The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-01-20
RESTED THEY RETURN
Many Bills Being Shoveled
into the Legislative
Hopper.
For Farmers Institutes, 100000
To make certain Notes
Non.negotiable.

The state law makers paused long
enough in their work last week to take
recess until Tuesday. They took
hold of their appointed work with re.
newed enthusiasm on their retur n
and begin anew to discuss the bill pro.
viding for the dipping of jack rabbits
and the other which provide new
rules for the foot ball game.
A PURE FOOD TALK
Last Thursday the two houses met
in joint session to listen to a talk on
the pure food bill by Professor J. b.
Sheppard, chemist for the state food
commissioner. It is quite likely that
those who heard the address and saw
the experiments and demonstrations
given by the professor will not soon
forget it. So startling were some of
the facts he brought out that the
people throughout the state will be
interested in hearing of them.
He handed Lieut.. Governor McDou-
gala sample of maple syrup which, on
tasting McDougall, pronounced first
class. Professor Shepherd than stated
that he had made the syrup from
g%ranulated sugar, principally, and
had favored it with an extract OBJ
tanned from Germany.
He showed the members of the leg
islature a bottle of red port wine and
a bottle of the anne wine with the
coal tar dye out. The second bottle
was yellow. From a bottle of "Mrs.
Jones home made tomato catsup he
got enough coal tar dye to color sew
eral yards of wooden cloth. From a
single bottle of pop he took enough of
the same dye to dye a couple of yards
of white flannel. Lemon extracts we're
also examined and shown to contain
similar dye stufs.
The demonstrations were so vivid
and SO positive that pure food legisla-
ton will doubtless receive careful
consideration this year.
TO PROMOTE FARMERS INSTITUTES
Identical bills have been introduced
in the senate and house by Senator
Lightner and Representative Parmley
of Edmunds county which provide for
the encouragement and maintenance of
farmers Institutes and for the col
lection and free distribution of facts
and information valuable to the farm.
er.
The whole matter is placed in
charge of a state institute board,
created by the law, who in turn are
authorized to appoint a superinten-
dent OF Institutes at an annual salary
of $1,000. Annually the institute
board is to publish for free circulation
a hand book on practical husbandry,
and for this and other expenses auth.
orized by the bill an annual appropria.
ton of $4,000 is made from the gen.
eral fund of the state.
Institutes will be held at conyen.
lent places, as designated by the board
and their duration will be not less
than one day or more than three days
At the Institutes the subjects discuss
ed shall embrace the maintenance Of
the fertility of the soil, the imp rove
ment OF cereal crops, principles O
breeding as applied to domestic ami
mails, the making and handling o
dairy products, the destruction O
noxious weeds and injurious insects
the eradication of contagious diseases
promotion of forestry and growing Of
fruits, feeding and management O
live stock, and sin general such infor
nation as will tend to promote the
prosperity of home life and comfort
of the farming community"
In this connection it is worthy O
notice that Professor P. G. Holden. of
Iowa has made himself famous this
country over by his lectures on corr
growing. Farmers get so much ad
vice from city farmers and so called
experts that they are disposed to b,
suspicious of advice from anyone, az
they were at first of Professor Holden
Now, however, he draws bigger crowds
wherever he goes than ever turned
out for Bryan OF other candidates anc
his time is SO much in demand tha1
he makes short speeches from his
special train. Should the Light ne,
bill become a law it will no doubt re
suit in many benefits to the farmers
and all others, of the state.
ANOTHER BILL BY L1GHrNER
Senator Lightner has also intro
duced another measure that ought /,
become a law. It provides that schoo
grounds shall be fenced and that tn,
school board shall plant and care 70,
trees on the grounds. While this i
done in many of the towns and cite,
it is not the rule in the country.
1t is doubtful if any one thing coulf