CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES ESTABUSHfeD IMS. Prtllrtl Every Friday by the CAPE MAT COUNTY T.ME8 COMPANY 1M V/e«t Jersey Avenue. Sea Me City. N. J.

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1 NCAft MIRACLE WROUGfIT

ON SOUTHERN FARMS,!

Advertlting Rates And Infurniatlon for Advertieere. Diafilay advertlalng. 16e per Inch, run of paper. Display Advertising, first page. 50c per inch. Eleetrotypee to be furnished by the advertiser. If advertisements are to be set from ropy, add 10c per single column inch. Political Advertising. 50c per Inch, i Standing Advertisements, copy not to be changed more than two times a year: 1 inch. 1 year IS 1 Inch. H year *J 1 Inch. year IS Larger apace pro rata. Reading Notices 10c. per line on first page. 5c. on Inside pages. Classified Advertisements — le. per ! word: three Insertions for the price of

two.

_ 1 Advertising at rates fixed by Laws of the Stats of New Jersey. Next to Reading Matter. S per cent, extra. Pull position. 10 per cent extra. Island position. 15 per cent, e Forms close Wednesday p m. Tin- fm-l.Mn of ibr sneexe i» re» sponsible for 10.1 muc-h fin. Shoe Styles, arronllug to an expert, j will be lower, bin prices win not. | light on your bran ratinos and 1 that may help to bring the price down, j IVrli.ip- 1'oiat.cl only nnets to |>rors I It is s':01rient!y gr.iuu u|. to hainlle s gun.

Before the war the South annually Im ported about M.in.000.0no worth of corn. hay. grain*, mixed feed, flour, products, dairy piodu. ts. p-ultry and |wuitrj' produets. and canned g-ioda The eimv g ncj work of the I'nlted States d.-parti of ngri culture has cupliaslaed intensive hi^ne production with the result that 15 Sontliern state* produced H1.7ST.000 busle el* more com In 191S than they barresml In ISOP. The 11 vtales comprising the cotton belt produced ISf* per cent more wheat in IMS Ilian in 1!»». These same states during the same period Increased their oats crop lES per cent; their hay yield i:S per cent; Irish potatoes. 117 per cent; and-sweet potatoes. 67 per cent.

wouli! be to let bet

The fjne^ti'iti of.ru arises whether I It is a fair increase or merely a fare Jan Paderewski now su.s|i'-cts .hat I the liveliest Pole gets the highest , lemou. There's tioliiinc lietter than a band • sm! a lot .if uniform* to revive jut [

Rrsloiping a nose I* about a* easy as ehaiunn: 'he riiaracter of a forty-year-old toeiiHor.

After all. men don't nmMwr to .are mueii about marrying prince.-ae*. ex cejit in the novel*.

77m former kaiser is rv-t-irte.! it* -ImiKTved." wl.lch 1* the only tiling that ■ 'lull! iiappeu to him. Pomes now the ;..i—Nall player, ndatUUng v. Iiut a hero h- wa*. v.-pb a view to hi* ointn.-t pri<- -.

recognixed »h'-r

HE AOIHCfLTTRAL S..uth of today is as different from the Dixieland of 1910 as the Industrious and experienced hands of skilled agricultural workers ran make It. A near tnlrarlr Im* beet; performed. Thousands of acres that were running wild weeds and filth are now productive ut profitable crops of com. wheat, oats. hay. cotton, tobacco. potatoes, vegetables, and truck crop*. Sections thiit formerly had ti“ver exported a carload of cattle, hogs, or sheep are now extensive producers of mutton, beef. |K.rk, wool, and dairy products. Families whirl, formerly lived a drear life of meager existence are now not only enjoying plenty of the staples but also many of the luivrlea of conn try life. How wa* that revolution effected? How was a mirage transformed into an actuality In the Southland? The war presented the opportunity for reformation alone agricultural line* due to the unlimited demand on the American food store h-.uses. The second reason Is because the United State* department of agriculture and the atmte agricultural cllege*. through the :»cllum of 1.539 county agents, located In the 13 states from Tex a* to Oklahoma and from Florida to Maryland, have Isv-ti steadily urging farmers to Increase er.p production: to practice heller farming metli-o-Jr: to maintainVnoro live s..*-k: and to produce :a the South 'he majority of what food the South annually consume*, minting cotton as the leading

surjdus cash crop.

Heretofore the s mth ha* le^n the Kdec of the ■ ne-mtile. ..n-m-gr.. e..tion f.-.mitig .-..rporatlon. The negro fanner* have rnivd rotten largely to :h. exrluslon of nil other money eroyw. Tl.en tb-y have "nlxjut fa.-ed" and conv«-rt.*l ihelr < d-b-n money In'o luijs.rted beans, bacon, nnd hrrad • t the loenl supply *tor»*-. In view of this prevn-b-ni and traditional practice ..r buying instead of rri-ing the bulk of food, tb ■ United Sint.-* depart ft—nt of ngriculture operated under sever* handl'"'i* ,v|l, 'b -I hegaa f<**l v.orii »..nt!i of th Meson

and Dixon line

fJreat credit I* given to the county egents. who have i:-d only shown Southern fannera in ir. etat.-* ho-.v to raise and produce vegetables. tru«-k ent|r«. field .-ro]*. and meat products, but have beet, successful ; B getting the fpm.'rs to rai*. *«• 1. pnelnn. on n targe *.-ab- Despite the fact that the record price of cotton ha. operated ngaltist 11.* popularity of other • n^t*. the average farmer broke.! up the food prograiu. S-.-jih.-rn farmer* and to- ., m.-n rnl*cd plenty of pi-.aloe*. s* v.,-1! a* sorghum for *lrup. in their home gar den*. The fanner* Incw-scd their prod-irtion of wuall grain*, cm hay. ie-anuts. velvet beans. *oy l»u.n«. cow peas. •» uHl as meat, milk and

lief

egg*.

For

Th* former kai

cample.

195 sc Alabama I [..-reused Its 0b I«T cent; cotton. SO per

f Imy. the

Of Wilson • points. But he * g.,t lurit lie h -i-d some suef! new

See what the su-1 the man ier. h-ra ., the

prodoctp

Cent; hay. 12 per o-nt;

P- r cent; sheep. It* tier ..ill ; „n.l sued

7 p.-r cent, over tb- yirid* of 1817.

The South ha* been a heavy buyer o

majority of her yearly fo.-ng'. .-. im , nc from the

-stern stale-. Tb- ^-rvlee. .rf .s. JO t!.ern

'-outly agent* have ln.Tea«ed the local hay pro-

•nt llmt Alabama produre.] •> 'luring the year 191H. a* •J" Ion* In lt*K< During the

fleorgla ti.creaaed bay Nortb turolina. 1$3 per at: and South farotlna.

to tbe ext

duet!'

| l-'Jtttj

comtuirod with i•»;.<**i i | priod from ii«r.» tu I8| tiroduciion i'Si p.-r c-n!

■•rida. 362 per

r fwudu

of .-orr e*. the

world. . an .

I',: le-r.cent. Ae.-ordlug to rce.-nt crop estimate* , ,h# ''.M-.lheMcal vst.e- of f aII „ . of Au louna. I Ion da. Georgia. 51i».1sslppl. N.. r ,|, llua and South Carolina, amounted to tPCBt-j-* l»*> It, UM0 and S2.1«6.3yr:...». j u p.ir | Ili rwilwl

of 25>1 p.-r real.

It I* only logical thti a and luv increase* In tto

number- of bogs and catile i-aliwd «"»rr«ap.‘tiding gain* The razorbeen tradiiionsl of the .South sin.-.-but c? late years tbe*- native ru*i tvplac-d by well-finished |u>rker* of fr-matioo and brrFd, n g-which sro leal la th* manufo'-iun- of port, u condlliou* tlutii a:v th.- grain-fed hi belt in middle U .vc'ertt t. rrftorv;

AccurJing to re-. c

r

crop »■ ttmafe*. there nr.- »Vi.08fWtdO hogs In tbe Unite-, States, of which 29.tSU.000 nnlnial*. er 4i5 I—r ren:. are on firm* la the six corn bell states of Iowa. Illinois. Nnbru*ka. Missouri. Indiana, and Ohio, while 21.796.000 ;*^ker». or ; C! .4 per cent, are located In the 15 S-uMbern states, aud the remaining 21.1 per cent are diatrtbuted over the remaining 27 stale* of tbe Union. Under present conditions the .<om!: ranks second only to the corn belt as l lie leading pork-producing section of tbe country. The remarkable fact uboul the growth of the hog businesa In the cotton states I* thnl it has developed rapidly during tbe last five year* a* a dlrc-t revolt of the unit n* efforts of county agent* to p'pularixe por, production. Cliinaiirally the South U the Ideal live-stock aer tlon of this country and present Indications are that II 1* en route to come Into its own. Indicative of 'lie rapid rise of the pork Inlustry, 17 countie* of southern Alabama, although they did not ship to market a -Ingle earload of hogs during the year 1912-1916. marketed 2-V2 carloads of bog* during tbe peri« I from A|>rtl 1. 1917. to April ’ 191S. MU.i.s*‘ppl exporte.1 7,2-H bog* In Mill, while in 1917 ah* <Usp..*ed of SK.7S0 fat porker*, an Increase of 12124 per cent. For the m<»«l part, tlie Southern bags are developed inexpensively, on su.-h forage crops as «.iy been* jieonuts. cowj~-a». elmfki.-potatoes, native grasses and clover, while corn is tuel as a flnl*b feed to finr.. comtiact and • V.oom" th- flesh to the desirable market quato'p. The hog supply has developed slth the Increase In corn production, in 1909 North Carolina raised M.0U0/M) bushel* of com. while In 191 * It harvested <vt.scr,.rti0 li-i*hels and fatteti-d 1 .NpNjIUO hoc*- tbrorgla prodtJg atiproximsle'.y 28J7'..0Un bushels more cut, | n U'IS than In UhlP. and du'ing 191H handled 2 VyT.OOO hogs HUnllariy la the <sse of Ibe other Southern states. im-reniM-d yield* iff rs.rn nnd pork have been Intimately rv-lated. while the exigencies of war-liu:-' production have fcpc-ded up tbe furmers nnd. largely In acenrd with higl. mark.-t mluM, have exprdltfsl pork manufacture. S'lmUarly, as a result of greater hay production, raoro cattle have been kept In tbe South. In 19’! M:*«isa^>pl marketisl only 8d,22P fat rattle, while I;. i9i« |t shipped 196^37 anltnsls to the st. le.ul* market, an increase of 1S1 Ier cent. During 1915 Mi*.-ls*:|-|.| farmers sold ’i.O) head of ehw-p In 8t. 1*001*. ulille In 1917 tiny kUlp]**1 13917 theap to the same market, an In'T-sse of 232 per e*-nt. li't*irt* show 1 .70.406 wromea actively •-ngngid In regular and -m -rgeocy war work in the Sooth ern stale* during 1917, while M9.272 girls ahsisted aho._ similar line*; u total of 2j0U8.213 wom-fi and girl* worked t.. help win the war by garden Ing. le.iiitry produ.-tioa. canning and drying fruits. v.-xHahlrw and m ats. butler making aud ehewe making. Tbeir , lilevetuent* are parrlslly p:eiure.1 In 20O.i>»i.ia*l cans of fruit* and vegetable* now aw ruling e.,,,sumption In Southera atore rooms mn ! irantri.- luipsrMnl opinion states iliat during tb- la«t months the Southern state* tune tanned an.] joroerre! SdO par cent more fruii* and vegetabloa than In any similar period In tlie last half <- -ntuiT. The 62.227 nom*) enfc.b*! In d912 Soglh-n <<ub* r.«ently bjve put up SUWi.tSTT e«ns of veg.-iable* and fnlu worth over XTogJUOU. In -iddlllon they have prejiancl over 2.750 ton* of dn.-i fruit* and *. -getable*, and brined, (tickle,' and stored :i»* ad htloqnl ton* of vegetables. Tlie 73 Southern ^irfs eticag,-,] In regular ,iul "or* raise! and mned S.682.<»W can* of vegetable* worth fl.-'V•‘.000. a* well as canning an addltloiui! 3961JkX> v.r.tain r* of frail* and Vegeia .ble* vliicto tliey- did not rnlae them wives. ikiy* ,-lub work has a*v, d->veb>;o*1 on aa amazing *■ «le becau*- of th - persevering and coo- ► -ientious work of the county agent* During 1917

the enrollment of tmyw with reapect to tlie branrii of farming wa* a* .follow*: Corn. 402ftK; pig*. RIJUN: (smliry. 11.C33: cot ton. 5297; mlvelisoeoit*. 4.ft47; potatoes. 3,441; peanut*. 3.157: and grain ivwrghum. 2.128. Ttievnumbers were crvatly increased during 1918. while su ndditlonal 400.000 lioy* aided In emergency work. Tlie average yleM of corn of the boy*' dub* was 4TjtTl.(!Hh els jut acre. Thousand* of purebred pig* have lieen distributed among the plg-ciub member*. Th,- boy-' dub work I* stimulating the attendance Of farm boys at ngrimltuml colleges* In one Southern state, daring 1917. 218 dub boys etilered the Slate Agricultural college. Uniftr the supervision of the Southern county ngt-nt*. .‘b0.725 wduli fanner* rooducted farming demoostrati<iti* in 1917—the 1918 3*are* are not yet available—«>u 501.728 acre* of corn. 150.600 acre* of wheat. 08.709 acres of rye. 77^97 acre* of soy beans. 340.44S acre* of velvet liewm* 44.528 acres cf alfalfa, lOO/sl'i acre* peanut*. 14JHP acre* Irish potatoe*. 11.178 acre* sweet potatoes and 361.74! ceres of miscellaneous forage crops for hay and noil Improvement purposes. Approximately 08.000 fruit tree* In Southern fsnu orchard* are yielding more fruit of better quality h* the result of'Imrundve spraying and pruning demonstration* (*Miducted by the county luetiti,. The evusty agents »'*.« hnd charge of feeling detnonstrulionv with 1 shifts head of beef cattle a* well a* 30.041 hog*. In addition they a: slated In the Importation of 58,1197 beef cfctMr for hrued’rj purj-^e*. while they aided In hulldIng 2.250 ‘j.lng vals nnd 5.517 »a|„« Tliey in-siruct«-d 5ii, i31 farmer* how to care few farm manure; they, conducted 25.008 Mine der,,«>!»*t ration*: they «rtvl*,-d l.V. SfM farmer* . -ernlnc i he uw? of cuntn<T.-ln] fertlUaer; they :'urnlahed | bulbling (dan* for TjQeS farm tmnd'o^*; they in-j stalled 1.753- home water *y*ti*n<: tli'-v t-u(icr- J «i*ed 28.812 tiling demon Mr* sloe* rad 3i.!'if> ter- j raring demonstration*, and direct**! 315.654 hotnr I garden*. Southern cocnly agents visited 885.966 J farm* and receive! 765.2>»7 caller* at their ».1|ce* or hutne. They deliver*** Kildrv**—* si 7B.it’; j toeinas* attended by 3,880.PH people. TAUGHT TO READ AT THREE.

Viacent Assaisnn rSACTKAL

OU Slxw Kata tie* Eep*lr Work Mjr SpocWt* NowSbn

A RELIABLE BUtUM H. A. DEERY tractor. Carpi Jobbing Ui AQ Its SEA ISLE CITY, N. J. baauD

New Series st Now Open S<a kit QUA A L. tnorlatirg TsU llarerwnbs^sl UwOireOocAac g WAYNE M. 8TRUTHER8,

Quality Grocer Our aim U to give rvl ibks ssrvWw Qualtt) of Goods. Quantity in Msaaura. Satisfaction | n Pries. P. B. SHARP

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HOBDELL S

Practical Dyer of OSTRICH FEATHBtS W. Solicit Yocr Father Wants in all its Branchs*

154-156 N. Tfairteerth SL, PHILADELPHIA

Is the *

how an ingenimt* uiuther

taught her little son to read before he could talk or walk property. Allli.,ug*i not three, h- can now ro*.i with accuracy and en*o. yet „ norma! baby. In fact, any bo> or girl could be ‘lia:f:,rty

taught.

In this particular case th- child begrn <n dhIcv

the larger headlines In uew*pBi>ers and t<» ask in hsby linguae- whal they were. The letiar H was ;m!nt<-d out to hhn. an-.! for n .time he u»» <-<*a:c:,t tc look for Gil*. Next his tnoiher ta-.glit him R and A. these being -riected a* eulH ii-ut!> ,112^-. t-n' from II to avoid cmfudiui. The idea of 'he letter*, was thu* grasped, and |t a a * easy t u t-aeh

the boy tbe entire retnainlng slpiisle-t. Then I,S* uiotbcr legaa to prinl lifters for him,

when he asked for picture* an p .*>•, „( p*peri Thl* was .-allwl drawing. Mrailualty »he rotuhln-d Hie letter* In words suited to hi*. <-xj>erie*c-. *u.-h as "h.irse" and “.big" Bomellme* he tried to draw the letters himself, achieving quite * .-rodltable H a* twenty nix months. Al»., Rn orraaioonl

A. 1 F.. O and 7.

Gradually small letter* Instead of capital* now drown for the w.w>l* h- recognlxed. and soon h,-S-now that “dog" ahd “DOR- in,-*nr th- Aa,ne. Smnll cards were used Instead of bits of pap-r tlie word* being drawn at the top Thu> step by Mep. he na* t.,'ight th* appearance of vvnrds and lettcro. tif'lll <«ie day his moO.er to-.U him .in her lap and read a simple story to him, pointing to carti word, the ni'pcumnce of which had already Ih-ii Impressed on hi* mind bj the card System. This reading was continued for some time Then one evening hi. mother said. “You read * story to father" and the boy. pronouncing rwrt, nonl without error, slowly, and ivi-h prot^r , oti> . miUon. read s,x lines of rimjde •vurds without a

mistake.

NO RELIEF. “Wont r-iu be glad ul*»o no more of »,u, r (Wlvute 1 • •■*-* sre opet,-<| by tbe o> r >-• • a " u,;j ' W » M 'Ct ts'etiU on

What an Owner Cannot do Beyood a ccrtaio point nn OWNER cannot r«gnUte the CONTRACTOBb* employ*. You can cat* a leopard* DUt you Cannot chany hit •pots or his point at view. But wbut an Owner CAN DO M to aelect, in the ttnt place, a Contractor who ha* an established reputation for integrity, efficiency aad results. Edward B. Arnett Building Coostructioa Bell Telephone CoaaecttoM SEA ISUJ CITY, If. Z.

WILLIAM A HAFFERT Notary Rubllo II Work Promptly Attsndod To. 104 West Jersey Avenus «sa I ale City. N- J-