Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1882 — AGRICULTURE. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURE.

Commissioner Loring's Annual Report. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture, in his annual report to the President, estmates the following as the grain yield for 1882: Bushels. Torn 1,636,0Q0,(i00 Wheat 410,OOO.K» Oats 470,000,000 Barley 46,000,000 Rye »,000,000 Buckwheat *. . 12,000,000 “The business of manufacturing sug»r from sorghum at the aepartment,” says the report, “having failed in 1881, and having furnished discouragement to those engaged in it, I have called upon sorghum manufacturers themselves for such information as they could furnish in an accurate manner for the benefit of the Industry they represent I have also made the same request of the manufacturers of sugar from beets. I have received assurances from nearly 100 manufacturers that they will contribute to this work, and feel confident I shall in this way receive a great amount of valuable information. I have endeavored, from the beginning of my connection with the department, so to condSMt the work performed here, as part of that interesting investigation into the values of sorghum now going on in the field of the farmer and the mill of the manufacturer and laboratory of the chemist, as to secure for what appears to be a growing industry all the Information which unprejudiced science and the best practical skill can provide: and I trust the knowledge I have gathered will, when published, be found to be of value. Two sites, both in Colorado, have been selected for artesian wells. In the forestry division increased activity has been shown, a special agent having been appointed to collect information west of the jfisrisslppt There are 124 theological Seminariee in the United States.