388 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SECOND DAY. 



The second day's session Avas called to order promptly at 9:30 a. m. 

 The journal of the hrst day's session was read and approved as read. 



A letter from Hon. John M. Stahl was received and read, saying that, 

 on account of sickness of his wife, it would be impossible for him to at- 

 tend these meetings. He assured the Congress that it was a keen disap- 

 pointment to him ana that it was the first time that his name had ever 

 been placed upon a program with his consent that he was not al)le to 

 attend. 



Hon. W. H. Freeman, secretary of the Indiana State Board of For- 

 estry, was introduced and made a thorough and comprehensive talk on 

 the subject of Forestry. (See paper.) Mr. Freeman's address was very 

 generally discussed, it being held that land planted in forest trees of the 

 quick growth kind would produce as great or greater income in twenty 

 or more years' time than it would have done if cultivated in farm crops 

 and the expense of the tillage deducted, and especially was this view held 

 as applying to the cheaper and poorer crop-producing lands. 



It was also brought out that by judicious planting of a very 

 small area that each farm would produce its own fence posts and building 

 material, at a handsome saving over buying them at prices which must 

 prevail in the very near future. 



Hon. L. Ert Slack, State Representative from Johnson County, de- 

 livered an address on Public Drainage (see paper), which was very ablj' 

 discussed by ^Messrs. Lockry, Maish, Corey, Hays, Burkhart, Goode, Hon. 

 Leroy Templeton and others. 



The afternoon session was called at 1:30 p. m. 



Hon. W. H. Goodwiue not being present, the subject of Our Markets 

 was spoken on by Mr. A. G. Burkhart, who handled the Avhole subject 

 in a most comprehensive and thorough way. It was evident from Mr. 

 Burkhart's speech that he had thoroughly considered the subject and 

 spoke from things he knew to be true. (It is a matter of much regret 

 to the Secretary that he is unable to embody this speech in this annual 

 report.) The question was discussed at length by many present, and es- 

 pecially by Mr. Templeton, who showed the methods used in the live 

 stock markets for controlling prices and compelling feeders and shippers 

 to sell to the market the buyer chooses to have him. 



Mr. Templeton spoke from his own actual experience and showed a 

 condition existing in the manipulation of the live stock markets which 



