The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-13
THE. DELEGATE BOARD.
Election Of Eight Members to Serve for the
Ensuing Two Years.
Recommendations of the President and
Woman's State Fair Association Con-
Cured In-Resolution Adopted
To-Day's Programme.


State Board of Agriculture was largely at
in the proceedings, the reports of officers and
committees calling out interesting discus
sions. Mr. Jasper N. Davidson, chairman of
the Finance Committee, reported that, after
a careful examination of the accounts and
vouchers of the Secretary and Treasurer, they
were found to be correct
Messrs. /. B. Mcdonald and William Cum
back, of the Committee on award of pre-
miums on grain exhibited in the hall, re-
ported as follows:
On best gallon of wheat-James Ripley. Thorn
town, first J. p. Nicholson, New Castle, second.
Best three ears of cdfn-J. W Sehooler, Whites
town, first; q. A. Stanton. Greenwood second.
Longest ear OF corn-Charles C. Sneadoa, Frank
fort.
The Committee on Presidents Address re-
ported hearty concurrence in the recon-
mendation TO lease the State ground on the
east Of the city, and then sell the present
Fair Grounds. The committee recon-
mended that each delegate and member of
the Board present the subject to the candi-
dates for the Legislature. The same COM
mittee concurred in the recommendations of
the Woman's State Fair Association. Presi-
dent Lockhart, Mr.. Cumback and Mr.. Nc
Gaughey were then appointed committee
to present the matters contained in the
Presidents address to the Legislature.
lie IOtlOWlnR TtSOIuLlOU, OUcTeu DIV MI.
Cumback, was adopted.
Resolved, That any County or District Fair
which shall allow the sale OF intoxicating liquors
on the fair grounds, or which will not enforce
the law in regard to games of chance, is unworthy
of the name of an agricultural society, and meets
the strongest condemnation of this Delegate
Board.
Hon. Robert Mitchell introduced the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted:
Whereas Experience has demonstrated that all
attempts to deal with outbreaks of pleuro-pneu-
monia and other contagious diseases, by State
action, have not only proved insufficient but
have caused much needless annoyance and severe
losses to cattlemen of this country; therefore
Resolved, That our Representatives in Congress
are hereby instructed to use all honorable efforts
TO secure such National legislation as shall com
pletely eradicate the pleuro-pnuemOnia from the
remaining disease centers ana furnish ample
protection for the future from all outbreaks OF
contagious diseases.
Resolved, That the action of the Governor in
appointing State Veterinarian is heartily COM
mended.
The election of members of the Board for
the ensuing two years took place at L: 80
o'clock, with the following result:
First District-Robert Mitchell. of Gibson
Second District-samuel Hargrave of Pike
County.
Third District. Q. A. sieg. OF Harrison
County.
County.
Eighth Districts. W. DUNCAN, of Johnson
County.
Fourteenth DistIict-L, B. Custer, of Cass
County.
Fifteenth District-W. A. Banks, of Laporte
County.
Sixteenth District-R II. Lockhart, of DeKalb
County.
President Lockhart said that this was
proud day for him, as il was the first time
in the history of the Board that all the MEM
bers were reelected. He assured the MEM
bers that the Board would continue its
efforts till the organization was entirely out
of debt.
Colonel Bridgeland was introduced, and
said that he understood tina. Mr. Thompson,
representative of the American Percheron
Horse Society, had stated that he had offered
a medal for the best horse bred in America
The Colonel started out with an attack upon
the publication represented by Mr.. Thomp-
son, but was called to order by Mr.. /. b.
Mcdonald. The Chair sustained the point
and Bridgeland retired with the statement
that if he could not be heard before the
agricultural representatives of his own
State he would get rid of his French draft
horses Immediately.
Insects Affecting Corn, was the subject
of an interesting paper presented by Pro-
lesser Webster of Purdue University. This
was followed by a paper on 1.-The Manage
ment of Agricultural Fairs" read by Mr..
Davidson, a member of the Board. The
discussion was participated in by a men,
Der Ol the OeleSdCeS, MI. foeWdIQ urging Tile
necessity of the exhibits being in place on
the first day of fair and Mr.. Cumback
advocating energetic action against gambling
or the selling of intoxicants on the grounds.
Mr.. Seig of the Board also read paper. on
the Labor Question"
Colonel J. b. Maynard read an interesting
paper on Agriculture as aSource of Prosper
ity," offering an apology as he begun for
attempting to handle such subject when
he was not farmer He said it was now
forty-seven years since he had abandoned
farming. but he would give the Board a
breif review OF statistics gathered upon the
subject The area of the United States is
J, $50. 200, 900 acres, one half of which is sup
posed to be arabic. In 1880 there were
800 000, 600 acres of improved land, and the
total in agriculture is So, 104 ,0S1. 440.
In other pursuits, as manufactures, quar-
ries, petroleum, railroads, fisheries, mines,
ETC., Sc, 040, GA, 462. Excess of investments
in agriculture over all other pursuits, Sc, 063.-
435,97S. 1T therefore has the first place. 1t
employs 7,679,493 persons All other pur-
suits combined employ but IL, 1872, 099. or
A. lilo per cent. of the entire number in the
United States. He thought that agriculture
was not properly represented in the State nor
in the National Governments, and cited the
insignificant sum t$2, 500) appropriated in
this State to the Agricultural Bureau as an
instance of the treatment agriculture re-
celveS at the hands OF our state Legislature.
He thought that agriculture should at least
have a representative in the Presidents Cab
met when it employed 44.1-10 per cent of
the entire population of the United States
and its representatives paid one-half of the
taxes. He hoped that these things would be
remedied at some future time.
The meeting of the Delegate State Board OF
Agriculture was well attended yesterday, and
again much interest was manifested in the
proceedings. The Secretary was instructed
to have printed and sent to the officers of
every fair in the State Mr.. Cumback's
resolution regarding games of chance and
the sale of intoxicants at such places. Pro-
fessor j. l.. Campbell, of Wabash College,
read paper ON Drainage" showing the
benefits arising from it. and the proper way
in which it should be done. He advocated
united action on the part of the Indiana
delegations in Congress, the State officers
and others to secure an appropriation to
clear the channel of the Kankakee River
near Momence so that thousands of acres oil
swamps along the river might be reclaimed
and made tillable.
Robert Mitchell offered the following reso-
luton. which was adopted:
Whereas. The the Improvement of the Kanka-
kee River in Indiana requires additional improve
ment in the State of Illinois, therefore,