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Show r Secretary Morton, of the Dpartment of Agriculture, appeals to bo nine to the Imporlnnco of agricultural statistics. In his annual report honjsthat it is of profoun importance and vital concern to the farmer of (lie United States, who represent noanlyone-half of the population, popula-tion, that the work of the division of tat sties be t fflciently performed and the nfni uiation it gathers tut promptly dilT wd. In ret lew ing the statistics of our tgrlcultural exports nnd their destc nat.ju he make un earnest plea for th divt istScatluu cf o.ir agricultural ex-portiand ex-portiand the widening of foreign mar-kt mar-kt therefor. Rsferencolo the immenie I ggrgHleof unioiie of sgucultur.il pro duct, he an;, suggedta the inquiry, ought not a large proportion of thea b produced upo 1 our. own auil, In proxj Hilly to 0".r mm markot, where (lift, ituuiinae denmuu exit-.' And the ipl is in the atflinutive 'Hides,v fruiii, nuts nnd wines," suts the htcre. tarv, "could ull b protlueetl in this conn rj "fiwithn considerable share' oiULres, 1 Mfio and augur Our mrm ers, w'l 1 ii- sayj, rmbenerltel br n , largeiiunii r of subsidiary ir.p and the otoi-produetion of certain staples ntold- , cil, the tniiely r.fmir agricultural surd plloa in foreign markets Increised nmP' i ho mnrkits tlicmieltct multiplied. 1 I |