FARMING AND LIVE STOCK HANDLING GROWING PIGS. Swina Need ■ Variety of Feede. Especially In Cold Waathor. No one can make hoc* profitable bj feeding only corn and water, espedallt i this year. Some do market hoc* raloed on that diet, but 1 ha»-c had experience for a lifetime and hove tried the corn feeding alone and found It very Unprofitable, writes an Indiana farmer In the American Agriculturist. One can fatten a hog on corn alone, but with no profit By giving a variety of food from the time the pig is old enough to cat until It !s marketed you have bone end muscle lu proportion to

the body weight.

A balanced growing ration which has the required amount of protein must be fed. It 1ms liecn In the past the general belief among farmers that protein ta protein, wherever It 1* found, and that Its soudee could In no wise affect Its value to the growing animal. Corn contain* 10 per cent protein, but after all out of tbe 10 per cent protein that corn contains only 3 i>er cent ls| valuable to the growing pig. Therefor* I have seen the Improvement* j made by feeding swine material that were higher In protein. Our routine of feeding growing, i to furnUb a rye pasture dur-;

DISEASE Of CABBAGE. Careful Saad •a*ao*i.-n Has Piwdesad Variety ftaaiatant to YsIIowsl Successful cabbage growers uea Clyde. O.. after six years' trials in co upnathm with tbe Ohio exparlment ■tattoo have obtained * trains real slant to yellows dWw. or funartum wilt. The All Sea-Mis rariMy has shown

the least tendency t

It st~' qnallrtes demanded by the kra'it industry. DanU bavr lien selected for seed which havt shown the strongest growth and tb< greatest freedom from dlseat Tills procedure In ronihating cabbag* yellou ■ has proved far more success ful than aoll aterfllxatlna and other dl n' t control methods, growers aay. Under conditions of continual attack by disease certain planta develop charac ttristlcs that ward off ravages of aucb parasites^ By contlnnal careful aeleo tlou and proiwgatlon desired types art produced that thrive even where dbi ease la abundant, while common va rieties die or else yield poor returne. The especially resistant strains of tbi All Seasons cabbage have been named • the Clyde Series No*. 1 to 7. Noa. S. S and 4 have proved .most resistant Within a year or two' tbe exiierimenl station expects to distribute tbe seed ol

these strains to grot

feed than other t.rw-0. 'i hi- Ixi Jtrsey Is of the lard t. . i quick maturrr and r.-j !j to t, ket at six month*. Ttn *-> vp prolific and will rulM two im« year. The sow shown I* s l>u

ing winter and use us slop feed one port rye. one i<art oau ami one i*rt corn, ground and thoroughly mixed. With this v e use tankage or linseed meal. We also use shor.*. middling' and dairy byproducts, which nil pro mote tbo rapid growth and development of the growing hog. In summer hogs do not require much extrr feed Where good clover or alfalfa pa-.Hire 1*

obtainable.

Charcoal and sufficient sa't ore both relished and necessary to the fat bog. We feed warm slop cousikllug ol ground mixed feeds, shorts or mid dungs once dally until the h-g* are marketed. 1 do not think bogs should be fed slop nt night, for it baa n t dency to make the hog fretful and reatles* during the night. When the; leave their warm beds on cold morn lugs they are heated from fritting, an In the cold air they become chilli*! and are liable to chronic ailment*, which often prove aerlou*. 1 have '.led cooking the slop and find It tr lie a very profitable method during-the winter when fed warm. It make* the food more nutritious, end bogs that are fed this cooked materia! regularly make rapid gain*, both lu flesh and growth 1 have 1**'ii more convinced every year 1 have cared for hog* that n • lean fwdln^ pen and dry. warm l«ed* are all necessary to obtain profitable results. Use Pur* Bred Sires. The pure bred sire Is Uie l*-»t means of live *:.c-k tmproveiueiit. Whether good Or bad. he Is half I he herd and

TOMATO GROWING PAYS ON THE GENERAL FARM

By C. C. BOWS FI ELD. One of the greatest of the money making commodities la the tomato This product la Important enough to be considered by farmers generally. While tomatoes are classed a* garden products. I prefer to look ou tbet it field crop worth tbe best efforts of all farmers. W. A. Carr, an expert to mato grower of kliuueapolU. lias had a yield as high as ttOO bushel* |«r acre As tulua'oek are worth $1.60 to $3 a bushel, this rate of earnings puts them lu a elate by themselves. Mr Carr advise* people who have no greenhouses to Mart the planta in botlwda made out of storm windows and rough lumber. Barn manure can lie used for heat. Starting early, be get* an early crop, and that’* where

C-A-FE Board ol Chosen Freeholders COUNTY or CAPE MAY. OFFICERS

Director

HENRY S. RUTHERFORD • Vice-Director AUGUSTUS HILTON Clerk , F. W. FOWKES Sea Isle City County Collector JOS. L SCULL Ocean City

Solicitor

.JOSEPH DOUGLASS Cape May Court House County Engineer I ,E AM ING M. RICE Wildwood Road Supervisor DANIEL SCHELLENGER Ema Supt. of Weight* and Meaaurao DAVID W. RODAN.. .Cape May City Steward of Almsktouae LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cape May Court House Superintendent of Soldier*’ Burials JOHN W. REEVES.. .Cape May City Cuatodian of Court Hi LEWIS S. SMITH Cape May Court House Farm Demonstrator GEORGE B. THRASHER Cape May Court House

Fix

this

i the

selection of th- sire demands equally aa much attention as tin- entire group of femalr*. and It I* far more Imp rtant to have a gi««! *lro, both lu Individuality and bn-eding. Hum to h*T« one or two good femuk-*. If bui-rilicee must be made, let them occur In tbeaelectlon of I in- females. Better *tlU, let ever}' one be a good one. both in breeding and Individual excellence — Kanaa*

Farmer.

Hardening th* Team. Olve the horse* all the work poaidbie from now on to fit them for plowing, the hardest work they will be called upon to perform. Begin to feed them full ration, uwd. "lond much time lu cleaning to rid them of their winter coat of hair and dun. ♦ ♦ ♦ STOCK NOTES. «

Heine m demand tor ceniUu* purfxwea aa wr'.l as for unlvaisn! labl* use whan fr«eh |S<gn). tmnaieea have become reoegnivd aa a leadhue etaple Few Buden piudutHs are eo widely weed, and It would tie bard to name one Inal pe>s beliei lUustratuui ehows tumeiu i-ickara

OFFXOXA.Ii IDrEeiEOTOFiTT

John H. Stratton Palermo Levi Dickenson Erma Chas. Shield* Cape May Walter Rutherford Cold Spring

Ocean City—Jerome S. Rush

Frank H. Ware

Arthur D. Barrow*.Police Juottcc Sea Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman Edward C. Stevent Wildwood—Giron! Liresey H. C. Schlichtmg

B. C. Ingcraoll J. Charles Faeh M. L. Bran in George I. Shaw

North Wildwood—A. M. Ely Stone Harbor—S. E. Herbert George J. Rommel West Cape May—David Hughe* Woodbine—J. S. Levin

Morris Levin

List ol Members

Name, Addroa*. District . Term Expires on January 1st of the Year Opposite Name.

OCEAN CITY

Address. Ocean City John P. Fox }•“ SEA ISLE CITY Address, Sea lsle City Theo. E. DeBow... .*. Hit James F. Eustace 1920

WILDWOOD

Address, Wildwood Augustus Hilton 1918 Charles W. Saul IWB CAPE MAY CITY Address, Cape May City John T. Bennett 1W* Henry S. Rutherford 1918 UPPER TOWNSHIP Address, Tuckahoe dope W. Gandy 1818 DENNIS TOWNSHIP Address, (Peermont) Avalon Levi Wenttell 1818 MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Address, Cape May Court Houao Stillwell H. Townsend 19*0 LOWER TOWNSHIP Address, Rio Grande Jos. P. MacKissk 1918

Dennis—A. E. Holmes, Dennisville

Thomas J. Durrell, Bellepltin Middle—L. T. Garretson, Cape May Court House Luther M. Swain, Swainten

Lower—Frank Eldredge, Cold Spring Upper—James Shoemaker, Tuckahoe

ASSESSORS OF CITIES.BOROLGUS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY Qtie* Cape May C.ity J. Allen Wales ~ mCHy Dr. H. T. Foulds lale City*. Wm. J. Fox Wildwood Lynn H. Beyer Boroughs Avalon R. W. Rosen bawm Capo May Point Norman Rigor North Wildwood Robert Bright Sooth Cape May.. .Albert J Rudolph Stone Harbor Hugh McMurtrie West? Cape May Harry S. Fisher Wildwood Croat William E. Zeller Woodbine Israel Eisenberg

Dennis Rolls Hewitt, Ocean View Middle ...V. N. Erricson, Dias Creek Lower Chao. C. Bohm, Cold Spring Upper George Hoff, Tuckahoe

The regular meeting* of the Board are held on the Firet and Third Tuesday of each month at the Court He Cape May Court Haase, at 10J9 A. M.

the big money U. He relates Ula r*

perlmce hi tbi* w«>

"1 idaut tomato eeeila Feb. Hi lu aba! low !-'*xe* In •'« griwnb.iuae. uiakiug * trench i •»:: »-cb deep with the edge of ■ trowel and dropping tbe It one-half Inch apur*.. The tri-ncbea are one and one-half Iui-Iwb apart. 1 ■cattcr fine dirt over tbe M-rd with a ■Iftcr and then spread a dump i-lolb j over the box and leair the seed ti ! germinate, wlik-h tak.-* live « Hi ! dura. When tbe planta have two u tluvai leave* they an- tianetdeiiU-d to j tbn botbiol, either being pluuti i lectly In tbe iHill or elke In I heap •'u boXe«, four lurtii'k eai-h nay' and j four Inches deep, with lo<ne i>ottuips 1 The lioxea ere conwuli-ni fo- the se<'- | oud tianaphiutlug. but 1 ntu undivided j whether they are worth the time and trouble, if I hem, boxe* are not a»ed u clump of dirt nix tnebe* tn <Unuie<*r I* taken up with tbe plant Wln-u It Is ! trausplauttvl out of doom, w hU-h' takes place a* soon aa the danger of front over. By this time the plants are , Ploskuu! and aoiuetlnu-* the fruit has | begun to appear, ' .rent twins must tv taken with tbl* nocuud trausplant- ; lug- A good way to do is to dig I ireuche* foul -Jeet alum ai«l place thi planta lu the trench ft>ur feet from I •ueb other, tamping li.e ground Oruily j about the roots. Water should be u»ed ! In this truu-pluiitlng. eaiwcially if tbe *.-11 Is a little dry. klo*t i f tbe dirt | that was thrown out of the trench 1' i left lying to t* turned In by the oul ' tlvator, by which time It la warmed j by the eun ai-d will basti-n yrowiug. ‘The chief enemy to watch lu toma to growing la blight, wblcb wL: make It elf apiairvnt when the < ml. of the eaves turn brown and wi'tu-r. TUa can be am .vsafvU.v »• eretune by spray Tdeaux mixture. 1 usually

Standing Committees COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR

1917.

ALMSHOUSE—Fox, Bennett, Gandy, S. H. Townsend, Wenttell. BRIDGES—Wenttell, Bennett, Fox, KuaUca, Gandy, MacKUiic, Soul. PUBLIC BUILDINGS — Beanatt, Wenttell, J. E. Townsend. BILLS—Eustace, Hilton, DeBow. AUDITING—S. H. Townsend, Gandy, DeBow. FINANCE—Saul, Eustace, S. H. Townsmd. LUNACY—Gandy. Fox, Bennett. LIGHTING—Hilton, MacKissic, J. E. Town»end. ROADS—Rutherford. Bennett, DeBow. Eustace, Fox, Gandy. Hilton, MacKiasic, J. E. Townsend, S. H. Townsend, Wenttell. DISCHARGE OF PR1S0NERS-S. H. Townsend. BURYING SOLDIERS AND SAILOILS—John W. Reeves. BOARD OP SCHOOL ESTIMATEVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saul, Bennett.

TAX COLLECTORS FOR CITIES. BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY.

Cl tics

Cape May City... W. J. Fenderson, Jr. Ooaou City E. W. Burleigh Sea Isle City Lewis Steinmeyer Wildwood Robert J. Kay Avalon Walter A. Smith Cape May Point J. T. Huff North Wildwood P. L. Peterson South Cap* May.C. Marshall Rudolph Stun* Harbor... .Clarence O. Letrkus West Cape May Harry T. Ludlaro Wildwood Croat H. W. Loro Woodbine Dr. Joseph Jaffa

X3K*xax***a*«4«* * RWBBBMBWCa D. EVERETT TODD Painter and Decorator B«« B?BraO-H-E-B-H-B-H-tt-r • Bx-T‘B4«eB e*e *f BhBr U e 2301 Federal Street, CAMDEN, N. J. 1 am prepared to do yoor painting at any time or place at short notice. A trial will convince you that you have made no mistake in employing a man with ThirtyFive Years experience in City, Town, Country and Sen Shore Painting. Best white lead, linseed oil and pure color. Let me serve you. Branch—WILDWOOD, N. J.

FRANK W. FOWKES Real Estate and Insurance Broker

CONTRACTOR . Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds Estimates Furnished for Cement, Concrete or Stooe Curbing and Foot walks. LOTS FILLED IN AND GRADED Sea Isle City New Jersey

Dennis H. M. Carroll, Dennisville Middle. WUleta Coraon, Cape May CJL Lower....Scott Seymore, Cold Spring Upper... .Alfred H. Sapp, Petersburg

Court and County Officers Address: Cape May Court House Supreme Court Justice HON. CHARLES C. BLACK Circuit Court Judge HON. HOWARD CARROW Common Plea* Judge HON. HENRY H. ELDREDGE Clerk of Court* and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH

dip

ci u.1 tramqilautlug and then < them a eacoud •quaytaig. i■ raid uf gvtUMg h on the

i >Vi Injure It "

STERLING W. COLE

Sheriff

ROBERT 8. MILLER Deputy Sheriff HEAD TOMLIN Surrogate EDWARD L. RICE Prosecutor of the PW* EUGENE 0. OOLE County Superintendent of School* and Secretary of Vocational Schools AAfliON W. HAND

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OP THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY.

Cape May City A. G. Bennett Ocean City T. Lee Adam* Sea Isle City Arndt Gordon Wildwood N. A. Cohen Avalon K. Needham Cape May Point Peter Krupp North Wildwood Thomas Coraon South Cape May— Stone Harbor. .Marie L. VauThnyne West Cape May Wm. H. Smith Wildwood Croat— Woodbine R. H. Reiner To wiiaia pa. Dennis . .Geo. S. Robinaun. Dennis villa Middle .11. 1). Burch I-ower Jerry H. Wootton Upper .. Wm. S. Eldredge, IVtereburg

MORNHINWEQ’S BAKERY Baker* ol Sea Ule City's Famous U-NEED-ME- BREAD Ice Cream and Fancy Cake Makers All Lines of Confectionery LANDIS AVENUE C£l CORAL STREET Telephone 24-3 Bell Sea Isle City. N. J.

Notary Public J. P. DELANEY SONS Sea Isle City Cement Works All kinds of Cement Work Done. Walks, Porches, Plan, Chimneys, Blocks, Lawn Vases, Hitching Posts, Building Blocks — Plain and Ornamental Also Plastering, etc. Agents for Cape May Sand Company. Tel. Bell 6 Landis and Ocean Avca, Sea Isle City, N. J.

CITY,JMOHOUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

Otic*

Cape May City William Porter Ocean City Harry A. Murm Sea Isl* City In ing Fitch, X Wildwood James E. Wrhlteatll

Borougbu

Avalou R. W. Rosenbgwiu i: Cape May Point H. H. Bu*se |{ North Wildwood.. .George A. Redding ] South Cape May Elvin B. Martin i Stone Harbor Leo F. McCrawn j West Cape May Theo. W. Reeve* WHdrood Croat..Harry L. Nickerson j Woodbine L. C. Abranuon i;

Township*

Dennix. .Oaman M. Geary, Dennisville j J

Real Estate • Insurance BUILDING LOTS In a Growing Section Ripe tor Improvements COOPER B. HATCH

--8c CO.,—

Middle.. .A. T. D. HowelV Diaa Creak j i

Loorar.Charla* C Reev«.WLCapa^lUy jB^

211 MARKET ST..

Camden, - - N. J.