The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-04-24

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FARMING INDUSTRY OF THE
STATE, TO PROVIDE FOR A
CENSUS OF FARMS OFFERED
FOR SALE AND TO AMEND
SECTION ass OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, RELATING TO AN AN
NUAI. CENSUS OF CERTAIN
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
II is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State OF Vermont:
Section I. Section asa OF the General
Laws is hereby repealed
Sec. z, Section ass OF the General
Laws is hereby amended 50 as to read
as follows
See. ass At the time Of taking the
annual list, the listers shall ascertain
the approximate number OF silos, horses,
sheep, mich cows, registered neat
stock, pure bred bulls, hogs and other
nea, stock in the town and, a, the time
Of taking the list for nineteen hundred
and nineteen, shall ascertain the Mum
Der OF farms offered for sale, together
with the names and post-offlee addresses
OF the owners thereof After complet-
ing the annual list, the listers shall
compile and furnish TO the town clerk
an abstract showing the total number
Of silos, horses, sheep, mich cows,
registered neat stock, pure bred bulls,
hogs and other neat stock in the town,
and shall. at the time OF taking the
annual lis, for nineteen hundred and
nineteen, compile and furnish 10 the
town clerk not later than May fifteenth
the number OF farms offered for sale
in their respective towns, together with
The names and post-office addresses OF
The owners
Sec ! The town clerks OF the sew
eral towns shall, within ten days from
the receipt of the lists prepared in
accordance with the preceding section.
furnish 10 the commissioner OF agricul-
,ure a complete list OF the names and
pos,.oifice addresses OF the owners,
resident and nonresident, Of farms
offered for sale in their respective
towns.
Sec 4 Upon receipt OF such informa-
ton, the commissioner shall forthwith
issue questionnaires to all resident and
nonresident owners as aforesaid Such
qucs,ionnaircs, which shall contain self
addressed envelopes for reply, shall
call for detailed information in regard
TO location, Typographical features,
acreage. amount and character OF tim
Der growth, number OF acres each OF
tillage and pasture land, the amount OF
the annual hay crop. the kind and CON
dilion Of the buildings, ii any, the price
asked Tor such farms, the railroad and
highway facilities and such other infor-
'lstion az may be necessary for a COM
ple,e compilation OF such statistics from
each town in the state.
Sec. s. The commissioner Of apricul-
inrc ~ hereby authorized and directed
to compile the statistics contained in
such Vicsiionnaires and to publish them
10 book form with proper preface and
Illustrations, and to use the same to
stimulate the farming industry OF Yer
mont and TO induce, when i, il consid- |
cred desirable by said Commissioner, re-
turned soldiers from the recent war
with Germany 10 take up farms in Yer
mont,
Sec, .. The commissioner az a0ricul- |
lure IS authorized and directed 10 con-
yer with the secretary OF the interior
LOT Inc purpose OF securing the assist |
snce OF the federal government in pIac- |
tig returned soldiers on farms in this |
stare, and he shall obtain for the state
US proper share OF any appropriation |
mace by congress 10 assis, such re-
nrned soldiers to engage in the farm
ing industry.
Sex. Said commissioner Shall con-
Ter With the publicity bureau OF the state |
Tor The purpose OF preventing duplica
ton Of effort Advertising done in this
compilation shall not be Duplicated IN
any publication issued by the publicity |
bureau
Sec, 8 Al statistics herein provided
Tor shall be compiled ard published
PRIOR 10 Angus; !, 1910. and aid COM
missioner Is hereby authorized 20 use
Tor me purpose ot obtaining The above |
stastusesl Information 1 sim not 10 ex-
coed ihifsy.hse hundred tnllsrs from
The appropriation regularly made for |
his department, and an add,,onal sum
not 10 exceed ihirty.hye hundred dol
ars IL hereby appropriated for tho pub
scatscn and distribution OF book as
provided N section FIVE al this act
Sec. q This act shall take effect /
IRON rs passage
Approved March ~. iofa
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