The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
THEY WANT YOUNG BLOOD
IN THE STATE FAIR MANAGEMENT.
Leon L. Bagley of Huntington IL the New
Secretary of the Board of Agriculture
President Banks and the Other
Oficials Reelected.

THE meetings of the state board of ag-
riculture began Tuesday of last week. The
first days session was devoted to hearing
the presidents address and the reports of
officers. The most important action was
the determination to sell the present
grounds, now used for state fair purposes,
and to purchase larger and more commo-
dious ones.
Wednesday morning the delegate board
of agriculture took up the consideration of
the question of what part Indiana should
take in the coming Columbian exposition.
Judge L. b. Martindale was present and
urged the necessity and Importance of a
proper representation OF the state inter
ests at the exposition. Several members
of the board also spoke in favor OF Il
proper exhibition of the states industries
and agricultural interests. The following
resolution was passed by unanimous con-
sent:
Resolved, BY the state board of agriculture,
that it is highly important that the state of In
diana should be well represented at said ex-
position in all its resources, and to that end we
recommend TO the general assembly that 1t
ment of such state commissioners, and that the
legislature be respectfully asked to appro-
pirate the sum OF 5000 to this purpose.
In paper on THE Culture of the Sugar
Beet and Prospects for the Manufacture
of Beet Sugar in Indiana" Prof Ii. Ii.
/ Wiley advocated this industry to the care
/ ful attention of farmers. He said that the
soil of northern Indiana was adapted to
the culture of the sugar beet. and this
state has the soil, the fuel, and capital for
such an industry if the farmers would
raise the beets
An ideal system OF ''road-making" was
outlined by President Stott OF Franklin
college. There should be parallel sys-
! tenn of roads; a macadamized one for
| winter and common dirt road for sum-
mer. Shade trees and drinking fountains
are to be features of the future road.
| At the afternoon meeting great deal of
interest centered in the election of dele
| gates to fill the vacancies on the board.
| Two factions are represented in the meet
| ing and considerable lobbying was done
while the election proceeded. The pres
ent incumbent, V. X. Officer, was re
| elected unanimously in the Fifth district.
In the Sixth district there were two can
didates, Richard Jones and w. W. Hamil-
ton. The vote stood SO to 24 III favor of the
the latter. For the Seventh district L. III.
Reed and Marion Steel were nominated.
| The former was elected by vote of IL to
! p. For the Ninth and Tenth districts, ].
NJ. Sankey and J. n. Davidson were
elected, respectively, without opposition.
For the Eleventh district Floyd s. Jones
was reelected by vote of 40 to 20 over
his opponent, +. J. Claypool. In the
Thirteenth district, WA. Mays of Hppe-
canoe was elected over the present in
cumbent. B. +. Clemens, by vote of SO
to So. John +. Boggs was reelected unan-
| imously in the Twelfth district.
"Our Birds and What They Do for the
Farmer" was the subject considered in an
excellent paper by Prof. Amos Butler of
| Brookville. This address was previously
| delivered before the Horticultural society,
and it was repeated yesterday afternoon
by a special request of the board. Prof.
! Butler has made the habits and peculiar
characteristics of the feathered denizens of
the state a matter of profound research
| and original investigation, and he treats
the subject in a most scholarly manner.
He exhibited stuffed specimens of various
| species, and characterized the sparrow,
| cuckoo, lark and others as beneficial to
! the farmer.
Thursday mornings session of the
board of agriculture was devoted to a con-
sideration of the dairy question. Dairy
| farming has grown from a side issue on
! the farm to be the leading industry in
many communities, and the establish
ment of creameries and cheese factories in
all the principal towns, is opening sure
and safe market for the produce of the
farm. The profits in the business are GER
tain, and the outlay aysmall-features which
highly commend themselves to agricul-
turists- especially since crops of grain have
failed for several years past.
The first paper of the morning was read
by c. /. Hall of Michigan on DAIRY In
terests of Indiana" He advocated CO.
operation on the part of farmers in order
to dispense with middle men. He con-
sidered dairying most profitable under
taking.
Judge Livingston Rowland of this
county discussed the paper. He regarded
the dairy as remunerative and it enabled
the farmer to enrich his land at the same
time.
An extensive report was made by the
! committee on the farmers reading circle
work. The committee recommended that
the board should appoint a committee of
management to report at the February
meeting of the board of agriculture, to
present a system OF work and to organize
local boards. The report was adopted.
In the afternoon session, ID. l.. Thomas
| OF Rushville, read an interesting paper on
the relative merits of clover aud bluegrass
as feed and pasture. He showed by a
comparative analysis of these grades that
clover was immeasurably richer in the
development of bone, muscle and general
growth. The reader regardeda differencein in
animals not so much due to blood, but to
judicious breeding and careful feeding for
successive generations. He relegated
bluegrass to a second place, and said
clover was pre-eminently the forage crop
for Indiana
"The Agricultural Situation" was ably
discussed by Il. J.. Furnas of Furnasville.
He believed that the farmer was awaken
ing to his true interests, and that it was
only necessary for farmers to combine to
secure such legislation as shall greatly i'm
prove their condition.
James Riley of Boone county read
paper on Grain Growing" He believed
that by judicious selection of seed the
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