The Monitor-register., 1896-01-17
state BOARD Of Agricui,ure.

the OCat0 bOarQ OF A&IlculGuI6 Opone'
10 the State House, Trenton, on Tuesday
the sessions continuing until Thursday
The opening session was occupied will
the address OF President Denise and report
of committees
The report of the Executive Com mite
showed eight meetings held through tn
year. In the consideration of the law
Of the State concerning infectious MIN
diseases. It was deemed best to ask TO
the appointment of q committee to taxi
the subject into consideration.
The outbreak ofanthrax in Cumberland
county was reported, and great watch
fulness against q renewal was recon-
mended. The losses from hog cholers
had been heavy, and the Board of health
having exhausted Its fuads, the State
Board of Agriculture had provided meani
for the study of the disease by experts,
in the hope of finding the cause and
remedy.
The Legislative Committee had a long
story to tell, and In it was a scoring Of
the farmers for not working for the
measures being pushed for their benefit
Bills defeated through the labors of the
committee were the Township Road
and for esta blishing the State Board oil
hulmdl luuusbTy duu tuO obd0O ihNt
Stock Sanitary Commission.
They had endeavored to get a reduced
rate for the transportation of peaches and
milk, but both measures were lost in
the Committee of Canals and Railroads.
A hard fight had been made against the
manufacture and sale of oleomargarine
and similar compounds when colored tc
simulate butter, especially bad in this
State because of the legislation OF
neighhoring States causing all manu-
facture and trade to centre here. The
opposition was only to the coloring, and
although the law asked for was passed it
is violated daily.
The measure %forbidding trespassing
with guns on land, against the owners
wishes, was passed.
In the matter of broad tires, that is
inches for one or more tons, a rebate from
tax of So was recommended for 1896, with
a decrease in amount for each succeeding
year. And, beginning with 1901, that
a tax be imposed upon users of narrow
tire of 81 for the first year and 81 ad-
ditional for each succeeding year until
1906. when in that year and thereafter it
shall be So.
bon. John T. Cox, Master of the State
Grange, reported the Order of the Patrons
of Husbandry as steadily but slowly
increasing. Its motto continued to be
Equal benefit for all; special privileges
for none." 1t was the admitting to
the special privileges of certain classes
and discrimination against the farmer
that was at the bottom of the existing
depression. If the farmer must compete
with the world he should have the same
protection that is accorded to other
industries.
Besides this protection, the Grange
was working for the introduction of
studies pertaining to agriculture into the
schools, and is demanding, before there
is a reduction of letter postage, there
shall be the same facilities for postal
delivery provided for thickly settled
rural districts as are now enjoyed by
cities.
The report of Hon. Franklin Dye,
Secretary of the Board, was so very
complete that he seemed to find it neces
sary to explain that it was not only for
the information of Board members, but
for the Legislators and those interested
in State matters. He touched upon the
early floods, the later %droughts and the
influence of each upon different sections
of the State; statistics concerning the
State, the use and occupancy Of its pro-
ducts, consumption and consumers, farm
management, farmers institutes and
county boards; competition, crop diversi-
ficatiOn, dairy products, forestry and
forest fires and the National Farmers
Congress.
The last mention was to point out the
great good that might result If there
could be an annual meeting each year in
Washington of a National Board of Agri-
culture, made up of delegates from State
Boards. "a great aid to the members of
Congress as indicating needful laws and
preventing unwise schemes in the name of
agricultural"
This report, and all others pertaining
to the agriculture of the State, Secretary
Dye said, had been in the hands
of the Governor since November Goth,
and there was no occasion for Gov
ernor Werts saying in his address that
such reports had not been rendered.
Resolutions offered and referred to COM
mittees pertained mainly to the school
law, to the cutting pown of high salaries
of State and county officials, and to
amend the Stone Road law; to do away
with freeholders and have their work
done by a commission, and to abolish the
Commission on Tuberculosis and substi-
tute a Bureau of Animal Industry.
Committees appointed were:
Credentials-M. D. Dickinson, Salem
county; F. S. Newcombe, Cumberland;
John t. O6erly, Warren.
Resolutions-Hal. Allaire, Monmouth;
j. M. Dalrymple, Mercer; Fl. F. Bodine,
Hunterdon; E. N. Mills, Sussex.
Legislative-John T. Cox, Hunterdon;
A. G. Holdrum, Bergen; Joseph Filter,
Somerset.
Reports of Oficers-Clayton Conrow,
Burlington; AL. Heritage, Gloucester;
Edwin l.. Borton,
On Wednesday the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year Pres
ident, Hon. d. ID. Denise, Freehold; Vice
President, Prof. E. B. Voorhees,, New
Brunswick /; Secretary, Franklin Dye,
Trenton; Treasurer, VIM. r. Ward, New
ark; Executive COMMITTEES, W. r Lip.
pincott, of Fellowship, T. F. D. Baker,
of Bridgeton, and G. Oberley, of Stew.
ardville. All but the last named were
re elected.
Following this was the presentation to
the Board of the "First Principles of
Agriculture" the book prepared for use
In the schools of New Jersey by Professor
Voorhees,, at the request of the State
Board and the State Grange. The work
was received with the highest expression
of appreciation, and will be presented by
the Board to the Superintendent of the
| Schools.
Mr.. Gould occupied the floor for ninety
minutes, and then his hearers were I'M
l WilIinn m Lot hsrn oT H.
"The Dairy Cow and Her Demands upon
her owner" The dairyman. he said,
must dairy with a dairy machine, and let
the other mans machine alone. No one
looks for speed in adraught horse or goes
hunting foxes with a eur, and the dairy.
man must also see the fitness Of things
and get the cow that is built for his
work. We must get less COWS, but bet
ter ones, those; that will give moresto the
pail than we put in the manger.
One good farmer was afraid If all fol-
lowed the advice given there would be no
more room at the top, the dairy business
would be overdone but Mr.. Gould re
minded him that 'the Sermon on the
Mount had been preached through nearly
2,O00 years, and there were a whole lot OF
sinners yet. When all get to practic:ng
these fine precepts In dairying people will,
maybe, eat more or there'H be some other
way. Don't stop for fear there won't.''
Nothing so distressing as a hacking
cough. Nothing so foolish as to suffer
from it. Nothing so dangerous if allowed
to continue. One Minute Cough Cure
gives immediate relief. Geo. M. Andrew
Birthday Surprise.
On Monday the children and grand.
children of Ewalt Richman gave him a
happy surprise, it being his SD birthday.