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MONEY IN ASPARAGUS. V For tho Suoooraful Culturo

of Thi. ProfitabU Crop.

•Thirlng tbo life ot an asparagus bed «ach plant aliould yield a dollar In rejjraa," aald J. B. Norton, speaking before a farmers' week audience at Cornell unlrersity. Mr. Norton, who la a specialist on track crops of the United States department of agriculture, gare the following essentials for successful

growing: Land abould be

wall drained, level, sandy loam that

not dry out badly in summer and to markets. Manure fertiliser,

green manure and lime reqolrecjeats ■tmiM a n be attended to before plant-

ing asparagus beds.

Names of varieties, according to Mr. Norton, often mean nothing. Choose plants from stock that has a good record aa a producer; select from a nearby field If possible, and be sure of your Stock first. Grow enough roots so you win have ten times as many plants as yon will want for selecting the one year roots for planting In the field. **1 never plant two-year-old roots,*' says Mr. Norton, "and do not believe In starting the seed In Us permanent place. Boot selection Is a most Important factor In getting a good bed.” Start the seed bed In early aprlng. raws eighteen Inches apart, seed ter. to the foot, one Inch deep, give clean eultlratlor.. To keep the slugs and beetles sway use arsenate of lead or rM«dma Plow out the roots In spring and plant about tbc time of the last

frost

After careful selection of roots plant tn rows four feet apart, plants fifteen to eighteen Inches apart In the row, cover three Inches deep at first The trenches are made deep enough to laave the crown* eight or nine inches below the level.’ Use no Intercropping system, but plant a cover crop (hairy vetch or crimson clover) the first two winters. With »ust resisting asparagus the tops are left on In tha fall and disked In the next spring. Urns saving u great doal of labor and plant food. Fertillie with manure In late winter, ten tons or more to tho acre, or with chemical fertilisers. 300 pounds of nlrtate of soda, boo pounds of add phosphate, 300 pounds of murlste of soda, applied before end of cutting sea son or before growth starts on young

DRAFT HORSE ACTION.

f Walk With Long Stride Indi e*t*« the Good Ground Covoror. Proper action In the draft horse ia Important, tccordlng to David Gray, assistant In animal husbandry In the Kansas ritate Agricultural college Slxe and power are of UtUc value If the horse h*qi not enough agility to handle | big weight In a manner yielding the f greatest efficiency. Action of the draft horse should be clean, bold and rath* s’. IUh. In moving the feet should be .arriwl forward and back In a straight line without pad dlinf, winging or other Irregularity of gait. In order to g-t the best and greatrat stride with the least energy It U absolutely aeceeaary that the feet tuuie straight and suiouth without de-

fects of as It.

Knee action In the draft burac In not of yreat lui|«>rtaiue A long stride Which covers considerable ground la much inure Important than high knee action, s* aldlity to cover pound Is what la wanli-d The walk U Uie Important gait. It should t>e snappy and

trra with a go**! length of stride. Profit In Pure Bred Hogs.

If you want to get started in pure bred bugs cheaply buy a pure bred gilt due to farrow In the spring and u good pure bred boar pig. You can use boar on the sow und the sow ply- l fall and also the following year. By ralalng two Utters a year you can have ten or twelve pure bred sows and gtlu ready to breed by the time you need n new boar. If you make good selections In the beginning you can probably sell a few boar pigs for enough to cover the cost of tbe Urvt sow and boar. It Is

DRY FEEDIK6 CATTLE. Advantages af Thi* Mothad of HandHn* Over Pasturing tho Animal*. AA tho recent meeting of the Kankakee County (IU.) Pure Bred CattJa Breeders' association visitor* were given an opportunity of comparing tha benefit of the *° called dry teefiug over that of pasture for cattle, say* the Orange Judd Farmer. E. M. Wright of Manteao exhibited two herd*, one which had been ralaed on blue grass pasture^after they were large enough and another which had been fed on silage, alfalfa, hay and cotton seed and which had never run on pasture In their Uvea. At tbe age of twenty-two months the herd of eleven cattle which had been dry fed averaged 1.400 pounds each, and at tbe same age the herd of cattle which bad run on good blue grass pasture averaged a little lees than 1,100 pounds each. The following la the diet of the calf ntU he la large enough to eat the dry feed: One pound of red dog flour, one pound of soluble blood flour, one pound of ground hominy meal and one pound of Unseed meal mixed together 1c one gallon of water for one feed. The demonstration showed that more cattle could be raised by this method on fewer ecrea of land than by tbe old pasture method.

MEASURES OF CONTROL FOR DOCK FALSE WORM

(Prepared hr United Bute* department of agriculture.] A green worm, known aa the dock false worm, which causea considerable aga to apple crope, la found throughout the northern section of the United Btatea and Is noticeably prevalent tn the state of Washington. The Insect feeds upon certain succulent plants such aa tha docks, knotweeds and bindweeds. When these occur In an orchard the worm makes Its way up the trunk of the tree and burrows Into the fruit, c. using It to rot- There can be little or no danger from this Insect In clean cultivated orchards or In orchards where Its food plants do not

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS COUNTY OF OATH MAY. OFFICERS Director HENRY S. RUTHERFORD Vice-Director AUGUSTUS HILTON Clerk F. W. FOWKES Sen Isle City County Collector JOS. I. SCULL Ocean City Solicitor JOSEPH DOUGLASS. Cape Hoy Court House County Engineer LEAMING M. RICE Wildwood Hoad Supervisor DANIEL SCHELLENGER En Supt. of Weights and Measure* DAVID W. RODAN.. .Cape May City Steward of Almshouse LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cape May Court House Superintendent of Soldiers* Burial* JOHN W. REEVES.. .Cape May City Custodian of Coart House LEWIS S. SMITH Cape May Court House Farm Demonstrator GEORGE B. THRASHER Cape May Court House

COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION

0. L Blackwell WIMwood W. J. Tyler.. .Cape May Court House Samuel Eldredge Cope May City

COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS Juba H. Stratton Palermo Levi Dickenson Erm* Chaa. Shields Cop* May Walter Rathe-ford Cold Spring

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

Cope May City—Joriea J. Doak

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ny'.na Illustration. ITaveutlY* m*tboda against this orchard past recommended by tha Uni tad Btatea dapartmeol of agriculture, ronplcte In banding the treee.

LIST OF ".EMBERS Name, Address, District Represented Term Expires on January 1st of the Year Opposite Name.

OCEAN CITY

Address, Ocean City John P. Fox 1919 John E. Townsend 1919 SEA ISLE CITY Address, Sea Isle City Theo. E. DeBow 1920 James F. Eustace ..1920

WILDWOOD

Address, Wildwood Augustus Hilton 1918 Charles W. Saul 1918 CAPE MAY CITY Address, Cape May City John T. Bennett .1919 Henry S. Rutherford ..1918 UPPER TOWNSHIP Address, Tuck shoe Hope W. Gondy 1919 DENNIS TOWNSHIP Address, (Peermo.it) Avalon Levi Wentxell 1919 MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Address, Cape May Court House Stillwell H. Townsend 1920 LOWER TOWNSHIP Address, Rio Grande Jos. P. MacKissic

Ocean City—Jerome S. Rush Frank H. Ware Arthur D. Barrows,Police Justice Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman Edward C. Stevens Wildwood—Girard Livexey H. C. Schlfchting B. C. Ingersoll J. Charles Fach

M. L. Bran in

George L. Shaw Boroughs « North Wildwood—A. M. Ely Stone Harbor—S. E. Herbert George J. Rummel ape May—David Hughes Woodbine—J. 8- Levin Morris Levin

Townships

Dennis—A. E. Holmes, Dennisville Thomas J. Darrell, Belleplain Middle—L. T. GarreUon, Cape May Court House Luther M. Swain, Swainton Lower—Frank Eldredge, Cold Spring Upper—James Shoemaker. Tuckahoe

Camden Safe Deposit ft TrusY Co.

The efficiency of our Trust Department is attested by the growth and volume of the trust funds handled by this company. Trust Funds January I. 1880 $42,729.41 January I. 1890 121,819.10 January 1. 1900 1.288,077.90 January I. 1910 4.974.2522? February I. 1917 13.065,800.57

ALEXANDER C. WOOD, Chain*** *f B**rg EDWARD L. FAR*. Pre** EPHRAIM TOMLINSON. Vie* Prerigret A Tn-« 0«c*r JOSEPH UPPINCOTT. S*e. A Trau. F. HERBERT FULTON. Axat. S-c. A Tr*< GEORGE J. BERGEN. SoSdtar

ASSESSORS OF CITIES.BOROUGHE AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY Citie* Cape May City ..J. AU«i Wales “ tan City Lr. H. T. Fonlds , Isle City Wm. J. Fox Idwood Lynn H. Boyer

exist. However, where s perennial cover crop auch as alfalfa la grown other control measures must be Ukcn. Efficient protection may be secured by banding tbe trees with cotton battlrg or with some sticky substance. In experiments by the department en eight Inch atrip of cotton batting waa placed abo' t the trunk of each tree and tied with a cord about the middi*. The upper half of the cotton band waa then rolled down over the cord. Good results also were obtained by applying to tbe trank* of tbe tree* a band o' a commercial sticky substance on»-«4gbtb Inch thick and three inebee «Ida. The lower limb# of the tree* should be kept well up from Uu, ground, and any props used also abould be banded. i>.iiids s*"' Id be pn. on In tho latter put ’ August and left on until after

the fruit 1* harvested. Spread th* Manure.

From tbe standpoint of conserving Its ]>lant food about the poorest place manure can be kept Is In a heap, writes a correspondent of tbe Ohio Farmer. It la likely to ferment and In so doing It will lose nitrogen and organic matter, and unless It Is protected from rains there Is likely to be much losa from leaching. In experiments at the Ohio station manure stored In heap*

Avalon R. W. Rosenbawm Cape May Point Norman Rigor North Wildwood Robert Bright South Cape May.. .Albert J. Rudolph Stone Harbor Hugh MeMortric West Cape May.... . Harry S. Flaher Wildwood Great William E. Zeller Woodbine Israel Eisenberg

Dennis Rolia Hewitt, Ocean View Middle .. .V. N. Errkson, Dias Creek

Upper George Hoff,

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D. EVERETT TODD

Painter and Decorator B-BvS •«• B-V • B >fi; B-Ov B • Be fl r D • C.-

2301 Federal Street, CAMDEN, N. J.

1 am prepared to do your painting at any time or place at abort notice. A trial will convince you that you nave made no mistake in employing a man with ThirtyFive Years experience in City, Town, Country ami sea Shore Painting. Best white lead, linseed oil and p.’rt'

color. Let me serve you. Branch—WILDWOOD, N. J.

The regular meetings of the Board are held on the First and Hard Tuesday of each month at the Court House, Cape May Coart House, at 10.30 A. M.

Just as easy to mLe the pure bred, a* J**® 85 ‘7 ?T. grade*, and If property handled the, ; of ‘® organic matter. 23 per cent of Us a;* sure to be n‘.re profitable. 1'hu.pboraa, 61 per cent of Its pctasalor* sure to be more prontawe. mn and 8S per cent of lu nitrogen.

White I would not undertake to say that there are no luaaes when it Is spread In tb* field, they are greatly reduced, *» long tlmeexi>erimcnt*bav* proved. The greater part of tbe leachlugs are promptly absorbed by the aeU and are dtetr.oulcd where they

wanted.

oooooooooooooooooo o o O THE FRUIT GROWER. O o O O A good time to prune fruit tree* o O In the north U early in March. o o When the apple trees »eem to o O need some!hlug— ou u» not real- O © ly know wbal—try some hard- O O wood fcahex © © The sclentiho »Har,w nuw claim o O that cranberries, atrawborrir*. O

STANDING COflMITTEES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR

1917.

ALMSHOUSE—Fox, Bennett. Gandy, S. H. Townsend, Wentxell BRIDGES—WenUeU, Bennett, Fox, Eustace, Gandy, MacKissic, Saal PUBLIC BUILDINGS — Bennett, Wentxell, J. E. Townsend. BILLS—Eustace, Hilton, DeBow. AUDITING—S. II. Townsend, Gandy, DeBow. Eustace, S. H. LUNACY—Gandy, Fox, Bennett UGHTING—hilton, MacKissic, J. E. Townsend ROADS—Rutherford, Bennett Bow, Eustace, Fox. Gandy, Hilton, MacKissic, J. E. Townsend, S. H. Townsend, Wentxell DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS—S. H. Townsend. BURYING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS—John W. Reeve*. BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATEVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saal, Bennett

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

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Cape May City... W. J. Fenderson, Jr. OoMnCtty E. W. Burleigh Sea Ule City Lewis Steinmever Wildwood Robert J. Kay Boroughs Avalon Waltar A. Smith Capa May Point -...J. T. Huff North Wildwood P. L. Peteraon South Cap* May .C. Marshall Rudolph Stone Harbor Care nee O. Lctxkuc Want Capa May Harry T. Ludlam Wildwood Croat • • • • ^ Woodbine Dr. Joseph Jaffe

FRANK W. FOWKES Real Estate and Insurance Broker CONTRACTOR Notary Public, Comabaiooer of Deed* Estimates Furnished for Cement, Concrete or Stone Curbing and Footwulka. LOTS FILLED IN AND GRADED Sea Isle City New Jersey C8aacKaoafloc6»attoooc»ocH>.aoooop<^^

Dennis H. M. Carroll Dennis ville Middle. WUlets Corson, Cape May C.H. Lewor... .Scott . Upper Alfred OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OFjj> CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWN- s SHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF

CAPE MAY.

MORNHINWEG’S BAKERY Bakers ol Saa Isle City's Famous U-NEED-ME-BREAD Ice Cream and Fancy Cake Makers All Lines of Confectionery

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Cape May City A. G. Bennett Ocean City T. Lee Adams |, Sea Isla City Arndt Gordon |

Wildwood N. A. Cohen | :s»CK

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Boroughs.

Avalon K. Needham Cape May Point Peter Krupp North Wildwood Thomas Corson South Cape Mav— Stoae Harbor. .Man* L. \anThuyne West Cape 'lay Wm. H. Smith Wildwood Crest— „ „ „ , Woodbine • • R- H. Reiner

LANDIS AVENUE ffc. CORAL STREET * b*' 1 Sea Isle City, N. J.

Freian (toot*.

Root* wlU not give as good (vaults after they hare been frusen aa though they were properly stored They will

» co « | not LUl hog* or cattle, provided they lime, o are thoroughly thawed out before feedwood O lug. If put&lble they should be kept : tli« o | frozen until tint lung enough before

A o j feeding »o Hint they mey be thorough

Mur* O j |y thawed. After having been frusen bud* O j they Will rot v*ry quickly after being • of O thawed out. and much tire should b*

© j take© especially In feeding the cows la a O I that no epoiltd beels be gt'eu tbviu.

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v« it O | Dent Fatten Brewdwre. © i Be sure and ere that the ben* tn tbe >r toe C (.reading pens are not too fat Tbe offand © j tprlrg of aay cverfat animal 1* likely .nock o j j® lack vitality and vigor. The pol*. © j ireids true with heua. The wn o i inauj 0 f the chicks w hlch pip

hi Hte incubator and fall to C»

COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS Address: Cape May Court House Supreme Court Justice HON. CHARLES C. BLACK Circuit Court Judge HON. HOWARD CARROW Common Plena Judge HON. HENRY H. ELDREDGE Clerk of Courts and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH ad County STERLING W. COLE. Sheriff \ ROBERT S. MIU.EK k Deputy Sheriff I MEAD TOMLIN 1 Surrogate EDWARD L. RICK Proeecutor of the Picas GENE C. COLE

Commissioner ol D

J. P. DELANEY SONS Sea isle City Cement Works

TowouMps.

Dennis . Geo. S. Robinson, DennisviUe | Middle D- D- Burch Eewer Jarry H. Woolson Upper . Wm. 8. Kldrodg*. Petersburg

All kinds of Cement Work Done. Walks, Porches, Piero. Chimneys, Blocks, Lawn Vases, Hitching Poeta,

Building Blocks — Plain and Ornamental Also Plastering, etc. Agents for

Cape May Sand Company.

Tel. Bell 5 Landis and Occam Aves., See Isle City, N. J. «mR30qCKIPCBX>eaj0CaBSCg83CHX<KBH»SBg»{^^

CITY. BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY atlea "Ape May City .William Porter |

Burougbn Avalon R- W. RoaeaUwn. ( ape May Point H. H. Bu«r North Wildwood.. .George A. Redding South Cape May Elvin B. Martin Stone Harbor Leo F. McCrarcn West Cape May Theo. W. Reeve* Wildwood Crest..Horry 1- Nickerson Woodbine L. C. Abramson

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Real Estate Insurance BUILDING LOTS In a Growing Section Ripe for Improvements COOPER B. HATCH =& CO.,— — 211 MARKET ST.. Camden, - - N, J. ,

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