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H E T I C U L T U E E 



December 13, 1913 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF 

 AGRICULTURE FOR 1913. 



David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, on December 8, published his 

 annual report for the year 1913. The 

 report, which contains only 58 pages, 

 differs from previous reports in that, 

 instead of merely reviewing the agri- 

 cultural situation, it presents in sum- 

 mary many broad economic questions. 

 Throughout the report strong empha- 

 sis is placed upon co-operation be- 

 tween the Department of Agriculture 

 and other Federal departments and the 

 state agricultural agencies to promote 

 ■co-ordination and eliminate duplication 

 of effort. The keynote is getting the 

 Department's information in all fields 

 more directly and in more valuable 

 form to the people. It is recommended 

 that the congressional seed distribu- 

 tion as now conducted be discontinued, 

 and that constructive work in securing 

 and distributing new and valuable 

 seeds and plants be substituted. 



Plan to Reorganize the Department. 

 To promote coordination, allow 

 greater latitude in carrying out of 

 projects, and to establish a more logi- 

 cal handling of regulatory work and 

 research, investigation and demonstra- 

 tion work, the Secretary will ask the 

 Congress in the coming estimates for 

 authority to prepare a plan for reor- 

 ganizing, redirecting and systematizing 

 the work of the Department as the in- 

 terests of economical and efficient ad- 

 ministration may require. This plan 

 would be submitted in the fiscal esti- 

 mates for 1916. It is believed that the 

 Department can best carry on its func- 

 tions and carry its information to the 

 people it seeks to serve, probably by 

 having its work conducted in five or 

 six main groups such as a research 

 service, a regulatory service, a state 

 relations service, a rural organization 

 service, a forest service, a weather 

 service, and others as special occasion 

 might warrant. 



Marketing. 

 In many directions further produc- 

 tion waits on better distribution, and 

 the field of distribution presents prob- 

 lems which raise in very grave ways 

 the simple issue of justice. Under ex- 

 isting conditions the farmer does not 



MAKE THE OLD ORCHARD 

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A full line in stock 

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 price list. 



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get what he should for his product; 

 the consumer is required to pay an un- 

 fair price, and unnecessary burdens 

 are imposed under the existing sys- 

 tems of distribution. No one can see 

 offhand just what part of the burden 

 is due to lack of systematic planning 

 or inefficiency, economic waste, or to 

 unfair manipulation. The report out- 

 lines the projects in this field as cov- 

 ering marketing surveys, methods and 

 costs of marketing, including available 

 market supplies in given production 

 areas, demand at consuming centers, 

 cold and other methods of storage, 

 marketing systems and prices, and 

 costs of wholesale and retail distribu- 

 tion of farm products. Other studies 

 in this branch include: Investigation 

 of transportation problems and the 

 elimination of waste in shipment, 

 study of city marketing and distribu- 

 tion, study of grades, and finally, co- 

 operative production and marketing. 



Increases Recommended. 



Increases in the appropriations for 

 the next fiscal year are recommended 

 as follows: 



$250,860 tor extending the work of 

 eradicating animal diseases, feeding 

 and breeding live stock, and for dairy- 

 ing and the enforcement of the meat- 

 inspection law. 



$4.5.660 for the introduction and 

 breeding of new plants, the control of 

 plant diseases, and for improving the 

 methods of crop production, especially 

 cereals. 



$143,577 for the classification of ag- 

 ricultural lands and the survey of 

 homesteads in the national forests. 



$60,441 for extending investigations 

 of the handling, shipping and storing 

 of poultry, eggs and fish. 



$24,420 for investigating fertilizer re- 

 sources, soil fertility, and the chemical 

 and physical properties of soils. 



$71,000 for extending investigations 

 of insects attacking deciduous fruits, 

 cereal and forage crops, and forest 

 trees. 



$90,000 to enforce the migratory-bird 

 law. 



$57,000 for gathering crop forecasts 

 and estimates. 



$11:5.500 for road management and 

 road building and maintenance. 



$144,000 for investigations of the 

 marketing and distribution of farm 

 products. 



$50,000 for live stock and other 

 demonstration work in the sugar-cane 

 and cotton areas in Louisiana. 



A decrease of $.37,340 is made in the 

 funds of the Weather Bureau, made 

 possible by the increased efficiency 

 shown in handling its work. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 The Olesou & Lunden Company, of 

 Plantsville. Conn., has filed a petition 

 of bankruptcy in the United States 

 District Court. For more than ten 

 years the company has been carrying 

 on the florist business in Plantsville. 

 Judge Thomas Welch is handling the 

 affairs of the company at present, and 

 it is expected that a settlement with 

 the creditors will be made In the 

 course of time. The firm was made 

 up of John Oleson and Philip Lunden. 



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