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Show YIELD ESTIMATED AT ABOVE 73 JO,! American Farm Crops and Animal Products Greater Than in 1914 AGRICULTURE IN LEAD Secretary Houston's Report Makes Comparisons, More Meat Is Needed WVblllNOTON De 4 s dreary lit) ston s ann al repo ado p bl o to da paces an est mate of $9 8 3 000000 on fie a ue of America a m c ops a d aUmal prod cts for last joar a al uation will out precedent This howe er probably w be eclplaed by tlie prese t ear a showing Th a aluatlon is an in rease of about $S3 000 000 over the value of 1913 hlth e to t e b gheat ever recorded The in oi ease occurred in the face of a deel ne In cotton fron. 12 6 cents a pound fo the 1913 uop to an average of 7 3 en s for 19 4 The tota value of the 19 8 cotton crop estimated at 000 000 was t S3 000 000 nore than the 19 -I crop a though the latter was 14 per cent grea er 1 quantity Of the tremendous Hood of expor s hich began near t e end of he fls a jear o ered by the secretan a repo many hundreds of m 1 o is represen fa n p oducts Between August 1 1914 and February 1 llB the report says exports were $1 157 000 000 and imports J7 1 000 000 g ing a favor ab e balance of $386,000 000 Of e to al value of exports $86' 000 000 represented agricultural and only $495 000 000 non agricultural com nodi t es chiefly manufactures. Agriculture Leads The total agr cultural exports in the fiscal year ended June 30 191 practt cally tl e first year of the war were 41 4 0 000 000 which Is an Increase of $S66 000 000 or 32 per cent over those of the preceding jear and of $183 000 000 or nearly 42 per cent, o er tl e average of the five years 1910 1914 hat Is needed more per aps than anything else, the secretary says Is an Increase in meat animals To that end the department has extended ts actlvl tes as far as Its funds would permit EJ lmlnat on of common 11 esto k diseases from wh ch losses are said o be enor mo us, would result in a material Increase of the meat supplj It has been conserva vely est mated the report cont nues on e ba s of da a for thirty jears that tho annual d re looses from animal d seases a e approx matelj $2 2 000 000 fe nd e t losses which also are great annot be es mated at all The direct loss aucr bed o ea h disease Is as follows Lo&s by Disease Hog cholera, $ o 000,000 Texas fe e and cattle ticks $40 000 000 tuberculos s. $25 000 000 contagio s abo on $ i,000 000 black eg $6 000 000 anthrax 1 600 000 scabies of sheep and ca t e $4bOOOOO g and ers $5 000 000 other I es oak d s eases, $2 000 000 parasites, $9 000 000 po 1 ry d seases $S 750 000 The citrus fruit Indus y of he gulf states the report asserts, s se o sl (.threatened by c trua canker a g y n fectio s bacter al d sease etc greater number of nfecied e e s n Texae MlFslssippl and A abama ha e been e mlnated comp ete erad cation of the d sease from Louisiana and Flor da the department believes w 11 requ e huge expend ture for at east two years The potash situation the report states continues serious. There s pra t ca no potash ava able for fert 1 ze and n dlcat one are that the pp fo tha purpose w 11 not be inc eaed materiall next year Legislation Urged I Peco nmendat ons fo egisalt on made by Secretary Hous on to congre s nc ude tl e follow! n0 I eg slat o des gned to promote bet ter handling and storage of fa m p odu and trading on the bass of fixed giades and s andards. Including a pe m ss e warehouse act a co ton standards act a gra n grades act and provl&lon for a market news se vice A land mor gage banking act intended to Inject business methods into hand ig farm finance and o place farm secu ties upon the ma ket in a reepons ble way Ass stance to communities near the na ona forests n road bu ding and sim a. n p o en en s t oueh a plan n vo vifig the ad an ement of f nde fo the e urposc o be a ge aga nst t e eta e s future share of receipts from the forests Aut o ty to grant wale power pe m s w h n the na lo a o ests for nSed pe od? More effective control over the p o du on of og o e a serum A p vo ng the es ab tfhment b he fede a gove nn ent of a s a on for es g a se rn ntended for s pment n e sta o nn e ce s ou ned |