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able increases in bank deposits in ag- In* to onr c
rlcnltnral States and the increase in; pared meats.
the number of small country banks are * *
directly and indirectly because of the
profits that hare come to the farmers.
Weather Bureau Work*
The report presents the work ac
complished by the Weather Bureau for.
' systematic examination of canned
goods. Its practical experiments have
developed the fact that, without excep
tion, the addition of the ordinary pre
servatives to food3 is prejudicial to
' health. The Secretary argues the need
j of protecting the public from these
evil effects by legislation.
Soil Surveys and Soil Studies*
In spite of the activity of the Bu
reau of Soils, there are on file at the
present time requests for mapping 215
counties in 40 States and territories.
The surveys already made aggregate
63,000,000 acres in 44 States and ter
ritories. The soils adapted to spe-
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GREAT IS THE
AMERICAN FARMER*
GUV ELLIOT MITCHELL.
* Secretary Wilson's report to the
President on the present condition of
the American farmer and of the work
of his Department is the most remark
able statement of a great people's proa-
perity which has probably ever been
issued since time began. The Secre-
the highest value ever before reached.
While only one crop, corn, reached its
highest production this year, four
crops—corn, hay, wheat, and rice-
reached their highest value.
Value of the Dairy Cow*
No crop but corn produces the in-
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ASST. SECRETARY HAYS,
the benefit of the farmers, mariners,
and manufacturers, “
, and points out
that with all the development of this
work the average per annum increase
In the cost of the service for the past
ten years is but 4.41 per cent
Suppression of Diseases of Animal*
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry
the Secretary says that the work of
fighting contagious diseases of animals
has been unremittingly carried on. The
report refers in detail to the principal
diseases which have been made the
subject of study, and concludes that
in every case the efforts of the Bureau
have been attended with a more sat
isfactory control or complete eradica
tion. He commends highly the skill
PROF. GALLOWAY,
Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
cial crops such as the grape, the apple,
citrus fruits, the sugar-beet, alfalfa,
rice, corn, cotton, etc., have all been
made subjects of special study based
on the field surveys. The investiga*
nearly 45 per cent, of which were dis
tributed through the Senators and
Representatives In Congress.
Need of Government Crop Reports.
Referring to the work of the Bureau
of Statistics, the Secretary says that
the development of organizations to
fix prices, and in some cases to force
temporary changes giving unnatural
advantages to price manipulators, has
led to the need of a strong and im
partial agency to make comprehensive
reports of actual facts relating to
prospective crops and yields, that all
concerned may know how to buy and
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SECRETARY WILSON, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AORICUI/TURE.
come that the dairy cow does. The
estimate of the value of dairy products
for 1905 reache3 1665,000,000. The
farmer’s hen competes for precedence
with wheat, poultry products aggre
gating half a billion dollars in value.
Value of Farm Anlmala*
The value of horses and mules on
farms exceeded last winter $1,452,000,-
000. Milch cows are advancing in
numbers anjl are worth $482,009,000.
The value of all other cattle is esti
mated at $662,000,000.
Great Amount of Exports*
During the last fiscal year, exported
domestic farm products were valued at
$827,000,000. During the last sixteen
years the domestic exports of farm
products have amounted to $12,000,000,-
000, or $1,000,000,000 more than enough
to buy all the railroads of the country
at their commercial value, and this
to the American people a pen picture
of the American farmer as ho is to
day, to make clear the pre-eminent
position of the farming Industry, Its
wonderful productiveness, and Its large
contributions to the general prosperity
of tho country.
His report also points out some of
the more important work by which his
Department seeks to benefit the farmer.
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ot whom are engaged In distinctly
scientific work.
In Its systematic work In securing
new plants and seeds from foreign
countries tho Bureau of Plant Industry
has been highly successful. Success
has also attended Its work In cotton
Breeding, undertaken with the view
to obtaining new sorts combining im
proved length of staple with produc
tiveness. "—
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The Secretary records the
production of a new citrus fruit, the
cltrango, several varieties of which—
tho Rusk, the Willets, the Morton—
have been developed. Another inter
esting product ia the new tangelo, a
hybrid orthe pomelo or grape fruit,
and. the tangerine orange.
Very considerable importance Is re
corded in tho manner of seed distribu
tion. A special feature has been the
encouragement of school-garden work
thereby.
Growth of the Forest Service.
An important achievement In For
estry during the past few years has
been to enlist the sympathy and co-
DR. WILEY.
Chief uf the Bureau of Chemistry.
The same is two-fold. It seeks to
add to the knowledge of the man and
to increase the productive capacity of
the acre. Mr. Wilson does not, how
ever, lay back upon his oars and inti
mate that everything is being done
that Is necessary, for, great as has been
the work undertaken and accomplished,
and gratifying as has been the re
sults as shown in the first few pages
of this report, be It remembered, re
marks the Secretary, that we are still
at the threshold of agricultural develop
ment and that the educational work
which has led to such grand results
has only been extended os yet to a
portion ot our agricultural population.
Unprecedented Prosperity of Farmer
A year of unequaled prosperity has
been added to the most remarkable
series of similar years that,has come
to the farmers ot this country. Farm
crops have never before been har
vested at such a high general level of
production and value. Corn has reached
its highest production, over 2,700,000,-
000 bushels, of a total estimated value
•f $1,216,000,000. Hay comes Becond,
with a value of $605,000,000. Cotton
is expected to yield $575,000,000. The
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CHICAGO, uu.
CHICACO
PROF. WHITNEY,
Chief of the riurean of Sofia,
voted to the Mexican cotton boll
weevil. The subject of dissemination
ot the weevil through cottbn gins has
been very carefully Investigated, and
DR. MELVIN.
' Chief of the Bureau Animal Industry
with the mere surplus for which there
was no demand at heme.
Farmers as Bankers,
One ot the most notable outgrowths
ot savings by farmers Is the great
multiplication ot small National banks
in recent years. As many as 1,764
banks,.each with a capital ot less than
*50,000, were organized from March,
1900, to October, 1006. These were dis
tributed mostly throughout the South
and tho North Central States, In rural
regions. In the South 633 of these banks
were organized, and In tho North Cen
tral States 792. For the first time In
operation of lumbermen and forest
owners, and the Secretary urges that
the work ot education contlnuo until
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DR. HOWARD,
Chief of tho Bureau of Entomolqgy.
public opinion will not tolerate need
less waste or Injudicious loss. In the
saving of waste the Service has added
vastly more to the National wealth
than Its total.expenditures during It*
entire history. Tho control of the for
int. MKRltlAM.
. Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey.
Important results have been obtained,
resulting in recommendations to the
glnners calculated to greatly reduce
this danger. \
Beneficial Insects Introduced.
Work has been done by tho Bureau
of Entomology In tho Introduction of
the fig fertilizing InsecVof South Eu
rope, the Introduction of a parasite of
the black scale so Injurious to citrus
arid olive crops In California from
South Africa, and the Introduction
with success ia the Southern States
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est reserves, embracing property worth
in cash at least r.Vl.oOO.OOO, has been
transferred to tho Forest Service. The
Service continues to afford important
aid to private forest owners.
Chemical Investigations.
The Bureau of Chemistry has con*
ducted Important Investigations relat-
■ DR. MOORE, CHIEF OF THE WFATFFR BUREAU,
short wheat crop of lait year Is fol-lthe financial history of the South, de-
lowsd by one of 684,000.000 bushels I posits In the banks of that region now
jmd Its value, *525,000,000, overtops | exceed *1,000,000,000. These .remark-