Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-19

and converted to agricultural purposes Is "a our OF immense weaita
OF a drainage law, and tile draining is of Sc much bench, to most
farming lands that no obstacle should be allowed TO stand in the way OF
A FrFr,.rzaR cosrRol LAw-The sale of commercial ferta-
reaehed enormous proportions in all of the older states where lands have
,soss s, ssh.G, it. has BY be continuous tn""a cropping and md was'sfsl p,as.ses In
around the business of manufacture and sale of fertilizers to proven,
certain ingredients of the fertilizers tina, are used BY J. plants as food ana
brand offered for sale can only be a~ertaned by chemical analysis Isl On Of
by actual use on the field. In the latter case,i If not what it was bought
Usually the dealers are required to sell under a license, and to
submit samples of their goods to the State Boards of Agriculture for
chemical analysis, the dealer paying a fee covering cost of this work.
Reputable dealers are glad to do this; otherwise they know that the
in and sale of good brands. 1t is known that w have n Q such law now
and spurious goods are being sold. This leads . another suggestion,
A LAnonArony, where work such as mentioned in the foregoing
ton may be done. There is a wide field of useful work for the Board
IN this direction if it be given an opportunity.
Of a bill that was considered by the goth General Assembly Git passed
the Senate, bu, failed to get through the House,:
SECTION l. It shall be the duty OF Of the Assessors Of he several
organizations in this State, in addition to the duties now required by
property to require and take, with each assessment list, in addition to
the articles o required by law, to be inserted the following statement,
rye, barley, oats, corn, potatoes and buckwheat, and the number of
rs ss"e' Tb pe number OF Of aeres pa Of simo sHyp CLOVER =, mine a1. and other srg grasses se
the number of tons of hay and the number of bushels of seed pro-
and the number of pounds produced therefrom; the number of acres
o of bounds d s of sn IA pr h u th 1a snn9ns 9 the "o onmbsr a Of 'p pou nu%0e OF
butter and cheese manufactured; the number of acres of vineyard and
t fastnrsd: the e' a pnnber q 81 p pounds pe of woo1 s l%n s'a as NUMBER 1r Hps Of ma" aeres
Of orchard and and the ,n ae,e of bushels rus si.e of "a apples pies pc tss pears pears and I'D
pounds of honey produced, and the number of dozen eggs produced
SEC, II. Said statement shall be verified by affidavit, and shall be
SEC. III. Said statements shall be returned by the Assessors to the
Secretary of the Board of Agriculture of the State a Statement show
:5sr sds Of 1s RslsS,a a1s s shni iI publish i' t Rs's ssns i'm in : ass'a next IS Succeeding sss ins
SEC. ". 1t shall be the duty of the county court to furnish the
assessors OF her respective counties the necessary blanks or taking
aid statements; the form of said blanks shall be prepared BY the State
s~osable Compensation for taking said statement -.
effect in time to require statements made for the year 1892, which
creates al emergency under the constitution. Therefore, this act shall
be in force and take effect from and after its passage.
Only those who have tried Ito do so a appreciate how difficult it
she 70 vs re eNe erops, ema of Of t tsss staples aS ike or anu and }N Wheat at. "" With
special crops like flax, castor beans and cotton, which re grown only in
r s3lhn 'e estimates It !, ,s b sab based impossible to get information . n "n'e0
The Board of Agriculture wishes to make its monthly crop reports
no other way a they be of the highest value: These reports are
I e the acreage of any particular crop, whether to sell at the
time or hold for a prospective advance in the market, whether to buy
now o wait. 81 a.r;na nforn,.tio hat will he ;ndisnutab,e and
aHording correspondents in the different counties, and the Secretary
of the Board for the State, a correct basis for estimates the foregoing
:" F By this biz, t it becomes a law, county pr township assessors viii
!" er ,ny .m and y yy I per ae er.e q + all crops grown sn in the State during the
wear .h.b ts + !, di pnss sTe a be eI taken tsn" will u be u prepared led by the Board u Of Agri
ulture. and returns arr to be made by county clerks to the Secretary o
Such information in the possession of the Board of Agriculture
an be made of good service to the farmers of the State.
The Secretary of the Board is in receipt every season of a large
lumber of letters from buyers asking in what sections and counties o
the State certain crops can be obtained and in what quantities. lii
impossible to answer these letters with anything like satisfaction to tn
writer or benefit tic the growers of the crops. With exact information
rs to what is produced in the various counties Of the State, TIT Sec
etary Of the Board of Agriculture IA be of great assistance to tn
armers in bringing BUYERS and sellers of farm products together.
Hardly a season passes without the loss of large quantities of differ
ent products simply because the growers did not know how n wher
TO find a market, and those who would have purchased did nc
! know where to find them. This is particularly the case with the hrs
attempt at growing crops hitherto unknown in that locality, IL ote
happens that efforts to diversity farming operations meet With discour
,yemen, and ar abandoned. simply from failure to find a market
hen tltrNHisesa the conditions are favorable o success &
Such information would also afford the best possible means
q ...,.;,o Jaders and REGULATORS in farm products from nanpulatm