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Show mmm is n OFSEGRETM !mf Department of Agri--CKe Presents Annual jEport to President. CROP VERY SHORT S-the Largest on Record; spires Given on Crops llQK Are Estimates. 'JNGTOX. Dec 7. Rcorsanlra-t Rcorsanlra-t iKho department of agriculture Is ''pfftd in Sccrotary Houston's drat cporL presented today to Presl-A. Presl-A. plan to Ijo submitted to SaS'ln the fiscal year estimates for poses to carry out the work of rimcnt in five or six main groups, '.research, stato relations, rural Lon. forest service, -weather and (j. Such a plan. Secretary Houh-sVce, Houh-sVce, will promote co-ordination, tfor redisricting: tho country for pcflmcnt of tho pure food law aro id and tho secretary announces (uon to ask for authority to pre-Dmlmcnts pre-Dmlmcnts to the pure food law to Ihe food supply, protect the pub-i pub-i and promote uniformity In food n. lit Free Seeds. iBtribuilon or seeds by congress-ild congress-ild be discontinued, the secretary rids. He would substitute a con-vwnrlf con-vwnrlf in distributing jicw seeds 113 vary widely in the United B tho "report, because farmorH ually need better credit ar-i ar-i and nil sections aro not sim-imstanccd. sim-imstanccd. The secretary bc-2 bc-2 docs not appear to bo need or special legislation. or legis-h legis-h shall aim to glvo the farmer jaslcr terms than othGr mem-:lcty. mem-:lcty. What Is needed is tho '. conditions and machinery I enable him on similar credit : to Eccuro money at the same those that prevail for othor I for, other sections, ads Come First. otiRh the problem of how the best sell his produce and can e conditions under which he tlio necessary capital were ro would s3 CI II remain vital be accomplished before rural made fully efficient, profitable, rteasureablc and attractive, a larger disposition to remain m develops. Good roads are e for bolter marketing, for ols, and for more comfortable ," says the report. Information to enabfe Lhe de-ictler de-ictler to serve rural women, letary lias addressed loiters of Into In-to the women of fio.OOO selected covering every county. i of Farm Women. lis of the small part of the let-tyet let-tyet digested shows that farm ;deslre assistance in all phases of laimgemcnL, especially as to ways ring running water, labor saving mcnts aiid better Jiyglenlc and f conditions. The overwork of and children and difficulty of se-doniestlc se-doniestlc help are mentioned by er of the writers. The deparl-(e.llovcs deparl-(e.llovcs that Intelligent help to In matters of home management Urlhutc directly to the agiicultu-ccsm agiicultu-ccsm of the farm. It purposes, C to ask congress for means and to make more :omplete studies fstle conditions on the farm, -ifcderal aid for good roads, the w sa-'s int' ff,dcial government feai wmi uic state as tho lowest rough an expert highway com-r com-r as its agem. The plaxi should ,for maintenance as well as con-FJ. con-FJ. PrcferciKi' should be given to prorement of roads over which 5 from the faring can be taken rarest railway station A scheme fconstruillon and maintenance b-state should be tleveloped and r ngrced upon, Money approprl-ytnc approprl-ytnc federal government should rtlojied on the basis of such fac-lolul fac-lolul population, farm population, Ijcable valuation and mileage. B Given Are Estimates. emphasis in laid, on the fact if Insures for nops quoted are es-SJ es-SJ iToru tho estimates at hand it Jliat the production of crops in f niaterialh below the average. H per acre of all crops combined ja lcr than in any year in the last tUn the exception of I'.ni. The P. the most valuable product of n!r-?cSortl,l,S- to the estimates, w J.jOO.OOO.ono bushels, which is win any i-rop since 1003. Wheat on with an estimated total of W, b,V1he,Si' 16 the tersest ever rein re-in tills rountry. Brief mention ns to crop conditions through-tWi through-tWi ,JVom llu; estimates It nn&i there were Incrcascrl areas wheat, oats, barley, rye and corn MllCil- acreage hos prob-laeti prob-laeti a record out-turn. Barley. . ' uilire. b0,ltif"l crops, but corn r.!'" slvt! lo Poorest result In |