Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-13
SUMMARY ACTIVITIES Of DEPARTMENT
Of AGR|CuLT URE AFFECTED BY LACK
aF FUNDS GIVEN OUT At WASHINGTON
speelsl 70 tn Nov.

speeisl 10 Tho News
WASHINGTON. June 1.-The d,
partmcnt of Agriculture b. rrccivinl
numerous inquiries from all parts 81 IN
country regarding the curtailmrut o
discon/iuancc 81 various lines ~ worl
on account ~ reduced appropriations
These inquiries are coming from th0si
Interested Ia the activities affected ans
arise out ~ the action that is n,Ces
sarily being taken by the department
"a hiring rs expenditures next year
within the limits so hy congress. IN
all these eases tho department h. urged
10 make some arrangement f0r the con
tinuation of the particular lines al WORK
involved. In reply 20 these inquiries.
and In order to make clear that many
varied and widely distributed protests
and activities are necessarily aff,cte 7
by the reduction in funds Edwin r.
Meredith SECRETARY ~ agriculture. has
summarized the situation as follows
"The agricultural Appropriation bill
Tor the fiscal year beginning July J..
1880. as recently passed boy congress.
carries approximately So coo 0eo lers
than tho estimate made hy The denart.
nent az to its nccds and Sa.lS5 GOO less
than the amount provided In the ap.
preparation act Tor the current fiscal
year. Although the effect ~ reduced
funds ON the work Df The d,nartmsrt
was laid fully before congress while tho
hiil was under consideration. this SCI.
lo,is reduction has b-,n made appar
entity on the ground 90 economy. I 30
not believe II ~ real economy. however.
because Il viii certainly hamper the A.
parimcnuin IT, efforts 90 aid "a, farm.
ers of The country in doing th,Ir work
% feefine and clothing tho people. and
viii also handicap the department in
administering sone ~ the umpnrtant
regulatory laws entrusted Co IL Tor en-.
forccment. Tho projects or activities
10 be curtailed ar discontinued In 81
FAR NJ the department has any discrc
lion In the matter. have hasn do,srm
ined only after very thorotrh and
careful review 81 the whole situation.
taking all thu factors into cons!icra.
ton.
Hero are some % tho things tina, will
result from the reduction in funds.
Hog-cholora eradication work. So fay
ne the department b. concerned Win
have 70 h. complcslv abandoned IN
several states
The force 81 men IN the field show
Ing farmers how % save their hors
from ehoiera win have o. De r,iur, I
from 100 10 about -.
The large hog.producinc states whi-,
now have the services II 10 : federal |
specialists on hog cholcra will here,
forth. have not Vorc than Q or :. and ]
nany 81 them viii have only ono.
The department Is obliged in with. /
iraw from financial support ~ coon.
eraiive cow'iosting association work IN !
nhio, Indiana. Iowa. Minnesota. N
hFpska, Pennsylvania. West VirrlniY. |
Rhode islaI Connecticui and New Jcr /
scy.
Cooperative work toward irnroyin.
me quality and Increasing The us. az /
fairy prrducis viii have o. 20 ahe,.
Toned In Iowa. Kansas Mississippi ana
louisiana
~ - tft'NA WIZ nave 70 NlNNN'fs
niue iis cooperation in the employment,
Z dairy rncclalists engaged In demon.
tration work In Nevada ana Wyoming
The pian o. extend that work next
ear into Arizona New Mexico and al.
'rado cannot he carried out.
Demonstration work designed 20 all
n the establishment II rofisral uv.
'tock Industries in territory freed from
aite ucks musi ~ abandoned IN tho
'tates ~ North Carolina. south Carp
ina, Georgia. Florida. Alabama. Mis-.
'issippi. Louisiana. Arkansas. okl,b +,
ia and Texas.
Dairy specialists must 10 dlsn.,s.1
Win IN North Carolina. South Carolira
liississipia. Arkansas and Oklahoma
The Insurance fund a. 81 00a 0a0 o.
eradicate foot and mouth disease. II Il
mould appear In this country. Is prac.
ically wiped out. j
Many field stations engaged IN cereal =
Improvement work viii save 10 h.
'losed. This includes an the s,,,lons
2 North Carolina end Tennessee. and
hose az Amarillo. Tex. Archer. Wvo
iighmore. ;. Oak: Brookings. :. OAK.
Nfphi. Utah; Burns. ore. and Lind
Wash. Stations az wnliston. y. Dak,
md Newell. 5. Oak. already have been
lisooniinued because increased costs
Guild no, h. met with the money avail.
be.
Work toward preventing cereal a.
anes must he discontinued AZ the s'a.
Inns az Ithaca. y. Y: Lansing. Mich
auburn. Ala. Tucson. Arir. and Cor.
'allis. Ore. and mus; be- grea,l, rc-
uced al the stations az Berkeley. Cal:
iliford. Conn; Bloomington. M: L.
ayeiie. Ind; Amcs Ia. Manhattan.
az; Crowley. Ia. -, Paul. MINI
Few Brunswick. y j; Fargo y. Oak
hershey. Pa Knoxville. Tenn: Airing
IN. Va: Pullman Wash. and Madison.
vis.
stations 81 which problems IN lrriga. 1
on agriculture are studied viii have
he abandoned az san Antouio. Tex:
'matilla. Ore. and Newlsnds Ney.