Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1890-02-27
TO AID THE FARMERS.
QUESTIONS THE FARMERS
SHOULD ANSWER.
Farmers Have an Opportunity to
Tell Their TrOub1es-.Send
I'm Answers.


that the Legislature in taking the mat
ter in hand, and the Governor, Sec
retary and special committee of the
State Board of Agriculture, request
answers to the following questions:
Have farming lands deprecated in
your county? If so, to what extent,
and what are the causes of the depre-
ciation?
Have you any difficulties in the en-
ployment of labor for farming, and if
SO, what are they.
Considering the price received by
the farmer for his produce ten or fif-
teen years ago and now, how do the
wages paid fsrm-help now, compare
with wages paid at the earlier date
named?
What crops are raised in your
county, and what is your soil best
adapted to? What changes, if any,
would you suggest as to the kind of
crops to be cultivated in your county,
that might pay better than some of
those now grown?
State the causes that have led to de-
preston of the farming interests in
your county, or else ewhere in the State,
and suggest any legislation that might
aid in remedying these evils.
State the general value of agricult-
ural lands in your county now as CON-
pared with the same lands ten years
ago, also as compared with agricult-
ural lands in the West.
Considering markets and other ad-
vantages, which section, here or in the
West, possesses the greater induce
ments to those intending to follow
farming?
State whether farming lands in your
county are valued too high for the
purposes of taxation, and whether
they should not be re-rated. so as to
express their actual value for the pur-
pose named. Send your views in ref
erence to taxation in general.
State what percentage of farms in
your county are mortgaged, or the
aggregate amount of mortgages on
farming lands therein.
What effect does dealing in futures
and gambling in agricultural products
have upon the farming interests?
What is the cost of getting different
kinds of agricultural products from
the farm to market?
What are the charges of commission
merchants?
If evil exists in connection with the
commission system, can they be rem
edied by establishing produce ex-
changes at some station in your
county?
Are there any determinations in
freight rates which operate adversely
to the farmer? If so, state them, and
express your views as to the legislation
necessary to effect remedy.
State in particular as to dairy pro-
ducts, whether the same advantages
in freight rates and in the mode of
carrying milk in refrigerator cars or
otherwise are given by transportation
companies to milk-producers of New
Jersey as are afforded shippers from
greater distances.
What legislation, if any. would you
suggest for the purpose of aiding the
milk interests of the State, so far as
they are affected by determinations Of
the transportation companies, and in
other particulars?
State any matters bearing upon the
farming business of this State, not in
cluded in the preceding questions, that
you may deem of value in this investi-
cation.
N. Ball farmers in the State, and
those interested in agricultural pur-
suits, are invited to sead answers to
these question, directed to Trenton,
addressed to the Governor, or to
Franklin Dye, Secretary of the State
Board OF Agriculture.
Send any views you deem proper,
bearing upon the condition of the
farming interest, the causes of its de-
preston, and the remedies you suggest
to remove the evil.
FRANKLIN DYE. Secretary.
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