AGIUCULTl'IUL Al'IMUiIMMATlON IIILU »U2». 4'J.'( 



isstiinjr H joitjl ro|)<»rt, tin- \M'ik ln'iiiif <l<>ii»- roop. I' in- 



formalion. in tin* iiiuin, is piil>li>li(M| u> -irm^ht . ... i:na- 



tioij, niul we are having a j;reat<T mil thari ever IwfKrf for the hnrc 

 statistics. n«»\VfviT. we ijo huuw tHhiilaliiii; nii«l an ' of thpHo 



reports, and fniite a larire niunher of niiniff ■• '■ • - ticij 



with a brief siMuniarv of the situation ni < _ ,,iih 



months and previous years. I think there is notlun^ furthrr on that 

 item tiiat I care to mention. 



roKKUiS MAItKKT IN VKNTl4;ATION-f<. 



The hist item in tliis anpnipriation is that rehitiii^ mi i-m i^n ..-m- 

 petition and (UMnand. 'Ihis year we have S()'>,(H)(), whi<-h is handh-d, 

 a*} I recall, as a proviso. That is true, Miss (Mark, is it not f 



Miss ('i,AKK. ^ es; it is a proviso to the appropriation for crop atid 

 jive stock estimates. 



Mr. Tk.nxv. We have rec|uested a change in the provi.so, that is, 

 to make SHO.OOO available instead of $0").()0(). The work connoctecl 

 with foreign compctitiitn and ilcniand is exactly what is cf»vered 

 in that headin<; and naturally divides its(>lf into two lines of work, 

 forei<i:n competition and forei«;n demand for American productn. 

 At the present time we have live regular men in the foreitjn field. 

 Mr. Foley is in L<»ndoii. wher(> he is in touch with reprt-sentatives 

 from the whole of the British Empire. In aildition to keepinj; in 

 touch with the developments in the British Empire Mr. P'olev has 

 made several other studies. Last year we had a request from the 

 almond industry for information re<rardin<; competition in the 

 almond industry and this mimeo<;raphed circular r«'port was t;otten 

 out. We have in the files a number of letters from the almond 

 a.ssociation of California commenting most favorably on that report 

 and tellin*; us it is just the information they want in shaping; up 

 their industry and their sales policy. Mr. S(juires is now in Germany. 

 In Germany we are studying the development and comeback of tlie 

 live-stock industry there, with especial reference to the relation of 

 the German live-st<K-k industry to lard substitutes. Germany was 

 one of the largest buyei"s of lard before the war and we are now 

 studying, in a rather critical way, the lard substitutes that are being 

 used in Germany, with especial reference to the question of demand 

 for our own products. 



Mr. AxDEitsox. IIow is this foreign work organized f Do you have 

 representatives in the foreign countries who stay there the year 

 around ( 



Mr. Texxy. These I have mentioned are in tiic foreign countries 

 most of the time, but not necessarily in any one countrv- Mr. 

 Squire was originallv in London. Mr. S(|uire was in the tnglish 

 countries with Mr. Kolev, and when the need arose for making a 

 study in Germany we sent Mr. Scjuire to Germany. lie will also go 

 into Poland and cover a number of those central lOuropean countries 

 in making the special studies we want made. Mr. Michael is still 

 in eastern Europe, in the Balkan countries, and has been making a 

 very careful study of cereal production. We have this month. No- 

 vember, issued a report on cereal production in Yugoslavia, and that 

 report indicates the character of the studies these m»'n are making. 

 Mr. Bullock is still in Argentina, but will return very shortly to the 



