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F«»ri'i«;ii Crop and Maikrfs. whirli is u riiiiniMi^^raplifMl iirmlnr tliAt 

 siimmarizrs tlic infornuif i<»n that «MiMrs m ilmitjir the wti>k tmin 

 f(»r(M«^n count rirs. 



Mr. AvDKItsoN. How (Itirs tliut ronnrit Up witli ulial tlw l>«*pnrt- 

 inc'it of Comnion'r is doinj;? 



Mr. Tknny. Mv in)prrssi<»n is ilutt it tUws not conilirt at all with 

 what tliov Jiiv <l(»in}j:. Tfiis is wholly supplommtHry to anvthin^; 

 that th(\v may ho «loin^. 'Phi< is fhr anj^lc. as I hnv«' Htnt»'<l hcforn: 

 It is done fn»in the viowpdint of hnn^ of the urcnti'sl a.s.>«iMtnnri> in 

 shupinj; our own aj^riiultiirr. and is lUH-ossary in ordiT to iii'volop 

 th<» ("orroct nj^rirultural pra<ti<«v llrrr is a report from Mr. S<|uiro 

 on (he (juostion of Danisli hncon displa<in«; flw .Vmrrirari pr<»dti»i in 

 British markets. 'Phis report is issued hy Mr. Foley on the British 

 apple market, and it has l)een used l>v prartieally all of the a|)()le 

 exporting concerns of this country a.s tlie very latest information on 

 the British appl(> mniket. 



Mr. .\\i)Ki{S()\. How many people have you in your division f 



Mr. Thnnv. There are live or si.\ scientilic people and 12 rjerkft 

 workin;; on the prol)lem of analy/jn<; this material that is cominir in 

 from foreif^n countries and j^ettin;; it out from week to week so that 

 it may he useful. 



Mr. Andkrsox. Hmv many people have you in foreijjn countries? 



Mr. Texnv. There are five. 



Mr. Anderson'. Are they all in lOurope f 



Mr. Tewy. No, sir; there is one in Asia, and one in South 

 America. The others are in Kurope. 



FOR mark?:t inspection of perisharlk Foons. 



Mr. Anderson. We will take up the item on pajje 2H1, for enahlinp 

 the Secretary of AjTriculture to invest ijjate and certify to shippers and 

 other interested parties the quality and c(»ndition of fruits, veiretahles, 

 poultry, butter, hay, and other perishable farm products. 



Mr. Sherman, ^fr. Chairman, we have here an estimated increase 

 <^f -SIOO.OOO, which it is proposed to expend in the following propor- 

 tions: For the inau<;uration of hay inspection work. $4(),()()(); for 

 poultry and eggs inspection work, -SS.OOO; and for further w«»rk in 

 the inspection of fruit and vegetables, §.52,t)00. The hay work will 

 be entirely new. The anpronriation, however, for the last three 

 years, I think, has carried authority to inspect hay along with those 

 other products, but no addition was made to the amount carried in 

 the appropriation and no hay inspection work has been done. 



HAV INSPECTION SERVICB. 



Ilay standardization work has gone forward, as Mr. Tenny ex- 

 plained to you. under the marketing and distributing item, or through 

 an allotment from that item, and now the department is in a 

 position to p) ahead with the actual inspection work. The hay 

 exchanges of the country have taken a most lively interest in the 

 work, and apparently have been entirely converte<l to the idea. 

 Thev now have men in training with the department who are to be 

 used as inspectors to be cunployed jointly by the hay exchanges and 

 the department. They are to l)c em|)loye(l untler the supervision 



