Nebraska advertiser., 1869-02-25
&srfnIfnrnI Department.
FrIendIx LegIsIatIon.

LCSASAdtAO9s
At the session of the Nebraska Leg
islature just closed, several acts wer
passed encouraging agricultural de
veIopments of the State. IAN Act +
encourage the growth Of Timber
Fruit Trees and Hedges, provides t
exempt from taxation Of the real o
personal property Of each tax pave.
who shall plant, andsuitably cultivate
one or more acres of forest trees fol
timber, the sum of one hundred dol.
lars annually for five years for each
acre planted and cultivated the tree;
not to exceed twelve feet apart. Fol-
each acre Of fruit trees planted and
cultivated, fifty dollars valuation is
exempt. The trees not to exceed thir-
ty-three feet apart. For each mile OF
hedge, fifty dollars valuation is exempt
This will do, when no better can be
had. Four acres of timber planted on
a piece of land, valued at four hun
dred dollars, will exempt it from tax
alton for five years. We are not much
of a believer in the passage of laws to
induce men to do what their interest
Of itself requires them to do. A man
who would not plant four acres Of
timber for the benefit he would derive
from e, would not be likely to devote
the expense and labor merely for the
paltry bonassthe law provides. The
act in question was introduced and
passed, prompted by the best of mo-
tives, and we wiSh may result in good.
Quite an effort was made to pass a
Herd Law. In fact a Herd Law"
was passed; but nearly every county
in the State-or at least n or more
precincts in nearly every cOunty-were
exempted from the operations of the
act. It is, therefore, in our opinion,
worse than none at all. W. favor a
genuine herd law; and fully believe
that the true interests of the entire
State demands the enactment Of such
a law. At our leisure, and before an
other session Of the Legislature, we
intend to fully discuss this important
question. In the meantime, weinvite
correspondents, and friends of agri-
cultural deveIopement to do the same.
Where fences are made, they should
be made to fence IN, not out. There is
no Justice is requiring n farmer to
fence inshis species Of product, while
his neighbours is allowed to roam over
the broad acres without check or re-
straint. But enough for the present.
Section n of chapter one Of an act
now in existence, entitled "Agricul-
and which now provides that
County Agricultural Societies shall
have from the County Treasury, two
cents on each inhabitant, but not to
exceed the sum of two hundred dol
lars, was amended by increasing the
sum to three cents on each i%nhabitant,
and abolishing the restriction to two
hundred dollars.
The law in existence heretofore al
the State Board of Agriculture
the sum of three hundred dollars an
nuelly, out of the State Treasury, to
be used in the payment of premiums
awarded at the State Fair. This was
amended by increasing the sum from
three hundred dollars to one thousand
Both these are valuable and
important amendments, and will re-
iult in good.
An effort was made to pass an act
prohibiting, or rather regulating the
Introduction Of Texas and Cherokee
,attle into, or driving them through
his State. If we are correctly in
iormed, the Bill did not pass.
An act was passed ito prevent the
,respass of animals upon cultivated
in certain parts of the State
,nly. If if had been general in its
application, it would have been a very
rood Herd Law. The principal fea-
ure of this act is, that animals are
.respassers on unimproved lands hay
ng trees of any kind planted thereon,
IT young hedge planted out. Good as
ar as it goes.