New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-18
FARMING IN JAPAN AND AMERICA.
WHAT Is DEMANDED FROM CoSGaEss-NEEDs OF


WHAT 10 DEMhNDIbD hOh SO+'o"'"" -''''-1O
AGRICULTURE.
The Convention of the National Agricultural and
Dairy Association continued its sessions yesterday
at the Grand Central Hotel. About seventy-hNe
members were present. paper was read hrst ny
S. Sato of Japan on The Past and Present. OF me
Aprarion system III Japan" Mr. Sat0 described the
land tenure and agriculture under the Ola ieuaai
system and SAID that lands were now held chleny
i'm fee simple by peasant propriet0rs Inc average
size of farms IN Japan was acre. as against 134
acres in the United States. The met hod OF 1armlnS
was 10 work small piece of ground caTefuIiy ana
always up to its fullest capacity. Inc law Vi
diminishing returns had apparently not peeh car
carried out. The same plot had yielded
the same crop of rice foi many years,
Iotelv stock had been introduced. but only few
of the wealthiest classes ate flesh 70 any eSteu'
The farmers lived on the cereals and fruits VI ts
81, 900, 600 inhabitants 100000 were engaged
Representative p T. Glass, Of Tennessee S, then zen
read paper OF WHAT Agrc4itu'e mas aUe iE in
us and what we nave dohe Ior ASiicul'uio' /"
which he said:
More than half of our population are engaged ~ IaIn
hai;arriiaxss But what does tho Government do for
them9 II has given SlO5, 100000 TO rivers ana narpo
lone 70 project manufacturers Since the federation
has given all but S5,00oOO0 to agriculture France
TnSg sJ BTa2i $i20SoooV, Russia $ii oo0
Austria 50 300 900. Japan Sl 00O00O the United states
5000 The present system OF legislation which de-
stroys our foreign markets be stopped Besides
that there three demands that the farmers ous W
make Of Congress To raise the Bureau OF Agreutu,e
TO a Department with u Cabinet officer at ls heau 10
extend the Signal Service, ana TO appropriate money TOT
establishing experiment stations IN connection Win
agricultural colleges. $50.
Mr. Glass added that he had introduced blll IN
Congress to require foreign cOnsus 10 make detaled
monthly reports of the condition OF agriculture III
their different consulates III addition 10 the Te.u-
lar reports OIL commerce and manufactures
An animated discussion, which threatened 10 run
into the tariff question, followed. 10 so0tho
matters paper was read by =. {. Reynolds, EDITOR
of The Rgrdl Tome OF Rochester, on he DevClop-
mcnt of Agriculture in Western New-l ork,. W. r.
Corsa OF Delaware. talked OF the goo results OF the
new Delaware Fruit Exchange. AT the afternoon
session Charles A. Wetnore president CT the gar
(ornIa Agricultural Association spoke on Cali-
forn,a Niticultnre." "Calfornia," he sald'
"produces 10000. 900 gallons of WINE year; In
three years will producing 6oO00OOO gallons;
California has more area for vine-cnlture than al
Europe and raises all the varieties of grapes that
grow from Germany to Spain. What we need now
is that the Government inspect tax ana stamp All
native wines and pose the immense sale oil imita-
tons ald adulteratOnsD Resolutions were tDcn
passed petitioning Congress to make the Bureau OF
Agriculture Department aud approving the PHI OF
Senator Cullom now before the Senate, regulating
inter-S tate Commerce. ~
The evening session largely lniOTinal.
Addresses were made by various members on the
condition of labor aud agriculture IN tue SOnth'
Dr. NJ O. Holt spoke eloqucntlv for Virginia, Mr.
Northrop for Georgia, and W. +. Bcasiey Tor
North Carolina.