The Washington times., 1902-12-04
ON
PRODUCTIONS OF SOIL
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
III THE UNITED STATE

Poultry and eggs, value. 100000
which now employees more than hun
dred persons, has been greatly extended
by cooperation with State institutions.
The War Department will organize a
soil survey I'm The Philippines. The area
surveyed and mapped during the fiscal
year was over 1880 square miles. OF
not far from 100000 acres. making O.
total surveyed TO date OF over 1850. COO
acres. This area is distributed In TWEEN
ty-fvo states and Territories and I'm
Porto Rico. The total cost per square
mile. including preparation Of reports.
is less than So
Successful Tobacco Raising.
Under the head of tobacco raising. the
Secretary tells Of the commercial sue
cess OF the shade grown Sumatra tobac-
co in the Connecticut valley. and OF ex-
periments with this plant in PeuusyI-
yania. New York and Wisconsin. In
Texas and Ohio has been grown de-
sirable type OF filler tobacco. which can
not be distinguished from the imported
Cuban leaf when properly rermeuted.
The reclamation Of alkaH soils has also
been taken up by the soil survey bu-
reau. which has been making such ex-
tCnsive land experiments
The study Of the San Jose scale I'm
Japan and China and The importation OF
its ladybird enemy has been an import
ant feature Of the years work i'm the
division of entomology.
Work under the Lacey act. for the pro
lection and preservation Of game. has
been continued by the chief of the sec
ton Of economic ORTHODOXY along three
principal lines. namely. publication OF
Information on game protection. SUPER
vision Of the importation OF foreign birds
and mammals. and cooperation in re-
stricting Illegal interstate shipments of
game.
Additional field agents have been ap-
pointed in the division of statistics vitb
a view 10 further improving ,,s CROP re-
porting service. This work has proved
OF so much value to the department that
the Secretary announces that e will
shortly form the subject Of a special re-
port TO Congress.
Study Of Agriculture.
The functions OF the Office Of expert
ment stations have been ENLARGED IN
several directions. Special efforts have
been made to aid the movement 10 OK
tend agricultural education and research
The Secretary reports the rapid increase
during the year in he public interest
manifested in the agricultural cxperf-
ment stations, and also an increase in
the number OF students IN agricultural
colleges and schools. a large attendant,
or farmers Institutes. and she establish
meut OF number Of new institutions for
Investigations in agriculture established
in different States. Over one and ono
half million dollars are now annually,
contributed by the States 10 the maiute-
nance Of the stations
Statistics Of attendance at the land
grant colleges show over $1,000 students
eurolled-an increase over the previous
year OF ! per cent The attendance for
the four-year course in agriculture in /
creased more than 26 per cent. He
states that all over the country farmers
are sending their children TO public high (
schools and paying for their tuition.
Farmers Institutes are now held ia /
forty-four States and Territories. in /
Guiding Hawaii over 1900 institute
we're held last year. The funds con
tributed by the different States and
Territories 90 this work amounted t1
nearly 100000. and 1909 persons attend /
ed these Institutes.
The Secretary recommends that uu-
triton Investigations be EXTENDED
through a scientific study OF dietaries i'm .
public institutions He tells of the
study OF irrigation. even 10 the admin F..
istration OF the laws governing the use .
OF the Nile. saying "thc lesson of one F..
OF the oldest irrigated countries IN the .
world cannot fail 10 be Of interest and F.
value 20 one Of the youngest"
Extensive Export Trade.
The division Of foreign markets has I
given attention especially 10 the agri-
cultural export trade TO Australia. Can .
ada. and Argentina. The agricultural /
exports for the fiscal year 1902 amounted !
20 $3.50 200, 600. This. next 10 the ex- .
ccptional record for 1901. is the highest .
ever reported. The falling of from 1901 I
was mainly corn and cotton The de- I
cline On these two products aggregated /
$Sg 100000
The United States exported last year
$50.000.o00 worth of forestry products.
Europe was the principal foreign market /
and the United Kingdom the largest pur-
chaser.
Preliminary work Is under way on an
exhibit for the Louisiana Purchase Ez-
position which Be- designed % be the
best ever made by the department u
rs 10 Illustrate as nearly as possible
he workings OF the various burt aus. di-
visions. and Offices OF tho department.
and ifs prepared by the heads OF these
offices under the general direction OF the
Assistant Secretary. Hon. j. IT, Bris-
ham. the representative Of the ucDart-
ment on the Government board AS on
former occasions, the President has ap-
r.frfH HrI #.H fH.