The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-11
IN BAND WAGON.
State BOARD or Agriculture Adj
Vocates Progression.
Endorses Good Roads and Other
Movements.

The Kansas state board OF agriculture
in session at Representative hall this
afternoon adopted resolutions endorsing
the good roads movement and urge fav-
orable legislation by the legislature; also
a resolution urging the legislature to fix
the salary Of the secretary at $500 in
stead of 1000 yearly, was passed unan-
imously- The resolution also urged the
appropriation of $1,000 as the deficiency
fund, which was not passed by the
previous legislature.
Another resolution urged the protec-
ton OF any forest trees now in existence
in the state and the planting of add1-
tional trees for several beneficial rea-
sons.
The election of officers viii take place
late this afternoon.
The afternoon was occupied with a.
paper on The Agricultural Journal of
the Future and its Relation to the
Farmer" by James M. Pierce, of Des
Moines. Iowa and a short talk on 1.-THE
Hog, from Birth to Sale,' by John
Cownie, also of Des Aoines-
The question box was opened. Many
interesting questions We're asked and
discussed.
The thirtieth annual convention of the
board will close with the meeting this
evening at Representative hall The
following is the programme.
EVENING SESSION-7:30 O'CLOCK
The Farmer and his Wife Mrs.
Caro- Wellhouse Billiard, Tonganoxie.
The Farmer as he has been Pictured,
as he Is, and as he will be dllustrated),
T. A McNeaI and Albert T. Reid, To-
pelSa.
At the morning session a most in
structfve paper on Vaccination for
Blackleg," by DR. v. "A. Norgaard, of
the United States bureau of animal in
dustry, was read by Mr.. John Mohler,
of Washington. He said in part:
~ THE cattle industry of Kansas has
during recent years developed with such
rapid strides that this state at present
ranks as one of the most prominent OF
beef producers in the United States
Never has there been a time like the
present for the cattle breeder or the cat
tie feeder, nor has there ever been a time
when they were more prosperous. And
that prosperity depends on the health
and vitality of the cattle Blackleg has
long been one of the most dangerous
diseases known to the animal
THE microbe gains entrance to the
system usually through punctured
wounds made by briers and stubble. 1t
develops rapidly and causes those hem
orrhagic blush black swellings with
which you are familiar.
THE course Of the disease is very
rapid, death usually resulting in about
a hours after the first symptoms Of the
disease make their appearance.
The swollen parts contain at the
time of the death of the animal mill
lions and millions of the germs and If
immediate action is not taken to de-
StrOy them they will be scattered
through the agency of dogs, wolves
buzzards and crows. over vast areas,
where they become permanently located
and when transformed into so-called
spores can retain their fatal qualities
for many years. One case unless de-
strOyed by fire may infect a pasture.
There is no known means Of dislnfecttng
the pasture, and except by burning the
grass off for a year or TWO, and the best
method to employ in caring for the
bodies of the dead animals is to burn
or bury them"
Mr.. Mohler exhibited the vaccine virus
and explained the application, the
origin Of the development of vaccination
and how to use it He made II en-
phatic that vaccination could not cure
the blackleg, but was only used as a
preventive.
Prof. E Haworth, Of the state univer-
sity at Lawrence, read paper on Kan
sas Gypsum and its Value as a. Fertil-
izer" He said in part: ''Pulverlzed
gypsum has been used as a soil fertilizer
for more than 1000 years It was favor
ably commented on by the ancient Ro-
mans and is known to have been used
in England and parts of Europe for
many centuries
Some years ago in connection with
the geological survey Of the state a few
experiments were undertaken IN SOIL
fertilization. Three farms in Cherokee
county on which corn was planted wer2
selected for experimental purposes Dur
ing the month Of May a small path
was measured off in the center OF each
Of the fields and different kinds of fer
tilfzers applied to equal areas, one of
which was raw gypsum
In one the entire crop was eaten
up BY chinch bugs which came from a
neighboFing wheat field; the second was
swept by a heavy wind storm while the
corn was in the tassel, completely de-
molishing a strip right through the fer
tilized area The third was injured by
chinchbugs also but the farmer wrote
me that he could see a marked differ
ence in the corn where the gypsum was
Tod not Oil T1r1c G
when i tell you that in many cases large
quantities of ground gypsum are
bought by our packing houses to be
mixed with animal fertilizers It is pos
sIbIe that such mixture is more SER
viceable than the animal product itself.
Il have great hopes that our Kansas
farmers viii begin at once a series of
experiments with gypsum on all kinds
of Kansas soils. Particularly the east
ern part of the state where gumro
patches are common and hardpan is
abundant
Gypsum is widely scattered over al
most every continent. In the United
States alone it is marketed from IS
states and territories Kansas gypsum
is Of two distinct varieties which differ
from each other in origin and methods
Of manufacture The most abundant va
riety is the common rock gypsum and
the other is the pulverlant form"
Mr. Haworth continued by telling the
origin OF the various kinds of gypsum,
where they are found, how they are pre-
pared for the market and the benefits
resulting from a use of it on the fields. ]
The morning programme started out
with a paper by A. A. Denton of Medi-
cine Lodge Tt was read by Prof Long
shore The paper dealt with the New
and Better Way Of Manufacturing Ia
Die Syrup from Sorghum Cane and OPP
ened up a new field Tor study and
thought for the Kansas farmer. H
showed how syrup could probably |
be made one Of the state industries and
predicts that within a few years great