The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-04
Government Will Coop.
crate With the Board.
OUR EXHIBIT FUND
Mr.. Arendell. Tells Board of AgricuI
ture He Has Collected $500.
New Cattle Quarantine
Regulations Recon-
mended.

The State Board of Agriculture met
again yesterday morning at ten o'clock.
Mr.. J. B. Stokes, of Windsor, who was
absent the first day. was present yester-
day. First the Board heard the remand
er of the report of DR.. TAFT Butler. the
State Veterinarian.
DR.. Butler said that the cattle ticks
are gradually disappearing in stock law
sections, but the losses from tick fever
are not becoming less, because where
the farms are half-infested the cattle not
affected are susceptible to the disease.
There is still great deal of hog cholera,
he said, and as soon as we realize that
this is a germ disease and incurable, we
will do more to keep the germs from
the stock by every possible means. DR.
Butler also discussed the work being done
to increase the interest in stock breeding.
Then came the report of the Botanist
and Bacteriologist, Mr.. Gerald Mccarthy.
After he finished his report Mr. Mccarthy
made a short talk on the cotton boil
weevil its character and the possibility
of its spread in this country. He reiter-
ated the opinion that it would take az
least ten years in the natural course OF
events for the boil weevil to reach this
State, unless it was sent here through the
mails or by some other carelessness.
Mr.. F. B. Arendell, the Governors agent
for soliciting funds for making a State
exhibit at ST. Louis. was invited to make
n. report. He said he had been over the
State and reported cash in the hands OF
the State Treasurer abouss $500. He
hoped, he said, to raise the remainder IN
thirty days. In accordance with a sug
gestion made by the Governor, Mr.. Aren-
dell suggested to the Board the possibility
of its paying certain charges in connec-
ton with the proposed exhibit. which
would involve a small amount. He was
assured that the matter presented would
receive attention at later time.
Next the report of the State
Entomologist, Mr.. Franklin Sherman,
Jr., was read. He exhibited speci-
mems of the cotton boll-worm and
the cotton boIl-weevil. which had been
preserved in alcohol. He also presented
copies of his bulletin differentiating be-
tween the two and suggesting remedies
for the former. In the course of his
report Mr.. Sherman adverted to the
fact that the labor connected with the
simply beyond the physical possibility OF
one man to perform, and suggested that
a scientifically trained assistant be given
him.
Upon this point Mr.. j. Van Lindey
President of the State Horticultural So
ciety desired to be heard, and by invita-
ton he addressed the Board on the sub
ject and told of the enormous value OF
the fruit crops of the State and the utter
impossibility of making them profitable
without the aid of these scientific ento
mologists, who could instruct the grow
ers in the ways and means of graduating
or lessenine the effects of the pests with
which the fruit Is beset.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Van Lindley's
remarks, DR.. KIlg0re, the State Chemist
also addressed the Board on the same sub
ject and suggested cooperation between
the Experiment Station, which needs a
trained horticulturist and the Board OF
Agriculture, which would combine the
services of one man in the performance
of the duties required. 1t was agreed that
the whole matter be referred to the
Finance Committee for consideration and
to report to the Board at this session its
recommendation in regard thereto.
An invitation was received from the
Rural Science Club of the A. and NJ. Col
lege, to attend their regular session last
night in Primrose Hail This invitation
was accepted, and the members of the
Board went out to the college last night
A letter was presented asking for aid
to secure a poultry exhibit at the World :
Fair at st. Louis. Pending a discussion
of this matter it was agreed to have q