The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-01-11
REPORT OF THE
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Efforts Being Made to increase Rails.
ing of Cattle, Hogs and Poultry

Hon. y. F. Huston, secretary of the
department OF agriculture at Wash
ington, gives some data which is Of
esrecial significance just at this time
n his annual report. Among other
things, he says:
The yields in 1917 of the major
food crops are IS fellows. the Secrc-
tary reports. according to u~rrevised
estimates: 3. 1911, 000, 900 busiest of
corn. 659,7?7,o0O Of wheat. $780,
900 OF oats, 2ot,C59.000 OF barley.
5G.Gno 900 of rye, 16,al3,Oo0 of
buckwheat, 33,256.O0O Of rice. "a
3So.091 % iah~. t29.Csf.000 OF Fish
po,a.5e, S~4,'47,1oo ct sveet pota-
toes, i5.95,,0@D c' commercial beams.
t2,G95.0p0 Of ncachos. ll.tt9.o00 of
pea. lT7,133.000 oi apples. and =
81 900 tons IF sugar beets.
Wh9st and Rye Outlook for 1919.
The actual in~c~easc in the acre
agc Of OroY, sown til, f.4ll rRn not
-F 1AtGA 2i''. Afi'l tlliilta Al kGlc
me" the Secretary says. There
s eyery indication, however. that he
formers in The sections xhcye fal,
grains az be proiita1ly raised have
yatTiotieaiiy responded 70 tho M
lions cal! f9r more hreads.u1fs. Re-
ports made to NC Duresu Of Cop
= g-;r7,+a- g., A,,~,,-L l,,,o,a .L.
plirn for iNCrea ~ acrcaacs was we'll
unde.' "ay. indicated ar Intention on
tue part Of farmers to increase their
owing 0f win.S~ v-hca. br about 10
- per cent. aad Of rye by about 8
per cent. If these Intentions are rcsl-
re-. 1t VIII result in the planting OF
ll.l00.000 acres cf wheat and about
$4,000 acres OF rye. Reports re-
-:-:i since August are to the effect
he. n faal-soTn acreage OF these
NO c-cps has been increased in near
IL every state. although the drought
IN the southwestern states and in pol-
tions Of Washington has made it i'm
practicable fully to carry out the
planting program. Ire official cSti-
mate Of the acreage of winter wheat
and rye will be issued OF Deccmb"
- after the planting of winter grains
Is completed in the South. Similarly.
il IS too early to determine the per-
cc1tace OF termination of seed actu-
ally sown. and therefore any pro-
phecy at this time as 10 the actual
harvest OF winter wheat to be en-
p1cted in 1918 would be merely a
guess."
The Live Stock Situation.
The report outlines the efforts of
the Department OF Agriculture to IN
! crease the meat supply and sums up
me livestock situation AS follows:
The number OF mich COWS and
| other cattle has shown an increase
| during the last four or five years.
! the estimate for the former for the
present year being 23,?O6,0OO. n
against -, 76S,0OO a year e and
20. 497.000 in 1913, before the Euro
poan war began. while that for the
cattle is 43,29l,0 900, as against 40
$4,000 a year ago and 36,O3O.00O
in 1913. Unfortunately, the number
Of sheep continues to decline; the
estimate for 1917 is only 46,O59.0 00
as against 4S,4S3, 900 a year, ago and
5l,482,O 900 in 1913. 1t is estimated
that the number of hogs which dur
ing recent years has shown an up.
ward tendency, decreased over H.
900 900, or from 67,453,0O0 to 81,
I747, 900. However, it is greater thar
it WAS at the beginning of the Euro.
pean war. The number of hogs var
les from year to q more widely
than that of the larger meat ami
mails. " The mere statement that
the population has steadily increased
in this country-thc gain in the 1l
years from 1908 % 1917 being 49,.
000, 000-with An absolute decrease
in the live stock for the same period
would sufficiently emphasize the ser
iousness of the situation if condi-
tons were normal and the demands
for meats and fats were not so urg-
ent." There is \ close relationship.
the report says, between the produc.
ton Of live stock and the supply Of
! feedstutfs, and the large production