Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1878 — Page 2

THE INDIAKA STATE BENTINEIi, WEDIsESjd MOBNINa, JANUARY 16,1878.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1G.

THE JOCBSAL' ft PLATFORM. ADVICE TO 1KB SENATE. The senate should 'indefinitely postpone the bill repealing the sumption law, and then congress should glv the people rest. TH' g BLAND BILL. The remonetizr ,Uon of silver under the terms of the Biadd bill .will be mora disastrous In Its consequences, our opinion, than the repeal of the resump' ,tonact It might la its present form properly,-be termed an act to reduce the -value of gree Abocks six per cent. TH VOTK O'JTHK BLAND BILL NOT VOR THE IX- ' fKRESTS UFTUE COUWTBY. The mer Abers ot congress, no doubt, think they are .presenting tne will of their constituents rp .rt that tne uuhs of the people in the west de uand a repeal of the resumption act ami a r eiuooetization of silver under the terms or the Mind bill. This is probably true in certain '4lstricts; but, taking the country at large, it Is not true. But If it was true, U doe not folUjwthatitlsriglitor for the beat interests of t iie whole people. REPUBLICAN NERVE. .Where the republicans have had nerve 4QOU2h to go to the people demanding a torward march t resumption ttiey nave won in he contest. We think the time has come for the republicans of Indiana to take a position as a party and stand by the adniiulstratlon on the financial question. The position is right, and it id only a question of time when it must prevail. ' The sons of Mr. Lord, who recently married Mrs. Hicks in "ew York, have applied to the courts to appoint a commission of lunacy to inquire into their father's mental condition. The proposition has been made in New York city to reduce the teachers' salaries, and in hiring new ones to make the wages as low as possible. The Graphic aptly remarks, "we will save enough on cheap teach'ers in one year to build a new jail." Thousands and thousands of dollars for ornaments and nonsense for jail buildings are taken from the already meager pay of the teacher. A teacher in the Cincinnati public schools is having rather a hard time in attempting to prove himself innocent of charges made against him by members of the board of education. There are several distinct charges, the one most decided being that of his selecting as reading lessons for a mixed class of girls and boys passages obscene and indecent. When the young girls blushed he reproved them so severely for "their impure thoughts' that some of the younger ones burst .into tears. The investigations are rigid and careful. There are about 1,500 girls and women employed in New York city as type setters. Their wages average about $7.50 a week. They are not as rapid as men, and as a gen eral thing do not do their work as well, rroof readers always disliking to read after them. They are not as careful in the correction of errors as men, and while they are quiet and well behaved they are full of petty jealousies, and often have bitter quarrels with each other. This is the conclusion rrived at by the majority of employers and foremen. A Quaker society in Iowa decided to build a meeting house, and, strange to say, it has what never a Quaker meeting house had a steeple. Over this departure from the usage of the Friends there was a lengthy discus sion. The elders opposed the steeple, and used the customs and principles of the fathers as arguments in their favor. The younger members of the society had just one declaration to make.but it was all-powerful: '"If no steeple is built we shall not contribute 'a penny." The pennies won, and the meeting house has a pretty, graceful spire. - General Dix was said to have been one of the witnesses at the Lord-Hicks wedding. Thi., on being interviewed, he denied emphatically. But he does not think that Mr. Lord's children take the right view of their father's marriage. He said: "I do not regard 'Mr. Lord as such an idiot as people are try'ing to make out, as it is not often that a 'man of his age gets a chance to marry a 'fine looking woman as Mrs. Hicks." "When Mr. Lord signed the marriage certificate he gave his age as 80, when he is 85, and his friends say this is an evidence of failing reason. Rather of extreme vanity. Mes. Brooks, the "butter aculpturess," whose ideal head of the dreaming Iolanthe has received so much notice, has been at work on a more extended ecale while in Cincinnati. The latest work is the "Mar'chionesa" of Dickens, and it is regarded as extraordinary when the material of wljich it is composed is considered. In speaking of the "Marchioness" the Gazette says: She is sitting on a three legged stool at a table In Swlveller's sick room, engaged In a solitary game of criobage; the crlbbage board, medicine bottles and cards lying on the table, while she is demurring which card of the three she holds in her hand she t hall play. A comically thoughtful expression Is ou her face, one finger on hur lip, one loot twisted around the leg of the stool, displaying her characteristic loose slipper to great advantage: her Whole altitude depleting her nature, aud her, expressive delight at having escaped the clu tche of Kiilliu Brass, and pleasure in being with her only friend. Tommy Walsh, a boy about 14 years old, went for the silver bill the other day in Terre Haute in a way that was substantial. His father gave him a silve half dollar to make a purchase of ome sort, and he put it in his mouth for safe keeping, when, as he says, "sudden as a spark from smitten steel" down it went, lodging in the lower portion of his throat The little fellow, of cours?, became mighty nneasy, took a big dose of salts, and watched the silver movement closely. He had gripes as the movement went on, and at times be had great doubts in regard to the remonetization of that half dollar. He swallowed it on Monday, and on 'the Wednesday following he resumed specie payment with great joy and gladness. He thinks, though, be will keep that half dollar tc buy the last nail in his coffin. Brocxpost, New York, has a church which is noted for the attention shown to strangers by its ushers. They never weary in walking backwards up the aisle and beckoning with their front finger to the embarrassed individuals, who feel as if th entire congrega

tion was calculating their financial and

spiritual worth. These ushers last Sunday had a little friendly banter over the number of persona that each could show to pews. As the congregation increased the contest waxed warm, angry looks were exchanged.and now and then they muttered phrases not to be found in any theological work. At last, in the eagerness of bis zeal, one of the ushers encroached on the territory of the other, bearing off as a prize sone aristocratic looking ladies. In an instant there were clenched fists and falling hair, and not until the brethren and minister parted them were there anysignsof cessation. The congregation was dismayed, all but the small boys, who whistled and patted their hands.and wanted them to "fight it out" There's nothing Irke competition in trade, and for the next few. Sundays that church will not lack a congretion,but until the arnica has done its healing work other ushers must serve the throng. QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR. We are not unmindful that the eastern war is raging; that the cross is bearing down upon the crescent, and that Christ is antagonizing Mohammed. We are not forgetful of the fact that England is in a quandary as to the course she ought to pursue in settling the eastern question. We are not oblivious of Stanley's march through central Africa, or that he traversed the Congo from its source to its mouth, and that grand results are likely to follow his great achievement We have not neglected to notice that MacMabon has been compelled to succumb to the republican sentiment of France, or that Bismarck is the ruling mind of Prussia. We have made a note of the pope's declining health, and that Alpbonso, the boy king of Spain, is trying to marry his cousin. But what of all these topics? They do not amount to a "hill of beans" as compared with the devilish, curses that radical legislation have heaped upon the people of the United States. .They may be discussed until hell freezes four feet thick, and then discussed on the ice, but they will not open a way out of the curse of contraction that is everywhere in this country sending people into bankruptcy. Discuss as we may czar and sultan; talk as learnedly as encyclopedias of cross and crescent; map as we may the future of Europe and Asia; analyze all the problems of European diplomacy, still every sentence to the people of Indiana will be worse than "Dead eea fruit, that tempts the 'eye and turns to ashes on the lip." It may all be very nice attract the attention of savants but there is no tread in it It does not stop contraction. It does not arrest shrinkage in values. It does not say to John Sherman, "Take your cursed bondholder's 'beak out of the heart of the west" It does not revive business, restore confidence, or give workingmen work. It does not clothe the children of the poor or help the people out of the grasp of the bondholders, Shylocks and money sharks, bankers, members of syndicates, capitalists and Wall street gamblers, who, robed in purple and fine linen, may be pleased with that sort of literature as they recline on their silken cushions, while their dogs perform the cour tesies at their locked gates to the victims of their rapacious greed. But the people con clude that they have .suffered enough. They do not want to be licked any more by rich men or rich men's dogs. They propose to take care ot themselves and what little property the curse of contraction has left to them. They have been to the ballot box, they have selected their representa tives, they have massed the wisdom of the country. They have performed their whole duty and are awaiting results. Their representatives have proposed to grant measures of relief, the repeal of the resumption law and the Bland bill. Should the silver bill become a law as it passed the house it will give the country the free coinage of silver dollars. No honest objection has been made to these measures. They are absolutely invulnerable. They are the citadels of truth and honesty. They are in consonance with the will of a vast majority of the people. They are the higher law of the people's sov ereignty. They have one, and only one, purpose the relief of the people by the revival of business, the restoration of confidence, and the employment of idle men and women. The people's representatives have so declared, and there is no higher authority. Who opposes these beneficent measures? Money sharks, wreckers of the people, pirates on the highways of trade, Shylocks whose greed and thirst would take the flesh and blood nearest the hearts of the people. The eastern bankers are massing their batteries and issuing their threats that the west shall have no more money. All right Let the west mass its forces and say to the east, "'You shall have 'no more bread and meat", Let the food currents stop, until starvation shall shrink the Shylocks to skeletons and famine set gaunt and haggard in Wall street There may be, t hould the banker? carry out their threats, less mortgages for the west, less interest to pay, but in the end victory will flash along the lines, and the we t and south will have inaugurated a new departure. What? Relief from contraction and an abundance of honest silver dollars. It is possible that Hayes may veto these measures of reliefAnd it may be possible that the people's representatives, true to their high obliga tions, will discard the veto and adhere to the interests of the people at anyjate, there is no good place presented for the people to back down. Knowing they are right the people are likely to go ahead, and if any body chooses in this case to advocate the veto power or to antagonize the people in matters of such vital concern they are welcome to the harvest of thorns and contumely they will garner in due time. The demands, of the people are not Utopian; they are not creations of diseased imaginations; they are not whims; on the contrary they embody the matured wisdom of the country, and sooner or later will prevail.

FOSTERERS OF FARMING.

The Proceedings of the Delegate and State Board of Agriculture Yesterday. The Beporta of Committees Election of Nsw Members Address by the State Geologist Excureloa Over the Belt The Night Session. From the Sentinel, Dec. 10. The delegate and state board of agriculture met at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, with President Mutz in the chair, who called for the report of the committees. Mr. II. Caldwell, for the finance committee, reported that they had made an examination of the accounts of the secretary and treasurer, and find them correct The accounts of the general superintendent show that be has received from all sources $G20 03, and has paid out $533.33, leaving a balance of (S3, 70 in his hands. The committee on rules and regulations reported through Mr. Mitchell the following rules and regulations: The committee would recommend the adoption of the rules heretofore in force with the following amendments: 1. Amend rule 2 by erasing all after the word "entitled," where It first occur, and inserting a clause to sucn admission tickets an may be necessary, at the discretion of the department superintendent 2. Strike out all after the word "sweepstakes" In rula 5 3. Amend rule 10 of instruction to Judzes, by inserting the word "books" Instead of "book, as found In said rule. The report was concurred in. The committee on fair grounds reported them in good condition, but if fairs are to be held there the committee on fair grounds should suggest plans to have the grounds repaired. Concurred in. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Crim. Claypool, JohnEon, Quick and Mann, were appointed a committee on credentials. RULES FOR COCXTY FAIRS. The rules for county and district fairs were reported upon as follows by A. B. Line, Dempsey Leopold and It M. Lockhart: The committee to whom was referred the subject of a uniform manner lor making reports from county and district societies suggest the following as tne form of such report: 1. Number of acres In fair grounds now owned. 2. Value of same. 3. Value and nature, of improvements. 4. Total cot of grounds and improvements. 5. Total indebtedness. 6. Number o entries or horsts at last fair. 7. Number of entries of cattle. 8. Of hogs. . Of sheep. 10. Of poultry. 11. In horticultural department. 12. Of miscellaneous articles. 13. Amount of premiums in each of the classes. 11. Total amount of premiums. 15.- Number of family tickets sold. IB. Number of d y tickets so'd. 17. Amount received from license fund. 18. Total receipts from all souices. 19. Total expenses of society for the year. 15). Condition of agriculture n county or district. Amended by adding number of entries In agricultural department, and concurred in. Chairman W. II. Ragan, of a special committee, reported the following: The special committee to which was referred the suggestions of the secretary in regrdto the future management of affairs, etc., respectfully report: In regard to the proposed system of quarterly crop reports your committee is fully persuaded that the adoption thereof would be of great value to industrial and other interests, but in the present embarrassed condition of the board your committee is at a I jss in recommending any plan by which t ie suggestion of tre secretary bj rendered available. The committee Is not prepared to recommend the adoption of the secretary 'a second suggestion, in which lie recommends the management of future lairs to be placed in the hands ot a committee of three. In regard to the third sugges ion. in reference to the appointment o( awarding committees, we are unable to recognize any improvement over the present practice of the board. We fully indorse his suggestions and recommendations to local societies in reference to a uniform tlm of holding their annual elections. It is especially desirable that the oOlcers of the preceding year make annual reports to this board, aia also that the business year, not only with local but with the state- society, should close with the January meeting of the board. Concurred In. THE SEED OF A BCEEAC OF STATISTICS. The secretary, Alex Ilerron, read a paper of the crop reports and statistics. He held thit statistics are necessary for the prosecution of general intelligence, and that the present lamented and slow facilities in voeue for the collection of such intelligence in this state are unsatisfactory and in need of a better system. He favored the creation of a bureau of statistics whereby a thorough record of all matters of state interest may be secured, including, in addition to products, wealth, taxation, education, crime, births, deaths, marriages, etc. The report of the committie on credentials was submitted and concurred in. ' ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 1 The board then proceeded to the election of members: Robert Mitchell, of Gibson county, was chosen as a member of the state board from the first agricultural district; R. P. Haynes, of Daviess county, second district; B. IL Hancock, of Harrison, th'rd district; W. B. Seward, of Monroe county, fourth district; Jacob Muta, of Johnson, county, seventh district; L. TJ. Custer, of Cass county, fourteenth district; John Sutherland, of Laporte county, fifteenth district; It M. Lockhart Dekalb county, sixteenth district These members are elected for the ensuing two years; J. W. Cufield, T. V. Mitchell, Thomas Nelson. W. H. Ragan, A. B. Claypool, Wm. Crim, II. T. Sample and H. Caldwell holding over. The board then adjourned, and at 1:30 the members took the benefit of the excursion over the road and visited the stock yards and grounds south of the deaf and dumb asylum, going by the Vincennes road and returning by the 1'an-iiandle, and immediately resuming their session. Afternoon Session. Following the roll call the secretary moved a vote of thanks be tendered to the Belt managers for the benefits of their read and cars. The chairman appointed Messrs. Haynes, Seward and Ragan to draft resolutions of thanks. PROFESSOR COX'8 ADDRESS. ' Professor Cox, state geologist, was then introduced and delivered his address on agriculture, of which the following is an abstract: Gentlkmej After spending more than twenty-five years of my life in active scientific lnves igations, both in the field and laboratory and i houzh a dil'zent observer through nil thee loDg years of study of. the characterof tne soli and its prevailing treatment iorri cultural purposes, yet I will Bay to you to day tnat In all tae rauge of science threre is no department which requires more thought and study than that which pertains to the part which matter play in the produation aud growth of o' ganlztd bodies. Agriculture, as an art, has teen followed from time immemorial ,aud from the multitude of work rs who bave driven nd tacked nhout n devious pitns of i ivest'gtKn, and thouzh biflied time and agiln by disastrous failures. h"it aud there success haa crowned their effbrMi, and in this way many important discoveries and Improvement In agriculture h tve b'en brought about. But after all this rule of thumb mmner of treating a great subject and one of so much vital Importance to the welfare of Vie ha man race, osn not in this day of almost universal education be loosed upon as politic or safe. After progres ing so far art is powerless to make further improvement without the aid of science. A fanner may plow deep and straight, make the soil as line aud pulverulent as g'nloas and skill alone can do; he may now, cultivate and garner his crops In the bestposslbM manner, and yet be powerless to explain the physiological structure and elementary

constituents of the plants which bave received at bis hands all the attention which the art of agriculture could bestow. Let the farmer who doubts the nesity of scientific aid take a look at the condition of agriculture, not only In Indiana, which In population now ranks fifth state In the Union, but In other commonwealths. W'hutwill he And but impoverished fields on every side? Yes, land that was covered with a virgin forest within the memory of many who are here assembled has annually diminished in productiveness, and now Ilea a barren waste. Already is the handwriting on the wall. The soil of Indiana Is being rubbed of its plant food, and the yield is annually diminishing. It needs no proohetic vision to rpad it nor a Daniel to Interpret Its signification. It means a loss of commerce and impoverished homes. Surely, then, if ever an art rt quired the aid of science, there is not one in the whole catalogue of indestnes mure urgent in its needs than that of agriculture. To many thl language will appear, at first somewhat sweeping and stroDg, but a little reflection will, I think, convince the most skeptical that a sullied needs tierole treatment when the bread and meat of the eople hang upon the Issue. I was in hopes to be able to place before you statistics from the reports of the agricultural department at Washington, but upon examination I lind them totally unreliable for scientific use, being nrtde up, so far as this state is concerned, by tho reports from county correspondents, who have no other means of answering the questions ' propounded than to guess then oil, and If I have to rely upon guess work, I prefer, so far as this stite is concerned, to u.se my own eyes. Most of you are farmers, aud have assembled here as representatives from counties In every portion of the state. If you were at all observant as you come over the railroads leading into the city, you wl'l not have filled to notice on either side of th road any number or cultivated fields that have not given remunerative returns for the labor of the husbandman. There 1 no chance of being mistaken lu this matter the story is but too plainly told by the low, sleuder, impoverished cornstalks and sp trse wheat stubbles; and bad each field of this character been counted and you were to rise in your places and proclaim the number, it would alarm the most hopeful political economist as to the future ot agriculture. Why is it that the cultivated lands are yearly diminishing In iertility and so many fields have already ceased to yield profitable crops? It can not be that the admirable machines nsd In their cultivation fail to perform es usual or that the art of agriculture has deteriorated. I believe that in most of thse respects the farmers of America are In advance of the old world; yet, here the average yield of wheat per acre is from ten to twelve bushels, while in Ku rone it Is from twenty-five to twentyeitrht blithe m per ucie, and no waste or worn out rields are to be met with. If then, we can not trace this annual loss of fertllltv of the soil to a want or skill and knowledge or the art of agriculture on the part ot farufers, I may therefore be excused lor saying that it cmes from a want of knowledge and proper appreciation of the science of agriculture, ana it is from this standpoint that I propose to speak a few words to day. The soil is the natural homo of agricultural plants, and must t herefore demand our attention at the very threshhold of our subject. It forms rtie upper stratum of the earth, and Is derived from the decomposition of older strata. The decomposition Is effected partly by mechanical an1 partly by chemical means.. The little rills which carry the water from' mountain aud hill sides, carry along by the force of gravity fragments of rocks which bave by the action ol frosts been broken loose from parent masses, ar.d these rubbing and rolling over t he strata, grind them into fine particles, which are floated along until finally deposited in the valleys to form soil for plants The water itself, charged as it always I with carbonic acid, become a powerful agent in decomposing rocks. In some parts of the country the soli Is mainly derived from the decomposition of underlying rocks, but in this state, with few exceptions in some of the southern counties, it has leen brought by glaciers from beds of crystalline rocks, which lie to th north of the great lakes. The debris from this source covers the strata to a depth varying from a few feet to several hundred feet. Ou the level table lanes and ridges the order of arrangement or this drift deposit remains as left by the retreating g'ocUr, but along the valliesand river bottoms it has been mod I tied by the action of the streams. Being made np of the particles of a great many species of rocks the "oil of Indiana in its virgin state can not fail to ha rich in the minerals that constitute the food of plants. H it we must not lose sight in this placo of the important fact that no matter how rich a soil miybeln plant constituents they arc of no avail unless the plants can absorb what they require. The delicate, fiber like rootlets, which elaborate food from the soil, can only imbile it in a soluble condition, therefore some pieparatlon of the soil must be attended to In order to promote nutrition. The first duty of the farmer in this respect U to attend to the physical or mechanical condition 't the soil. If It is a ciayey land, which retains water until It I expelled by the evaporation which is going on at the surfu.ee, it Is unfit lor glowing agricultural plains unless it is underdrained. I believe that you who have' tried the benefits of underdralns will bear me out lu saying that every farm in the state wou'd be the better for underdrainlng. Many of the inorganic substances in the soil are readily soluble In water, and when the rains are allowed to run over and wash the surface they will deprive the soil of some of its fertilizing properties. By a thorough system of underdrnlos th water is carried down through the soil, which is further enriched by the retention or ammonia and nitric acid washed from the atmosphere. The analysis of water discharged from underdralns shows that it has been deprived of its ammonia and phosphates It is not my purpose at this time to go into details in regard to the oest mode of making nnderdralns, or the number that should be placed on a given area of ground, since it is a subject upon which I have no personal experience. It involves a comparatively large outlay of money, and definite advice should be based upon carefully conducted experiments. This much I will venture to say, the most effective and economical drains are made of tile, and should be not less than four feet deep. The mains should be about six inches in diameter, and tbe lateral tile need not exceed one and one-half to two Inches in diameter, t ecured to the Joints by a tile collar, which slips over the ends. The collar will prevent the displacement of tbe ripe by settling, and render the drains continuous, like the Ash barton a railroad track. At the tile makers' association, which met here lost November, I made tho suggestion that two inches was ample for latend drains, but they would approve of nothing less than three Inches. The injurious effectsof standing water in the subsoil arw manifold, the plants are imperfec:ly nourished, and at be-d, receive an unnatural development. The soil Is chll.ed by the loss of heat from evaporation, and u-e xcluslon of the atnr spheric air p?e vents the oxidation of the mineral and organic substances which it contains. Underdralns will rein-dy all these defects.the wtter will sluk down to the drains, carrying along with it tho warm air ;the proper chemical action in allowed to take place, and the soil is rendered mellow and crumbling, and the aliments of plants are brought Into solution, and the crops are rendered healty and luxuriant and are less liable to suffer from the effects of excessive drouth or rains. Agricultural pla :ts require a free circulation of air around their roots, and nnderdralns are the kurest means of bringing tnis abont. After having ptld due regard to the phyelcal condition of the soil, t lie next requirement is a knowledge of the elements which it must supplv to the pi mts which are grown for food. When a vegetable or animal substance is burnt In the presence of a fre access of atmospheric atr a portion is consumed, or, more fuoperly speaking, volatalizef, and stntback nto the atmosphere from whence it was derived. Tb unconsuroed iortion thatremaios is the ash, and represents all the substances which were def Ivod from die soil. The former am termed the organic const tnents. and the latter inorganic or rniuerl constituents. Theorgauic elements of plants are only four In number, vis: carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydtogen, but they c unbiue in various ways to form a multitude of substances. The ash forms but a very small part of vegetable or animal substance, and a before staled is derived exclusively from the soil. v t he quality of the ash varies tn different part of the same pi ant, and at different stages in its. growth The professor then gave an interesting analysis of the agricultural products and then closed. CLOSISO BC;UKES8. On motion of A. B. Line, a vote of thanks was tendered Professor Cox. . A discussion then ensued by the del gates, regarding the address, who widely diflered with the profewor. Among those ho entered into the discussion were Mes&if-Line, Smith, Furnas

Higgins and Mr. Sutherland, to whom Professor Cox repliid. The committee appointed to draft resolutions of thankH tendered to the Belt road managers then offered the following: Resolved, Tb a', the commercial and industrial interests of our state will be largely benefited through tlie completion of the great central enterprise known as the Union railway and stock yards through which the prompt and speedy transfer of tue immeo-,9 accumulation o freight and live stock that has heretofore been a burden to our capital city is guaranteed. V e, the representatives of the l.ITXlUCt ivi indllsM-ioa t eiir clatu Kail I l.

delight the consummation of this great workand Whereas tho managers of tlie TJ. R. R and 8. x. company have this day given the members of this board an excursion over their road stopping at the stock yard and other points of interest, therefore Resolved, Thst the thanks or the board are hereby tendered the ofllcers of the company for the courtesy extended us. (Signed) ji. Raoax, "W. B. Sewakp, R. P. llAYSKS. The resolutions were on motion unanimously adopted. On motion the discussion of the exchange of the fair grounds was made the subject for the evehij: session. Evening tKesftlon. Upon the organization of the society the special commi-.tee on the exchange of the fair grounds rt ported their action with the board of aldermen and council, and stated an appointment had been made for a conference U-day at 2 o'clock. The proposed exchange was then thoroughly ventilated by discussion, and the use of the GO acres south of the deaf ard dumb asylum favored. Mr. Burk suggested the appointment of a committee to exaraine into the title of the fair ground, and sue if the board really owed the railroad companies who hold a mortgage of $60,000 bonded debt which does not become a debt until the sale or exchange takes place. Mr. Caldwell scouted the idea of a change, and informed the .srd that they (the board) were in charg. cf the state of Indiana. Mr. Haynes, of the board, desired a trade.and knew no money could be obtained from the legislature for expenses. He thought the Iward had better act as in a personal way, but not to give the ground away, but deraand and get a big price for it. Mr. Caldwell moved a committee of three be appointed, and advertise the ground for sale. A. B. Line moved that the board use their best endeavors to dispose of the land to the best advantage. J. H. Vajen thonght the sale rather improper; the advertisement for the.sale of the ground would depreciate the value. Mr. Taylor moved to lay the motion of Mr. Line on the table, which was defeated. On motion of Mr.- McKeever, the disposition of tbe gnund was left to the board. The question of holding the next state fair was submitted to the board. The discussion of the hog cholera was then taken up, and the disease thoroughly discussed and its remedies recommended. The delegate convention then adjourned. Ttinrsday'M Proceed I ng. The state hoard of agriculture met Thursday morning at 8 :30. . W. II. Ragan, of the special committee on geology, reported that Profes3or Cox appealed from the action of the committee in reducing the salary of the assistants to $1,100 from $1,800, and ceasing to allow $500 for rent ,of apparatus furnished by the professor. A communication was read from Professor Cox asking the renewal of the $500 for the use of the apparatus. On motion, the commuuication was laid on the table. The election of officers for the ensuing year was thea entered upon with the following result: President V. B. ISeward. Vice President II. T. Sample. Secretary Alexander Heron. Treasurer Carles Dickson. Executive Committee It P. Flaynes, Jacob Mutz, W. H. Ragan and William Crim. FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. The board met pursuant to adjournment, President W. J3. Seward in the chair. Mr. Tucker, nieuber of council and park commissioner, spoke in regard to locating the fair by im itation south of the deaf and dumb asylum, and pointed out the advantages olferel in its acceptance. Did not think the city was in condition to make the exchange of the Southern park for the fair grounds. Mr. Ensinger, cnairman of the sheep committee of tbe wool growers, reported suggestions regarding increase on 5remiums, n average increase of $2 to $3. 'he whole i ncrease would be but $50. Further consideration of the matter was postponed until next meeting of the board. Mr. Claypool moved the next meeting of the board be held on the 19th of February. Carried. Mr. Robert Mitchell moved he executive committee be allowed to confer with the council anl make any agreement they thought be?t regarding the sale of the fair grounds. Carried. Mr. Clayrool was then added to the committee. ELECTION OF SUrEBINTESDEXT. The board then proceeded to the election of general tuperintendent Mr. Robert Mitchell moved the salary of the superintendent be placed at $200. Mr. Sutherland moved to amend by adding $50. The vote of the board resulted in the adoption of the original motion placing the salary at $200. The nominations for superintendent were Hi received T. U. Mitchell nominated John B. Sullivan. Mr. Ragan nominated Fred Rauschaupt Mr. Sutherland nominated Mr. Lockhart Mr. Seward nominated Myron Dickson. The vote resulted in the electign of Mr. Lockhart, of DeKalb. SV."I!tE BREEDERS' TETITIOS. The swlce breeders then presented the following resolution: . The swin breeders of Indiana respectfully petition th i state bowrdol agriculture to revise the premiu m list on all classes of hogs, so as to make a clats of two old and over. The resolution was received and spread upon the records. The subject of state associations being represented m delegate convention wa3 continued to the next meeting in February. On mot on Mr. Mutz was unanimously elected tho delegate to the national agricultural congress at Washington, which meets in February.. TBE WOOL GROWERS' REQUEST. The following request from the wool growers was rexrded and accepted : . To the rionorable state Board of Agriculture: We,ii committee appointed by the wool growers' association of ludiana. ask that the first premium on buck or ewe limbs be fixed at Si, and the second premium be 13 in eavh of the diflorent breeds of sheep, and that theBweepstakes be changed as follows on each breed of speep. Best buck, f 10. - ' Best ewt W. Best buck aud five lambs, $10. Best pet of sheep, consisting cf one buck and five ewes, 110. Also that no breouing sheep shall compete in the fat ring. . R. R. Quick, J. O. Forsyth, M. C. Knsinger, Committee. CONCLUDING BUSINESS. The general superintendent was ' ordered

to make a report of and invoice of the fair grounds at the next meeting. Mr. Cnm moved that the salary of the secretary be placed at $1,000. Mr. Mutz moved to amend by placing It at the former salary of $1,200. Mr. Crim moved to furtner amend by including the assistant's salary in the $l,-j00. Mr. Heron spoke briefly, and stated emphatically that he would not do tbe work as heretofore at tbe salary prescribed. The motion of Mr. Crim that the salary of the treasurer be placed at $200 was adopted. On motion of Mr. Simple, the ealary of the board was reduced from $5 per day to$l per day. The bond of Mr. Dickson as treasurer of $50,000, with C. W. Mansur and William Adams, was held over to the next meeting: The board then adjourned, to meet on the l'Jth of February. THE GRE.ENBACKERS.

The State Central Committee of the Independent Greenback Party Calls a State Convention. The Place, This City, and the Date Kay 22 The Basis of Kepresentatlon. IspiASAroLis, Jan. 9. At a xaeeting of the state central committee of the independent greenback party, this day held in the city of Indianapolis, it was ordered that a state convention be held in the city of Indianapolis on Wednesday, the 22d day of May, 1S7S, for the purpose of nominating candidates for state offices, to be voted for at the ensuing October election, and for the transaction of such further business as might properly be brought before Baid convention. All persons in the state who desire to act with the independents, to establish tbe sovereignty of the man over the dollar, and tbe emancipation of the people from the domination of the money power, are cordially invited to participate in the deliberations and action of said convention. The basis of representation was established upon the total vote cast for all candidates for governor In this state in 1876, apportioning one delegate for each 500 votes cast and one for each fraction of 250,' adding thereto one delegate for each 100 votes and one for each fraction of 50 cast for the greenback ticket in 1876. Said apportionment gives to each county the representation as appears by the statement hereto annexed. The committee recommends to the people of each county that they appoint their delegates to this state convention cn or before May 1, 1878, and report the names of such delegates to the chairman. All correspondence to be addressed to the chairman at Indianapolis, Indiana. By oraer of the committee. John L. Miller, Chairman. APPORTIONMENT OF PELEOATES.

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CWXTIKS. A1 ams ............. Allen., Bartholomew. Benton . Blackford....... Boone Browne (a rroll...... Cass.......... Clark... .. h.. C 1 ay ... m .. ..... C'li u ton Crawlord Daviess..., Dearborn l)eeatur.. DeKalb Delaware. 1u1k1s. ...... Klahart-... Fayette....,. ... Floyd Fountain Franklin-...... Fulton...... ., Gibson... . Cirant............ Greene....... Hamilton . Hancock... .. Harrison Hendricks.... Henry........, Howard....... HuntingtonJackson... Jasper..... Jay m. ....... ........ . Jeiferson... ... Jennings-. Johnson. Knox . Ko&ci usko. . Lagrange...... Laporte ........, LawrenceMadison. Marion. .... Marshall.. . Martin .... Miami...... Monroe.... Montgomery, Morgan. Newton - Noble ..- Ohio Orange ..... Oweu.... Parke...... Perry I'ike.. Porter . Posey... Pulaski Putnam... RandolphRipley . Ruh.... bcott Shelby......'.... Spencer. Stark St. Joseph.. Steubeu..... Sullivan-. Switzerland.... Tippecanoe, Tipton. Vauderburg.Vermilion. Vigo Wabash. Warren....-. Warrick Washington .... Wayne rfdi8 ' White. Whitley., The whole country is confronted with the necessity of paying debts in a curr?ncy worth from 25 to 30 per cent, more than tlie value received, and of rating and selling property at a value reduced 60 per cent by reason of the abnormally contracted money resources of the time. The exclusive goli basis and greenbacks are nearly at par with this gold in anticipation of a resumption in gold alone has changed the measure of values in this country in such a way as to affect all classes of property, business and labor. The change is solely in the interest of a comparatively small class of money lenders, whose purpose is to exact more than, is dne them; and to achieve this the very life is to be squeezed out of the land owners, the farmers, the mercantile and laboring classes. This is the situation which will confront congress on its reassembling after the holiday vacation. It admits of no parley or delay, but the whole country demands a prompt readjustment of the old measure of values, silver and gold. Chicago Tribune.