40 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



take fairly, economically, and efficiently. Success will necessarily 

 be governed by the skill and energy of the management. The State 

 agricultural colleges could render helpful service by strengthening 

 their courses in economics and marketing and by offering special 

 courses for the training of cooperative managers. 



OUTLET FOR MEAT WIDENED. 



Through efforts of this department and the Department of State 

 during the past year a wider market for domestic meats, particu- 

 larly pork, has been made available. The most recent evidence of 

 this is the opening the Netherlands to shipments of pork. This new 

 market, together with the English market, which was opened to the 

 same products about 18 months ago, now gives the farmers of this 

 country a considerable additional outlet at a time when production 

 is at a high point. 



The Government of the Netherlands requires that fresh pork 

 shipped to that country shall be handled under certain specified con- 

 ditions. These conditions have been met as a result of modifications 

 agreed upon after suggestions were made by this department. It is 

 expected that this new arrangement will result in a great deal of 

 new business, just as resulted from arrangements made with England 

 which removed any doubts regarding the wholesomeness of Ameri- 

 can fresh pork. 



Up until about a year and half ago there had been no fresh-pork 

 trade between this country and England, but during the past year 

 this trade amounted to practically 20,000,000 pounds, the equivalent 

 of well over 100,000 mature hogs. 



It is hoped that other importing nations may come to understand 

 the exceptional cheapness and wholesomeness of our pork and be 

 willing to remove the restrictions which seem to work to the disad- 

 vantage of their consumers as well as our producers. 



NEW ORGANIZATION IN EFFECT. 



Adjustment of the work of the department to the new plan of 

 organization which went into effect July 1, 1923, has been going 

 forward satisfactorily. Broadly speaking, the new organization 

 provides for the coordinating of the three main divisions of depart- 

 ment work, each under a directing head. The offices of director 

 of scientific work and director of regulatory work were provided 



