended 1854, $40. 20. The
inspection Of beef animals for export and
interstate trade has been confined, and
102, 944, 056 head were inspected during the
year at a cost Of | "a cents, against 4 "a
cents for 1893. The amount of pork mi
c~roscopically examined was 85.437, 9S7
pounds against 20,677, 419 pounds i'm the
preceding year. The cost OF this inspec-
ton has been diminished from 8 3-4 cents
per head in 1888 to 8 1-2 cents in 1894.
Bovine Tuberculosis
Quite recently this department has pub,
lished the results of its Investigations of
bovine tuberculosis and its researches will
be vigorously continued. Certain herds
in the District of Columbia will be thor
oughly inspected and win probably supply
adequate scope for the department to in
diligently prosecute its scientific work
and furnish sufficient .material. for pur-
poses of illustration, description and def
milton.
The sterilization OF milk suspected Of
containing the bacilli Of tuberculosis has
been during the year very thoroughly ex-
planned In . leafiet by DR.. s. +. Salmon,
chief of the bureau, and given general
circulation throughout the country.
Nutritive values or Foods.
Acting upon d recommendation con-
tanned I'm the report OF 1893, congress an
propriated $4,000 ITO enable the secretary
of agriculture to investigate the report
upon the nutritive value OF various arti-
cles and commodities used for human
food, with special suggestion of full.
wholesome and edible rations less waste.
full and more economical than those i'm
cOmmon use.o
Under this. appropriation the depart
ment has prepared and now has nearly
ready for distribution an elementary dis
cussion of the nutritive value a~ndSpecuni-
airy economy of food. When we consider
that fully one-haif of ell the money earned
by the wage earners of the civilized world
Ii expended by them for food, the import
ance and utility OF such an investigation
Is apparent.
Scientific Research.
The department expended In the fiscal
year 1892, q, 354, 500; and out Of that sum
the total amount expended in scientific
research was 45.6 per cent. Butin the year
ending june 90, 1894, out Of d total expend-
iture Of u, 04S, 9s8, 38. the department ap-
piled 51.8 per cent Of that snm to scientific
work and investigation. IL Is. therefore.
very plainly observable that the economies
which have been practiced In the admins
tratlon OF the department have not be..l