The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-11-21
MR.. MoRToN.s REPORT.
The Secretary of Agriculture Gives Some
InterestinS Facts and Figures.

The Secretary Of Agriculture Gives Some
| Interestfng Facts and Figures.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l8.-The report OF
the secretary of agriculture begins
with review of the work of the bu-
reau of animal industry. The total
number of animals inspected mt the
slaughter houses was considerably over
| 1S,000.090, an increase of more than
| $780, 900 over the previous year. Dur.
| ing the year ante-mortem inspection
| was also made of 100000 animals
| The cost of inspection was reduced to
l.. / cents per animal. In 1898 inspec-
ton cost Az cents per animal and in
1894 it cost ~ cents. Over 1,3G0, 600
cattle and sheep were inspected for
foreign markets, of which 6;5, coo were
shipped abroad.
Over 4j,000,000 pounds of pork was
inspected microscopically and export.
ed, as against $4,000. 0G0 in 1894 and 90,
100000 pounds in 1893. OF the amount
exported last year, nearly $4,000, 900
pounds went to Germany and over
5000. 600 pounds to France. This in
spection involved the placing of over
1000, 900 specimens under the micro
scope. The cost of each examination
was less than cents, or for each
pound of meat mills, considera BILE
reduction over any previous year.
Losses of cattle in transit to Europe
were greater than in 1894. being re.
spectively, for 1895 and 1894, 06 and
O. 81 per cent.
Over SO, 600 cars carrying over $50, 200
animals were inspected for Texas
fever at quarantine pens during the
quarantine season; nearly 1900 car
loads of cattle being inspected also in
transit, and over $4,000 cars were
cleaned and disinfectcd. Besides, over
10000 cattle from the non.infected
districts of Mexico were inspected for
shipment to northern states.
Much space is devoted to discussing
the opportunities for American meat
products iii foreign markets OF 34l,-
600 tons of meat received at the Lon
don central market in 1894 II. 600 tons
were American, while nearly $4,000
tons came from Australia. The Amer
lean proportion has not been main
tanned during 1895.
In the imports of live cattle to Great
Britain the United States and Canada
had practical monopoly until the last
two years. Since 1898 Argentina's ship
ments have greatly increased; during
the first eight months of the year the
shipments amounted to over $1,000
head.
The export of American horses to
Great Britain has increased steadily,
having more than doubled since 1893,
in the first eight mont this of
1895 to 22,7j5 head, valued at nearly
s3,OO0,000. American geldings aver.
aged this year in the English market
si55 A rigid inspection of horses for |
export will be undertaken.
The foreign trade in dairy products
is carefully reviewed. In cheese the |
United States, while large shipper to
British markets, holds the conspicu-
ously untiattering place in the extreme
rear as to quality and price, and as the
only one of the competitors for this
trade whose business shows q serious
falling off.
In butter, the United States is out of
The race, supplying less than / per
cent. of the British demand for foreign
buffers, Notwithstanding the fact that
Great Britain imported in eight months
si6. 900. 900 worth of butter.
The secretary thinks the duty of re-
porting the acreage of staple crops in
each state on June l of each year
night be imposed upon the authorities
,f the agricultural college stations, in
of the annual appropria-
ions they receive from the national
treasury.
The report closes with a discussion
If the question of the future of farms
md farming in the United States. The
lverage value of farms by the census
If 1890 was $500. The value of i'm
elements, domestic animals and sun
tries will make total farm plant of
1000 for family averaging six per-
ons. Those farms have fed the farmers
md their families and 10000, 900 urban
esidents, beside supplying $500, 600, 600
worth of products to foreign consumers.
n the presence of these facts the Sec
AIRY asks: How can anyone dare as
ert that farming is generally unre-
and unsatisfactory to those
Who intelligently follow it?" The
mortgage on farm values does not ex-
eed lG per cent.-a less incumbrance
N capital invested than in any other
inc of industry. He foretelis con-
identity steady increase in the value
+ farm lands as the population of the
ountry increasSs
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