The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-11-21
MORTON
.. tho First of the OF
Annual Reports
|lu Of FOREIGN MARKETS.
-. of sols and Nusritivs
I roois Win be Proml-
r.,,urss Treated Upon
b .h. Secretary

..,oy, Nov, ia-The first OF
n .lsli officers annual reports to
/, Dab,ie will doubtless be
h. secretary of agriculture,
n Il ! oublished in a few days.
ss,,al, viii review the work OF the
ne past four wears and show
~ - seen accomplished. He Will
.s.,.bIe space 10 the bulletins Is
'..l s.islon Of foreign markets, which
s,aulnent features OF the depart
NJ past two years II Is
u, study OF the markets,
:, ~ ~ range Of prices, but the
,ad extent Of the demands ol 1he
.'',ies ~ upon the productions Of the
q h necessary to the prosperl-
- II the farmer as to that OF the
IA recognizing the fact that the
s.,sd 10 the merchant, has prac-
.saa,,uuIty TO make this study for
..,rslary .rra Morton believes that the
..sanlg do ID for him, The estah-
!, M division is believed by the
i uro0ably the most important
'..sIoas Of the WORK OF the DEPART
M Administration. ...
!, lInes Of study or investigation IN
N AIm win be discusscd-those Of
,,iou Of soils and nut..tve value OF
n sbrmer, under Pro-. whitney has
m successful, and has been the
svakeuins agricultural colleges
"A land TO the essential I'M
i ne study, This has caused
1arussment to Prof. Whitney IN
edAls investigation, for no sooner
s,s0t a the soil question laborinl
4 M department III himself for -
IN than he is drawn OF to some col
meuber Of the faculty at q SALARY
A least twice what the government
\. Al this study to the farmer car
zen by moments reflection. Th'
srricultural products have reaches
hrsr level that the farmer OF tn
sates eau not AFFORD to OK
,eat unnecessarily In the produc
crops. II he ean save half the cos
NJ tor Instance, or use one that VII
N yIeld Of his ted, It rs'y mean th
hiween success aud failure. II hi
u,isr adapted to produce one kind O
mother, knowledge OF that fac
khm from bankruptcy. Just this sor
sre The division OF soils Is developin
d day. and 1t is being disseminate
liz bulletins Of the department
pulng this study Prof. whitney hu
8bappIied electricity and deyelope
us Instrument which will tell III
knI per cent. OF moisture there is
hahIs land, thereby enabl ng him I
Led Of the particular crop best suite
ndIsion. This instrument IL espec
npIe ID Irrigated districts, where u
d moisture can be accurately reg'
Ag the flow OF water In u
mi bitches The apparat'
naliyely inexpensive and may
Adsn any farm A series Of exper
pvsrIus the entire country is beiI
determlno tn per cent OF moistu
bring the best results In all cases.
hu Norton believes that the COVER
accomplished oil that 1t should u
b The direction Of sugar-producing G
s Dr. Wiley, the department chez
safl these for u number Of years o
Glauslon process, the avallabill
he demonstrated, ten per cent. III,
nbs extracted than possible under !
ssss Anyone desiring to engage
Ehusiness can learn from the data
hrncnt what II will cost to operate
n whether, under the conditions
PEI The enterprise will be protitah
las tarmer who eoutemplates plant
nIgnum for sugar, may know exac
be Is likely to make satlsfact,
Bis land. Further experiments
alfsssion, the secretary thinks, II
Be left TO lndiv vi effort,
tho wort ei the department has b.
lfaded under Secretary Morton's
aian, be has effected substanI
y The department roll OF emplo
About ten per cent. less than it
esme into office. OF the appropi
ale for the expenditures of the
he will have covered into
al the close OF his torn
scout two millions of dollars
$4,000 year. He endeavo
Y lne seed division, but congress
2 % reopened. The division OF
ae ald abolish, and the division o
'A and the reading room he has {
slln The division of editing and r
saa' 1nally, every position in the
naI could be covered by the Law
VEL Under the ctvit aarvino