The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-12-06
PurgatiOn Was Necessary.


and treacherous crimes which play upon
demagogic fears and make sport of the pa
triotic impulse of a grateful people.
AS TO AGRICULTURE.
Operations of the Department and Rec
concentrations.
The secretary of agriculture in his re-
port reviews the operation of his depart
ment for the last fiscal year, ann makes
recommendations for the further extern
sions of it's usefulness. He reports saw
ing in expenditures during the year Of six
hundred thousand dollars, which is COW
cred back into the treasury. This sum is
twenty-three per cent of the entire appro-
propriaIon.
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 30th, 1894, amounted to
1928, 1863, O3S, being 1928 per cent of Amer
United Kingdom of Great Britain took
more than 81 per cent of all farm products
finding foreign markets.
New Lines of Research.
The department of agriculture has I'M
dertaken during the year two important
lines of research. The first relates to
grasses and forage plants with the pur-
pose of instructing and familiariZing the
people as 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 it is
foremost in the new line of agricultural
research, and the secretary, therefore, rec
ommends that a division having it in
charge be permanently established in the
department..
The Weather Bureau.
The amount appropriated for the wealth
er bureau was 1851. 100. OF. that sum
$13S, 500, or IA 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 in port g. 305 ves-
sells, valued at $50, 2S3 913, laden with car
goes of probably still greater. value. What
is much more important and gratifying,
many human lives on theses ships were
also undoubtedly saved.
The appropriation to the bureau Of ami
NAL industry was $3.50, 200 andsthe expen-
ditures for the year were only $495, 429. "a,
thus leaving unexpended $354, 5z0-76> The
inspection of beef animals forexpert and
Interstate trade has been confined, and
| 1O2, "a, O56 head were inspected during the
| year at a cost of "a cents, against 4 81
cents for 1893. The amount of pork mi
croscopically examined was as, 49, ,s37
pounds against 2O,677 .419 pounds in the
preceding year. The cost Of this inspec-
| ton has been diminished from 81 cents
per head in 1893 to 6 Accents in 1884,
Bovine Tuberculosis.
Quite recently this department has pub
Eshed the results ofits investigations of
bovine tuberculosis and it's researches will
be vigorously continued. Certain herds
in the District of Columbia will he thor
oughly inspected and will probably supply
adequate scope for the department to in
diligently prosecute it's 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. L. Salmon
chief of the bureau, and given general
circulation throughout the country.
Nutrisive Values of Foods.
| Acting upon recommendation con
tanned in the report of 1893, congress APP
propriated $4,000 "to enable the secretary
Of agriculture to investigate the repor
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 il
common use"
Under this appropriation the depart
ment has prepared and now has nearl.
ready for distribution an elementary dis
cussion of the nutritive value and pecuni
ary economy of food. When we conside
that fully one-half of all the money earne'
by the wage earners of the civilized worlt
,
ance and utility of such an investigation
is apparent
Scientific Research.
The department expended in the fisca
, wear 1892, 50, 354, 500; and out of that sur
the total amount expended in scientiti
. research was 1876 per cent. But in the yea
r ending June 80, 1894, out of total eXpent
: iture of 81, 94S, 9Ss,3S, the department. al
{ piled 81 s per cent of that sum to scientifi
: work and investigation 1t is. therefore
t very plainly observable that the economic
s which have been practiced in the admins
: tration of the department have not bes
!. at the expense of scientific research.