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1887. Notwithstanding the United States 

 Department of Agriculture under Secretary 

 Rusk's administration made an effort to dis- 

 seminate information abroad concerning the 

 value of Indian corn as a food, by sending a 

 special agent, Mr. Charles J. Murphy, to Eu- 

 rope, there has been no striking increase in the 



export trade. A verification of this statement 

 ma,y be found in the following table. In spite 

 of this fact, it is confidently believed that the 

 persistent and judicious work of Mr. Murphy 

 will result eventually in a decided increase in 

 our export trade. With a firm belief in the 

 value of Indian corn as a food, he has sacrificed 



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