The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-10
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
TWO MEETINGS. OF TIE BODY HELD
AT THE EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
A Mum Der of Importans Matters Discusses
Reports Subniued and Adoptsd-fi-
nancisl Condition.

The State Board OF Agriculture resumed
their meeting yesterday at the Exchange
Hotel. and had two sittfngs, at 10 O'Clock
in the morning and 4 In the AFTERNOON
President S. w. Corbin presided, ana
the following members were present: NC
Natb. Henley Buford. Mallory, hurt
Gaines. Mclean, koiner and Whitehead
In the morning, after a communication
in regard 10 the publication of the pro-
ceedings OF the board for the next year
had been referred to the proper commit
tee and the reports of several committees
had been passed by. the revised and cor
rected report from the Committee on
Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry
was read by Major Gaines. Various al
terations were offered and accepted.
II stated that the farmers spend 5000
600 per year in fertilizers, but very doubt
full whether any practical result is re-
ceiyed owing 10 the ignorance OF their
application. -,
? That the general plan OF the expert
nents shall be that adopted by the con-
Vention of directors OF experiment stations
held IN Washington in March, 1887.
3. That these experiments shall be made
chiefly In those sections of the State
where the exhaustion of the soil ana the
depressed conditions of agriculture indl-
cate their need.
The report was finally adopted by the
board.
An APPROPRIATION.
ACCOMMODATING the report were the FOL
lowing resolutions:
Resolved. That the sum OF $3.50. or as
much thereof as may be necessary DE
and is hereby appropriated to be on
pended under the rules ana regulations
adopted by the Commissioner OF Asricul-
ture IN working cooperative fertilizer eN-
periments and soil tests by the farmers
OF this State.
These resolutions were referred TO
committee, consisting of Judges Henley
and Mallory, 10 report this afternoon as
to the legal right OF the board TO carry
out its recommendations.
They were also referred to the Finance
Committee for the purpose OF ascertain
Ing If there would be money on hand 10
cover the appropriation In case the board
has the power to make said appropria-
ton.
After the disposition OF the report Major
A. r. Venable was introduced. who adj
dressed the board on the subject Of the
dairy interests of the State.
EVENING SESSION.
During the evening session the minutes
% the previous meeting were read ana
approved. The Committee on Horticul-
ture, Fruits and the Diseases Thereof, TO
which was referred the matter of de-
s.ruction of the orchards in Albemarle
county by the San Jose scab. reported
that 500 had been put at the disposal
OF the local board of that district for
use in exterminating the pests, and the
resolution was carried without dissent.
The Finance Committee then made a
report, showing that the total expendl-
ture for the quarter ending December 81.
1894 amounted to s2,6S5.69. and the amount
to the credit of the board for the fiscal
year ending September %. 1896. is $1,000,
leaving on the 1st of January, 1895, a
balance OF slQ,3li3l
The committee. consisting Of Messrs.
Henley and Mallory, TO enquire into the
right of the board TO go into the work OF
eXJ erimental stations in testing soils in
various districts, reported such work as
legal and beneficial.
Judge Henley then offered a resolution
which was carried, to appropriate NOT
more than $50 to be used in any one
congressional district aud the amount
appropriated 10 be placed under the con-
troll of the Commissioner of Agriculture