The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING
| OF OHIO FARMERS
GOVERNOR ASKED TO RETAIN
BROWN AND BAILEY ON
STATE BOARD.
AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION
Requested In All Country Schools Of
/ the Nation-support Pledged to
School Board in Fight Against
Adulterated Fertilizers.

Columbus, o., Jan. 15.-Delegates tc
the annual state agricultural coDven
tion on Thursday recommended that
Gov. Harmon reappoint to the state
board ". NJ. Brown of Highland coun
~ and l.. p. Bailey Of Belmont county
Republicans, whose terms expire Feb
ruary l. The governor under the law
may accept or reject the recommenda
tlons Of the delegates and It Is said
that the governor. with the power &c
change the political personnel of the
state beard from Republican to Demo
cratic. will reject the recommends
tions and appoint either two Demo
cratic members or a Democrat and a
Republican. In the event of the ap
po!ntment Of two Democrats, members
of that party will control the board
A number OF appointments follow the
control OF the board and considerable
pressure is being applied to the new
governor.
The delegates declared in favor of
a sufficient appropriation by congress
to provide for agricultural education
all the country schools of the United
States and for Industrial and domestic
science training in all the city schools
The declaration was made in the unan.
imous Endorsement Of the Davis bill
pending before the agricultural com.
mittee of the house of representatives
at washington. The convention took
this action after speakers announced
that better results could be obtained
IN national law providing for agricul-
tural education than in state laws.
Should the Davis law be defeated in
congress at this session, the fight will
be continued by farmers at the next
session OF congress with more vigor,
while later a bill with similar provis-
Ions will be brought to the attention
of the state legislature. 1t was an
nounced the purpose of the bill will
not require annually a larger appro-
priation than that for the building OF
a battleship. c. w. Burkett, editor OF
the American Agriculturist, introduced
the matter in the convention.
Resolutions pledging the support OF
Ohio farmers to the efforts of the
members of the state board of agricul-
ture to expose the sale of alleged i'm
pure and adulterated fertilizers in
Ohio and promising further support IN
the movement We're adopted An ap.
preparation by the Legislature for the
better equipment OF the Ohio expert
mental station and demand for more
money to carry on the work OF the
Ohio Agricultural college were asked
for. The delegates also adopted res
olution asking the members Of the
c'ate board of agriculture to work for
the passage of law providing for ma,
ture study and agricultural training in
the rural schools in Ohio.
The balance In the treasury OF the
state board OF agriculture is S2,6O3
less now than year ago, according to
the report of Treasurer Mcfarland.
The balance reported was $44, ,17O. The
receipts aggregated S140,195. More
The disbursements we're $96,O25. The
treasurer valued the state fair grounds
Gt $773,776.
Gov. Harmon, in his first public ad-
dress TO a convention as governor, ex-
pressed friendship for the farmers
and advocated such revision OF the
tax laws as will equally divide the
taxation burden between the farmer,
the business man, the manufacturer
and others. The governor said the
farmers property cannot be hidden
from the assessor while that Of certain
others can