Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-04

| $35,eA3gi3, laden with carB0es OF PROV
ably still greater value What 10 mucn
more important and gratifying, many
human lives on these ships were also
undoubtedly aaved.
Animal Industry.
The appropriation 70 the bureau 81
animal industry was $4,000. and the
expenditures for the year were oniy
/ 1875, i2a2i. thus leaving uneSpenpeo SDt7
57076. The inspection OF beef llinals
for export and interstate trad has
been continued and i23.aiio56 head
were inspected during the year -
! cost OF l "a cents per head against
"a cents for 1893. The amount
/ pork micrUscopically examined was e
fs',gS1 pounds against 20,6fi,3iV pQnng1
I In the preceding year, The cost OF TINS
inspection has been diminished from
81 cents per head IN 1893 TO i-2
cents In 1894.
The expense Of inspecting the pork
J sold IN 1894 TO Germany and France by
the United states was Sss922.i0. The
quantity inspected was greater by 49,
100000 pounds than during the pre-
cedtng year when the cost of such IN
spection was SIZE, 36L0s. The secretary
OF agriculture recommends that the
law providing for the mlcroscoplcal in
spection OF export and Interstate meat
be so amended as to compel owners Of
the meat Inspected TO pay the cost OF
such inspection. and call attention to
the arguments presented In his report
IN support OF his recommendation.
The 1--we beef cattle exported and
tagged during the year humber 363,-
OBS. This is an increase OF 69,533 head
over the previous year. The sanitary
Inspection OF cattle shipped 10 Euroi3pe
has cost an average Of 10 "a cents for
each animal, and the cost Of inspect
tsaN.
tim of cars at stock yards avera &c
27 cents per animal. The scientific ia
qulrles OF the bureau OF animal indus
try have progressed steadily during
the year. Much tubcrculne has bean
furnished TO state authorities for use
In the agricultural colleges and ex-
priment stations for the treatment of
tuberculosis and CHAMBERS
quite recently the department has
published the results OF Its investlga-
lions OF bovine tuberculosis and It's re-
search VIII be vigorously continued.
Certain herds In the District OF Co
lumbh will be thoroughly inspected
aud Will supply adequate scope for the
department to intelligently prosecute
Its scientific work and furnish suiH-
oicnt material for purposes Of illustra-
ton, description and definition.
The sterilization Of milk suspected
OF containing the bacllll Of tubercu-
lpsis has been during the year very
thoroughly explained In a leaflet by
Or. de salmon. chief OF the bureau.
and given general circulation through
out the country,
Experiment stations.
The office Of experiment stations
which is a part OF the United States
department Of agriculture has during
the past year engaged itself almost
wholly In preparing for publication
works based upon the reports of ngri-
cultural experiment stations and other
institutions for agricultural inquiry In
the United states and foreign coun-
Wles' The secretary in his report for
lS'd called attention to the fact that
tht appropriations made for the sup
port oil tho experiment stations
throughout the Union were the onlv
monies taken from the national treas
ury by act OF congress for which no
accounting TO Federal authorities was
required. Responding to this sugges-
ton the Fifty-third congress In max
aug The appropriation for the depart
meat Tor the present fiscal year pro-
Nded mat the secretary OF agriculture
should prescribe the form OF annual
financial statement required BY sec
tlon 3 OF said act OF March 3 1852
shan ascertain whether the expendl.
lures under the uppropril.lons
hereby made are In ac.lrdanee
with the provisions Of said act, and
shall make report thereon to congress.
The best service of the statisticlan of
the department Of agriculture is the
nAeertainmcnt by diligence and care of
me actual and real conditions favor
able or untavurnblo OF the farmers
and farms Of the country, and to seek
the causes which produce these coudI-
tons TO the end that the facts asccr-
tnlned many guide their Intelligent
treatment In obedience to this law
the department of agriculture lmmod-
lately sent out blank forms of ok
pense accounts to each station and
proposes IN addition to make through
trusted experts systematic exHmi1a-
ton OF the several stations during
each year for investigation the detail.
ed Information necessary TO enable
the secretary Of agriculture to make
"a the statute provides a satlsfantnr,.
report to congress. The boards az
management OF the several stationg
with great nlacrity and cordialltv
nave approved the amendments TO the
Jaw providing THIS supervision Of their
anticipating that It
VIII Increase the efficiency of tho stn-
tons and protect their directors ma
managers from loose charges concern.
ing their use Of public funds besldcs
bringing the department OF ngric,,I,
turc Into closer and mora confidential
relations with the experimental an.
tons, and through their Joint rerv,ce
largely increasing their usefulness IN
the agriculture OF the country.
Acting upon a recommendation cor-
tained in the report OF 1893. congrcsg
appropriated $4,000 to enable tho sec
rotary Of agriculture to investlgate
and report upon the nutrltlye value ~
the various articles and conmodlties
used Tor human food with specinI
suggestions OF full wholesome ond
edible ratlons less wasteful and more
economical than those In common
use Under this appropriation tho
department has prepared and now tas
nearly ready for distribution an ele-
mentary discussion OF the nutritIve
value and pecuninry economy az FOND
When we consider that fully half az I
the money earned by the wage Darn. |
ers OF the civilized world is expended
by them for food the Importance and I
utility of such an investigation Ia an /
pnrcnt. The department exnrndad in |
tho fiscal year 1892 81, S5l. SO9 SO. ma I
out OF that sum the total amount or 4
pended In scientific research was lbe
par cent, but the year ending June 30 I
1884 out OF n total expenditure OF 81 \
eiSssS.ss the department applied II /
per cent OF that sum TO scientific worl, I
an Investigation. Il Is therefore yo,v /