Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-04
oessfully transplanted here. The pur-

cessfully transplanted here. The pur-
pose is to help toward the production
in our own country of everything thai
| soil and climate will permit, and tc
avail ourselves of our new island pos
sessions to grow such products as de-
mand tropical conditions.
The report on the inspection of meat
amount of work done to prevent dis
eased meats from going into the mar
kets. The bureau of animal industry
has continued its Investigations in con-
tagious diseases with a view to their
prevention or remedy. Over one and
ene-half million doses of black-leg vac
cine We're distributed during the year
Reports show that its use reduced the
loss of cattle to 0.51 per cent of those
thus saved to stock raisers many thou
sands of head of cattle.
The secretary reports the establish
ment within the bureau of an Office of
farm management. He announces its
object as 'tthe bringing together in con-
crete form of all the facts developed in
the bureau as whole. sitting the re-
suits, and applying them in practical
way where they will do the most good. :
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wide and varied field has been care
fully searched and good results OBJ
tanned in regard to all matters as to
crop growing that are of value.
During the past year the bureau OF
forestry has notably increased its store
of knowledge, on which all forestry de-
Ponds, and has made large gains in in
Producing practical management of for
ests of both public and private owner
shin Its field work has engaged 162
men and has been carried on in forty
two states and territories. Extensive
studies in some of the states of COM
mercial trees, and studies of the forest
and its Industrial relation were made.
Among the questions involved We're the
nresant and future timber supply, for
est fires. relation of the forests TO
stream flow, irrigation and grazing.
The investigation of imported food
products for the purpose of determin-
ing whether they contain substances
Injurious to life has been continued
with good results.
Statistics of attendance at the land
grant colleges show over $4,000 stu
dents enrolled-an increase over the
previous year of per cent The at
tendance for the four-year course in
agriculture increased more than 70 per
cent. The secretary points to the
marked success of agricultural high
schools In Minnesota and Nebraska as
an indication that there is demand
for agricultural courses with those at
forded In various manual arts in the
city high schools. He states that all
over the Couhliy ialliSi9 49, tSStA'SNNNi.s
their children to public high schools
and paying for their tuition.
In regard to farmers institutes he
states that these are now held in forty
four states and territories, including
Hawaii. over 1900 institutes were held
last year. the funds contributed by tbs
different states and territories to this
work amounted to nearly 100000. and
1000 persons attended these institutes
He points out that while the persons
actually engaged in agricultural pur-
suits number about 100000. the total
number of persons reached by the insti-
tutes and the agricultural colleges is
not much over per cent of that NUM-
Der. while the publications of the sta
tons reach about 100000 farmers. He
urges. therefore, the great need of
wider dissemination among farmers OF
the results of agricultural study and
research.
Only small part of the many inter-
esting features of this report, however.
can he noticed in brief article.