The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-07
NEEDS OF 4 STATE
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IOr properly eQulpplng the meulcai LABORATORY
building for the purchase of books for the
library and for various other purposes. The
institution, a whole, deserves the most
liberal appropriations at your hands that are
consistent with any income of the state that
can be secured ny any proper tax levy.
Department of agriculture.
The people of Minnesota are but beginning
to awake to the great economic and social
Importance of the work done by the depart
ment Of agricultural in state university
through its school and college of agricul-
ture and its experimental stations. The work
is justly attracting the attention of agricul-
tur4sts in our own and other states. 1t is
leading the way to a more intelligent and
hence a more profitable system of farming
in Minnesota. 1t is thus rapidly becoming
factor in checking that unwise movement
from the farm to the city which all public!sts
have of late deplored. Filling of the soil
is the most important industry of the state,
and appropriations tending to aid in develop
ing il and making il more profitable to the
producer should ever receive the first atten-
ton OF the law-maklng power. Inc school
OF agriculture needs, for the proper prosecu-
ton of its work, appropriations for the fol-
lowing purposes: For an electrical and heat
ing plant for the school. for a new horti-
cultural building, new veterinary building,
and small appropriations for repairs and for
the library No appropriations will be made
that will so widely Justify themselves by ad-
ding to the wealth of the state as will such
as are asked for by the school of agriculture
Animal Diseases.
The swine plague for over two years has
caused a considerable financial loss TO the
farmers of Minnesota, although, owing to
the action of the state and local board of
health this loss has been small when COM
pared with the corresponding loss in some
or the adjoining states. The United States
Bureau Of Animal Industry and the Mime
sofa State Board OF Health agree that for
this disease, as for that Of hog cholera, there
IS no reliable curative remedy known. Both
authorities, however, claim that by the
or Of oh lie md lis
position OF their bodies, with the isolation
and disinfectiOn of suspected animals, their
pens, and of the clothing of persons in
charge Of them, these two diseases can
readily be stamped out. To thus stamp
them out calls for new legislation or ap-
preparation, but for more active cooperation
of local breeders and shippers with the
health authorities. Most of the trouble now
had in Minnesota with these diseases arises
from the importation of diseased animals
from other states. A joint resolution of
the legislature asking for cooperation on
the part OF the authorities of the nation
and adjoining states might greatly assist
the state board of health in this very i'm
portant duty Of Graduating these diseases in
Minnesota.
tuberculosis is prevalent to a marked de-
gree among cattle in this state, and there
is urgent necessity for a rigid inspection Of
dairy herds in the interest of the owners,
as well as of the general public. The state
board of health furnishes tuberculin free Of
charge 10 all applicants. and everything pos
sible IS being done to encourage its use.
Beet Sugar.
Including the gifts to the agricultural
school for building and equipments, the
total appropriations in Minnesota for agri-
culture average less than $60,G00 annually.
The corresponding appropriations in New
York are approximately $500, 000 and yet
the actual importance of farming is not three
times as great in New York in Minnesota
and the prospective Importance in Mime
sofa is larger than in the Empire state
Minnesota has. however, in the past, l be-
1oA tic
most OF its sister states, and hence the re-
suits accomplished do not show such dis
parity as the foregoing figures. 1 refer to
these hgures to emphasize my conviction
that this state wisely expend more
money for the development of its agricul-
tural interests, for the establishment of new
branches OF farm industry, and thus for fos-
tering a more diversified agriculture. AS a
whole, the United States. as the greatest and
most advanced agricultural nation on the
globe, is an exporter of the products of the
soil. There is one marked exception. As d
nation we import a quantity of sugar such
that its value is equal almost to that real
lied by the farmers of the nation for that
portion II any one of the great staples of
the farm that are exported by us. There
Is no Justification for this condition OF af-
lars. The sugar beet can be grown more
readily and more eheaply in Minnesota than
IN Germany or France 1t grows here to
greater relative perfection, as has been
demonstrated by experiments Under this
condition, l ask you to consider the advisa-
bility OF v0t-ng a small but decreasing boun-
ty upon sugar from beets produced in Min
nesota, 10 foster the establishment of this
brsnch of agriculture in our midst If bonn
ties are granted they should be on a slid
ing scale and with the purpose of dispensing
with the same so soon as the industry ia
made self-sustaining, or it is demonstrated
that the same can be maintained without
state aid.
Dairy and Food Commission.
The report of the dairy and food commits
sloner SHOWS that the design of the state in
creating that office has been realized to
very satisfactory degree. The commissioner
recommends several minor amendments TO
the law governing his department amend
ments seeking to keep the food of our people
freer from aduteration and impurities and
to protect and foster the growing dairy inter
ests of our state. The subject is one Of
great interest to our people, and l believe
will receive all needed consideration at your
hands.
state Fair.
In the past the state fair has been very
influential factor in stimulating progress and
development IN the many departments of
. agriculture in Minnesota The continued sue
cess OF the fair in fostering that progress
calls fur some appropriation at your hands
The managers recommend appropriations for
some new buildings and additions to old ones
and also for furnishing an adequate water
supply. In case OF serious confiagration
under present conditions, nearly all. if not
all, the buildings upon the grounds would he
at the mercy of the flames Attention is
called to these requirements, believing that
no wise and needed appropriation will be
withheld.
Board of Game and Fish Commits
siOners.
The board of game and fish commissioners
recommend some amendments to the law I'M
der which they discharge their duties They
ask that the sale Of game be forbidden be-
cause as long as there is a market for game
men will kill it in wanton destructiveness
The state has vast financial interests. present
tiTrn in ifC AcJN
value of these interests the commissioners
estimate at not less than fifteen million dol
lars. Other well informed people estimate
their value at sum even greater. These in
terests should. therefore, be conserved and
fosteTed by law. The commissioners ask for
an appropriation TO purchase the land on
which the state fish hatchery is now located
They further recommend that the present
state park be enlarged. They urge this bv
reason of the value of that park as a breed
ing and feeding ground for game.
Forest Reserve Area
Allied to this proposition presented by the
board of game and fish commissioners for an
enlargement Of the state park is one that
viii be brought before you for consideration
calling for the creation of forest reserve
area, to be under the control and supervision
of the state. The reasons urged for this pro-
posed law are substantially the same as
those which led two years ago to the enact
ment of the law for the preservation of for
ests and the prevention of forest and prairie
fires. This law, enacted April 16, 1885, seems
to have been framed with wisdom and to ac-
complish its desired results in a fairly salts
factory manner. The great interests which
Minnesota has in its forests and the reIa-
ton Of timeber reserve to climate and the
preservation of game and fish, should be-
speak for this subject of legislation relating
to forest reserve, the state park and allied
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