The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-15
A NEW BUILDING
FOR The MUSEUM
The Present One is Already
Crowded.
TRYING TO BUY LAND
THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
IN SESSION.
ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS OF FERTILE
Ihsy Will be Sent Gown TO The Eastern Part o
the State The Budget Of Appropria'
tons for the Coming Year.
Reports of Officers;

The Board of Agriculture met yester
day morning at IL o'clock and was III
session until ! o'clock.
Though several important matters
were talked over, no definite action III re-
gard to any of them was taken.
The budget making appropriations To
the different departments under the man
agcment of the board was read ana re-
ferred to the executive committee 10
examine into ii and report back TO tne
full hoard at its meeting this morning
Also the reports of oficers-conm
sioner. secretary and curator OF museum
were referred to this committee.
A proposition to employ four or tyt
extra fertilizer inspectors at once was
discussed and it was practically decide,
that il would be well to send them
ont in the trucking district not later than
January 1st. 1t was alleged in supper
of this proposition that large quantit
of untagged fertilizers are smuggled l.
along the coast early in the season, and
sold to truckers. 1t was also stated
that during the past year extra inspecS
tors. employed in this section at cost
of 5000, had saved the State $4,000 IN
tax on tags.
There are now six inspectors In tn
employ of the board. Four or five.
and possibly six, new ones will be EN-
ployed to begin work January LIST.
The executive committee met at
O'clock to consider the matters referre
TO it,
The budget was adopted PRACTICAL,
as proposed at the meeting of the
board; the appointment OF such add
tional inspectors as may be found ne
cessary was recommended, and the re
ports of the officers were accepted an
their recommendations approved.
Commissioners John K. Smith, IN hls
report, says the expenses of the Agricui
..tural department, during the past 81
months have been S26,672, or 1913 less
than the appropriation for it.
1.-THE receipts from tags during tn
fall months have been heavier than
usual. 4
Farmers Institutes have been held il
thirty-one counties at an expense of 81.
1915 or S19195 in excess OF the 100
appropriated by the board.
The commissioner acknowledges his oh
LEGATION to the A. and NJ. College facu
ty in assisting him in these institutes
for them in future.
The report of Secretary Ramsey deal
entirely with the financial managem.n
Of the department, and the tisuTes give
in it are the same as published IN thss
columns a week ago, Furnished the com
missioner by the State Treasurer.
Another and the most important mat
ter discussed in yesterday meeting
the board, and of the executive com1ult
tee as well, was the purchase of ada :
tional land, back of the present agr
cltural building, on which to erect add
tional accommodations for the STAT
Museum.
As n ted in yesterdays paper the Mu-
scum has outgrown its present quarter
and additional space must be provided
This the board proposes 10 do at once.
For the purpose it already has con
siderable land in the rear of its presen
building but not enough for such I
structure as they desire - erect. Sep
will be taken at once TO secure su"h
ground as may be deemed necessary.
This action of the board is taken
upon the following recommendation
the report of Curator Brimley, published
in Yesterdays News ali Observer:
'aThe long room that contains the fra
collection is now the only space available
for the natural growth of the Museum
in all departments. Onc-haf of th:s
ought to be used for an extension of tnt
Agricultural exhibit, which is at pres
ent too much crowded and needs NOR
room, leaving a space of only oo'x:'O fec
for growth in all other departments. In
necessities of the Museum, il i: shout
continue to progress in future, as II
has in the past, will soon cal for III
additional building, and beg to cal
this matter TO the attention OF the boart
for such action as they may deem
proper"