Evening star., 1914-11-14
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.

| O. C. BRYANT Of Indiana and F. S. Pin
new of Iowa we're the two field agents
| called in to serve as members of the
crop report board, which Monday is
sued its report.
| 1.-THE report in general" declared one
of the members of the board, showed
that the outcome was better than was
| expected earlier in the season"
Frank Andrews, chief Of the division
of crop records, left the city Monday
night for Louisiana to collect stalls
tics on sugar production. Mr.. Andrews
Is the sugar expert Of the bureau OF
crop estimates. 1t is thought that the
production of sugar beets will be about
Q per cent less than last years pro-
ductton. and cane sugar probably less
| than last year.
| Herbert J. Morgan of Chicago has
been appointed Junior chemist and as
signed to the drug laboratory of the
bureau OF chemistry. Mr.. Morgan is a
graduate of the University Of Chi
cago.
| Miss Gertrude Condron has been ap-
| pointed as temporary stenographer in
! connection with the enforcement of the
| inSecticide act.
Miss c. O'Donoghue Of the bureau of
crop estimates was on leave Tuesday.
Herbert w. Rutledge was on leave a
couple of days this week.
H. d. Ruddiman Of the bureau of crop
| estimates returned to his desk this
morning after leave of absence Of four
days.
Miss Anna NJ. Kirby of the bureau of
| crop estimates is on vacation until the
| last of the month.
There seems to be some diversity Of
opinion among officials of the depart
ment as to the liability Of human be-
ings contracting the foot and mouth
disease.
Several officials of the local bureau
of animal industry, however. have SUI
| fered from infection of the foot and
mouth disease, having been injected
while doctoring sick animals. one en-
ploye of the bureau was examining a
| cows mouth, when the animal sneezed
violently into his face. In the human
family the disease Is manifest by sores
in the mouth and eruptions between the
joints of the fingers. and the disease
runs its course in about nine or ten
days. Human "hoofs" are, luckily, ex-
empt. While causing considerable dis
comfort, the disease is rarely serious.
| 1.-THE fever called the foot and mouth
disease" said another official of the De-
partment. has been great sceurge to
cattle in England ror over half CEN
tury. About the time of our civil war.
when the disease ravaged the cattle Of
England, there was no record of a case
of human suffering from infection. and
this was before the day Of sanitary
dairies and pasteurization."
DR.. Theodore c. Merrill Of the bureau
of chemistry attended the annual meeting
Of the American Association or the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality. held
in Boston November IL to IA.
Charles L. Erwin of the bureau of crop
estimates was absent on leave Tuesday.
Miss L. c. Cooney of the bureau Of crop
estimates left Wednesday On leave of
absence to extend to the 21st of the
month.
William B. Wright Of Wilmington, Del.
reported cor duty Thursday as clerk in
N the bureau of chemistry.
F. B. Linton. chief clerk Of the bureau
Of chemistry. and J. B. Wilson and Her
bert ]. Morgan both of the bureau. at
tended the smoker of the Sigma Nu Fra
ternity held last Saturday night at the
Hotel Powhatan.