The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 13, 1891, Page 10

Se tee SUMMARY. ea or SPRING 5 62 (<2 . PLlowine. & 25 | 35 : oz Bg -@ 25 > oe :g 3 101, 101 100 104108100 1 HR we 9 (100 103100101 EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN. Levi Chubbuck, Secretary State Board of Agriculture: Complying with your request I submit the following summary from Bulletin No. 14 of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, giving the results of the past two years’ work with corn. The different methods of cultivating corn have been thoroughly tested and a condensed statement of the results is given in the following tables : DEEP AND SHALLOW CULTURE COMPARED. Bushels per acre. KIND OF CULTIVATION. 1889. 1890. Aver. Deep Cultivation—Average of 2 Plats .............-.+.- 65.8 41.2 Shallow Cultivation—Average of 2 Plats .. 80.1 13.8 14.38 | 12.6 Increase from Shallow—Bushels per acre . . nee ae Per cent. of Increase with Shallow 5 Rog teseae os acca nee? 25.2 Confirmatory of the above results I give the summary of a similar experi- ment made by the Illinois Experiment Station. - DEEP AND SHALLOW CULTURE COMPARED--ILLINOIS. Bushels Com. per acre. KIND OF CULTIVATION 1888. 1889. 1890. Aver. Shallow—Average of 3 Plats. 94.2 83.1 68.1 81.8 Deep—Average of 3 Plats. .. 84.9 74.1 63.2 74.1 Increase with Shallow—Bushels pe 9.3 9. 4.9 oe Per cent. Increase with Shallow 11- 12.1 | 7.8 !' 10.8 Shallow level culture protects the soil moisture better than any other system used. A weekly analysis of the soil of the different plats shows as an average for the season that the soil of the shallow tilled plats contained 11.6 per cent. more moisture than the plats having deep tillage. A trial of the effect of frequency or number of times of cultivation did not show any benefit in any case from tilling more than was necessary to kill the weeds and keep a thin layer of loose soil on the surface. The results of all experiments on this subject point to this conclusion. Many other practical experiments with corn, including distance, thickness and depth of planting corn, different methods of preparing land for planting, subsoiling, tile draining, etc., are reported in the bulletin above named. Any farmer interested in the work may secure a copy free of charge by sending his address to the director of experiment station at this place. H. J. WATERS, Columbia, Mo. Assistant Agriculturist. THE NEW STATE VETERINARY SERVICE LAW. The following are the sections as amended by the Thirty-sixth General Assembly providing for the transfer of the State veterinary service from the control of the board of curators of the State University to that of the Board of Agriculture : Section 8775. The State Board of Agriculture of the State of Missouri shall appoint a veterinary surgeon, to aid and assist in developing and protecting the live-stock interests of the State of Missouri. Said veterinary surgeon shall be a graduate of some reputable and recognized veterinary college or school, and shall give to the said Board of Agriculture, before his appointment, good evidence of a recognized, practical and scientific knowl- edge of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, and shall hold his office for a term of four years, or until removed by said Board of Agriculture, » for cause as hereinafter provided. Sec. 8776. Said veterinary surgeon shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duty, file with said Board of Agriculture his oath of office, with a satisfactory and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty, and for security for the public funds that he may in any way dispose of or draw upon. Said veterinary surgeon shall have his office with, or near, the office of the State Board of Agriculture, shall act only as an expert, and he shall, when practicable, devote all the time possible to the investi- gation of the nature of, causes of, and remedies for, the diseases of domestic animals, and he may at any time, if he deems best and useful, cause scien- tific, practical investigations to be made, and shall teach the knowledge thus obtained from such investigation of the nature and causes of diseases, and the results of such scientific, practical investigation, to the students of the Agricultural College. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall assume charge of all clerical work pertaining to the veterinary service. Seo. 8777. Said veterinary surgeon shall be under the control of the State Board of Agriculture, who may remove him whenever, in their judgment, the good of the veterinary service of the State may demand it. Sec. 8778. It shall be lawful for any ten freeholders, residents of this State, to go before any clerk of a court of record, or justice of the peace, and demand the presence and services of said veterinary surgeon in the following manner : Strate or Missouri, County of . Las To the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo. We, the undersigned citizens, freeholders of the county of. , believe that there exists in this locality a dangerous, infectious disease among ( here name the kind of stock, the name in full of the party owning the same, or in charge thereof, the part of the county in which it is situated, together with the nearest railroad station and postoffice address, and full directions as to the best and most expeditious way for the veterinary surgeon to reach said stock ); therefore we request the presence of the State veterinary surgeon. [sEar]. ———__[sEa ]. Which petition may be certified to in the following manner : Srate oF Missouri, County of : ; #5 Thereby certify that the above-named petitioners are known to me to be reputable citizens of this county. ( Signed by the clerk of said court, or justice of the peace, and attested by his official signature, giving day of the month and the year.) Sec. 8779. Such petition may be forwarded by mail, or otherwise, as said petitioners may elect, to the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture ( wherever his office may be located ), who shall cause a thorough investi- gation to be made by, or under the direction of, the State Veterinarian, as the latter officer may deem best. Sec. 8781. If, upon investigation, said veterinary surgeon shall be satisfied that said live stock is suffering from or infected or capable of infecting with or causing what is known as glanders, farcy, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, Texas fever, foot and mouth disease, rinderpest or any | each and every day actually and necessarily employed under this law, pay- other dangerous disease of a contagious, infectious or spreading character, able, also, | y aid Board of Agriculture out of appropriation for the veter- against which he may think best to quarantine, he shall thereupon make | inary service, Said State veterinary surgeon shall render account to said out, in writing, a notice, deliver it to the owner or person or persons in | Board of Agriculture for the number of miles traveled by himself, deputies charge of said stock, setting forth the number and kind of stock so dis- | or inspectors, the help employed, and the cost thereof, and all the inci- service, quarterly or oftener, as the Board may direct. The deputy veter- inary surgeons shall receive seven dollars per diem and traveling expenses and incidental expenses necessary in the performance of their duties for ss 3 a as eased, with the nature and character of the disease, with a peremptory | dental ex} } accounts si | provided by 1 order that said live stock shall not be moved from the locality where found, or where placed by his (the veterinary surgeon’s ) order, until the arrival of the sheriff, as hereinafter provided. He shall also immediately notify the county court or a court of criminal correction or other court ith sim- ilar power, if the cases be in a city where no county court exists, or two | judges thereof in vacation, of the county in which said diseased stock may | be found, setting forth in writing the number and kind of stock affected or infected, and the character and type of the disease, with the name of the person or persons in charge of said stock ; said court, or two judges thereof in vacation, shall thereupon issué an order, in writing, commanding the | sheriff to act at once, proceed to the locality where the diseased stock may | be and compel the owner or other person in whose possession such diseased i stock may be found to immediately quarantine the same by placing it in| pens, barns or sheds, completely separated from any other susceptible stock not so diseased or infected, until such diseased stock shall be disinfected or | completely recover or shall have been killed or disposed of as hereinafter | provided ; and the pens or sheds containing the diseased stock shall be sur- rounded with a good and sufficient fence to prevent any other stock from approaching nearer than one hundred feet to the barn or pen containing | such d sed stock, unless said veterinary surgeon is satisfied that it is | impracticable to quarantine as herein set forth ; then he shall prescribe, in | writing, such other rules and regulations as he may deem best, and shall | forward to the judges of the court aforesaid, or a legally substituted court | thereof, a notice of the change in the manner of quarantine, together with a copy of the rules substituted therefor, which substituted rules shall, by the judge aforesaid, be delivered to the sheriff for his guidance and direc- tion in the enforcement of this law ; said veterinary surgeon may, in his discretion, order owner or owners or person or persons in charge to bury or ( burn carcasses of dead animals, and such person thereupon shall execute such order as prescribed. Sec. It shall be lawful for any citizen of this State who shall | own animals affected with either glanders and farcy, maladie du coit ( or | horse syphilis ), contagious pleuro-pneumonia or rinderpest, and who shall | have the same in quarantine under this article on account of either of said | diseases, to appear before the county court, or a court of criminal correction or other court, as specified in section 8781, having jurisdiction in the local- | ity in which said disease shall exist, and to present evidence why said | diseased stock should be slaughtered and compensation granted, as herein- after provided. Sec. 8783. Whenever a county court ora court of criminal correction, or other court mentioned in section 8781, in session, shall find from the evidence presented by any citizen of this State, as provided for in section 8782 of this article, that said citizen is the proprietor of any animal affected | with glanders, or maladie du coit, or contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or rinderpest, and that said animal is in quarantine under this article, and that said animal became so diseased accidentallty and not through any inhumane or gross and wilful neglect or scheming on the part of said proprietor ; that said diseased stock was not already diseased when it came in possession of said proprietor ; that said diseased stock did not come already affected with said disease from another state or from any territory, or from any other country ; that said diseased stock had not been exposed outside of Missouri, three months prior to its importation in this State, to any of the said contagious or infectious diseases, it shall be the duty of the said court to appoint three disinterested parties, who shall be stock-owners, to go and appraise said diseased and quarantined stock. Said appraisers, bringing with them the sheriff, shall at once proceed to the locality where said quarantined stock shall be, and there make the appraisement, taking into consideration the condition of said stock, also the disease with which it is affected, in determining its value, and immediately report the same, in writing, to the said court : Provided, that, in cases of glanders reported to the court by the State Veterinarian as acute, the appraisement shall not exceed five dollars each ; that, in cases of glanders reported by said veteri- narian as sub-acute, the appraisement shall not exceed twenty-five dollars for each animal ; that, in cases of glanders reported by the same officers as chronic, the appraisement shall not exceed fifty dollars for any case; that the appraisement of any stock, for any disease, for which indemnity may be paid under this section, shall not exeeed fifty dollars for each animal, Said sheriff shall, after appraisement, kill said stock and order the same burned or buried by the proprietor, and he shall embody a description of the same | animals with the report of the appraiser to the said court. Said court, upon receipt of such appraisement, shall report the same to the Governor, and the Governor shall endorse thereon his order to the State Auditor for payment of the same ; thereupon the State Auditor shall issue his warrant for the same on the State Treasurer. But said court shall refuse to grant appraisers any compensation when it shall be made clear to the judges thereof that said proprietor’s claim is not within the limits of this section | as afore prescribed, or not made within the provisions of this article. Sec. 8790. Said veterinary surgeon shall report to the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture in writing, at least once in every three months, setting forth the locality or localities visited, as provided in the preceding sections, the kind of stock treated, the type and character of the diseases, | the remedies prescribed and the results, as far as known, in such treatment. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall, from time to time, | as often as may be required, select from said reports and publish in a concise | form such information as he may think valuable to the people of Missouri. | This information may be published in connection with the reports relating to agriculture, or in separate bulletins. | Src. 8791. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the State Board | of Agriculture to collate and compile, briefly and concisely, the useful and | interesting information derived from the veterinary sanitary service, as | provided for in this article, and report to the general assembly within ten | days of the date of the meeting thereof, together with such suggestions | as may be beneficial to the agricultural interests of the State. i j mes 782. Sy Src. 8793. Whenever the State’s veterinary surgeon shall find it | impossible to perform alone, in an effective manner, the duty imposed by | this article, he shall appoint, as may be needed, one or more deputy State | veterinary surgeons, who shall be competent veterinarians, graduated from | some reputable veterinary school or college. Such deputy veterinary sur- geon shall have, when on duty, the same power and same protection as now \ provided in this article for the said State veterinary surgeon and shall work | under his direction and instructions. Such appointments shall be subject | to the approval of the Board of Agriculture. Said State veterinary surgeon | may also employ non-professional men and special experts as agents or | inspectors whenever such a means shall become absolutely necessary to | carry out this law properly, or enforce the regulations of quarantine as pos- | sible in cases of emergency provided against by sections 8785 and 8786 of this article. | Sec. 8794. The State veterinary surgeon shall receive for his services | the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and also his necessary | traveling and incidental expenses in the discharge of his professional duties, payable out of funds provided for the maintenance of the veterinary | ‘an emergen y within the meaning of the constitution ; therefore, this act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Hermann ...... . Ww. Kansas City (2) e Keokuk, Iowa.. ---/F. Z. G wisch, LaMonte (2)... ... W. D. Wade. Mangdon ss. 5 :- 5.05 2B ic actienes|eons --.- Mrs. Ida B. Joslyn. 3 Lebanon . 8 26 380 4 ..M._W. Serl. 4 Liberty ..... 3 26.200 «+5 J. R.Eaton. % Mine Motte. . 48t | 3027) 455 .... J. D. Sanders, Z New Haven... 486 18 30 4 ---/Max Eimbeck. Oak Ridge. .. 488 19 35) 4 - H, Bruihl. : Oregon (1)... #8629 21) 3 Wm. Kaucher. Oregon (2) .. #2 (25 22] 32 -» |S. M. Ruley. 4 Pickering .... Ree PS a ee ....M. B. W. Harman. : Platte River 8) 39 Bk BE LW. A. McDowell. i Princeton ...... . .., 83 29°24 4 i .. Wm. Hirons. e St. Louis (1)...-....4 82; 21,27 48 --. W. H. Hammon. St. Louis (2)..0.....) 81/21 28 4 .+. F. W. Duenckel. Sarcoxie ... 840-250-220 ---.C. B. Armstrong. Sedalia .... 2912) 5b -.-. Chas. G. Taylor. Springfield _.. 2626 0 4 ... T.S. Collins. Wither’s Mill... . 18 27 3 .- Jd. R. Dudley \ a ————— | State..... a r WIND MOVEMENT IN MILES. Total. Averg Prev’g Extreme Direct. Date. * STATIONS. hourly. direc. velocity. | ‘ Cairo, i. 2-4... 28 .---, 6678 9.3 w 42 i; WwW i: 80 } Columbia. ..... - . | 5995 $.3 E 30 swf ; Kansas City...... : Keokuk, Iowa...... 5428 7.5 NW 30 E s 4 Leavenworth, Kan. H 2 St. Louis...... z 901 «12.5 SW 40 | SW) at i Springfield . 6635 9.2 SE 48 SW 6 % sere See 3 i PRESSURE IN INCHES. : States, Highest, Date. | Lowest. Date. Means. _ aoe eae eS aM AN oR rea ty REN Ne & Cairo, Ill. ...-. 4 | 29.770 1 20.046 Carrollton 4 | 28.89 8 29.163 Columbia. 4 | 29.738 13 29.973 Fayette...----.--.. el... 4 29.20 9 Glasgow... 4 {29.679' 9 29.992 Kansas City } Keokuk, Iowa 7) 90.350; 4 29.730 9 20.008 Kidder (2) ... f Leavenworth, St. Charles (2 | is 1.) 30.338! 4 129.783! 1 | 80.09% Springfield . - 3.287; 4 | 29.6938) 1 29.988 ¢ Warrenton 30.380 4 29.720 13 30.012 State.. ise8 Incurred in working under this law; said account or Il be audited, and, if found correct, shall be allowed as now Ww. Then Y existing for the immediate operation of this act creates METEOROLOGICAL REPORT Missouri State Board of Agriculture. i (Cooperating with the U.S. Signal Service.) 3 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 16th; Grand Pass .45 inch in 5 minutes on Eight Mile 2.75 on 8th and 9th ; Harrisonville 2.60 on 8th and 9th. SOLAR HALOS, Cairo 30th ; Fayette 7th, 18th, 21st, 29th; Glas- gow 17th; Oregon 4th; Platte River 4th, 17th, 29th, 30th. LUNAR HALOS, Cairo 14th ; Columbia 16th ; Fayette 16th, 17th, 21st; Glasgow 16th, 21st; Oregon Ist, 12th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 21st; Platte River 17th, 18th. TORNADO. Carrollton 16th. AURORA. Oregon 26th. FROSTS. Light frosts were general up to the 7th. THUNDERSTORMS. Columbia 8th, 9th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 2ist, 22d, 29th; Congeption 13th, 16th, 21st ; Cairo 2d, 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 22d ; Carrollton 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 21st ; Fayette 8th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st ; Eight Mile Sth, 16th ; Fox Creek 9th, Pa 16th, 20th ; Glasgow 8th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21st; Grand Pass Sth, 13th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th ; Kansas City 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th; | Keokuk 8th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 30th ; Liberty 8th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 19th ; Mine La Motte 9th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 22d, 30th ; New Haven 8th, 21st ; Oregon 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 29th, 30th; Picker- ing 13th, 16th,29th ; Platte River 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 29th ; Sarcoxie 13th, 14th, 17th ; Sedalia Sth, 9th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st. HAIL. Appleton City 8th, 9th; Columbia 9th, 16th, 17th; Eight Mile 8th, 16th; Fayette 8th, 9th, 16th; Glasgow 3d; Grand Pass 16th; Kansas City 13th, 16th ; Liberty 8th ; Pickering 16th ; Platte River 13th, 16th ; Sedalia 8th, 9th, 16th ; Wither’s Mill 16th. naa 7 me | 8 4 PRECIPI-; | | TEMPERATURE. | ration. | | | iB| | & a isl STATION, E 2 B g =| OBSERVER. } Peles Ryd B | Seat 4 Benet Appleton City... .. .| 83 | 26 | 26 | | 9 )....)L. Theilmann. Arlington .. 4 | 8 .....Chas. Hutchison, Cairo, Ill... 4 4 ..../E. J. Glass, California .. 4 5 |..../R. Q. Roache. Carrollton. .... 4 ) 10 |....'Pettit & Welch. Columbia 5 | 12) 74 jA. L. McRae. 3 Conceptio: 8 it 4/..../Fr. Paul, 0. 8. B. 3 Dadaviinl 4 ) 8 ....| Wick Morgan. Fe Eight Mile. 4 7 (L111. H. Sharp, : Eldon... . 3 9)... Newton. t Fayette 5 8 ..../T. B, Smith. Fox Creek 5 6 |..... Wm. Muir. ; Glasgow ... 7 5 8 | 70 \C. W. Pritchett. Gordonville ees 45 9|....L. M. Bean. Grand Pass ....;..... 35 8 ..../E. R. Graham. Harrisonville .. 4 4}. 3 4 4i. ooees ; ' { { LEVI CHUBBUCK, Secretary ® z A. L. MCRAE, Observer signal Service. ‘ Hi