El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-08

principal items except cotton, for which
the increase was about $4,000 900
fruits about $4,000, 600: and tobacco
about $1,000 0O
farmers Share of Consumers PriceS
In the case of milk. in 7s cities
distributed throughout the United
states where the subject was in
vestigated by the department, the
farmer receives scant SO per-
cent, or one-half of the price paid
oy the consumer. The railroads get
about Z percent. so that the remaining
4S percent Of the consumers prica is
received mostly by The retailer.
inc farmer receives narily more tnan
nan OF the consumers prices in the
case of poultry; SO percent in the case
OF eggs The secretary Of agriculture
suggests that the problem of high
prices is one for treatment by the con-
somer: why do not consumers buy
directly from the farmers?" he asks.
A distribution Of farm produets j., this
SIMPLE way has already begun in Eng
land where cooperative organizations
OF farmers are selling by direct con-
slgnment to cooperative organizations
or consumers in the cities
production Per Acre and Formulation
PRODUCTION per acre is beginning 10
oVertake Increase of people. declares
the secretary. in discussing one of he
features OF his report. The evidence
is very plain that the yields per acre
OF our crops are now increasing. and If
the facts were assembled in detail eor
the states it would be found that the
percentage of increase in Well of MANY
OF them Is greater than the percenta pc
OF normal Increase Of popu.ation-that
Is, the increase of births over deaths in
the old native element"
Legal Operations.
cases reported to the attorney gem
erdI Ior prosecution under the several
laws administered by the densr.n,on+
OF agriculture numbered 1888. Food ana
drug cases numbering $50 were report-
ed, 100 for criminal action and 224 for
seizure proceedings. OF criminal cases
z46 resulted in convictions, in yerdicts
Tor defendants, sc were dismissed 15e
were pending in courts at the close IF
the year. and 252 remained under CON
slderation for future action. No len
lency was shown in cases involving I'M
lit foods or dangerous drugs
Fifty-two violations of the meat in
spection law were reported; 1s cases
gave convictions, eight were dismissed
and 26 are pending.
Meat Inspection.
Inc cost OF meat inspection during
the year was about s2,940,0OO. Animals
inspected before slaughter numbered
49,307,672
Entire carcasses condemned number
ed l1S,742; parts of carcasses, S742l1
That is, about 2 percent Of the animals
inspected were condemned in whole or
in part. tuberculosis caused 46 per-
cent of the condemnations among cat
tie and SO percent of those among hogs.
Nearly 6,25O,000.00O pounds of meat
food products were prepared under SUI
pervision; on reinspection $4,000. 900
pounds were condemned as having be-
come unwholesome since the inspection
at the time of slaughter. steady i'm
provement in packing house methods is
indicated.
Eradication of Animal Diseases
The work in cattle-tick eradication
resulted in the release from quarantine
of 57,51S square miles. The total area
so far released is 1851 square miles
in II southern states
Areas aggregating 100000 square
miles, including all of Washington and
parts of Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
and Colorado, were released from the
sheep-scab quarantine.
The efficiency of the serum treat
ment for the prevention Of hog cholera