Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17

College, some II in number. The
governor, comptroller, treasurer OF
the state, speaker Of the House, pres
ident Of the Senate. attorney general,
secretary of agriculture Of the United
States, six appointees Of the govern
or and five trustees. elected by the
stockholders of the college, constitut-
ed this board Of trustees.
This State Board Of Agriculture has
no duties assigned to it, no terms OF
Office and practically nothing to make
it of use to the agricultural interests
of the states 1t is proposed to reduce
the ex-officio members to four, and
it is proposed to include as members
on that State Board Of Agriculture
five trustees of the college, and to
have the governor commission one
member from each Of the six organi-
zations that have been named, possi-
bly, including one from the alumni OF
the maryland Agricultural College.
1t can be realized that a state board
of agriculture constituted on these
lines, with its duties clearly set forth
would he almost ideal. 1t would be
extremely strong. and each OF the
organizations would be behind their
representative on the state board OF
agriculture, and by such a board as
this the state moneys for agricultural
purposes would be expended to the
greatest possible benefit of the people
of the state. Tor as agriculture i'm
proves 80 will the material wealth OF
the state increase.
The Repriting Of the Dairy Inspection
Mw Of 1898, Chapter No.s06, so that
the State Inspection Of Stables and Cattle
sciU be performed by men ,nto can be Of
aid and assistance to the farmers, and
that the farmers may hare accurate
knowledge as to the conditions that are
found on the premises.
The main feature of this law should
be a scoring system by which the
conditions that are found on the
premises would be a matter OF record
to the state board Of agriculture, or
whichever board administers the law.
and duplicate Of this record would
be found in the COW stable that had
been inspected. This would not only
prove check on the inspectors, but
it gives the farmer a basis on which
to value his milk and to compare the
conditions that exist on his own place
with those Of his neighbors, and with
this clear insight as to the conditions
the state board of agriculture could
require needed improvements when
necessary and could stop the milk
where thorc ughly. bad conditions pre-
vail.
There are many other features that
can be put into a bill of this kind,
that would tend to improve farming
conditions with practically no burden
placed on the farmer. and on the
other hand the farmer could sell his
milk on the rating that the depart
ment gave him, and prevent the
competition by low quality milk from
neglected cows and stables, for the
buyer would know exactly what kind
of milk he could. expect from the
score of such farm. Other things
should be provided for, such as the
proper glassware in making Babcock
tests. Preventing the spread of dis
ease among cattle and young stock,
pasteurizing skimmilk and to prevent
the selling of milk called certified,
when it was not properly cert flied and
other equally important matters.
The control Of the sale of tuberculin
and other biological products used for
the vaccination and immunizing ami
mails, and the establishment Of a state
laboratory for the preparation of bio
logical products used sior immunizing
hogs against hog cholera, etc.
1t is known that cattle injected with
a proper quantity of tuberculin, will
not react to another injection of tu-
berculin for at least three months.
This point has been taken advantage
of by unscrupulous dealers. who give
the animal an injection just prior to
the sale, and the fact that such ami
mails were tuberculous was not found
out until much harm had been done
to the other cattle, as we'll as the
Al T.