Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-22
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INTO STATE SESSION.;
FOOD SHOW OPENS

OF the pennsylvania SIaIe Dodfu "
Agriculture gathered at o'clocf
this morning in Chestnut stree
Hall, where Governor BrumDauGh
who is active president of this or
ganization, was on hand 20 opef
the proceedings and take the chair
Not even ten-foot snow drifts coult
keep away these industrious fariner
from all parts of the state, and a
the Governor outlined his motions
for war activity enthusiasm WaXe'
so lively that, two robust husband
men comprised on the films!
chairs. The Governor thereupol
personally invited the conVentlor
TO hold the rest of its meetings VI
at the capitol.
After the formalities of roll cal
and reading minutes. the boart
jumped right into matters oil I'm
portance, the first discussion Delht
on the construction and mamie
nonce of earth roads.
George r. Barnes, of Rossyille
started this with his paper IN whlcI
he handled without kid gloves lhs
Pennsylvania township road super
visor. 1.-The supervisor said ne
looks after his own welfare hrsI
and the roads when he has leisure.
He gave incidents of superVlsors
extravaganza, buying road scrdpers
and stone crushers which are never
used. He recommended elc"ting q
supervisor for only two years in
stead of six.
Governor Takes Floor
This indictment caused some
warm discussion. which was con-
cluded by Governor Brumbaugh
taking the floor and giving ms
counsel on the subject OF ROADS
and national loyalty.
OF the $4,000 miles of roads IN
this state, and that, in one road woulo
girdle the globe nearly four times
a little over ten thousand miles are
known as state roads, the Governor
pointed out. This leaves vast s!s-
TEN of earth roads, which must re-
main so because the state is ALREADY
up to it's ears in road expenses. Inc
members were reminded by tne
Governor that they always could
have recourse to the state bureau
for relief in case the local super
visor refused to act. lie SAID tnat
to build a road in these days Whlch
will stand for vehicles of ten tons
will cost $4,000 mile and that the
State Highway Department Is IN
"precarious condition"
A Careless Nation
From the topic of ROADS the
Governor took up war gardens ana
farming in general especially in con
junction with the various pests. re
urged all present to work Tor the
Weeks bill now pending in Con-
gress which-forbids the importa-
ton of foreign trees. lie estimated
the loss from pests last year for the
whole country at $50O,00O,OOO;
blamed the Hessian fly for S5O,OOO'-
600 loss and $1O,OO0,000 was charged
against the potato bug.
1--WE are n most careless and IN
different nation" he cautioned. we
are generous and do not worry, pul
now we must understand that only
scientific progress and innovations
will keen up the farm to its fuli
producing capacity. The girls on a
farm should be trained to run
these new tractors. There is no
reason why the cannot engage IN
farm work. They are much better
equipped than the city boy. Sooner
or later the women of the farms
will understand this and take their
turn at actual cultivating. we
must substitute the mechanical fer
hand power on the farm. You can
not count on help from the city.
The tractor is the salvation of the
farmer. You must also use scien-
tific knowledge as provided by State
College and the State Bureau. The
dav has come when every farmer
must cast off old methods and get
this scientific working knowledge" "
Differences Crop Up
Indications that the differences OF
opinion between members of the
board and officers of the State De-
partment of Agriculture over legis-
lative and administrative matters
which have cropped out from time
to time would be heard from when
the time for adoption of resolutions
arrived appeared Immediately after
Governor Brumbaugh had addressed
the board.
When Secretary Patton had fin
ished his address he was asked by
several members whether in his
opinion the board had enough pow
ers, while others intimated that
they had heard it suggested that the
board had outlived it's usefulness
and that the Commission of Agricul-
ture nau TepldCeu IL. MI. Il dllOl
said that such matters could be dis
CusseG at the regular time. The
board will act on resolutions to-
morrow.
The board favored adoption of q
resolution calling for clearer def
nitions of the draft and arrangements
to provide labor for farms. A sug-
gestion was also made that there
should be a universal draft and men
be drawn and assigned to such work
as they could do at adequate COM
pensation.
The State Poultry Association was
informed to-day at its annual meet
ing by E. b. Dorsett, chief of the
state market bureau, that a new rul-
ing relative to breakage in shipment
was to be made. New York ship
pers addressed the association or
marketing of eggs and these officers
were elected. President. 7. i. Nc
Grew, Scranton, president; Il. B
Mitchell. Jr., Harrisburg, vice-presi-
dent; Frank McGrann, Lancaster
secretary; +. E. Althouse, Sellers
Vile treasurer, and Messrs. Althouse
Mitchell and McGrann, Fred II
Stoneburn. philadelphia, and Jane:
MacDonnell, Sewickley, directors.