The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11

Washington, Dec 11--TnaI there IS inc emergency. which justifies govern { ment assistance to farmers directly through the use of government cash or credit, was the position taken by B Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture. in discussing rural Ecredtts in his annual report submitted E5Eoday to President Wilson. Secretary EHo1ston's statement was regarded as kanddcating the policy of the adninis-
 Secretary Houston pointed out that Sahe new bank law takes just and par. @ticular Knowledge of the farmers re- EQuirements He. suggested that any kcredit needs of the agricultural com alznity beyond those cared for under &xhe Federal Reserve law, should fbe ECared for by a system of cooperative eredit associations, financed with HDrfvate funds, by means of which the Ecombined credit of farming communi- Es&ies could be utilized. and by a sys- eakem of land mortgage banks. likewise, EIE1vate1y capitalized
 MT Houston's report reviews the in fsvestig gation of the marketing and dis Efrfbution system and while the study %4s not yet sufficiently finished to ad- Emit of final conclusions the work Efhus far shows the need of a reor- sganization ofthe distribution process. f He says:
 During the present grass season. TOT SXamp40, SAlCASO AdS ECC01N00 Mexican, Canadian and Florida cat ! tie at about the same time Steers raised in California by an Oregon E operator have been shipped through Denver to Omaha and their beef sent Etot points on the. Atlantic coast. Hogs Eraised in Illinois and sold at Indian Eapolis have been slaughtered at Bos- z ton and a. part of their cured bacon kshipped to Los Angeles. Michigan fdressed veal calves expressed to conn nnnission houses at Chicago have been EEeturned to the identical shipping points from which they came to fill Borders from local retail markets
 Secretary Houston asks Congress Sfor an additional emergency approprt- ksa4don of several million dollars on ac- scount of the recent outbreak of the Afoot-and-mouth disease among cat rtIe He said that if the interval be- tween the last and the present ses- Eeion of Congress had been longer the kdepartment would have been without @gufficient funds to meet the situation
 saThe department" he said, haS kpursued it's former policy Of purchas- Fling diseased and exposed cattle at ar Rppraised value and of sdaughter1ns e8hem and burying them It has estao- s1ished 2 very strict quarandne The EHRpense of this task will be very grea1 Eand 1t will be necessary to ask Con EZress for an emergency appropriation Esof several millions of dollars Int 1nterests at stake are vast and Justify Enny reasonable expenditure
 While this production of grain gen seral1y showed a great increase in tht Escrop of 1914, the report pointed out Ea&Hae production of corn showed no ad Swance, and the meat production show
 ed a distinct decline In this connec
 tion the secretary points out a Ia, naentabIe neglect of live stock produc 1etion in the south.
 The secretaFys report includes table giving the census figures fo' 1899 and 1909, showing that in al
 products except corn and meat ani
 Taafs there has been a marked in
 crease in production during the ten Eyear period Continuing, the repor says:
 eve know that the wheat crop O a1914 of approximately 8s2.0oo, oot
 bushels in the greatest ever produced in our history, and that the crops O
 oats, barley, rye, potatoes, tobacco and hay are unusually large. I'm
 cotton crop, forecast in October a d5, ,00O. 900 baless is the second largest
 The apple crop estimated at 25s. .00e.
 900 bushels. is the greatest ever har vested, The total production of sis fdeading cereals is estimated to hav'