Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1894 — Page 3

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EDNESDAT MORNING, JANUARY 10, 189I--TWELVE PAGES. 3

FINANCES IN A BAD WAY.

YET TUB STATE BOARD THINKS IT CAN PILL TIIHOICH. SAddreaa of Prealdent Odlrer anil the Secretary' Report The Financial Condition of the State Hoard of Ag ricnlturf The forty-second annual meeting of the delegate state board of agriculture tegan Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock President Officer wa3 In the chair. The attendance was fair, but not large, a great many of the members putting oft their arrival until the second day, that being the time set for the election of the members of the state board of agriculture and of officers. Tresident Officer's address dealt with the state fair. He said that its failure financially had been a surprise to him and the other members of the board. They had been well advised, he thought, to hold the fair and the fact that it proved so disastrous could not have well been helped. lie attributes its failure to the prevailing hard times, the world's fair and the G. A. K. encampment. But, he said, the board had survived a much greater loss before and would be able to survive this. In 1S76 the loss was 57 rer cent of the expense, white this year it was but 33 per cnet. He suggested that there should be radical changes made in the rules and classification of the premium list. He advised that a committee be appointed to pnpare such a revision by examining the present methods employed, investigating those of other fair associations and by considering suggestions from exhibitors. Thi3 committee ought to report not later than the middle of March. According to the suggestion a motion was carried and a committee composed cf C. A. Downing of Greenfield. M. S. Claypool cf Muncie and Robert Carrick of Clinton county was appointed. The president appointed W. A. Banks and J. M. Sankey of the board. John Childs and W. W. Morgan from the delegate board and Alexander Olirhant Of Pike county as a committee on credentials. Secretary' Itcport. The report of Secretary Kennedy recommended the establishment of a bureau of agricultural statistics in connection with the state board of agriculture. Other states, the report said, had means of gathering monthly or quarterly statistics from every township and these were compiled and sent out free of charge to any who were interested enouerh to have their names placed upon the mailing list. The report continues as follows: "Before I sha.ll attempt a financial statement of the cffalrs cf the state hoard for the year 1S23, It becomes my duty to take you back to the statements made to the delegate state board If--year. Before doing this, however, I desire to say that the year then closed, 1S-J2, was the busiest year In the history cf the state board. The purchase and equipment of the grounds, a liquidation cf a vast indebtedness and a great variety of duties and labors, doubtless had a tendency to confuse one and cause him to lose sight of some matters that should have been stated at that time. But the statement that I desire to direct your attention to is this: Those that were in attendance last year will remember that it was stated the state board had purchased thirty acres, improved and quipped it for a fair ground, had paid a stated amount on old claims, etc., and that the board still had sufficient funds to purchase the remaining 134 acres, te out of debt and have a comfortable balance in the treasury. It did not take many days to develop the fact that this was an error, and that if the board had paid all outstanding claims and purchased the 134 acres mentioned, they would, have had a debt of approximately $29.000. Then this explains why we are still leasors and prepares you for the statement of the finances of the board for 1593." The total receipts for the year, including the balance on hand from the last report, was Jllf,0'j9.8.". The total expenditures were $118,058.33, leaving a balance in the treasury of J930.32. The statement of the finances of the state fair was as follows; RKCEIPTS. Fifty-cent admissions $ 4,030 30 Twenty-live-cent admissions.... 313 25 Grand stand admissions 1,003 00 Ilailroad admissions 93 50 Inhibitors' admissions s3 00 SSpeoial admissions 2!) 25 Speed entries... 3,831 00 Privileges 1,320 21 Ftall rent i,075 00 Advertising in premium list 194 00 Total receipts $13,170 SI KX PENS ES. Premiums J17.7C5 00 Ixpenses of fair 2.9C7 71 Postage, telegrams and express. 2S0 95 Printing 600 oo Advertising 700 67 522,377 34 UNPAID EXPENSES. Premium list $ 317 50 premiums unpaid... 6S3 50$ 1,007 00 Total $23,5S4 34 UNCOLLECTED CREDITS. Amount uncollected on advertising $ 220 00 Amt. stall rent due.... 142 00 Total $ 2G2 00 Total receipts 13,170 0"3 13,532 81 Loss on fair $ 9,831 53 The property schedule, estimated Jan. 1, 1S94, was as follows: Value of eighty acres and improvements ....$143.000 00 Value of improvements on leased land 10,000 00 Twenty-four bonds of face value.... 12,000 00 Value of furniture, tools and agricultural implements. 2,635 00 Notes taken In settlement for tunnel 500 00 Amount from advertising In list... 220 00 Stall rent not reported 142 00 Balance in treasury 334 33 Interest uncollected 260 00 $171.831 00 Accounts and claims unpaid. 2,193 73 Net property value $169,637 23 The report of the treasurer showed total receipts of $17.907.63 and total expenditures of $44,517.55, leaving a balance of $3,390.10, against which there are outsanding orders amounting to $2,440.23. There In, therefore, a net cash balance of $349.83. Treasurer Wlldman. also has twenty-four Morton-place bonds valued at $12,000. The reports of Superintendent Teed and of the superintendents of the sixteen departments were read. They all recommended some changes In their respective departments. The special committee which investigated the account of ex-Secretary Bagley, failed to make the repoYt. In a report Bagley paid that If the board paid for the additional 210 acres of land It would still have $20,000 left. This the committee found to be a miscalculation. The committee examined the ex-secretary's books and accounts and prepared Its report, but Bagley asked to see It and haa not returned it. There were a number of inistake found which re

quire an explanation from Bagley. Chairman Downing of the committee stated that the errors were all clerical. Afternoon Session. The afternoon session was opened by short addresses by Governor Matthews and Mayor Denny. Prof. II. A. Huston of Purdue university then read a paper on "The Sugar Beet Cultivation) In Indiana." The sugar beet culture, he said, required two sets of conditions: (1) Favorable climatic conditions; it requires a summer temperature of about seventy degrees F. and almost the same rainfall as other Indiana crops. (2) Special cultivation, the essentials of which are deep plowing and close planting. So far as the climatic conditions were concerned he believed that Indiana was as favorably located as Nebraska, where the sugar beet Industry is well established. The past season, ho said, had been most injurious to most Indiana crc-p3 and yet the beet had done well at the experimental station, where nine tons to the acre were produced. This was only eight-tenth of a ton less than the average. The drougth diminishes the size of the beet but increases the per cent, of sugar obtainable. Prof. Huston gave some extensive statistics to show that the industry was already a demonstrated success in the state, large crops being raised in many counties. He anticipates that ere long there will be. established in the state, factories for the manufacture of beet sugar. A paper was also read bv Mrs. V. C. Meredith of Cambridge City on the "Mission of the State Fair." She said she would like to see the woman's departments as a distinct department wiped out. The women were able to compete with men and were doing it successfully, and she was willing that the men be allowed to compete with the women if they so desired. She recommended that some extensive landscape gardening be done at the state fair grounds. The delegate state board of agriculture met Wednesday morning and the report of the credentials committee was received. It showed an attendance at the meeting of fifty-eight delegates. The auditing committee, which Investigated the books and accounts of ex-Secretary Bagley and ex-Treasurer Johnson, reported that they ha-d found the books all right, except that a discrepancy was found in nine ouchers of the secretary. The committee, however, was of the opinion that the mistakes were clerical and would be explained by Bagley. A resolution was introduced by J. N. Davidson and adopted by the convention to the effect that congress be requested to continue the $13.000 appropriation fr.r the maintenance of the Purdue experimental station. The disposition of these minor matters of business brought the convention to the nomination of candidates for election as members of the board of directors. During the morning, bvfore the president call?d the meeting to order, there had been considerable electioneering and wire-pulling, whk-h resulted in a number of persons who were candidates to withdraw from the race. This was done in some cases because it was seen that an election was impossible and in others in cider to concentrate strength for the defeat of another. The following are the nominations by districts: First Robert Mitchell, Princeton, Gibson county. Second J. S. McCoy, Monroe City. Third Warder W. Stevens, Salem; E. S. Getzdanner. Corydon. Fourth J. W. McGraln, John Tillson, W. B. Seward, Franklin. Seventh H. B. Ilowland, W. B. Holton and C. F. Darnell. Marion. Fourteenth C. B. Harris. Ocshn. Fifteenth Aaron Jones and 1). W. Place. South Bend.

Sixteenth R. M. Lockhart, Waterloo; i T t . , T .1 1 T 1 I 1 The morning session clos-d with ti e reading of a papt-r by Mrs. Julia Waugh of Crawfordsvilie on "Farming; Its Sunshine and Shadow," and immediately there was a general session of all the association of the congress of Indiana industrial associations, at which meeting the following resolutions were adopted: "Whereas, It is proposed in the Witson bill now pending In congress to place on the free list twenty-nine of the finished products of the farm which are now protected by equitable duties; and, "Whereas, The same bill gives manymanufacturers 40 per cent, protection; therefore, "Resolved, That we condemn the gross and unjust discrimination against the farming interests manifested in that bill, and we call on our congressmen and senators to oppose the measure." The election occurred at 1:30 o'clock. Robert Mitchell of the First district, James B. McCoy cf the Second, and C. B. Harris of the Fourteenth, having no opposition, the secretary was instructed to cast fifty-eight votts for them, and they were declared unanimously reelected. Ballots were taken for the election of members for the other five districts and resulted as follows: Third W. W. Stevens of North Salem, 40; T. S. Getzendanner of Corydon, 17. Fourth First ballot: J. W. Lagrange of Columbus, 26; John Tillson of Franklin, 19; W. B. Seward of Blomington, 13. Second ballot: Lagrange, 31; Tillson, 24. Seventh W. B. Holton of Indianapolis, 36; H. B. Ilowland of Ilowland, 20; Cal Darnell of Indianapolis, 2. Fiftec nth Aaron Jones of South Bend. 40; D. W. Place of South Bend. IS. Sixteenth James E. McDonald of Ligonler, 35; II. M. Lockhart of Waterloo, 20. This vote elected members as follows: First district. Robert Mitchell; Second, James S. McCoy; Third, W. W. Stevens; Fourth, J. W. Larrange; Seventh, W. B. Holton; Fourteenth. C. B. Harris; Fifteenth, Aaron Jones; Sixteenth, James 12. McDonald. The hold-over members bv districts are as follows: Fifth, V. K. Officer of Madison; Sixth, W. W. Hamilton of Greensburg; Eighth, Charles Downing of Greenfield; Ninth, James M. Sankey of Terre Haute; Tenth. J. N. Davidson of Whitesville; Eleventh. M. S. Claypool of A Healthy Woman Never has the blues. Nor that " don't-care " or " want-to-be-left-alone" feeling. She is always happy. No painful female complaints crush out her life. No ovarian troubles, inflammation or ulceration, no spinal weakness, no fainting, no bloating. She is never melancholy, irritable, excitable, nervous, dizzy, or troubled with sleeplessness and fainting spells. Have you any of the symptoms named ? Beware of the beginning of evil. Lydia E. Pinkhavi sVcgelable Compound is the sure cure of the cause. It may be the uterus or womb; what ever the cause is i Vl 7orrotlk1a Compound expels the disease and stops pain. f- "r. Addrcta in confident-. Ltd i a Z. Pink ham Mid. y , . , Co..Lyv,Mas. S' 'KÄT LydlM E. Pin kh um' I P ss

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An attempt was made to adjourn the meeting until in the evening in order that a more thorough canvas for material to constitute the executive committee might be made, but this motion was voted down and the board proceeded to the election of officers, which resulted as follows: President J. M. Sankey of Terre Haute. Vice-President W. B. Holton of Indianapolis. Secretary Charles F. Kennedy of Indianapolis. Treasurer Edward J. Robinson of Indianapolis. General Superintendent E. II. Feed of Indianapolis. Executive Committee Charles Downing, W. W. Hamilton. M. S. Claypool and W. A. Maze. The president of the hoard is ex-ofticio chairman of the committee. After the organization the board made an examination cf the world's fair exhibits which are now stored in the state house. It was decided that all the grain will have to be destroyed on account of its being infected with vermin. Disposition of the other exhibits will be made ty the executive committee. SUBSERVED TO POLITICS. Dison.vcEFi'K rnoci:i:riGs of tiir PAST FEW HAYS. Repnblionn State Central Committee Furnishes the Ilenolutlona for the Industrial Association. The hand of the republican state central committee has been at work during the meetings of the Indiana industrial associations in this city during this wee:;. Unmistakably the trade mark of ti.e committee is discernible on tho packages containing the swash that has L-en swallowed by a nuir.Vr of the conventions. At several o the meetings resolutions have been adopted condemning the Wilson tariff bill now pending in congress. In every case these resolutions have been introduced by some slick-tongued member and almost before the convention understood the situation they were adopted. The man who introduced the resolutions was invariably cocked and primed for a long protection speech, and he went off with a loud hurrah and was immediately followed by others who were likewise loaded by the republican state central commit tee lor a stampede of the convention. In this way the persons who were ojposed to the resulutions were simply bluffed out and they were carried by default, there never being a vote by over half or one-third of those present on the it-solutions. It is gratifying, under such a state of affairs, to note that in one case at least the farmers had nerve enough to stand firm upjn their convictions. As a rule, there are few among the farmers who are orators and few who would undertake to fight a measure of this kind after tho very best available timber from the ranks of the protection bits of th"ir respective associations had been upon the floor Indorsing the resolutions, Hui when the resolutions, worded differently to suit the association, were presented to the tile, brick and drainage association by J. W. Wooley of Anderson they were soon set down upon with a vigorous negative vote. Mr. Wooley is not a tile or briekmaker and was not a member of the association until yesterday when he paid his membership fee presumably to be able to secure the floor to make this antl-Wil-son-tariff-bill speech. But after he and his friends had had their say and possibly the resolutions would have gone by default as In the other conventions, a man ros-? In the rear of the room, and to the surprise of the convention said he opposed the resolutions. Thi3 waa a decided departure from the custom and his etYrontery completely staggered Mr. Wooley and his co-schemers. But Mr. Cast's reasons for opposing the resolutions completely knocked them out and they never recovered. In the first place Mr. Gast was in favor of allowing congress to pa.ss the Wilson bill because a vast majority of the voters of the United States had chosen the congress for the purpose of passing some such a bill, anl by doing so congress was simply carrying out the will of the people. That, he thought, was sufficient reason, but another was that the proposed changes in the tariff would not have any effect upon the brick and tile Industry, and that It would be foolish and unwarranted for such an association to take official action for or against the bill. This declaration of "where he was at" from Mr. Gast brought others to their feet, and in a few momenta there was but three persons out of the sixtyfive members present who were willing to vote for the adoption of the resolution. This would probably have been the fate of similar resolutions In other associations liad there been some one present to champion the cause of the tariff bill, which seems to be Buch a thorn to the republican state committee. INTEXSE COLD IX HKITAI, Xunierous Cmei of Death on Account of the Weather. LONDON, Jan. 5. The severe cold continues throughout Great Britain. In many places the thermometer registered the lowest point known. While the lowest reported temperature today Is 5 to 10 above, It Involves as much suffering as would a temperature of 20 degrees below zero In the United States. The people are entirely unprepared for such a terrible cold wave, and the result is that the suffering among the poor is Intense. Many cases of death from exposure are already reported. The great value of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarrh Is vouched for by thousands of people whom It has cured.

THE STATE WOOL GROWERS

A SEXSIDLB ADDRESS DELIVERED BV THE I'ltESIUEXT. It I in Marked ControM to the Ritter rArtioan Speech of Ex-Senator J. A. Mount An AdüTes by J. II. Hull of Thil City. The eighth annual convention of the Indiana wool-growers' association assembled Tuesday afternoon in room 13 in the state house and was called to order by President J. F. Tomlinson of Fairland, the other officers present being Vice-President Darnell of Indianapolis, Secretary Robe of Greencastle and Treasurer Thompson of Marion. There were present nearly fifty members, among them being the following: Judge Cowgil, Wabash; Dr. Sims, Indianapolis; Mortimer Levering, Lafayette, secretary National Shropshire breeders association; J. L. Thompson, Marion; S. W. Dungan, Franklin; exSenator Mound, Crawfordsvilie; Sid Conger, Flat Rock; J. H. Peed and Jasper N. Davidson, members of the state board of agriculture; Marion Williams, Muncie; Col. B?eler, Indianapolis; Prof. W. A. Kill. Indianapolis; Marlon Steele, Greenfield; J. F. Tomlinson, Fairland; Cal Darnell. Indianapolis; J. W. Robe, Greencastle; J. L. Thompson, Marion; J. W. Hull. Indianapolis; C. A. Phelps, New Castle; J. F. Higgins. New Maysvllle; the Hon. J. A. Mount. Shannondale; J. M. Harshbarge. Crawfordsvilie; Louis Schneck. Seymour; J. W. Taylor, Yountsville; W. W. White. Franklin, and J. W. W. Sunman, Spades. New members were admitted as follows: W. A. Guthrie, Dupoint; J. H. Binford, Greentield; D. H. Hitchcog, Brjmfield; Robert Tomlinson, Fairland, David Conger, Flat Rock. The President' Addresa. The address of President Tomlinson was interesting and covered a number of questions of interest to the sheep-raisers of the state and country. He said: "Gentlemen Another year has passed and we are again assembled in the interests of sheep husbandry. Whether or not we shall continue to raise sheep is the question. "Perhaps the prices of sheep anl lambs have declined In the principal markets in the last two years, and especially on fine wool. Many sheep-raisers have reduced their herds, and it is my opinion that one-half the farmers in Indiana have sold their flocks. llenc? the question, 'Will sheep-raiMng pay? Let us look into the causes of this condition. Doubtless the uncertain policy of the government in regard to the taritf on wool and the proposed reduction have had something to do with it. There are other more potent causes, however. "I fear that we stake too much on the profit of wool and not enough on the profit of lambs for market. At present foreign competition is one of the causes that threaten to cripple the wool occupation of the herdsmen. Our chief competitor is Australia. The wools of that country are similar to our own, and are used for the better kinds of clothing. The imports of this wool have greatly increased of late and so long as our home product is insufficient for our manufacturers these imports will be required. There are, however, discouraging features in Australia as well as here, and we should not become discouraged. During the past few years wool has declined in Australia S3 1-3 per cent, in value and there is prospect of a further decline of 12 per cent. Moreover the Australian shepherd has to contend with drouths that injure the pastures, floods that destroy the lambs, rabbits that destroy the grass and parasitic diseases that commit disastrous ravages. An I npnrullelcd Drought. "Again we are Just emerging from a drought almost unparalleled. This has had a remarkable effect upon farmers who, seeing the approach of winter and their stock poor, have sold their sheep on account of the scarcity of feed. Again, the country has been suffering from the effects of the closest financial stringency experienced for twenty years. These causes have led to an unloading of sheep and have furnished the markets with an over supply, which has glutted them, and the scarcity of pasture has contributed to make bad markets. "It appears to me that the sheep panic is a false alarm; that some one has cried 'Wolf! wolf!.' when there is no wolf and the shepherds have become frightened. These causes give some room for discouragement, but has not the greatest discouragement arisen from the fact that they have thrown the shepherds into a panic and they, not the causes, have broken down the market? "I beg lave to submit the following suggestions for the encouragement of sheep-raising. This business will rally and the farmers who have sold their herds will want to buy, and those who are now holding their sheep will be soon supplying an advanced market. F.very farmer can afford to keep a small herd of sheep even if prices are low. The consumption of mutton is on the increase in the United States, and is doubling each year. The American farmer should supply this demand. And this thought is emphasized by the further statement of the butchers of the large cities that they are compelled to depend upon Canada, South America, Ireland and Scotland for their b?t mutton. Why cannot America, with all her wealth of feeds, produce thl3 high-priced meat? The farmers are to blame. "Take the average year and what other live stock pays better than sheep? Sheep furnish two profitsthe wool and the lambs; they require very little grain; they are excellent fertilizers; they carry the fertility of the valleys and deposit it on the uplands. Any farmer can afford to keep a small herd of sheep for the sole benefit of killing off the weeds. They are proof against the rigors of our climate and their digestion is far more perfect than that of any other domestic animal. Let them be properly bred, cared for and handled and they will always be a profit, high tariff or low tariff." A Partisan Address. The address was loudly applauded as hHng non-partisan, something that could not be said of several papers that followed especially one by a republican ex-senator, J. A. Blount of Shannondale, who went into the matter from a strictly partisan standpoint and was loud in his denunciation of President Cleveland and the democratic party. His remarks were bitterly opposed at the closw by members of the convention and he was accused of "looking at the subject through colored glasses" a fact plainly evident. "Changing Thases of Sheep Industry" was discussed by J. II. Hull of this city as follows: "There Is an Infinite variety of opinion surrounding the changes now taking place in sheep husbandry, as a result of the present import duty regulation, which is somewhat overwhelming to those directly interested la sheep. An Imposition upon 10,000,000 farmers to force a favor that is not a favor, in which there is no reality upon a class of people who are disgusted with the folly and who never asked for cheaper clothing. Strangling with the stench that comes with every breath from a decaying industry that is sacred to all people and adds wealth to state and nation. "It 1 said that there Is a cause for every effect, so we should ascertain the cause for the constant and fatal changes that impels the good of this worthy enterprise. Let us suppose that profit actuates this continual search for a bigger yielding animal. 'Then we must conclude tjiat this feature of tho sheep Industry li not clearly

understood, for It is not In numbers nor in bigness of a carcass that appeals to the Buffalo or Philadelphia mutton market, nor the judges in the show ring. It is quality of fesh and fleece that calls down the money from the East. Unite rmity of size, well marbled with fat and flesh is the feast for an epicure, and in spite of all your tariff legislation there Is a market for quality. "And the same fact will apply to wool. It is the reliable quality well prepared and established in the market. Once it is known that what you have is the best that can be had, price does not interfere. This theory came from practice and men who are on top are not forever experimenting to produce a new and better type, superior to our royal thorough breeds which represent the skill and years of intense anxiety of the founders of failure and success. One year the means employed proved judicious and answered the highest anticipation, the next year perhaps sreat disappointment and almost discouragement, but pluck and determination finally overcame and the world pronounced the new breed a great success. It is done by first fixing in the mind a type and breeding to it regardless of expense, until one ram is like another and no matter upon what they are crossed they leave an individual impress. "Such discrimination in breeding for wool or mutton would soon revolutionize our markets, encourage consumption and the mutton industry would not be forever howling with her sore toe. "The breeder who has nerve and continuity enough to keep up the English reputation of any popular breed is the winner in the end. I assert that the proclivity of our American flock-master to run the gamut from wrinkles and horns to snuffles and legs is the greatest impediment the sheep industry has ever known. ChaneinK Phases. "The changing phases of sheep industry are distasteful and more should be said to prevent the changes than how to perform them successfully. There is a demand for every breed and a breed for every demand. I would urge a close adherence to one breed cultivated to its highest perfection. Though the present may be unpromising, time is a critic that meets our equity, and if we must wait it can't be long until the right will kill the wrong and the pure blood will have the victory." Tapers on the technical subjects of selecting a lamb to head the flock, breeding and feeding for mutton and scab in sheep were read, and the convention adjourned until today, when officers will be elected and an adjournment taken. Upon motion the following resolution was read and adopted: "Resolved, That we extend an invitation to all thosa attending the industrial associations cf Indiana to meet together Wednesday morning at 10:C0 o'clock in room 12, state house, to discuss the effect that the proposed tariff legislation would have on our industries. "Resolved. That a committee of two be appointed to present a copy of these resolutions to each organization now in session." The Indiana wool growers association ended Its work Wednesday morning and adjourned. By in Kation the woolen goods manufacturers, in session in another room, held a joint meeting with tho wool growers. A number of addresses were made. C. B Stevenson of South Bend opposed tr . proposed reduction in the tariff on wool, while C. B. Ilowland argued that free wool would do away with the sheep and wool industry- A number of speeches were made strongly contradicting this position and some able arguments were adduced ill support. C. F. Darnell stated that in lSfi2 there had been 62.000 sheep sold at the Indianapolis stockyards, while in 193 there had been over S5.000. The following resolutions were written, proposed and warmly supported by a small coterie of republican politicians and railroaded through with considerable opposition, however: "Whereas, A tariff bill has been introduced in congress known as the Wilson bill, which grossly discriminates against the farming interests by placing on the free list twenty-nine of the finished products of the farm, which are now protected by fair and equitable duties, and also making a large reduction in the duties now properly assessed on twenty-one other finished products of the farm, therefore be it "Resolved, That we denounce said Wilsen bill as unjust, unwise and uncalled for, and we invite farmers everywhere, from Maine to California, to join us in denouncing the Wilson bill, and, regardless of frrmer party afliliations, to join us in pledging ourselves to vote against any man who shall vote for or favor the Wilson bill or any similar bill." The following officers were elected: President J. F. Tomlinson, Fairland. Vice-President C. F. Darnell, Indianapolis. Secretary J. W. Robe, Greencastle. Treasurer J. L. Thompson, Marion.

SWIXE RnCEDEUS. Valuable Papers Discussed and Officers Elected. The seventaenth annual convention of the Indiana swine-breeders' association was held Thursday in connection with tho congress of industrial associations. It opened at 9 o'clock in the morning with about seventy-five cf Indiana's most intelligent and most successful farmers present. The time when the farmer knew nothing but to plant corn and wheat jear after year has passed and now the intelligent farmer carries on a variety of industries. If one crop is a failure he still has others to brini? in a profit at the end of the year. So also does the farmer calculate ahead and, like the successful merchant, makes his plans for the future. Changes In the foreign relation of the United States led the more advanced to see that hogs would prove a profitable Investment, and as a result of Indiana's intelligence the year of 1S93 has not been so disastrous to the farmers as in some of the neighboring states. Notwithstanding the short crops the farmer is not a serious sufferer if he took advantage of the opportunity there was open to him in the production of pork. Called to Order. The president of the association, Joseph Cunningham of Loree, a breeder of Poland China hogs, called the meeting to order and delivered a short address. W. P. Burkit of Waldron discussed the "Obstacles to Be Overcome by Beginners." One of the principal obstacles, he thought, was ignorance. Others were errors of judgment in feeding. "What Advancement Has the Chester White Hog Made in the Last Five Years?" was the subject of an address by B. W. Harvey of Bloomlngdale. He said that inbreeding and careful feeding had developed this hogr Into a prolific and an economical farm product. This concluded the morning session. In the afternoon J. M. Miller of Upland read a paper on the "Clover Crop in Relation to Farm and Swine Raising." "Unless," said he, "proper care is given the voung porkers, with a little extra feeding conslstant with that most needed, they may not obtain as great weight et the same age as those confined in 'dry lots' and fed on an exclusive slop or grain diet, but they will be healthier by it, and it will not cost nearly so much to raise them. Two pounds per head for each day during the months of May and June can readily be obtained on clover alone, after the first few days of gradually reducing the feed, as the clover attains more growth and sustenance. But all hogs intended for market should be sold when clover begins to ripen, as the average gain will be less day by day unless other food is subsituted." Mr. Miller gava com valuable

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statistics in the swine industry in the United States. The great bulk of the pork produced comes from the corn and clover producing belt. In 1831, he said, there were 52.C&S,019 hogs in the United States, valued at 5241,031,415. Of the total number over thirty-two million were in the states of Iowa, Illinois. Missouri, Kansas, Ohio. Nebraska, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Care of Plcra. "The Care of Young Pigs," was tho subject of a paper by I. J. Smith of Windsor. Col. Barnett of Logari5port read a paper on the advisability of raising two litters from a sow in one year. The value of full litters was made the theme of a discourse by H. O. Boyd of Rushviile. At this point it was evident that thbusiness of the association could not bo finished during the afternoon, and upon motion it was decided to hold it night session. The remaining subjects i"or discussion were, therefore, postioned until last night. The number of hogs required to constitute a herd for exhibition at fairs was discussed informally, and by request the president appointed a commute to draw up some recommendations r sugcresttrms to fair cssociatlons on the subject. Three, instead of four sows, it was thought were enough for a herd. A committee was also appointed to draft memorials on deceased members. Th Swlne-breeders' association elected the following ofHcc-rs :-.t Friday's session : President Thomas M. Mints cf Mohawk. Vice-President Jame3 Riley of Thorntown. Secretary Cott Barnett of Logansport. Treasurer B. W. Harvey of Bloomington. Executive Committee I. J. Smith of Windsor. R. S. Bratten of New Ross and R. H. Berry of Rushvill?. The committee to which was referred the matter of revising the premium list and rules governing the swine department reported, suggesting that the rules governing hc-rds be mad as follows: 1 Age herds shall consist of one boar and three sows over one year old, to be c".ed by the exhibitor. '. Young herds shall consist of one boar and three sows under one year old, to be owned by the exhiMtnr. Resolutions were passed deploring tho dath of T. M. Reveal and J. II. Belvit, Who were members of the association. The only subject discussed during the evening was the raising of pigs. It was led by S. M. Shepherd of Indianapolis. Mr. Shepherd is as successful as a swine breeder as he is as a lawyer and his views were considered as of much value by the association. A number of recommendations were made to the fair associations concerning the classifications of cxhihis. Tho association adjourned to meet next January in connection with the congress of industrial associations'. SIIOHT-HOIIX imEEDERS. The Annnnl Convention Meets and Elects Oüicer. The twenty-second annual convention of the Indiana short-hern breeders' association began in room 11 of the stat house Tuesday and concluded Wednesday. President J. M. Sankey cf Terre Haute called the convention to order and delivered hi annual address. A paper by James D. Williams of Bond Creek Mills, entitled "Our Interests at Fairs," brought out a spirited argument Mr. Williams did not believe it justice that the prizes offered in the speed department should be so much greater than in the cattle department. Why, he askd, should a purse of 51,000 be offered for a trotting race and JS0 for the best specimen of Jersey stxk. Ho argued that the expense of raising the latter waa the greater. He also advocated that the state association offer additional premiums to any Indiana exhibitors who win prizes at the annual stock show at Chicago. N. A. McDonald of TNest Lebanon favored th large purses to trotting horses. The speed department makes the fair a success and comes nearer being self-supporting or profitable than any other department. Last year, he said, the state fair received from entries J6.ÜÜI) and from the grand stand ?,000 and, although there was a loss in all departments this department came the nearest to paying for itself. The session closed with the reading and discussion cf Philip F. Nye's paper on "What Constitutes a Model Shorthorn Dairy Cow." Today's program is as follows: "What Our Favorites Did at the World's Fair," Mrs. V. C. Meredith, Cambridge City, Ind. "How Can the Press Best Serve th? Short-horn Breeders?" George G. Hill, editor American Farmer (Chicago). "Have the Breeders of Indiana Made Any Advancement in the Last Twenty Years? Also in the Last Ten Years?" Governor Claude C. Matthews. "Lessons from the Cattle Show at the Columbian Exposition," Alvin H. Sanders, editor of Breeders' Gazette (Chicago). The Indiana short-horn breeders' association finished up the business of its convention Wednesday morning by the election of the following officers: President Thomas A. Colton of Manilla. Vice-President James D. Williams of Tond Creek Mills. Secretary and Treasurer VT. S. Robbins of Horace. During the session Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith of Cambridge City talked of "What Our Favorites Did at the World's Fair." The short-horn cattle, she sail, were the most successful of all at the fair and the Indiana display was perhaps the best ever exhibited. She thought this nnd other signs were evidence that the short-horn was re-establishing Itself and asserting its supremacy over ether breeds of cattle. Other papers were read according to the printed program and discussions wera had which proved interesting and profitable to members of the association. Card of Thanks. I hereby desire to extend to all of my friends thanks for the many kindnesses extended to me during my past l.lness of over three months from rheumatism, and I especially desire to tell them that but for Sulphur Litters I should have been suffering still. May you never suffer what I have Is the wish of your friend. 13. II. TAYLEUR.

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