The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-12-11
HOUSTON COVERS
FIELD THOROUGHLY
SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL RE.
PORT OF THE SECRETARY
OF AGRICULTURE.
EFFORT TO HELP PEOPLE
Departments Information to Be Die
tributed in All FieIds-changes In
Weather Bureau-Estimates
Of Years Crops.

Of Years Crops.
Washington, Dec. 8.-David f.
Houston, secretary Of agriculture, to
day published his annual report fol
the year 1913 The report, which CON
tains only So pages, differs from pre-
vious reports in that, instead of mere
ly reviewing the agricultural situa
ton, it presents =. summary many
broad economic questions. Strond
emphasis is placed upon cooperation
between the department of agriculture
and other federal departments ant
the state agricultural agencies to pro
mote coordination and eliminate du
plication of effort. The keynote i,
getting the departments information
in all fields more directly and in NOR
'jaluable form to the people.
Increases Asked.
Increases in tha appropriations TO
the next fiscal year are recommended
as follows: !:
.$o5o,s6o for extending the work
9fedn2 and gree an1a va siaeK
and for dairying and the enforce
ment Of the meat inspection law.
$45,660 for the introduction and
troll of plant diseases, and for inn
proving the methods Of crop pro-
duction, especially cereals.
$143,577 for the classification OF
agricultural lands and the survey
Of homesteads in the national for
seo,441 for extending investiga-
ffOnS Of the handling shining 0nd
$o4,42o for investigating, fertil,
the chemical and physical prop
$1,000 for extending investiga-
tions of insects attacking decidu-
GUS fruits, cereal and forage crops,
and forest trees.
1000 to enforce the migratory
0's s57 .oM; for gathering crop fore
ana s12 ada9 b 59f nHsd ana
$4,000 for investigations of the
farm products.
demonstration work in the sugar.
cane and cotton areas in Louis
lana.
1t is recommended that the con
gessional seed distribution as nov
conducted be discontinued, and tina
constructive work in securing an,
distributing new and valuable seed
and plants be substituted.
Changes In Weather Bureau.
Changes in the organizatio an,
work of the weather bureau have re
suited In increased effici. ncy an,
economies which make possible a re
duction of $37,340 ir it's funds. TIL
crop and flood warning service dc
signed to enable crop growers o
those along certain waterways to hav
notice in time to take protectiv
measures will be strengthened. TIL
scientific work of the bureau will b
emphasized, especially in fields hay
ing direct bearing on agriculture
commerce, navigation and aviation.
Certain congratulations have bee
effected in the bureau Of chemistr
looking toward more effective admin
istration of the food and drugs &C
and to greater constructive technoloe
1cal assistance to manufacturers i
avoiding waste, reducing cost of mar
ufacture and to help them develo
purer products which will compl
with the law.
Rural Financial Needs.
When all necessary allowance ha
been made for these fundamental ia,
tors, it is probably clear that the RI
raj communities are not as efticientl
served as they should be by existin
financial arrangements. Long tim
loans are needed for permanent il
; vestments, such as the purchase pric
of farm or for the erection of bull,
ings. 1t Is wise economy to encou
age the extension of credit for SAT
productive use, and no less wise t
discourage the use of capital alon
non-productiye or speculative lines.
The Crop Outlook.
From the estimates at hand it al
pears that the production of crops
1918 was materially below the ave
age, the yield per acre of all cror
,, combined being smaller than in an
year in the past decade with the e.
ception of 1911. The corn crop, tn
, most valuable product of this countr
according to the estimates, fell belo
2,500,000,000 bushels, which is smallt
than any crop since 1903.
, Swedish Ship Lost; 46 Die.
Stockholm, Dec. 8.-Forty- six live
were lost by the laundering of tt