Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-20
REPUBLICANS HAVE
 BIT DEPARTMENT OF R AGRICULTURE BLOW
rtailment of Funds Means # Curtailment of Work H Being Done

Curtailment of Work
 E Being Done
 Nhe department of agriculture is rfeeiving numerous inquiries from all parts of the country regarding curtailment of discontinuance of v4ious lines of work on account ot Fl &uced appropriations. These in- qWries are coming from those inter- eyed in the activities affected and a4Ese out of the action that is neces- sa3ily being taken by the department to& bring is expenditures next year within the limits set by congress. In all these cases the department is urged to make some arrangement { for the continuation of the particu- lat lines of work involved. In re- pA to these inquiries, and in order tdsmake clear that many varied and widely distributed projects and ac- tiWties are necessarily affected by the reduction in funds, Edwin T. Meredith, secretary of agriculture, il&S SulIllldIlZSu lHG SILudJlOH dS IOl- lows:
 MThe agricultural appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning July l, 1920, as recently passed by congress, carries approximately $6,- 000, 900 less than the estimate made by the department as to it's needs, and $2,185,000 less than the amount provided in the appropriation act for the current fiscal year. Although the effect of reduced funds on the work of the department was laid full ly before congress while the bill was under consideration, this serious re- duction has been made apparently on the ground of economy. do not be- lieve it is real economy, however, be- cause it will certainly hamper the department in it's efforts to aid the farmers of the country in doing their work of feeding and clothing i~tM people, and will also handicap the department in administering some of the important regulatory laws entrusted to it for enforcement The projects or activities to be cur s tailed or discontinued in so far as the department has any discretion in the matter, have been determined d only after very thorough and care full review of the whole situation taking all the factors into considera- tion. i'tlw
 Here are some of the things that will result from the reduction in funds:
 Hog cholera eradication work, SC far as the department is concerned will have to be completely abandon ed in several states
 The force of men in the field showing farmers how to save their hogs from cholera will have to be reduced from 40 to about 54.
 The large hog producing states which now; have the services of 5 to 8 Sfederal specialists on hog cholera will, henceforth, have not more than 2 sor 3, and many of them will have only one.
 he department is obliged to with dtSw from financial support of CO., oH8rative cow-testing association WI K in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Mime sdh, Nebra ska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, an New Jersey.
 Cooperative work toward improv- in1 the quality and increasing the us of dairy products will have to be aH ndoned in Iowa., Kansas, Missis- sibbi and Louisiana.
 Discharge Specialists.
 he department will have to dis co14tinue it's cooperation in the em- pl Ement of dairy specialists engag- ed6n demonstration work in Nevada and Wyoming.
 8he plan to extend that work next ye&r into Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado can not be carried out.
 Demonstration work designed to liY4stock industries in territory fried from cattle ticks must be aban- doned in the states of North Caro- lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Flori- da. Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas.
 Dairy specialists must be dispensed with in North Carolina, South Caro- li4s, Mississippi, Arkansas and Okla hd ka.
 he insurance fund of $1,000,000 to erSflicate foot and mouth disease, if it Should appear in this country, is plHctically wiped out.
 Many field stations engaged in U>nJ >.1, l. to be closed. This includes all the stations in North Carolina and Ten nessee, and those of Amarillo. Tex; Archer, Wyo.; Highmore. s. D.; Brekings, s. D.: Nephi, Utah; Burns, Ore; and Lind. Wash. Stations at