The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-01-31
efa<e Boarc orAgrienIsure.

The seventeenth nnual session of the
State Board of Agriculture commenced III
Trenton on Wednesday.
Governor Albeit, by request, addressed
the Board, requesting that a committee be
appointed by the Board to act with a COM
m1ttee of the Legislature and with the Gov
| ernor in consideration of matters of vital
Importance to the farmers, for the ~alleyia-
| ton of the present hard times,
Mr.. A. ). Applegate, for the committee
on TAX Revision" reported progress, and
asked that the Board do everything posi-
bic to aid in securing the passage of the
| bill now before the House. which bill was
last year passed by the House, bat killed
in the Senate.
Mr.. Morris Bacon, of Greenwich, spoke
feeIingly Of the death Of Professor George
II. Cook, referring to bis faithful work on
behalf Of New Jersey farmers, and, in a
few well-ehosen remarks, moved the APP
poi2tment Of a committee to formulate
resolutions.
Hon. Thos. II. Dudley WAS introduced
and spoke at length On the Paris EXPOSE
ton, depioring the poor exhibition made in
agricultural implements and machinery By
the United States, but thought We had but
little TO learn from them in making such
machinery. lie spoke enthusiastically of
the fine exhibits of cattle shown there, and
recommended that the Department Of
Agriculture make some effort to introduce
some of the choicest breeds TO the farms of
this country.
President Burrough delivered his annual
address in the afternoon, and, in well chos-
en- remarks, referred TO the discrimination
of railroads in favor of large corporation s;
the dangers of the accumulation of enor-
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the detriment to the New Jersey farmers
interest by Western beef. He spoke en-
~couragingly of the increased dairy growth
IN the State, but deprecated the fact that
Sc little could be obtained for the dairy
products.
He also referred to the unequal taxation
| on New Jersey farms and building lands,
claiming that farm land was assessed for
all it was worth, while land held for build
ing speculation was taxed far below its
value. He advocates the theory that farm
lands should pay no State tax, except for
school purposes; recommends that farmers
demand legislation to protect their indus
try. claiming that the taxes paid by the
New Jersey farmers are SO slight, n ae-
count of a protective tariff, that they can
hardly be felt. He recommends that barb
wire fencing be done away with, and
thinks the time may come in the near fu-
ture when it may be necessary to have
Commissioner ofEmigration to have New
Jersey lands occupied, and fears the dan
ger of the same state of affairs as now ex-
lists in New England, where many farms,
with buildings still standing, have been
abandoned by the owners.
Judge Forsythe, of the Committee OH
Tax Revision, stated that the bill passed
by the House last year for tax revision was
sent to the Senate, where it was placed in
the pocket of a Senator, and the committee
of this Board had never been able to get it
further, and asked whether this Board pro-
poses to allow any one OF their Senators to
bulldoze them in this manner.
Frank Keefe, Of Mercer county. present
ed q paper on Road Making" recon-
mending that, where the expense can be
borne, asphalt be used: where stone are
plenty, a Telford road; where districts are
thinly settled, a six-inch bed of stone, COW
cred with a two-inch layer of gravel. lie
also recommends especial care in maintain
ing roads after they are built, and sug-
gests tie giving of prizes by the State each
year to the counties having the best roads.
1t the evening session, President Gates.
of Rutgers College, addressed the Board on
Natural Science, Education and on Agri-
GnllLldi lhtCiSSlcs fOt%ASN 1AOH's
relationship between the public schools and
the Agricultural College; that farmers. aud
especially farmer sons. should have a bet
ter education in the science OF chemistry,
botany and physiology.
He detailed the work being performed by
the Experiment Station and Agricultural
College, and closed his remarks with a
hearty invitation to farmers to avail them
selves Of the illustrated lectures delivered
at the college. also, feelingly abiding 10
the work Of the late Or. Cook.
J. Walter Pancoast requested permits
ion to deliver an address attacking the
administration of the College, which was
refused. VI. d. Dickinson was made
chairman of the Committee on Credentials,
and f. l.. Borton was made one Of the
committee TO nominate officers.