Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-03-13

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@ Commissioner Koiner on Fertiiizers
Fellow Farmers: | talk 10 YOU as
- fellow farmer, rs | have spent for
{; eight Years on farm and | know
the hardships a farmer bears. Our
motive IN coming here is not ss "A set
o. smart allcks to teach YOU how 70
arm, but our motive is To try 10
tach YOU how to use your material
To the best advantage. These insti
tutes have been carried on for ten
Years md have proved so valuable in
'ther States, that the farmers have
demanded increased appropriations,
and If they have proved 50 valuable
II Other states, why not IA this STATE:
We are d. quick $50 harm and w. ne..,i
q. We are slower To- learn the i'm
procements more than any other class
II business people. What say today
II not IN spirit Of censurr. hut a.
pne farmer TO another. whose object
= TO help one another.
The object of these Institutes il "a
be practical and find or where %
save IA dollar and how Ca make do
lar You have got good county anu
good people, but have never had
he pleasure of coming into your
midst before This department is a
iart Of the State government and il
your own department. will now
discuss the subject of fertilizer.
There Is nothing that farmer has So
much interest in as fertilizer. Until
h last Legislature. there WAS i'm
'osed tax of $40 upon each brand,
which yielded very small revenue.
iut the last Legislature passed law
which provided n tonnage tax of Is
'ents as an inspection fee An in
pector Is sent TO each district in the
state during the fertilizer season, who
obtains sample of fertilizer wher
yer he finds them for sale. These
'amples are sent to me and | keep "A
~ecOrd of them. number that sam
lie and send IL in 10 the Chemist and
le analyzes it and sends it back TO
ne. mention this because the
'hemist does know whose fertilizer it
5. ! looked into this question thor
nghly and the Governor asked the
legislature ia impose tonnage lax.
Is wonderful with what tenAcitv
he manufacturers worked against
his bill, in order. so they said. 10
leep the farmer from paying this Is
'rnts. ] said We are willing to paw
his provided We know what we are
"iting. In fact, it does not add a
rnt. In some States they have %
'ent tonnage tax. In the State of
North Carolina it yields the State
10000. In this close inspection we
ave found fertilizer sold in this
state branded on the outside one
hing and another in the inside. No
'ody can tell what is in it but the
nan who makes it and the chemist
Sho analyses it. / do not mean tc
,harge all the fertilizer men with dis
llnestv. The Legislature hasn't
'1ssed law in the last twenty year.
hat has saved the farmers more
money. Bulletins are sent out tC
very farmer to show the ANALYSIS
without cents cost. All you have
% do is to give me your name and
hese bulletins will be sent to you
There IS no other class of men who
would not want to know what the,
we're getting. mention this to show
now careless we are to protect our owl
interest. The law gives to the manu-
acturer 10 per cent. margin. SO h,
loesn't lose anything. Any farmer
AN send a sample and he can have i
.nalyzed free of cost. These sample,
must be drawn according to instruc
ions. The law requires these sam
ules to be drawn in the presence o.
the buyer and seller and sealed ~
md sent to me. and ! will have then
analysed. The farmers spend sbOu