The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-12-19
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

MR. EDIToR:-A very interesting meet
ing of the Hunterdon County Board O
Agriculture was held in Bonds Hall
Ringoes, on Saturday, Dec. 10th. The
President not being present, V. r. Math
ews was made chairman and H. F. Bo
dine, Secretary. After hearing report;
from different committees, the election Of
officers took place with the following re-
suit: President, V. r. Mathews; Vice
President, j. B. Fisher; Secretary, II. F.
Bodine; Treasurer, E. E. Holcombe; Di.
rectors, Uriah Sutton, j. A. Hunt, Jos.
Hagaman, John Laquear, David Bodine;
Peach Exchange, Rhutson Case; Hunter
don County Agricultural Society, B. E.
Tine; Delegate to State Board of Agri-
culture, H. F. Bodine.
Resolutions in regard to working roads
in better manner and in the spring of
the year, were discussed; also, a resolu-
ton 10 regard to changing the present
Freebooter system of one in each town
ship to three commissioners. Some very
sharp remarks were made in the discus,
sion, about the present system, where
after repairing bridges, 1t took one Free
holder to cry the sale of old timber and
another Freebooter to clerk the SALE
Sometimes the old planks will not bring
enough to pay the bill If that is econo-
my, the tax payers in their remarks did
not think SO, and the same opinion was
expressed as to the working the roads.
After the discussion, the delegate was re-
quested to lay the resolutions before the
State Board of Agriculture.
After recess of forty five minutes for
refreshments, the Board reoonvened, and
the meeting was addressed for an hour
and half by j. B. Rogers, of Essex, on
the subject of Cooperation, and Aims
aud Objects of the State Board of Agri
culture" The speaker said the first Ag-
ricutural Society was the Highland Ag-
ricultural Society, and they introduced
different breeds of cattle. The next was
the Massachusetts, Horticultural Society,
formed in 1924. In 1910, the artificial
fertilizers were established. The differ
ent Agricultural Societies began than to
analize what We should eat, &c. In 1910
the first reaper came into existence. Spoke
of the English system in 1s46, and then
asked what is the state of agriculture to-
days He said, you 60 into the public
schools and you will find Webster's Die
tionary and the maps, &C., and said the
great gulf between the producer and the
consumer was the lack of chemical knowl-
edge as laid down by Liebig. He spoke
of agricultural legislation, and referred
to the milk question, about the solids,
and what to feed, &C., and then asked
what is butter and said no person knew
what butter is, and it applied also to milk
solids. Several questions were presented
and answered by the speaker and he
closed his remarks by asking: Are farm
ers' organizations profitable and answer
cd, they were.
Franklin 8. Dye, Of Mercer county,
then addressed the meeting on public
schools. public colleges, agricultural COL
leges, taxation, restriction of emigration,
fertilizers, agricultural work 10 its sea.
son, income tax, abolishing fences, silos,
&c.
1t was good meeting and there ought
to have been more farmers and tax payers
present.
Some of the audience thought the first
speaker little cranky in some of his re-
marks.