Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
NEED MONEY TO
HELP FARMERS
State Board of Agriculture
Outlines It's Activities To
the Legislature
BACK BILL PRESENTED

| In accordance with House Reso-
luton No. IL, the State Board of
Agriculture presented report to
the House Of Representatives yes
terday. This resolution requested
information in detail as to the
plans and policies Of the State
Board Of Agriculture for rendering
assistance to the farmers of Della
ware and to increase their income.
In their report it was pointed out
that all of the Boards activities
were for the purpose of assisting
and increasing the income of the
Delaware farmer. The duties of
the State Board Of Agriculture are
regulated by law and each of the
laws passed have been approved by
the farmers of this State as being
beneficial to them. The Board of
Agriculture is not empowered or
authorized to conduct research. ed
ucational, or experimental work
and the money appropriated is for
a specific purpose and can only be
used for the purpose for which it
IS appropriated. The State Board
Of Agriculture has, with the ap-
proval of the farmers of this State,
already presented two bills to the
present legislature which are for
the purpose of rendering greater
assistance to our farmers. One of
these bills refers to Bangs Disease
contagious Abortion) in cattle.
The State Board of Agriculture.
for the benefit of the farmers of
the State, adopted the Federal plan
for the State Federal supervision
of cattle, for the eradication of
Bangs Disease, the Federal Bu-
reau pays indemnity on Bangs
Disease reactors of $1,000 for any
grade animal and not more than
$4,000 for amy pure bred animal
Federal indemnity on Bangs Dis
ease reactors is, however, limited
to two tests. Because of the milk
and the economic i'm
portance of Bangs Disease eradi-
cation to the farmers, the Board
considers it essential that this SER
vice be continued, after the two
tests provided by the Federal Bu- I
reau, in order that the farmers
may eradicate the disease from |
their herds, and may be enabled to
sell their milk, or the advantage of I
the work already done will be lost.
AS the Federal Bureau has already
borne the brunt of the expense of |,
this work in paying the indemnity
on reactors to the first two tests.
on which about seventy-five per-
cent (75%6) of all the infected an
imals may be expected to be elm
mated, the State Board of Agri-
culture has presented a bill re-
questing that the Board be au-
thorized to continue the payment
Of indemnity for reactors, on the
tests after the herd has had the
two tests eligible for Federal in
1emnity, in the same amounts as
he Federal indemnity. The other
dill presented to the Legislature is
4 request for an emergency appro-
which may be used by the ,
State Board of Agriculture with !
he approval of the Governor, |
State Auditor, and State Treasurer
'or the purpose of taking care of
my emergency which may face ,
he agricultural industry of this
State. This emergency appropria-
ion would be available in case of
In outbreak of Foot and Mouth
Disease, an infestation of the Corn
3orer, or Dutch Elm Disease, or !
of similar nature. The Il
State Board of Agriculture has at I
ended meetings of and conferred g
With Legislative committees and +
arm organizations such as the L