The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-03

The Bureau of Animal Industry comes
next, to its leading work is the inves
tigation of communicative diseases
among animals and the promulgation
of measures for prevention and extermi
nation. 1t also has charge OF the dairy
interests, both in home and foreign mar.
kets. It's divisions are as follows: Bio.
chemic, Dairy, Inspection; Pathological
Quarantine, Geological, Experiment, Ed.
toric, Animal Husbandry. This last divis.
ion conducts experiments in animal
breeding and feeding, in cooperation
with State Experiment Stations"
The Bureau of Plant Industry fol.
lows, studying plant life in all its rela.
tions to agriculture. In addition to the
chiefs Of each division, it has specialists
in the line of botany, pomology, tropi-
cal and semi'tropical fruits, drug and
poisonous plants, seeds, etc., of special
interest to Florida is the division as the
Economic" as, in addition to the gen.
eral study of tropical agriculture, its
scope has been extended so as to pro-
vide for a Economic treatment of the
numerous temperate and tropical plants
which were original natives of tropical
countries, such as Indian corn, cotton,
beans, tomatoes, etc. Experiments are
being conducted with weevil-resistant
Central American varieties Of cotton and
with varieties of corn adapted to special
conditions of growth, as in the humid
tropics or the arctic regions. Coffee,
rubber and cocoa are the tropical prod
ucts receiving special attention.
The various divisions are as follows:
Botanical, Farm Management, Pomolog-
ical, Seed and Plant Introduction, Econ
omy of Tropical and Semi-Tropical
Plants, Drug and Poison, Dry Land Ag-
riculture, Experimental Gardens and
Grounds, Seed Laboratory, Cooperative
Cotton Demonstration Work.
The Forest Service collects and dis.
seminates information of practical value
bearing on the maintenance, improve.
ment, extension and utilization of Amer
lean forests. Has control of the National
Forest reserves, conducts inquiries into
foreign products, improvements in meth
DDS of procuring them, the saving of
waste in their manufacture and new
sources of supply. It has six divisions,
to-wit: Measurements, Management,
Dendrology, Extension, Products, Rec
ords. The third comprises all matters
pertaining to the life history of forests
and forest trees; also makes special
study of subject of interest to Flor.
lda," the effects of turpentine gathering
on the life of rosin- bearing conifers and
the conditions and treatment under
which such trees yield the largest guam
tity of rosin for naval stores" I believe
bulletin on this subject was issued
a while ago by the department.
The Bureau of Chemistry has been in
existence since the establishment of the
Department, but previous to that time
a chemist had charge of all work in
his line relating to agriculture. It con-
fines its attention to questions Of public
interest as referred to It by the Govern
ment on heads of the department. Inqui-
ries IT value only to individuals or to
small groups of people are not taken
up 1t therefore does not examine and
report upon samples thus sent.
The leading division is that of foods,
and their adulteration. It buys in the
open market, examines and makes rec
ords thereon. Special attention is given
to imported articles of consumption. II
has six laboratories established in six
of the principal ports to aid and expe-
ditp work There are alaO ailUar dairy
miscellaneous Tin which is included
the subject of insecticides), drug plant
analysis, leather and paper and micro
scopical laboratory, together with one
of special Investigations; this, by special
direction of Congress is studying the eff.
fects of environment upon the chemical