New York, 1895
Widespread Injury Done by the Cold Weather.
WASHINGTON, May 21 — The weekly telegraphic crop bulletin of the agricultural department says:
The exceptionally cool weather of the past week has been very unfavorable for most crops, and widespread injury has been done by frosts, which have been general throughout the northern and central portions of the country and as far south as the northern portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Corn has suffered seriously; much replanting will be necessary. Cotton has also suffered much, a part of the crop in the Carolinas and Georgia needing to be replanted.
Special telegrams by states, based upon more than ten thousand special reports, are as follows:
New England — Frosts killed all crops above ground; all new growth on grapes frozen; strawberries badly injured; apples a little damaged; peaches injured very little.
New York — Damage greatest in southwestern counties; central counties alone escaped serious injury; loss undoubtedly several millions in grapes and small fruits; otherwise crops generally fine, but retarded.
New Jersey — Killing frost disastrous to tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, melons, corn, and sweet potatoes; replanting commenced.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 5.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
American Cattle in Europe
New York, 1895
Dr. J. F. Ryder, of Jamaica, is an inspector of cattle at Liverpool, England, for the United States Government. He has been abroad several years. In a letter to his father, Stephen Ryder, of Jamaica, he states that from January 1, 18[*] to January 1, 1895, there were received in Liverpool from ports in the United States 181,588 cattle. The ships that carried them made 356 voyages. The number of cattle lost at sea was 424. These are interesting statistics.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 1.
*Year missing, probably 1894.
Dr. J. F. Ryder, of Jamaica, is an inspector of cattle at Liverpool, England, for the United States Government. He has been abroad several years. In a letter to his father, Stephen Ryder, of Jamaica, he states that from January 1, 18[*] to January 1, 1895, there were received in Liverpool from ports in the United States 181,588 cattle. The ships that carried them made 356 voyages. The number of cattle lost at sea was 424. These are interesting statistics.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 1.
*Year missing, probably 1894.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Senator Wants To Know
New York, 1895
Experiment Station Officers Trying to Suppress Information.
The Legislature last year appropriated $8,000 for the use of the state experiment station at Geneva in making experiments on Long Island and devising ways and means to rid the farmers of bugs and insect pests.
Dr. Collier, who is at the head of the Geneva station, and who directs the work on Long Island, has made a flat-footed refusal to give the people of Long Island who are interested in this work any information as to the amount that has been expended out of the $8,000. This pigheaded policy was reported to Senator Childs, who speedily found a way to bring Dr. Collier to a sense of respect for the people whose servant he is. In the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Childs introduced the following resolution, and it was passed without opposition:
Resolved, That the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (Dr. Collier), at Geneva, be and hereby is directed to furnish to the Finance committee of the Senate, on or before February 15, a itemized statement of all moneys expended in agricultural experiments and investigations on Long Island on account of the appropriations made last year for that purpose.
Dr. Collier is thought to be unfriendly to the work on Long Island, which interferes with the good times he enjoys at Geneva. The farmers have not reported any good results from his work yet. The work of the Geneva station might as well be done in Siberia for all the good it is to any farmer on Long Island.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 1.
Experiment Station Officers Trying to Suppress Information.
The Legislature last year appropriated $8,000 for the use of the state experiment station at Geneva in making experiments on Long Island and devising ways and means to rid the farmers of bugs and insect pests.
Dr. Collier, who is at the head of the Geneva station, and who directs the work on Long Island, has made a flat-footed refusal to give the people of Long Island who are interested in this work any information as to the amount that has been expended out of the $8,000. This pigheaded policy was reported to Senator Childs, who speedily found a way to bring Dr. Collier to a sense of respect for the people whose servant he is. In the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Childs introduced the following resolution, and it was passed without opposition:
Resolved, That the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (Dr. Collier), at Geneva, be and hereby is directed to furnish to the Finance committee of the Senate, on or before February 15, a itemized statement of all moneys expended in agricultural experiments and investigations on Long Island on account of the appropriations made last year for that purpose.
Dr. Collier is thought to be unfriendly to the work on Long Island, which interferes with the good times he enjoys at Geneva. The farmers have not reported any good results from his work yet. The work of the Geneva station might as well be done in Siberia for all the good it is to any farmer on Long Island.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 1.
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