Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-09

around havs no wheat to as
sess. while the stock raiser pays on his
cattle. He advocates legislation giving
farmers o certain number of cattle exempt
frem taxation-say sixteen-so farmers
could give their land a rest by seeding down,
raise stock for while and reap the benefs
Of improved land by breaking again.
The next letter was one sigred by William
Wilde, addressed to Mr.. Webb, ex-msmber 4
of the board, on the subject of wheat testing, I
eontending that the half bushel measure is |
no good as long as the farmer will eel by |
the tester, saying tbs producer should let the |
buyer who uses them severely alone, and the
farmers should hold public meetings and
have the proceedings published. Mr.. Wilde
axes the assertion In his letter that the
worst enemy the farmer hns is the news
paper-or rather the continual
| lying about the crops that appear in the
public prints, especially criEicIsing the st.
| Paul papers as the worst ne knew of, saying
that ne had stopped his subscriptions, and
now took no State papers, advising sll farm
ers to follow his example, and see how long
| this course will have to be continued be-
| fore the newspapers tell the truth. This
letter caused considerable merriment among
the board, and many joke was cracked, at
the authors expense. He also advanced
theories regarding the advances made by
warehousemen for the storage of grain and
the charge of II per cent. for advances made,
asking whether the relative prices in Chicago
or Liverpool should control this market,
and advocating tbs appointment OF public
weisher.
j. II. Snyder, of White Bear, writes a
communication drawing the attention of
the board to ths fact that good wheat bought
in Chicago failed to pass inspection by Min
nesots miliers, and asking for uniformity
Of grades: also, that millers in st. Paul say
they can get better grade from the farmers
than from the elevators. The signer thinks
this matter should be remedied.
4 letter was read from Horace B. Porter
in relation to the importance OF planting
linden trees, as if planted along roadsays
and in public parks they will add largely TO
the honey producing interests of the State.
at the same time being quick growing tree,
and asking the board to draw the attention
of the next legislature to the matter.
All of the communications were referred
to the committee on agriculture.
On motion of Mr.. Page the election of
officers was then proceeded with. After one
informal ballot and three formal, the vote
, resulted, Byers Z, Hoyt 1, Bowler 1. On
motion of Mr.. Giles tbs vote was made unan-
imous for Mr.. Byers, and e1-President
i. Hoyt surrendered the chair to Mr.. Byers.
After u discussion as to the power of the
/ board to appoint one of its own members as
secretary in place of an outsider, the acting
, secretary, Mr.. George Giles was elected q:
permanent secretary for the next year.
I. L. Francis, of Blue Earth, then intro
, duced the following resolution.
RESOLVED, That law should be passed to com
: pei farm produce to be bought and sold by tn;
hundred, instead of by the old fogy way of re
solving everything into bushels.
After discussion as to which COMMITTEES
!, the resolution could be referred to, motion
: vas adopted authorizing the president t.
J appoint committee on recommendation
for legislation. The president appointed
Messrs. Francis, Purcell and Hoyt as sucl
committee and referred the resolution thereto
q Mr.. Francis also Introduced the following
Il Resolued That we recommend TO the legisla
ture that State inspector be appointed il
! Minneapolis and st. Paul, and make it mis-
= demeanor to use the old kettle without th
& Stacy filler.
a Referred to the same committee as above
g a long discussion then ensued on motion
g by Mr.. Hoyt to do away with the Stacy file
!. and use the sealed half bushei. Secretar
o Giles moved to lay the motion on the table
as the subject was one which should hav
: consideration by the members before vot
|. was taken. Inspectors had went to the ez
pense of purchasing the filters, and til
;. farmers in his neighborhood liked then
o Mr.. Purcell said the board had no right t
e throw out either the filler or half bushe
a measure. Mr.. Page said no filler was use
J. in his vicinity, and said it was q dead Gel
e tainty that it was the Eighties
}. way to fill either a two qual
Il measure or half bushel. He would like
n get rid of the filler, although no differenc
L. could be made on either when filler was use(
10 Farmers should all procure scales of thei
n own and they would then know when the
n were cheated, and the matter would the
% regulate itself. He thought the two-qual
n measure the best for grading. The motto
n was then laid on the table.
II In relation to the subject of the manufat
1t ture of Irvine in this State for binding, M
q. Francis, the author of the subject, intro
e. duced the following:
st Resolved That committee be appointed
a consider the subject of Irvine for binding pu
:. poses its manufacture, ETC., and report at nel
= meeting.
:. After discussion the resolution was r,
=. ferred to the committee on agriculture, O
- motion of Mr.. Loring.
70 The secretary then read the financial a.
-, - count of Secretary Abernethy, showing tt
=. expenditures made, and accounting for
- balance af S31.65 in bis hands.
y On motion of Mr.. Bowler a motion W;
~ adopted establishing the grades of wheat
e Minnesota the same as that adopted by ii
20 board last year.
- The board then adjourned to meet No
- 18th at 2 o'clock P. NJ.