Mr. WENTWORTH, I renew it. Mr. Chairman, I have always felt a great interest in this Dept of Agriculture. I know its whole history. I was here when it was 1st established, and I have franked off a great many of its seeds, and they have done a great deal of good. I go further, and say that, in my opinion, the gentleman they have now at the head of the is the best qualified for the office of any who ever did hold the place. I say they have heretofore generally been professed politicians or attorneys at law. I understand that the present one is a practical farmer, and knows something about agriculture, a great deal about agriculture. but he labors under some disadvantage. That disadvantage arises, in my opinion, from the law itself. think the whole Dept needs reorganization. Every one who follows the present head under existing laws will give rise to the same difficulties. It is said his reports are bad, and that he is disqualified for the position. Look at his report. Only 11 pages are his own, while the rest is by the most distinguished writers of the country. If these writings had not gone into this report they would have gone into some agricultural paper, and would not have had half the circulation and most of the people would have been deprived of the information. Before coming here I received a circular from the Agricultural Dept asking me to write something for the report, and stating how much I. be allowed per page, but at the time I was engaged in a political contest and could not comply with the request. When I leave the scenes of public life here, and like Cincinnatus, retire to my farm, when I go back to the prairies of Illinois and cultivate my farm for a living, I may be induced to write for the agricultural report instead of writing for some agricultural newspaper where I would not get 1/2 the pay and not one 10th of the circulation. [Laughter] Some complaints are made about the pictures in this report. It is not the fault of the Commissioner if they are not better, because he invites them from all parts of the country. I think there are better animals in the U.S. But send him the pictures and he will put them into the report.. I have an artist in view of my retiring to my farm to take the picture of my own animals, and it will be a matter of pleasure for me in private life to know that my colleagues in this House will be franking off pictures of my animals to their constitquents. [Laughter] Here the hammer fell] ere