Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-06-01
Laws of Interest to Idaho Farmers

hullers, is called by Harvey Alfred,
state director of farm markets, in
statement issued for publication and
general information of those concerned.
1t is as follows:
To the people of Idaho-Certain
laws governing the activities of the
state farm mar ets department, and OF
vital interest to the producers Of this
state, enacted by the Fourteenth SEES
sion of Idaho's legislature, demand
early attention. The most important,
perhaps, is that requiring the assess
ors of each county to obtain certain
agricultural data, and inasmuch as
this demand was made after the assess
ors had, generally speaking, covered
the greater part Of their territory, the
assessors will mail to all producers in
their respective counties, blank, the
answers to which will meet the re-
quirements of our state law, and the
inquiry of the federal government.
Each tiller of the soil receiving these
blanks from the assessor is required to
fill them out as fully and carefully as
possible, and return them at once to
that officer. This information will
have no bearing whatever on the as
sessment or taxes of the party, but is
required by law, and if every person
will be careful and prompt in making
return, it will be a great saving Of
time and expense in each county, as it
will for this year dispense with the
necessity Of a personal visit by their
assessor.
1t is hoped that every producer in
our state will show patriotism and a
desire to aid by giving the informa-
ton and making this saving possible.
Another law, known as house bill
No. 81, was enacted to aid in the oh
tanning of this agricultural data, and
more particularly concerns the thresh-
ermen and seed-hullers. 1t reads as
follows:
Section 1. Any person, firm, cor
poration or association prior to engag.
ing IN the business of threshing OF
hulling grain, seeds or other crops
within the state of Idaho shall, annual.
ly and prior to the beginning of such
business each year, procure from the
director of farm markets license to
engage in said business, and said di-
rector shall issue the same upon pay
ment to him by the applicant of Ii
cense fee of 81. All license fees SO
collected shall be accounted for by the
director of farm markets and turned
into the state treasury, as received.
The state treasurer shall credit all
funds so received to the office of the
director of farm markets and the mon.
ey accumulating in said fund from
said license fees SO collected are here
by appropriated for the use of the di.
rector Of farm markets and he is here
by authorized to expend said sums in
the same manner as other funds spe.
officially appropriated for the benefit
of his office.
"Sec. 2. Any person, firm corpora
ton or association engaged in the bust
ness of threshermen or seed-huller un-
der the provisions of this act shall
keep such brief, simple records through
out the season as may be required by
the director of farm markets showing
the grain and seed of each kind thresh-
ed, when and for whom, and shall re-
port the same to the director of farm
markets when called for upon blanks
to be furnished by the director of farm
markets.
"Sec. Any person, firm, corpora
ton or association violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor.
This will require on the part Of
threshermen and seed-hullers, tie pay,
ment OF 81 for license and the devotion
Of small amount of time and trouble
in addition, in order to secure this
much needed information.
We realize that this requirement is
to a few, annoying, but the good to b.
derived is so far-reaching that the re
turns will exceed in value to all con
cerned, the little cost and trouble re
quired.