The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-04

| that the revision ana PROOF -feauinS nects,
sary TO BRING out the volumes will stiil
| be required.
The text OF the census volumes has
been limited as far as possible TO the
| analysis of the statistics presented. rms
| method, which Is in accordance with law,
| has caused more or less friction. ana In
some Instances individual DISAPPOINTMENT,
| for when the Commissioners OF LABOR tooh
charge Of the work he found much mat
ter on hand which. according TO this rule
! he was compelled to discard
The census is being prepared accorulns
10 the theory that II is designed TO col
lect facts and certify them 70 the public
| not TO elaborate arguments or present
personal views.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The Secretary OF Agriculture, in his re-
] port, reviews the operations OF ms NE
| partment for the last ilscdi yea, auu
| makes recommendations Tor the Iurthe.
| extension OF ITS usefulness ne reports
a saving Ia expenditures during the year
| OF six hundred thousand dollars, WiIth II
covered back into the al, tteS on,,So annrn rus
| priatiOn. 4 special study has been made
| of the demand Tor American farm pro-
ducts in all foreign markets. espe Aahy
| Great Britain THAT country received
| from the United States during the nine
| months ending September 70. 1894, @o.ylO
| live beef catue. valued at s261OO'OOO, as
| gn ~ lS36n cattle, valued az SloZ, o14'VD,
| during the same period for 1875. Ddr,ry
| the first SIX months of 1894 the United
N took also ll2.V0VO pounds OF
| dressed beef from The United Stats,
| valued ii nealy so bJJ0J. Tie report
! shows that during the nine months i'm
mediately preceding September 30. IVA.
| the United States exported TO Great Brit-
ain ZZ?6l6,VW pounds or pork; OF apples,
| lUJ,JO bushes, valued at 2,GVcW, ana
| OF horses 28l1, at an average value OF
| Sl39 per head. There was a talling-on in
American wheat exports of l3,5vOOUV BUSH
els. and the Secretary is inclined TO be-
lieVc that wheat may not liz the future
be the staple export cereal product OF
our country, but that corn will continue
to advance in Importance as an export,
Oh account OF the new uses TO which IL
is constantly being appropriated.
The exports OF agricultural products
from the United States for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1894, amounted 10
68,363,O}S. being 12% per cent. Of Ameri-
can exports OF every description, ana the
United Kingdom of Great Britain lost
more than 81 per cent. of all farm pro-
ducts finding foreign markets
IMroaTAST LINES OF RESEARCH.
me Department Of Agriculture has un-
dertaken during the year two new and i'm
portant lines Of research. The fIrst re-
iates 10 grasses and forage plants, with
the purpose OF iEstruCting and familiar
izing the people as 10 the distinctive
grasses of the United States and teach
ing them how TO introduce valuabl. for
elgn forage plants which may be adapted
10 this country. The second relates to
agricultural soils and crop production in
volving the analysis of samples of soil
from all parts OF the American Union,
TO demonstrate their adaptabilty to par
ticular plants and crops. Mechanical
analysis OF soils may be of such inestima-
bic utility that ii is foremost in the
new lines of agricultural research, and the
Secretary therefore recommends that n
division having 1t In charge be permanent
ly established in the Department.
The amount appit pridted fol- the
Weather Bureau was $y5l, 100; of that sum
Sf38,JU, or II per cent, has been saved,
and is returned to the Treasury. AS
illustrating the usefulness of this gervice,
it may be here stated that the warnings
which were very generally given Of two
tropical storms occurring in September
and October cf the present year resulted
In OBTAINING safely in port 2.36 vessels,
valued at S6, 2S3,9l3 laden with cargoes
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
Animal Industry was SS50.O00 and the eX-
| penditures for the year were only $780,
| 429.24. thus leaving uneXpenIed 1894. 57O.iG.
| The inspection OF beef animals for ex-
| port and Interstate trade has been con-
| tinued, and 1854 056 head were inspected
] during the year. at a cost of "a cents
| per head, against 1 ga cents for 1893. The
amount Of pork microscopicaly eXS mined
| was 3J,43I9H pounds. against 20G7.4lO
| pounds in the preceding year. The cost
| % MS inspection mas been Diminished
| from s "a cents per head in 1893. to l-2
| cents in 1884
| The expense Of inspecting the pork sold
| in 1894 to Germany and France by the
| United states was SIS 922 10. The quar-
| Uty inspected was greater by 100000
| pounds than during the preceding year
| : Gcn the cost of such inspection was
$172, 3670S.
The Secretary of Agriculture rec
| ommends that the law providing
for the microscopic inspection OF
export and Interstate meat be so
amended as To compel owners of the
meat Inspected to pay the cost o. such
! INSPECTION. and | call attention to The
| arguments presented in his report N
support of this recommendation.
| 1ne live beef cattle exported and tagged
| during the year numbered 6j,53J. This
| is an increase of 69,j33 head over the
previous year.
The sanitary inspection of cattle shipped
to Europe has cost an average Of ~ "a
cents for each animal, and the cost OF
inspecting southern cattle and the disin-
lection OF cars and stock yards averages
The scientific inquiries Of the Bureau
of Animal Industry have progressed
steadily during the year Much tuber-
culin ard ma-lein have been furnished
to State authorities for use in the agTi-
cultural colleges and experiment stations
for the treatment of tuberculosis and
CHAMBERS.
quite recently this department has pub
lished the results of its Investigations
OF bovine tuberculosis, and its researches
viii be vigorously continued. Certain
herds in the District of Columbia will be
thoroughly inspected, and will probably
supply adequate scope for the department
to intelligently prosecute It's scientific
work and furnish sufficient material for
purposes Of illustration. description and
definition The sterilization of milk, suA-
pected OF containing the bacilH Of tuber-
culosis. has been during the year very
thoroughly explained in a leanet by Dr.
II. t.. Salmon the chief of the bureau,
and given general circulation throughout
the country.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
The Office of experiment stations which
is part OF the United states Department
OF agriculture, has during the past year
engaged itself almost wholly IN preparing
Tor publication works based upon the re-
ports OF agricultural experiment stations
ana other institutions Tor agricultural m
quiIy IN the United States and foreign
CONFINES.
H. Secretary in raport for 1Sq9