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VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 13, 1909. NO. 10 Assessment For Statistical Reports. The assessor has always been looked upon with great disfavor, ond his approach has almost universally been the signal for the welling up of a fountain of resentment and antagonism in the breas'. of the farmer, who, having just passed through the long, hard winter, during which the fruits of the past year's ceaseless labor have perhaps been exhausted, cannot see the justice in his being required to give to the assessor information which, he thinks, can do himself no good, but, on the contrary will make it possible for the taxes against his property to be increased, and worse, will give the speculators an opportunity to still further satisfy their greed at the expense of his toil and hardship. He hesitates to give true conditions, and the half hour's visit of the assessor is anything but pleasant, either to the assessor or to himself. The farmer who is not suspicious of the results of information which he may give, will answer all the assessor's inquiries as carefully and accurately as possible; but as the part of the information relating to agriculture has dealt with what may develop in the future, even the farmer who would, cannot give a report which can be relied upon as being correct. For example: When he makes his report in March, he may guessi that in April or May he may plant a certain number of acres of corn, oats, etc., and later that he may harvest the same number of acres; but his plans may not be car ried out. He may, before planting time, change his mind as to the number of acres he will put in the various) crops; cr, if he carries out his) first intentions as to acreage, some condition may arise before harvest time which will greatly change the expected result; as, for example, frost, the fly, extreme wet or ex- tieme dry weather may affect his wheal crop, and cause him to plow up a part or all of his wheat and put it in corn or some other crop. Any artificial report based upon what may happen at some time in the future can at best be treated as only a guess, and is not as reliable as a report which deals with what has actually been planted and harvested. An effort is being made by J. L. Peetz, state statistician, to arrange this work in such a way as to get statistical reports upon agriculture which will be absolutely correct and reliable. He has made a complete revision of the agricultural schedule, and when the assessor visits the farmer this spring to secure information for the statistical report, he will not ask how much the farmer expects to produce during the current year, but will ask how much was produced last year. The farmer wil! have no difficulty in answering these questions, because his crops will all have been harvested and he will know exactly what he raised and what is was worth: snid he will need have no hesitancy in giving a true report, because his wheat, corn, oats, hay, etc., have, in most cases, been sold, and there is absolutely no op- rortunity for the speculator to gain anything from information he may give. Moreover the report of property fo.- statistical purposes is based upon values on January 1, while the report for taxation is based upsm values existing March I. thus making it impossible to in anyway check or to compare the information given for the two reports. In his report, Mr. Peetz is also taking up the question of forests, drainage, and dyking, which should be of peculiar fol ate reports with reference to his business tical work when he learns that the information published will he reliable. The farmer is just as much entitled to accur- Circular Barn on Farm of R. B. Huston, Switzerland County. sSO-Foot Circular Barn Under Construction, ssu Farm of G. A. Charles, Orange Ci tcrest to the farmers. The forest problem is becoming a serious one throughout the country so much so that President Roosevelt, about a year ngo, decided upon the necessity of appointing a com- mission, which is now known as tin- National Conservation Commissiisn, for the . purpose of devising ways and means for . the preservation of the forests of the country, and also for the redemption of . waste lands. Mr. Peetz has also taken up the question of improved roads. The farmer who understands these changes and understands the purpose of i the report, will be glad to have his in- j formation ready in a correct form, and, | as a loyal Hoosier, will be anxious to help make the best showing which is possible and consistent with true conilitions. He will take lie re interest in the slat's- j as is the manufacturer or any other business man. There is no better place for the farmer's boys and girls to learn practical bookkeeping than in assisting their parents in keeping a strict account of all th.' business1 transacted. The system whicli has heen adopted by Mr. Peetz will have a tendency to create an interest upon the part of the farmer to the extent that in a few years he will keep as stris-t an account of his receipts and expen u tures as does the business man. Trustees and School Books. Eillti.rs Insliana Farmer: I noticed nn article from George G. King in the Indiana Fanner this week in regard lo Ihe law having been changed so thai Trustees no longer handle school books. Mr. King is mistaken on this subject; trustees are compelled to keep schsssil books the same now as they wi.e four years ago. Mr. King also says that we pay the trustees and superintendents for their work. In another place he says the township is out nothing; this is where he got it right. The facts of the case are that the trustee must go to the superintendent every fall aud get a spring wagon load of school 1 ooks, haul them home, aud keep them in a good place so that they will not get flaimaged. And when some one telephones in for him to send a book or two by some neighbor or send it to the school house by "lie of the children, and then informs him ihat he will settle with him when he sees him, the trustee has got to do it. If the man (or woman) has a good memory and does not forget it, thia is all right, but if he forgets it, the trustee must dig down in his pocket and shell ont the cash. If he fails to make good his bondsman will get into trouble. And then every three nionths he must make a double report, one to keep in the office and one for the County Superintendent. All this you must do for your health if you are a trustee. You are not allowed one cent from the township or the Sehool book company for your trouble, either. I am making no kick. I am only giving the facts in the case, I think it a good law law and ought not be repealed. A Township Servant. Shelby Co. What the Soil Needs. Ksiltors Indiana Farmer: A farmer does not need to have a scientific education to understand the needs of the soil. About the only elements that can be lacking are phosphorus, nitrogen and potash. Phosphorus is the element thnt brings plants to maturity and forms the seed. It makes the ears of corn and heads of wheat fill with 1 lump, ripe grain. Nitrogen gives color to the plaut and promotes rapid growth. When the plant grows rank and dark green, and keeps on growing but doesn't mature and fill, it lacks phospihoms. Soft straw or stalk denotes a deficiency in potash. This form of plant food should be used where straw or stalk lacks gloss and stiffness. Generally clay soils contain sufficient potash, hut are nearly aiwaya short on phosphorus and nitrogen. Black soils, on the other hand, are often lacking in potash and phosphorus, but contain large supplies of nitrogen. Sandy soils are frequently short on all three elements. E. D. K. Lightning Strikes Beech Trees. Editors Indiana Farmer: In your issue of January 30, a correspondent is writing of the protection from lightning. I differ with him in the statement that lightning don't strike beech trees. In July, 1907 I had 1.1 sheep killed under a beechtree by lightning. No other tree was close to it. and the limbs didn't touch anything. I have heard of Other case, sif lightning striking beech tiees. My advice would be don't shelter under a beech tree for safety in a thunder storm. I.. O. Tomey. Monroe Co. —We nre sorry to learn that even the beech is not immune from lightning; we hnd always supposed that one was safe in a thunder storm, under a beech tree. I "as any other reader known of a case like that told bv Mr. Tomey?
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1909, v. 64, no. 10 (Mar. 13) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6410 |
Date of Original | 1909 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 13, 1909. NO. 10 Assessment For Statistical Reports. The assessor has always been looked upon with great disfavor, ond his approach has almost universally been the signal for the welling up of a fountain of resentment and antagonism in the breas'. of the farmer, who, having just passed through the long, hard winter, during which the fruits of the past year's ceaseless labor have perhaps been exhausted, cannot see the justice in his being required to give to the assessor information which, he thinks, can do himself no good, but, on the contrary will make it possible for the taxes against his property to be increased, and worse, will give the speculators an opportunity to still further satisfy their greed at the expense of his toil and hardship. He hesitates to give true conditions, and the half hour's visit of the assessor is anything but pleasant, either to the assessor or to himself. The farmer who is not suspicious of the results of information which he may give, will answer all the assessor's inquiries as carefully and accurately as possible; but as the part of the information relating to agriculture has dealt with what may develop in the future, even the farmer who would, cannot give a report which can be relied upon as being correct. For example: When he makes his report in March, he may guessi that in April or May he may plant a certain number of acres of corn, oats, etc., and later that he may harvest the same number of acres; but his plans may not be car ried out. He may, before planting time, change his mind as to the number of acres he will put in the various) crops; cr, if he carries out his) first intentions as to acreage, some condition may arise before harvest time which will greatly change the expected result; as, for example, frost, the fly, extreme wet or ex- tieme dry weather may affect his wheal crop, and cause him to plow up a part or all of his wheat and put it in corn or some other crop. Any artificial report based upon what may happen at some time in the future can at best be treated as only a guess, and is not as reliable as a report which deals with what has actually been planted and harvested. An effort is being made by J. L. Peetz, state statistician, to arrange this work in such a way as to get statistical reports upon agriculture which will be absolutely correct and reliable. He has made a complete revision of the agricultural schedule, and when the assessor visits the farmer this spring to secure information for the statistical report, he will not ask how much the farmer expects to produce during the current year, but will ask how much was produced last year. The farmer wil! have no difficulty in answering these questions, because his crops will all have been harvested and he will know exactly what he raised and what is was worth: snid he will need have no hesitancy in giving a true report, because his wheat, corn, oats, hay, etc., have, in most cases, been sold, and there is absolutely no op- rortunity for the speculator to gain anything from information he may give. Moreover the report of property fo.- statistical purposes is based upon values on January 1, while the report for taxation is based upsm values existing March I. thus making it impossible to in anyway check or to compare the information given for the two reports. In his report, Mr. Peetz is also taking up the question of forests, drainage, and dyking, which should be of peculiar fol ate reports with reference to his business tical work when he learns that the information published will he reliable. The farmer is just as much entitled to accur- Circular Barn on Farm of R. B. Huston, Switzerland County. sSO-Foot Circular Barn Under Construction, ssu Farm of G. A. Charles, Orange Ci tcrest to the farmers. The forest problem is becoming a serious one throughout the country so much so that President Roosevelt, about a year ngo, decided upon the necessity of appointing a com- mission, which is now known as tin- National Conservation Commissiisn, for the . purpose of devising ways and means for . the preservation of the forests of the country, and also for the redemption of . waste lands. Mr. Peetz has also taken up the question of improved roads. The farmer who understands these changes and understands the purpose of i the report, will be glad to have his in- j formation ready in a correct form, and, | as a loyal Hoosier, will be anxious to help make the best showing which is possible and consistent with true conilitions. He will take lie re interest in the slat's- j as is the manufacturer or any other business man. There is no better place for the farmer's boys and girls to learn practical bookkeeping than in assisting their parents in keeping a strict account of all th.' business1 transacted. The system whicli has heen adopted by Mr. Peetz will have a tendency to create an interest upon the part of the farmer to the extent that in a few years he will keep as stris-t an account of his receipts and expen u tures as does the business man. Trustees and School Books. Eillti.rs Insliana Farmer: I noticed nn article from George G. King in the Indiana Fanner this week in regard lo Ihe law having been changed so thai Trustees no longer handle school books. Mr. King is mistaken on this subject; trustees are compelled to keep schsssil books the same now as they wi.e four years ago. Mr. King also says that we pay the trustees and superintendents for their work. In another place he says the township is out nothing; this is where he got it right. The facts of the case are that the trustee must go to the superintendent every fall aud get a spring wagon load of school 1 ooks, haul them home, aud keep them in a good place so that they will not get flaimaged. And when some one telephones in for him to send a book or two by some neighbor or send it to the school house by "lie of the children, and then informs him ihat he will settle with him when he sees him, the trustee has got to do it. If the man (or woman) has a good memory and does not forget it, thia is all right, but if he forgets it, the trustee must dig down in his pocket and shell ont the cash. If he fails to make good his bondsman will get into trouble. And then every three nionths he must make a double report, one to keep in the office and one for the County Superintendent. All this you must do for your health if you are a trustee. You are not allowed one cent from the township or the Sehool book company for your trouble, either. I am making no kick. I am only giving the facts in the case, I think it a good law law and ought not be repealed. A Township Servant. Shelby Co. What the Soil Needs. Ksiltors Indiana Farmer: A farmer does not need to have a scientific education to understand the needs of the soil. About the only elements that can be lacking are phosphorus, nitrogen and potash. Phosphorus is the element thnt brings plants to maturity and forms the seed. It makes the ears of corn and heads of wheat fill with 1 lump, ripe grain. Nitrogen gives color to the plaut and promotes rapid growth. When the plant grows rank and dark green, and keeps on growing but doesn't mature and fill, it lacks phospihoms. Soft straw or stalk denotes a deficiency in potash. This form of plant food should be used where straw or stalk lacks gloss and stiffness. Generally clay soils contain sufficient potash, hut are nearly aiwaya short on phosphorus and nitrogen. Black soils, on the other hand, are often lacking in potash and phosphorus, but contain large supplies of nitrogen. Sandy soils are frequently short on all three elements. E. D. K. Lightning Strikes Beech Trees. Editors Indiana Farmer: In your issue of January 30, a correspondent is writing of the protection from lightning. I differ with him in the statement that lightning don't strike beech trees. In July, 1907 I had 1.1 sheep killed under a beechtree by lightning. No other tree was close to it. and the limbs didn't touch anything. I have heard of Other case, sif lightning striking beech tiees. My advice would be don't shelter under a beech tree for safety in a thunder storm. I.. O. Tomey. Monroe Co. —We nre sorry to learn that even the beech is not immune from lightning; we hnd always supposed that one was safe in a thunder storm, under a beech tree. I "as any other reader known of a case like that told bv Mr. Tomey? |
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