REPORT 



or THE 



SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 



Mr. President: 



I respectfully present my Fifteenth Annual Report, covering the 

 work of the Department of Agriculture for the year 1911. 



BRIEF COMMENTS. 



When the cattle-fever tick is destroyed in the Southern States the 

 country will get much more meat from that section and the producing 

 of it vt^ill build up the farms there. 



The hog-cholera serum developed in this department is successful 

 where it is properly made and applied. 



"Would it be asking too much of our universities to have them 

 educate more plant pathologists and road engineers? 



Every country in the world that has diseased plants that can not 

 be sold at home can ship them to us. This results in great loss. The 

 chestnut disease here is an illustration. 



After years of experimentation we find we can grow Egyptian 

 cotton in southern California and bulbs in the State of Washington. 



The finest dates from the Sahara Desert succeed in our Southwest. 



No seed is sent out from this department without being tested for 

 germination condition. 



The schools want more of our publications than we have to give 

 them. 



Seven hundred and fifty million dollars is the best estimate for 

 poultry products this year. 



The day is not far distant when we will cease to import potash. 

 A serious pest in the South is the crayfish; carbon bisulphid is a 

 sure remedy. 



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