Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-01-28
MAINE STATE BOARD OF AoRlcul
TURE.
WEAKLY NETTING At srArr nousr JAN
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WEAKLY NETTING At srArr uorsr JAN.
uARr isru.
The state Iloard ~ Agriculture ~
Maine u composed ~ representative u
men chosen by the county agricultural
.ocie,Ie. ~ the state. ani the President
aud Professor ~ the Hoard of Agriculi-
ure II the state College. N the pcscni
time IN. Bosui !. made up of the fol-
lowing memtrrs!
Cu-ai~riaai. " ", iiarri., rsF,lsa.i, o,feri.
n ". Mskssn, frysbarE. lets. y W i,o.rtnE'
sasa. ~sassr.et. o. .. -has. lisftisnit ~sss,is
hr-r b :. Adams. nastisin. ftssatNIuts. theta
:. I,aEssu fsssrsn rs.a,,..a, y. y, nas''
knss, D. T.. Aansnshi. iIsVs, Ar-'stsak. \. l..
iIaiRe.. Napls srv,e. IIahosl, vacant.
The member. elect to take their sstts
a, thi. meeting are;
An rs.c,,.Ein. o. b. nnEE.. Aubnfp. Mslie.
rrvsmaH nwe-i nanr- ksnhelrt. ". -
>Lksf.un Igsatasti. I.ineeln. D. W. >lsfsoa.
I,amsn-ssts. wslsstri, Nashinsisn, v. y
Mosf,. NsshiAsl-sft.
When the hour for calling Ia orl.r ar
rived, the members werr all prcssni,
.ay. tho.e from Work aud Somsrsct and
the ,nrmh.r elect frum Waldo. ~urcly
thi. l. a representative bosiy of men.
Ia IA. rpom Ncfr a few of the friends ~
the cause, though doubtlcs. the numhcr
was rrlncgzi by the severe storm which
prevailed. SECRETARY Gilbert csll"'i Z"
order, ani called the meml'er irom oN.
ford County to the chair. there b.ing ms
prc.lieni 20 th. Hoard. An Invitation
was reviewed and accepted from the
state Valuation Commission, Tor the
secretary ~ the lioari a. give hls al.
dr-.. on "Shrinkagc ~ Nalue in farm
Real E.tais," l-forc that commission, IN
the ssuiic chimlrr, "Wednesday alter
noon. Ia the election of onlcyf., the
ehalre for President fell on Ihoma.
D,ggrtt, of FoNcruit. Nlc- rrr.licni, u.
Walker Mckcrn, fTyrhufg. An. Whit
mnrv, Messenger. Secretary Gillert
suggested that Instead % an advisory
committee, an executive cummlii"c d"
cho..n, Who .houid b. Instructed Ia act
foe the Il1aul during the Interim L.
tween the annual mc'tings. " the
present time the SECRETARY must on all
oc,a.lun. cNefrisc hi. individual auihofi-
~ and responsibility, and thl. .uggc.-
tion luokr,i ta action wh~n, Ia the im-
tnrtant work nf the year. h. could haN"
ihs a.sl.tanc- af thu.~ clnthc,l With au-
thnflt, by the Iloari, to rousult With uu
Important gussiious. On motion uf
prv.tIent Frfnald. voted Ca elect an
executive Commlit"" to set in the placr
~ the full boari. Ia the Interim is-iWc.u
thu annual m--ting., such commliic- to
serve fot onr year. Ih0mis Dsgsrtt oi
roNcfuft. AMI u. ". Mchccn of irtc-
burg. were duly elected io ac, With thc
Ssrr,tary for the ensuing YEAR.
Ia. afternoon session open~l With the
admirable address - SECRETARY 1lli'"ri'
on
SuniNE,Gr 90 NALrr ~ fAuM HLAt
EstAtT.
Eycry one living In farming iosn,
aud interested In farm property, Width
~ ~ owner or dealer In ~" same u
we'll aNarr ibcrr his b"cn .hfinkagr
In value ~ farm lands and ilirif attach
meui. going on for snm. time all over
the stat. and throughoat New kngland
hi. made Itself apparent a fnll .cnrr "t
year. agn. Nt hrst IL. effect Nas ."
.lighi a. to b. hardly apparent, hut year
by wear Il has made u. advance. With
Incr-asIng ratio. fully down "a th. pr-s-
.ni time, and nov la. reached stag"
truly alarming. Siill the cni u not ln
View, ani the further contraction Va
waiting may we'll atous. the de,i'e.t
cooc.fn, not only among the holder. ot
IA. pFop.rty, bat With all Nh1 have the
welfare ~ the state at heart, and arc
Interested la the general prosperity "i
her citizens. The unavoidable dcprrs-
.ion followlng thi. alarming .hrinkagr
ot farm value. has already advanced Ca
a stage whcrr farm. have hardly .ell-
Ing value. when hef- snd there, ht
death or otherwise. farm !. forvc'l to a
ale, the public estimate hardly give. u
a value, aud u I. quite apparent that
uer- any considerable number la any
locality forc,-l to .ale AZ on. time, they
would not dnd Purchasers. This !. not
healthy condition, ani already u u
plainly showing w. Inevitable efiects.
In these Valu.- are to shrink to .till
smaller proportions, aud carry Win
th.m an Increasing ri'ss't ou all Who atr
directly concerned herewith, n. would
surely 4. the case, the resulting effects
will H. DARK picture iodraw. 'ertain.
IN .o grave a matter may veil coinnind
the attention ~ the economist, whether
within ar outside IA. ranks II tho." Ia
possession of thi. real estate.
II I. everywhere cOuccicd that agtl-
culture I. the hasl. ~ the PROSPERITY of a
reopl-. hi. accepted, then ilfst 81 all,
ihe agriculture Of people should L.
carciull, guarded, aud It, condition. in-
telllgcntly studied. II !. quite time.
then, that the extraordinary condition.
In which farming aud farm property !.
nov found .hould command public at
tentlon. The farmers thsm.elNe.'
though all the time cognlfaui ~ what
IA. been coming upon them, have borne
n me.lly and without nlnchlng. With
their property shrinking Ia value day by
day aud year by year, there has been
little whining and no sounds of com
plalnt. Neither Ia. there been appeals
Tor help. Too much II l. charactcri.tlc
of farmers Ia Accept what fall. "a thelT
lot without question. The present crisis
i. .uchthat, notwithstanding the absence
of .Iyns 20 embarrassment, public atien'
tIon .hould BE- directed 20 mean. OF ~
lief.
CAU.E.
Every effect must have Il. cause, and
before attempting q remedy the cause
must be sought out. In this matter al
,ispre..ed values of real estate there ar'
several cause. which have combined "a
work th. result. nov under considera
tion.
INFLATED NALrEs.
During the war. and the few years fol
lowing, in which the country WAS agar
being iilled up with it, needed product.
| farm real estate, in common With every
thing el.c, bore an Inflated yala.. u
was then worth the price. II bore. N
price. again gradually resumed theil
former relations. farm property took "
place in the new schedule of values
| This, Of course, caused q shrinkage, an
wa. the fir.t step In the down grade.
PuBIic SENTIMENT.
Hut In case of farm property th'
shrinkage did not stop on reaching 'h'
level of ordinary values. The down
ward tendency thus started kept on viii
the farm property. There must, then
have been other causes Affecting th'
problem. Public sentiment came "
here 10 keep up the momentum airesd!
begun. without stopping to trace oa
how Il came about, western land craf
took possession of the country. I'm
measured areas of land we're for sale
and xe ere adyertisei Ia eyerybody's AZ