The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-04
SONS REPORT


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SsAtss sor The production o. beet sugar -
practically u2hr,asl and With the object
os 4sesrsEirsug The Eost favorable iocali-
ia Ter rs groa;A Secretary Wilson dis
uibcted se.ta tons Of imported sagAr-0ts,
seeds aaaoas - 80 farmers il iweaiy- sesen
states. with ne n1asrs 4rdl-g that they
should fsfa.sl samples }: tf4ir sieg 70
re se2aIiss NJ io- the purpose o. analysis
and a ssst.alenJ sxpAtnlng the ecssilsoas
unter a5leb each sample vas produced
ana tie method Of culture
Ths r.turnz have bsea far beyond the
and u hA srstlHossion the NEST farosa5is
results kaFe Deea obtained from .Aose SIC
llols Ok u Uaiaed states where Is~ n
euEsrles demanded for Tia farmer AID
wners -. manufacture o. besis Into sugar
can b aeon p,izhed with the greast-i
economy - % ia5or and irznspoEsa;ioa-
The cape. mems u Western Nebraska.
Utah ara California. Which have been going
on for some years. have demonstrated the
prActicsbiliy ol beel culture IN those sec
lions but The samples OF tAls years crco
whifh have aasn forwarded to re Depart
EeD; a. Washington and tho experiment
stations elsewhere show thar the soil and
climate o. the ceatsz. states are even
batter adapted for this sort o. crop than
hes o. TIE Tar West Ii his rsro-t TIE
secretary speaks With gratiacstiau o. these
results. He says there is abundant en-
cours gt ms1s 70 lead % the conclusion tia.
tie Cn.tsd aieS within feW years will
BE able 10 produce all the sugar required.
and announSss shat the policy q the de-
pzriment under his administrator VIII be
70 encourage The Introduction o. what Will
enabie cur people 10 diversity their crops
and keep al home money that is noE ssai
abroad 10 buy What the United States can
and should produce
Second j. importance In the work o, the
agricultural department last year we're the
trial exports o. butter 10 foreign markets.
and Of their success the secretary speaks
Ia most encouraging terms. as vas an
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Secretary Wilson commenced an inegiry
las; Msy 70 ascertain WY st was rot eos-
sibie for the dAlrynen OF the United Siatcs
10 eompets with those Of Denmark, Hol-
LAID. and other countries OF North Europe
Ii ths butter markets Of England and the
practical tests 70 determine what obstacles
were In the way and how they could be
removed. Packages 0. carefully selected
butter we're shipped to London from differ
cat creameries in the large dairy sections
OK the United States. and similar ship
Inents have been continued every three
weeks. Upon It's arrival In Europe this
butter has been placed By DR.. wray. the
agent Of the department Of agriculture in
Lon9ca. in the hands O. merchants o. rep
utztion aud influence. who haze made de-
tailed REPORTS as 70 their efforts and their
SUCCESS in promoting its sale and have
also pointed out defects In manufacture
or packing which interfere with tie extern
ston Of the trSde. TIE trials. Secretary
Wilson says IN HIS report. have served the
ccslblc purpose o. obtaining useful .ntor-
nation for our producers and sellers and
O. dEnusing desirable information concern
Tag prospective consumers and The require
msnts o. the trade. 4 widespread interest
bias been developed. both in England and
in shis country. and il has beea demon
stfsisd ths, butter OF high quality obtain
able u different parts OK this country, viii
command as ready a market and as high
prices as that from any other. II has also
besn demonstrated that American butter
can be placed in the British inarke, from
ten 10 fourteea days after cAurnlng without,
agreeable deterioration The experiments
savs beea SO successful that the secretary
/ recc mnends thai they br continued an
oihey year. with an enlarged field Of opera
.ton.
| The secretary thinks the system, o, in
spestng and ceFIinastioa a. present an
piled 10 meats SHOULD be extended 10 in
| oltide butter. cheese and condensed milk.
IN order 10 prevent ,aiury 10 The foreign
trade by ths expectation Of sdulterated
products by unscrupulouS persons He be-
| lscNes that Il the government should tx an
arbitrary standard OF excellence fer all ex-
! ported fern Products Il would be a great
4 Dtlent 20 honest PRODUCERS ana aid IN
building UP a profitable trade
One Of ;ha most important reeomraenda-
tons IN the report OF the secretary OF agri.
culture ecaeerna the Inspection Of meats
slaughtered for home consumption. This
has been very perpleSing question. I'm
der the law as it stands governmen, in
spsciors are authorized to condemn oui,
such beet. pork. veal, mutton. etc, as /.
offered for export TO foreign countries. ana
they have continually reported 10 TIE de-
par'meni thar the meats which they hsy,
rejected as untt for food have been sold
IN the iocal n,arkess without dlgicuI,y.
The most pressing work q The bureau
q animal Industry Ter the coming year.
says SecroiarT Wilson. lis the extens,o-