Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-10


ny and expenses. He should not only
establish and enforce quarantine regu-
lacions upon all necessary occasions to
promptly present the spread and eradi-
cate infectious or contagious diseases
among domestic animals, but he should
make such scientific study, investiga-
tons n experiments as he shall
deem necessary in relations to the
prevention and cure of diseases among
ANIMALS and disseminate information
concerning the same.
a recent meeting of the Northern
South Dakota Stock Growers Associa-
ton the following resolutions were un-
animously adopted: I
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting that the coming legislature
pass a law providing for a state vet
erinarian whose salary and expenses
shall be paid by the state;
That a stringent law be passed pi y
hibiting the Importation into this state
of all Domestic animals affected with
infectious or contagious diseases, and
providing for severe penalties in case
OF willful violation thereof"
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
A state fair, showing the
and development of the state, has be-
come an established annual institu-
ticn in nearly every well regulated
state in the union. You will be asked
to appropriate a small sum to help
pay the premiums of the late state fair
and to amend the law which provides
for the state board Of agriculture.
You may conclude that the membership
should be reduced in number, thereby
I concentrating . rhn cpCnNnCihiIifv ro-
ducing the expenses of administration
and increasing the efficiency of the
board. Possibly the self-perpetuating
features of said board should be abol-
ished, thereby bringing the manage
ment into more direct contact with
the state, making the state fair In
fact what IL is in theory, n of the
vital institutions Of the state. com
mand,ng the confidence and support Of
all the people of the state.
DAIRY AND FOOD DEPARTMENT.
Two years ago, the legislature enact
ed a Pure Food Law, but as no one
was charged with the duty Of enforcing
said law, It has remained imperative.
South Dakota should now do what 50
many or the great states have done
provide for the appointment Of a dairy
anu lGoN NOALillIoplOlSI duu IuGICUl
encourage the dairy interests and pro-
tect the health of the people. Such
laws and such departments are no lon
ger matters of experiment. The dairy
and agricultural interests Of other
states demanded the establishment Of
such a. bureau and have stood Loyalty
by it and it's officers.
There is no excuse for cropping In
tho darE - This Ctatn hoe hafnro AZ
the legislation, litigation and expert
ence OF olher states. and should profit
by them. Eight years ago, Michigan.
following the example of MaSsachu-
sets, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
| Wisconsin and Minnesota, established
a dairy and food commission and in
1889 the commission reported to the
Legislature that, mo state in the union
is more strongly fortified today than is
Michigan with questions OF food legis-
lation and food litigation correctly and
authoritatively interpreted" Ithas been
the experience of other states, that the
best business men accept without ques-
ton the laws governing the manufac-
turing and sale of food products, and
cheerfully and promptly obey the Law
and cooperate with the commissioners
in every way possible to secure a full.
just and fair observance of the stat
utes pertaining to this Office.
The object of all dairy and food laws
is to encourage the dairy industry n
improve it's products, and protect the
public against fraudulent and poison
Gus authorizations of dairy and food
products. The use of chemical preser-
vatives in food products has Of late be-
come almost notorious. These chem
icals, which arrest the lamentations
,F Tood, cannot be used without great
injury and their reckless use Is a crime.
and. should be prohibited. The ninth
annual report of the state dairy and
food commission of Ohio, states that,
I'm some lines of goods more than
three fourths Of the articles placed
upon the market were violations Of the
laws of the state" Owing to the pure
food laws of other states, and vigorous
enforcement, our state has become the
dumping ground for all sorts of adult
Grated goods.
The dairy industry of this state.
while yet in it's infancy, and without
legislative protection, has assumed
which must challenge the
attention OF all who consider our COM
mercial interests. Reliable Information
is not obtainable, but l am informed
by c. p. Sherwood, Secretary Of the
South Dakota Dairy and ButtermakerS
Association, and the successful mana
ger OF the De Smet Creamery Com
pany, that there are about one hundred
and fifty creameries in the state; that
his creamery paid Out for milk during
the year of 1900 the sum Of SIC. BOO.
! Surely this growing industry should re-
ceive from this legislature the most
careful consideration. South Dakota,
by virtue of unsurpassed natural con-
ditions, can be made the leading dairy
state in the Union. 1t rs within the
power OF a properly equipped and we'll
regulated dairy and food department to
do it. Then let it be done. There IL
probably no subject of greater import
ance to come before this legislature.
,lCOUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, TERM
OF OFFICE AND SALARY.