The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-12-07

The secretary Of agriculture reports saving
in his department ot {60OiV0O, whieh fetaHheN ~
Srsst Brita,n received from tho United States
during the nine months ending septem ner TX ~
1891 N5A.0 live beef cntt e, valued a. ~ 1Q90J9
as ngainst is.6li cattle valued l5 az Flo,oSA'V'o
There was falling oil in American NHt.as
exports Of Il, ,50O.OO0 bushels and the seetelaty
isfnclined 70 believe that wheat may not ~ WY
future, b. the staple expert cereal prou.ase "
our country, but that corn Will coutiiue " ~,
vance In importance na mn export on aeep1h n.y.! "
the new uses TO which 1t ~ Constantly pelhk
Flhe e's exports OF agricultural products from
the United states for the fiscal year ehnins .li,,
June 30 1894 amounted TO gS8i3uSs, peinB
NJ 2s per cent of Amere ia exports 81 every diH. "
cription and the United Kingdom q 9reat
Britain took more than e ner ,l yens OF si ie'''
products finding foreign markets. -.
The amount appropriated for the weather
bureau was S15i. iD. OF that sum eioo,gl9 "
"a per cent has been saved and " retnrnea r.s "
| thi service, IL may be mere stared lnh1 Wy ny
| warnings which were very generally givel .. =.
| two tropical storms occurring IN Septehspes
| and October OF the present yea, resulted ~
| OBTAINING safely in port 500 vessels Nhlueu w ~
s962s8.0ls laden with cargoes 81 propa0ly ssai'
Ihe apprepriatlon to the bureau OF animal
| industry was SS50O1l aud the eNpenullutes
/ for the year were only s4s5,4s9sl thus ieaYi"g
rhe tnspsclton 81 beef animals fnrexport and
1 Interstate trade hhs been continued am ls,Nitt
056 head were inspected during sshs e t y w ~ y
1 cost OF W cents per head against va esi.s , ~ w
1895 This amount OF pork micfoscopse sN VA VA
aYnined was 35, ,49I 93l pounds, ugallst sOsot iaV
pounds In the preeedlng y.l. yea. .oc,r,nands
/ that the law providing for the micros ~
pical inspection OF export and Interstate ~ . w w
/ be so amended as to compel owners ol the
| meat insUected 10 pay this cost Of such inspee-
| ton and call attention 70 the Areninehts
presented In his report in support OF TINS rec
ma live bssf cattle exported and tagged
| during the year numbered 3Rl a3o. rms ls Al
increase Of Gg5G9 head over the preYiopa yeal
| iphe Fifty. third congress- In making the hpRu,
nriatlon for fhe department for the present iseAl
| Year provided that the secretary Of ng5sgellnry n
stSten,eht Teuuired BY section aof said act q
March q 1887, shall escertainswhethe the eAbeu9i W. ~
turos under the appropriation hereby meae aie III W
accordance with the provisions of said aeti hhu
shall make report thegeon TO congress- .o.,
The recomin ndNtion contained IN the fepNll
ofthe seefetar, ior 1903 that the vicions system
Of line promiscuOu6 free distribution 81 ih de
partmental documents be abandoned, y hkMal ~
Urged These publications may well DC Tut
! nished Without cost tn public libraries tauet
tiOnni institutions and the oihcers nnd iplhflsl
OF states and 81 the federal government VA, !.
| A further Important utility ~ hgfleutthLe
statistics Is found IN the eucidatlon et we r.
laii0n OF t. Q supply OF farm produeiB 70 NY wy
demand for them IN The markets oi ths VtissS ids
States aud OF the world. II II deemed po9hl
ble that an agricultural census may w tahei
each year through the agents Of the stallsivh
division OF the depaftme = 80. -, ~, ~,
such u course II commended Tor tilA, ny Vh'
chief of that di 7ision It's scope would he.
i The area un ler each of the more import
~ 4 f6s aggregates products Of each Of sucl
The quantity Of wheat aud corn in th
hands Of farmers NJ date attor u 4 spllh
sovinf,s and plantings and before the begin
ninV III harvest and also the quantity OF o9tlo
and tobacco remaining 10 the hands ol pll,,ln, 4 \
designated time The cost Of the w1rk Is est
mated all Sb01,tiui