The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-29


raPorting a iestar~- sammsni t;s
system ~ Making Crop Reports R~cas.
mendstsuns - ton-rss..
NAsM.NcToN. Nov. ls-The report o
the secretary Of agriculture begin
with review o. The work Of III
bureau ~ aEilEa. industry The toia
sum 81 animals Inspected al ih'
slaughter houses WAS considerably
over ls,Vo.uVe. an increase " nor'
THAI .,SOAoaO over Tie prey ou> year
During tue year anse-m rr.cm insgrcc
ton was also made 81 iDol.ojO ami
mails The cost ~ inspection was re-
aEcei 20 III cents Ter animal ITl>.,S
inspection cost a.. cents per animal
and in 1924 il cost 81. cents Uvei
l.3uO, 900 animals. cattle and sheep
were Inspected for fore On markets. ~
which $4,000 were Shipped abroad
Over is,U01,Ou0 pounds ~ PORK was ia
spected nlcrus coplcal.v for export.
against 3i0au.OYV IA l>g. and -. DUy. O94
ley.
& OF the amount exported last year
nearly ~, zoo, ny1 pounds wen; to Ger
many anu over 5000 00O pounds -
IraEce- This inspection involved iae
placing Of over l.sl1.O01 specimens nm
der the microscope The ce>. o. the
examination was less than : cents. ~
for each pound OF inca. > mails, me
loss Of cattle in transit 10 Europe
was greater than in l>g4. being re-
specsiyely for ISIS anu lisa. O. and 81
per cent
Over 10000 cars. carrying over "a.
0OO animals. were Inspected for Texas
fever AZ qaara niine pens during tAs
quarantine season; nearly 5000 ear
loads os cattle were Inspected also IN
transit. and over - 900 cars were
cleaned and di>iniecied. BESIDES over
10000 cattle from the noninteeiei dis
tricts OF Texas we're inspected ~
shipment 10 northern states.
The secretary urges their impor;=-
tion free ~ duty a. advanta -eous 10
feeders having . surplus os feei. and
10 the consumers, who ouinumbur tAs
producers.
MucA space ! devoted 10 discussing
the opportunities for American mea,
products Ia fore in markets Ot SsI.UaL
tons Of meat received at the Lon Ion
central market ia lsy4. -l.09J tons we're
American, waile nearly 5000 tons
came from Australia. Tie Aa.eriran
proportion has not been ma nta.ne4s
during 1885.
In tAe Imports n live cattle - Great
Britain the United States AMI Canada
had practical monopoly until the lass
two years. Since l,3s argentina ; slip
rn4antS h- -. ev,-.... .f.. f4..... .....1 49,
the nrst eight months Of the year these
sh pments Amounted 10 over a5.ve
head. AltAoag d tile meat % the south
American cattle j. nof a. sal4bleas th..
American. tile business j. profitable
and likely toincrease. American cattle
sell, though slaughtered soon after
landing az prices equal 70 the average
paid for British carcasses-
The export IF American horses TO
Great Britain has increased steadily.
having more than don bled since 1893
In the first eight months o.
ls9J 10 .2.7jj head. valued a. nearlv
-, 100000. American gel1ings aver
aged this year ia the Erglisa mA...-,
Sl5J. A rigid inspection of horses for (
export WILL bc undertaken The Tor
eign trade in dairy products j. careful 4
~ reviewed.
In cheese the United states. while \
large shipper to british markets. holds 4
the conspieuously unEatterlng place ID
lhc extreme fear IS 10 quality and
price and j. the only one Of the com
DetitOrs t0r this trade whose Lu,.ae--
shows serious falling Of.
Ia butter the United States j. ont 81
he race, supplying less than ! per
'ent- Of the British demand for fore IN
'utters. Notwithstanding the tact tnas
treat Britain imported in tie ei-At
months Si5,oy9.Oo1 worth of butter.
Referring IS cEr standing a tile fer
ign dairy MarAe., the secretary warns
hippers " the consr. ueDre " their
methods, adding:
We have q graphic Illustration 81
disastrous elect, Ia all trade or disre-
garaiug Lie tastes q consumers and Of
acquiring ! bad reputation
The secretary sass the crop-reo1-t-
ng work A. tie subjec. of constant
criticism. As at present organized *
AN hardly fail 10 Oe otherwise. though
more satisfactory AZ presen. than al
my previous tlae. The secretary
thinks the duty * asceriaining Tie
acreage Of staple crops ~ each state Oh
J une " each year might be imposed
lpon the Authorities of agricultural
colleges aud stations in consideration
Of the annual appropriations they re-
,eIve from the national treasury. such
acreage being given and tie character
" the soil known. with the c.isnat.
conditions published daily by the
weather bureau, approximations as t.
the yield Of each crop could probably .
be computed with sscre accuracy than
under the prese mt method
The mortgage Oh farm values does
not exceed - per cent. "a les incum-
brance GA CAPITAL invested than In any
other line Of industry
lie comments the extension of the
civil service. which now inclu AZ,
the chiefs OF division in tie DEPART
inent. tie regards an extension Of the
law 70 include all non-polit;cal officers
a. essential TO efficient service: RECON-
mends radical reorganization in the |
matter OF salaries. 10 conform govern.
men service 20 that of reputa aie com
mercial establishments throughout the /.
and condemns the sDolls sys-
te "a as one by which ..favoriti.m-~ in