The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-08
THE AGRICULTURAL BOARD.
New Members Elected-Important Sugges-
tiOns Made in Several Papers.

At the morning session of the State Board Of
Agriculture, yesterday. a bill for the prevention
and spread of contagious diseases (which will be
brought before the General Assembly, was pre-
sented for consideration by committee of the
State Veterinary Association 1t was read and
referred to a special committee, consisting of
Thomas Nelson, G. r. Stuart and S. w DUNCAN.
In the report of the committee on premium
list number of changes were suggested 1t
was recommended that hereafter no sweep stake
prizes for bull and cow in dairy breeds should be
offered, but that, instead there should be an in
crease of the dairy-herd premiums. besides Civ
ing $3.50 to each of the dairy breeds. The mat
ter was referred to the entire board for consid-
Grafton.
A rather heated discussion regarding the rep
resentation of Indiana at the New Orleans
exposition followed The Governors appoint
ment of a State commissioner who did not belong
to the Board of Agriculture was commented
upon with some asperity. The Indiana exhibit
at the exposition was alluded to as disgrace to
the State" and it was proposed that a commits
sion of three members of the board should be
sent to New Orleans to see that there was a cred
table display of agricultural products. Pending
action upon the proposition invitation was
sent to General Carnahan, the Indiana commits
sioner of the exposition, to address the board
He appeared and gave description of the ex-
hibit which is being arranged. lie said that in
diana had the finest display of grains that Is to
be seen on the grounds. His remarks made a
favorable impression upon his hearers and
seemed to convince them that the objections
which had been raised were entirely unwar-
ranted.
The remainder of the morning was occupied
in the nomination of candidates for membership
of the State board in eight of the sixteen dis
tricts.
The afternoon session opened with an address
by J. G. Kingsbury, of the Indiana Farmer, on
1.-The Destruction of Crops by Insects Mr..
Kingsbury thought that 10 per cent would not
be an unreasonable estimate of the damage
done to the growing wheat crops by the Hessian
fly and the army worm, Estimating the
bushels and the price paid as %
cents per bushel, this item alone would
show loss of So, 900, 0c0. Fruits, corn and TIL .
vegetable crops suffered from the ravages of in
Kingsbury thought there should be a State En-
tomologist, to whom insects might be sent for
examination, SO that all injurious to growing
crops might be known before doing any great
damage; and he was OF the opinion that there
should be law In Indiana similar to that In Cal
ifornia, where there is board of commissioners
in the interest of the horticultural industry with
power to adopt any necessary measures for pre-
venting the importation and propagation Of de-
structive insects.
Col j. A. Bridgeland, of Richmond, delivered
an interesting address, which was received with
evident appreciation. The subject upon which
it was announced that he would talk was
French Agriculture and the Breeding of Nor
man Horses, but his remarks were devoted in
part also to an explanation of some of the more
interesting features of the commercial relations
between the United States and France and Ger
| many. He spoke of the unfair discrimination
of the French government against America in
trade; of how an inspection of American pork
by a board of veterinary surgeons had been
made pretext for finding a reason to exclude
from the markets of France the meats
of the United States of the charge
of thirty cents a bushel put upon wheat shipped
from the United States, and of the tariff laws
prohibiting the sale in France of over two hun
dred different kinds of articles produced in the
United States. He said that the agricultural
associations throughout the country should unite
in forcing Congress to protect the interests of
the American producers, and, if necessary to
put prohibitory tariff upon silks, wines, and
all other goods of French and German manu-
facture until the unfair discrimination of those
governments against. America should cease.
His explanation of the origin of the Norman
draft horse began with William the Con-
1ueror, who, in the eleventh cen
fury, declared himself King of England
and who sent into Normandy English stations
to cross with the native mares, which produced
the present character of French draft horses,
sometimes running above and sometimes below
the present standard of the Norman horse.
Pirche and other sections of France breeding
this class of horses, claim a richer productio
! but all of these horses are descendants of the
stock thus originated Col Bridgeland earnestly
recommended the versatility of crops in our
| country, as our farmers would have more money
| at the end of the year if they would raise less
| corn and hogs, and more draft horses, and
other improved stock, and above all, to not take
the proper crop of vegetation off their lands
without replacing it with ordinary manure
An address on 1.-The Relation of Fertilizers to
Growing Wheat was delivered by F. G. Wise
| logel, of this city
The important feature of the afternoons pro-
ceedings was the election of the new members.
The result of the balloting upon the candidates
nominated from the different districts was as
follows
SO votes, and I. W. w. Sunman of Ripley county,
90 votes.
sixth ristrict-Dick Jones, of Bartholomew a.;
Will Cumback. of Decatur, IL.
Seventh District-First ballot: w. H. Keeslng of
Henry, 4; l. L, Carson. of Shelby, Is: W. Jackson,
13; F. H. Peed of Henri, Henry l6; G W Wheeler. Of
jackson, l3; Peed, "a; Wheeler 4. Third ballot:
Peed So; Jackson 8.
Ninth DistriCt-H. La Tourette, reelected by accla.
nation.
Tenth District-Jasper N. Davidson, reelected by
reclamation.
Eleventh District-John M. Graham, reelected by
reclamation.
Twelfth DISTRICT. M. lowering, 10; J. NJ Boggs,
81.
Thirteenth District-W. A. Maze, z; John Ratlif,
81.
The new members elected are.
Fifth District-W. A. Greer, of Dearborn county.
Sixth District-Diek Jones, of bartholomew.
Seventh District-E. III. Peed, of Henry.
Ninth District-H. La Tourette.
Tenth District-Jasper N Davidson.
Eleventh District-John NJ. Graham.
Thirteenth District-John Ratliff
The committee on rules and regulations re-
ported adverse to making any changes.
The programme for to day embraces an ad-
dress by DR. John N. Hurry, of this city, on 1.-THE