The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
FERTILIZER SALTS
Com patterson's Report to
Board of Agriculture.
tIgufers Not Very Far Shot of Last Year. State
Chemist KiIeore's Report. Letter
From 0r emic
From Dr.. Lewis

me State Board of Agriculture met
yesterday ana heard the reports OF Com
missioner Patterson and State Chemist
b. ". hilgore. of the work done during
the past six months.
SonlnEsSloler Pdtterson's reDort gave
the number of tons of fertilizer sold in
TIC spring OF 1902 as 29z, 5SOh, Which in
cludes the sale of cotton seed meal. of
WHICH no account was taken in the two
J'dlS previous to this spring. the total
amount being about i, 900 tons. The fig
ures Tor fertilizer in 1900 were 232.17515
tons and for 1901 there were sold 291.-
40o tons. Thus this years figures. even
With the $4,000 tons of cotton seed meal
subtractcd, did not fall SO far short of
those of last year.
Speaking of the placing of cotton seed
meal upon the tax list, Commissioner
Patterson said.
L ara glad to report that while in the
beginning there were some evidences Of
dissatisfaction and opposition on the part
Of cotton millers, and, strange to say,
On the part OF some farmers also, to pay
ing tiis tax the latter part of the sea-
sob revealed a very gratifying acquies-
ccnce generally II the action of the board
- I''N'i4o Nht Stth Ilicdl uIJO1 liit
tax list. * x By another season |
look for the same general compliance
with the regulations concerning cotton
seed meal as with those of any other
form of fertilizer. l am gratifed to re-
port also that there have been but few
infractions Of the fertilizer laws, less I
believe than in any previous season."
Referring to the Farmers Institutes,
the report states there are several APP
plications now on file asking for these
meetings. 1t was impossible for the Com
missioner to hold a series of Institutes
last winter and spring, on account of
press of Office work.
Since this repOrt was prepared for the
meeting in May, Commissioner Patter-
son has attended a meeting of Farmers
Institute Workers in Washington, and
is more deeply impressed than ever with
tie advantages to be derived by the
farmers from a W-ell-conducted system of
institutes.
The report was IN exhaustive one, COW
ering all of The work done by the de-
partment in the past six months.
STATE Chemist kilgore's report gave 4
very complete account Of the work done
in the soil survey, the experiment sta
ton. and the pure food movement. He
'tioo III 10 ihd INSdt11ioIIS
in regard to the food products, for adop-
ton by the board.
A letter was read from DR.. r. II.
Lewis. secretary of the n. c. Board OF
Health, emphasizing the great value and
interest of the analyses Of drinking Wa
ter and tests of milk and of germs in
doubtful fever cases, and saying that
While the actual good that has been ac-
complished by this work is by no means
inconsidarabla. the indirect benefit that
VIII continue TO increase with the pass
ing years is far greater. By bringing
home to the people Of many neighbour
hoods the Importance and value of the
modern methods of sanitation, as this
work has done and is doing, the good
see dare sowp, and from as many foci
Will gradually spread. In this way pub
lie opinion Will be educated on health
lines just as it is being educated on
strictly agricultural lines by the expert
ment station, test farms, veterinary
work. etc. Incidentally it is gratifying to
know that the department is making
friends of that influential class, the coun-
try doctors, who, as a rule, are farmers
as we'll as physicians.
The board adjourned to meet at nine
o'clock this morning.
SOM of the members noticed at yes
tcrday's meeting were:
Col. John s. Cunningham, of Person; f..
l.. Daughtridge, of Edgecombe: Maj. w.
A. Graham, of Lincoln; A. Z. McCallun,
of Robson; J.. P. McRae, of Scotland;
c. \. Allen, of Wake: A. Cannon, OF
H~orsAshoa; Howard Browning. of War
rem; D.. E. Flow, Of Monroe; j. c. Ray,
Of Boone.