CONTENTS. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Page. 



Agricultural exports 4 



The cotton situation 5 



Yields for 1915 6 



Production 7 



Importance of research 7 



The meat supply 8 



Pig and poultry clubs 9 



Elimination of disease 10 



The cattle tick 10 



Hog cholera 11 



Public grazing lands 11 



Foot-and-mouth disease 11 



Previous outbreaks 12 



The 1914 outbreak and difficulties of diagnosis 13 



Spread of infection and steps for eradication 15 



Methods and progress of eradication 16 



Sources of infection 17 



The National Dairy Show herd 17 



Recurrence of the disease * 18 



Appraisements of diseased animals : 19 



Hog cholera and serum 20 



The virus-serum-toxin act 21 



Control of serum production 22 



Government test station 22 



Citrus canker 24 



Potash supply 24 



Marketing and distribution 26 



Market news service 30 



The cotton-futures act 31 



Cotton standards 32 



Determination of disputes 33 



Spot markets 33 



Warehouse legislation 34 



Rural credits 34 



Fur-bearing animals in Alaska 36 



The Alaska game law 36 



Tobacco statistics 37 



The States Relations Service 38 



The agricultural extension act 38 



The first year's operation 38 



The county agent 39 



County or ganizations 40 



Work of county agents 40 



Boys' and girls' clubs 42 



Extension specialists 42 



Funds for extension work 43 



Direct extension funds 44 



The National Forests 44 



Fire protection 44 



Use of timber 45 



Grazing 46 



Water power 47 



to Mining development 48 



^^ Recreational uses 48 



^ Importance to agriculture 49 



Agricultural settlement 49 



^~^ Eastern forests 50 



CO Alaska forests 51 



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