CAPE MAY.COPKTY TIMES, SF.A ISLE"CITY N J.

HEMDan^EOf d ike CAPITAL

finances' Bulk Large in the Halls of Congress ' G! »' w - prw^tlnp the cr.ur.nl mtmatee to con tr«». Mpoowl ■pproirtlMiotui of practically *3.00(1,000.1X10 for the r orcm-.'-..l

Jurinj fiscal year 1021. Accordint ihea fijurea It tritl cost more than r thaw ns much to conduct the .■•eace-T xaoa affolra of forerament as t did n Ote year immediately preced-

pg th ■ world w»r.

T e greatest Indirldunl estlmctea ri cndiUires, of course, co to the irray md navy. The yearly interest » the asr debt, however, t* Ji.017.VO.Otxi, «hlrt. mm a'one Is greater '“i*l H* .or all pur- ** »«y peace-time

NEW JERSEY STATE BRIEFS

whlch b" ■PPenrec perennially in estlmatea without ere. nc * ln ,hU rMr »*<»> Promise of being token

T - ■ wtlmare of CSTJOpyBOO toward a slaking fund which ulU-

ny s to rente the public debu

*“**' for fiscal year Is ta be thought ln h 9 nnnual r »P° n - fiovernment receipt* must

* an ond^ rre ^ nt ficur ‘ - *- ^ « w - ln or ^r to bring goTernment borrow IViuand the atmost economy In governm.nt .xpendlture* was made In swam hy hour Republican and Democrat leaden, a.cim.n Warden o“ be *.-•««* appropriaUtms cmimlttee «,ld the tluv has come to -shut the gate, mtlmlj on new r.-<ju(sltkmx new departments r.nd new commissions.” Seaaior-tooot. Bepuhtlcan. Utah, sclu «etgress would not p.ovlde th« er ret]aired m the estimate., adding that several senators had agreed tc

. bills to deatn If n

raericr.n Farmer Leads the World, Says Houston HE Americnt' f. .uter feeds the world In individual production of crops Secretary Hi union of the department of agriculture asserts in bis annual •wt. While count.-lea taich as Belgium, under Intensive fanning, get a

hlghtr acreage yield, taking botlacreage and yield per sen* Into ac count, the American agriculturlf t pro duced two anil a half times as mnch n» his Belgian and German rivals twe and three-tenths times as much as th* British tanner, three atd twotenthi times ns much as the French and mor* than six times ns much us the Italian Tl.e result of this n.»d of J*e American fanner's work is sh.rwo In tin '

1310 Anicrlcnn crop prodoction. placed othces at three times greatT In vatu* . nut street, Philadelphia. Mr. Radclifte

Twelve members of the civilian crew of tl.e tram port America, w ho v ere put In the ship's brig at Brest after an alleged mutiny, were released by order of Major General David C. Shanks, commander of the port df embarkation. Vice Chancellor Buchanan granted a temporary Injunction In favor pf Xlch; olas Bentz and n>strnlnlng Anna Slnon from further operating two electrically driven sewing machines at 238 Hewlit atreet, Trenton. The final hearing I In the matter was act for February 2. Char.es J. Fnlcey reiirescntr the defei.diint and Theodore Bnckes the pe-

titioner.

Didinquent tax payments for 18J0. which have been made since the unwold assessment* were given to Delinquent Tar Collector Sweeney for collection, now total the sum of *13,610.au. This amount baa been paid •lure December fl, when the first collection of the unpaid taxes began. The Hoard Committee of the County Board of Freeholder* at a meeting in Atlantic City acted favorably upon the api>eai of 18 county rood foremen for in. increase In pry. Tl.e matter Is to be presented to the Finance Committee. The raise win involve *17,030 annually Teams which have heretofore been allowed *0 a day will, under a new schedule, receive *7.20. Another legal altack on prohibition was launched in Trenton when Elihu Boot, ns chief counsel for Chris.lan Fclgerspan, a brewing corporation, filed a bin of complaint In the Called Stntw District Coun asking for an injunction restraining Cnlted State* District Attorney Bodine nnd Charles Duffy, collector of Internal revenue, from enforcing tla? prohibition law. Tl.e bill declares that both the Volstead act and the eighteenth amend-

ment are uncnnstltutlofin].

John Hadcllffe of Salem, who had hoen treosurei s accountant with the Pennsylvania Council .of National Defense since May, 13IS, 1ms be*-n honored by appointment a* financial secretao' "f the Diocese of Pennsylvania of the ICplseojial Church. He Is to assume Ids office January 12 and will serve Under Bishop Ithtnelaudcr, with

' the Church House, i 129 Wal-

SuorfiJK- JOotirp Jostlce KaHarti. athe "jK-nlug* of the December term o: court at Mount Holly, made It cleat tlii.i idlestrians have rights in roadways that must be respected and automolilllsts must at all tiroes govern themselves accordingly. Plar.s Pot th* regular uild-wintcr meeUng of tl.e New Jersey Itetall M*»r>tm»ent Dealers' Association were made at n gathering of that body In the Board of Trade rooms In Newark. It was decided to hold the meeting February 3 and 4 In the Continental Hotel, Newark. A dinner will be

served.

Charles Ru Inrech, thirty-two years old pf 1213 Washington street. Hobo-

tZSZ' W ‘ 1 ™ , “ 1 0U - On Land That Is Not Well-Drained tom.ddle In which be was riding skid- I w .„ C1 , K „

ded In Park avenue. Wcehawken. and after Jumping across the sidewalk

PREVENT WINTER ALFALFA KiLLINO

Ocmmon Saying Among Well-

Posted Fanners That Plant Won't Siand “Wet Feet.”

AVOID DEEP LOOSE SEEDBED

Iho average annual output during the five-year period preceding tin ■urnpeau war. The aggregate value ot all crops this year is placed at *15,-

(XX). as compared with SM.222.0UO.OOO In 101S.

Lh e nock on farm* th‘s jeer was figured at *8.830.000,00(1. as against

.281/00.000 in 1318.

Estimates * n ^ report pm the 1313 wh.-at productlou at 318.471.00C “l.els nnd corn at 2j)10JNO.0u' bushels. Cotton Is expected U> reach 1U.03C.

I-nles nnd tobacco 1.310533.000 potmda.

Included In Mr. Houston's reeommen'jatlons are the following: The building up. primarily under state law. of a system of personal credit I f 1 *" 1 'he Republican jmrtj- will •ns, for farmers whose fmandal stnt.:« and operation make It difficult tc I tajpreisrteft-,* the gdvernoi

..... . **11«. In .. I_‘ .

had for 34 joars been associated with the Pennsylvania railroad, part of the

time as chief accountant.

Governor Runyon nruourcod Ills support of Major General Wood ns a presidential candidate, asserting hi* election “would beneiU the countrv Uumeasurahlf.” “With General Wood our Under next year I am confident

win most

stated

ure accommodations through the ordinary channels; expansion of tacilltlei I ,s “ttenscly u notrlot. Is possessed ...'ding In marketing, especially extension of the market news and fooi of Infinite courag >otli physldnl and •ducts infection services; continuation of federal participation In roa>.'I DK ‘ ro '' ®*» biftvely preached his creed ildlng through ac appropriation of $100,300,000 for c-ach of the next fom ! Gie country over nnd deinonstrafi-d ’■f-'i regulation and control of stock yards nnd packing houses; federal legls dcar *J - hi* great executive Itbillty. tact

len to protect consumer* against adulterated feeds and fertilizers; Increase^ * ,,<l K®tcsjnanslilp."

ite support for rural schools nnd more definite Instruction as to rural proh ' Hrturnlng to tfewTork after ieking u* end crndltlons; legislation to Improve rural saultuiy conditions and ® r - n, “ I Stecbridge “vide hospltnl and medical facilities. Fmlth of cst Riverside drive, to spend

I Christ.aa* day wiU. friends In East

1 Orange, Benjamin Wright ran over u

“I Aboard for Mars, Says a Russian Scientist; S

Tlie victim uns Fred Jnrolenun of 0, South eiteton-street. East Orange.

1.‘■BANDS suffering from ennui or other person* w hose- worldly eares enus* them to seek the seefusion of utterly new surroundings, take heart. There'* . out. H« .v would you like to spend an otherwise hard winter on Mars! :‘t laugh. It's a possibility. Anyr. there's a Russlnu acronuuticsl meer at large in this conmry who elllng about It. His name I* Prof. •re de Bothesat end be has an ta-

mtlonsl reputation.

Among aviation possibilities, he r. is the invention of o machine, belled by • Jet. which would take '»>ant of space. Mars for luncheon. Milky Way for dluner a»d back to old world again for breakfast. “There would be a few diii.gi-rs In h itrttriilcnetary trnrei.” be de-.-lares, “such as bumping Into meteors, but s c-eyed pilot would soon'tH-e.ui e an adejit In overcoming such obstacles Professor de Roihezat also is working on a machine thrt will climb to ar ' de of 40 or 50 miles and then fly witlamt fuel. This can be done, he says utillajng the atmosphere at thl* height, which has the exact pn portion ol rogen and oxygen to produce combustion. The pm'sengera would travo i fusotage constructed on the thcrmos-hottle Idea.

W,000,000 Water-Power Tunnel :or Palestine >4iRWEGIAN engineer has devised a plan to provide water and electric >»ruer for Pulestine at an Initial cost of *40.000,000. All>ert HJorth ot : a propose* to utilize tue vnrigtlop of the level between the Medlterret.ean and the Dead sea, and bj mean* of a tunnel fur water to pro ride electric power for pumping eta turns, irrigation and general purposes

HJorth proposes to dig

plunged down the embankment at the Wcehawken playground. A woman who Is believed to be active In, If not the leader of. a daring criminal band operating between New York and Philadelphia Is sought In the murder of Mrs. Morris Goldstein who was killed hy bandits In her husband's store. Passaic. The bandits fled in a

waiting auto.

As the bells of Pt Mary's Chtbedra! chimed In Christmas Day a newborn baby was found abandoned on the steps of the Episcopal residence of Bishop Thomas J Walsh, head of the Boman Catholic diocese of Trenton. A1 Brich knocked out the veteran. Dan (“Porky") Flynn, in the fourth round of a boat which was the feature of the Christmas Day boxing show at the Second Regiment Armory, Trenton. Flynn was no match for Reich, and It was the general opinion that A1 could here stopped him earlier In the l>out had he eared to. Payton W. Allen, who pleaded guilty • a charge of forgery at Atlantic City, . having obtained money from the Marine Trust Company o n a bogus check, was sentenced to six mouths in the county Jail by Judge Ingot-soil In s*ctnl sessions court. John Glenn and J °hn A. Bailey pleaded guilty to larceny at the Y. M. C. A, nnd were sentenced to three months each In tic-

county Jail.

Helping wait on customers during tlie Chrisiams rush. Herman, twelve year-old son „f Edward Danetz. a grrerr of Burlington, was the victim of n ketdng accident when his left hand rs sliced into pieces In an uutomatlc tneat cutter. The lad was operating the mcchlnc when his fingers slipped. Amputation ut the wrist was deemed necessary by physicians who took him a Philadelphia hospital. A grani'e monument in honor of John Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dn rlt* Wallace of Fairton, was unveiled with appropr ate ceremonies at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Millville. Wallace, who ivH* a member of CompanyI., One Hundr-.il and Forty-eighth Infkhtry. Xbhty-sjvcnlb Division, lost Ids life at (he front in France. Henry H. Fithlan of Bridgeton, who fought bortde him Wlien he feU, made tin-

chief iidflrvsa.

Setting fire to her night dress as sliendeavored to light the gas in her apartment a* the Hotel Bosrobel. At

Crop Will Either Drown Out or

Heavs Out in Course of Few Seasons—Other Factors.

Poor drainage Is one cause for win-ter-killing. It Is a commor saying that alfalfa will not grow with "wet feet." and la Uod which Is not well drained the crop will either drown out or heave out In the course of a few seasons. A deep loose seedbed is an unfavorable

Splendid Field of Alfalfa,

rendition for starting alfalfa, and the young plants In such a svcdlted are likely to dry out or heave out during the Unit year. Other factors which have to with decreasing the vitality of alfalfa plants thus making them tr.ore susceptible to winterkilling, we weeds. Insects, diseases and animal pest*, particularly moles and gophers. The factors named are qualifying factor* which reduce the vitality of the alfalfa, making It more likely to winterkill, but even under the most favorable conditions of growth, alfalfa frequently winterkills lu our northern climate, and this is the rondlUon

hich vve desire to Investigate.

FEEDING SILAGE TO DIFFERENT ANIMALf Fsed Any Fiace Whe e It Can & Cone Without Waste.

Good Plan to Supp.y It to Cows teOims After Milking Has Been Ccmplrted—Mot Advisable to Ghee Too Mech to Horse. ••Corn silage may be fed nut of donrs* In bunk*. In the stall, or in fset may plcrc where nnTmnl<i ran ea> it wltM our waste." Kay* K. W. Clark of th* Colorado Agricultural college. "In feeding milk cows It la • pood plan to give the hay In r»c<» outside or some place where the aaAmal* will not waste It. and feed the ensilage In the barn after milking, fc - may be given twice a day In rutV— from 10 to 13 pounds at a feeding or 2£ to So pounds |ter day. “Some large animals will take ■*• high as 40 to DO pounds of silage yew day and make good uae of It. It: feesS Ing fattening itock or steers, tdlwiew may Ite fed twice a day in smaller rations ranging from 10 to 15 pounds wk a feed for grown stock and for youap anlioal* front C to 12 pounds. “Sheep will consume from 2 to A pounds dally and horses from 4 to Z3E pounds when not working. It is not advisable to feed w®-‘ horses large quantities of silage t more than to give them large quaif ties of new- grass. 'Feed the ensilage so that ‘be av mals will eat it up clean, as It spot ehen expo ,-d to the air for several days.”

ADVANTAGE OF SELF-FEEDER Hogs Not Entirely Finished In Cmrmfield Should Make Profitable Gains in Drylot. Some feeders believe that bogw'hlch aru not entirely finished In th** cornfield do not make efficient galas 1C removed from the field nnd fed gnur drylot. There Is no reason w^y this should be true provided the drylot ration is eqnnl In amount and qortHy to that which the hogs have hewer, obtaining In the cornfield. If the nofis* Uhed animals are full-fed' on cor^. properly supplemented, they should, make profitable rains In drylot If tb^ have been previously doing so In thac .field. The trouble Is usually caused

tei.tie City, Mrs. Rhitt Adams, sixty- ! Kindl of Winterkilling four years o'-V of Greene, N. Y., su's- I "'Interkllllng Is brought ntiout In tuined h'lurk's from which site died In ■ Afferent way*—by the heaving of the the hospital. soli, by the smothering of the plants Children of two French towns in tin , nu, ' er lcc - nnd through the killing of ilevostnted district. St. Cbrlstophe and ' Ule ritol* by the cxtr> me cold. B|eraiicourt, have received Christmas ' The heaving of the soil by alternate greeting* nnd hand painted card* from • freezing and thawing lifts the root the pupils of the Motiteialr High Crowth. and when the soil thaws. It School. The schools In these two settles with It. The soil, on freeztnv .is were -o*Vinily adopted by the ; mp. takes a new hold on the roots hildren of the Montclair Junior Re.! ! ahlch are again raised. Thus the olCos* some time ago. ternate freezing nnd thav.lng finallj

Pigs a* Self-Feedera.

by the fact that the amount of the n tlon is decreased when the hogs are n loved, a self-feeder con be used t

see!lent advantage In such c

The salaries of the steward nnd matrm at the Gloucester county aim house will 1* Increased p, „ combined sum of fl.SOU for UrJO by the Iloare of

FreehoMeia,

>Ira. Jt.hu McVey. principal of the Ewan schools, ha* resigned, nnd no one has been found to toko the posi

tlon.

The large open field

j “

] Iraws the roots of the plant out of the ground, sometlmos several Incheo. ; arcaklng off the tap root, nnd In the ! mve of young plants, the roots are fre ! guently throw n out on th. surface. I vVInter rains or winter thaws r..ay j , muse the fields to become revered .'1th a fheet of Ice, which. If It renj Unu.-s Icmg. Is almost sure to smother the athletic ; alfalfa or clover, and -

ratification of the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, Mr... Ulllan F. Fcickert of BUInfleld. pn-.l-dent of tlie New Jersey Woman Suffrage AK-wUUon, sc) - * New- Jersey would at the coming legislative sendun go on record for votes for women. It was stated si Atlantic City that Judge RobeM InguruoU. who hs to pas* upon Ibe final reports of the doctor*

, „ , . , who hove examined Mr*. Esther nrt .17 ..lln loti. Iron, 1L, U«ll ; d , h( i.-rraoMin lo Ih. 0*0 «*. p,«»i ! „ , M , , It Jrmaatm. 'O.'* w™'' . m , u ,L. lo U» nTfunte rarrr «,», fra, th, IMKmnw,. j .m ,, ou , d ,. „ u „

to the wi-s..-rn slopes of Me .ow*r end Iin ,i J)ni Blake w-Ul remain In the of the Jordan valley. Thence the wn I county asylum. Attorney Theodore ter wouid pass through pipes down te Behlmpf. i .-talued by James Blake to

>*««d H*. * pow pl«n«! look after the Interests of his wife

:o «. <trlrlty. to te dlririhuled as light and >o«er would be used to drive a puinpin*

n of Galilee,

about IJWO frel below ses level; that ol Li >4at«-K, show that tens of thousands ot It's way by means of a tunnel Tarrying 20 ittes the rise of the Dead sea caused by i-**r year. The surface of the sea. which I? <1 be allowed to Increase to about 4,800

It 1* said he Mepp.il from the curb dl-nx-Uy lu front of the uuuuuohiie Bright was held in *2.500 ball on a

technical cliargu.

Borough Clerk Clymcr of Haddonfleld isKu.il 485 hunting and fishing ]|. eens<-s the past year, whlcli is r. hun-

dre«I more than last year.

Tile Woodbury Parent-Teachers' Associntlan will i-nwcnt a *350 picture machine to the High School ns soon as

the money I* raised.

V.\ K. Ewing, representing the Mate motor vehicle department, issued Hie

' ir '"' r * "W 13= com,no. Yorkahlp „„ 1,11 proln. are 11.1,1. to lojury in Uil.

U> mnon of m.d.ln™ Oom„ CEIf. «. il,«i lUo nxlim „oia cutoj- Un,,. oof.

; ''i,'- 'lo- “now ft. i -n„. :.!llli, C hy oi-rao fold u rao.t ZZ-M m o , " ooa '” r >'' 1 A1 "«' lr I" Colmohu Mr. , M ukrl, lo h.piKo, In n dry „i»n .vln- I 2yaS^l2iimS/lAr Jirr !?•: Toylor MHBMM lor. nnd now nnUnc nwcUUy loir I found trip now cosu 28 1,K I ,J 1 ft J < ' th weddln F anniversary by -ceding* l- which the plants arc Mint- ’ naludng he T£ n r „ o, 0, alpntT ,hllr rooted, and afford little cover, are state ^ “ 2 ‘ I *- nd " foK ' «**>*• They were | most likely to he affected.

I »> th' n-l-rr. ! Ofton old Md. whirl, h„c tM, !

— - - _ e Skd or the | Ing not only their children and grand- [pastured are practically destroydfi.

ehlld. but a great-grandchild, which ! while fields which had couidderable j made four generations represented. | full growth left on the ground ar.> not Mr. and Air*. 1'nvlor are both lifelong , damaged so much. In the ordinary residents of Burlington county, and ’ winter, the protection afforded by a untll n few J.-ar* ago were engaged In [ -trong fall growth Is usually sufficient fanning near Columbus. Both are In , t<> prevent any w interkilling, excellent health. Winter Protection Favored. <«loucester City will ask tlie Supreme j R is evident tliat when the condl- 1 Court to decide the question of the as | tlons are too severe, winter protection. Kcssment on the new *10.003.000 slilp- I while It may help some, w.ll not pre- i

i I ™ r 11 •''tales Shlje ! vent some winterkilling by which a ~ ~i~i;c ~ ii| jfi ping Board. Members of the city coun- | good stand Is thinned or desfroyed. I " o ta,c I t # bj: Bonrd '* , ‘ ro< * ut,oa Rh0u,d al "»y' i FAILURE IN RAISING CALVES ° , ;.‘ n J” 1 ,ho 1Joar,i l,i Assessor* : oowever. to give such winter orotec- I

nini city Solicitor Ixftzgus. Tlie -Ity tlon os may be afforded by the g.o»'ti • - < amden will lie asked to Jolu u. - ..f the alfalfa after the last cutting. , entrat. It was suggested by a mem Too late cutting should be avoided ns .-I!!. .^. n “‘'\ bo ‘ rd ,ha! 11 w “ uld '••• "ell as too close pasturing. In fail.

Is doubtful whether alfalfa fields

the Rtv,

'Plan,

i of many hundreds

i In veal Igatlon of ell the

api-eared In coun. as he expected that Judge IngcrtoU would pass upon the

doctors' report.

Julius Rosenfeld. n PhiUipeborg hotel proprietor, got from the town couimlssioncrs a refund of *400 'or his

liquor license.

I* Ewing. Cape May county

weU for the matter to be taken t

upreme Court for decision. Gloucester feel* that taxes should be derived

from the plant.

The Edison cement piart at New Tillage, closed Imi-bum- of Uie coal ■rtage, resumed operations. ' The Pleaxunivilie Board of Educa-

-.tor vehicle dm^rt- ! w u ^ * ,0 ° t ‘'

nun?. Issued 200 llcens.* lu one day at ‘ h “ ^ au,,,,p, <•* ,h *- schooli

Wildwood. 1 in rhllllpp fonn of gov-

the (

•Mslbury public a formally niked t

Janitor* of the schoola.

The official board of Trinity M. 1-2 Church, Borden town, has requested the return of the pastor. Rev. James

Burns, for a seventh y ear.

It hus been years sin re there was a* good ckating on Mngn..:ia lake, be tween South SeavHlo nnd Sea l*Ie City. The young people cleared the snow off. and all day and almost «U night erviud* Ciiluv tia shstinw. |

r pastured after Sep-

RETAIN FERTILITY ON FARM Much Taken OH That Might Be Returned to Soil If Crops Were

Fed to Live Stock.

In the marketing of hey and roughage there Is a large bulk to handle and haul to the point of delivery. The Cnlted States department of agriculture points out that thU: means much e-X<ra later for the men and teams on grain and crop fanns. t^nd much fertility Is taken off which might be

ADVANTAGES OF A SILO

Colo..

1. One-third greater returns can be secured from the land than when the corn Is cured tbi-

ordinary way.

2. More live stock can btkept with silage than without

It.

3. More of the corn crop can he saved then In any other way. Thlc raving varies from

35 to 50 per cent.

4. Surplus slluge can be curried over to years of srareity. Good silage will keep for years. 5. The value of s.raw Is greatly Increased by feeding It

with silage.

C. Silage nearly doubles the

profit* of dairying.

7. Sl'age tnereas#* the profits of beef from 25 to 50 per cent. 8. Good silage Ik a splendid and economical feed for hontew. but poor silage may kill then. :

One '.f Mcvt Common Causes Is Thaft of Ovorteeding. Which Usually

Results In Scours.

One of the common cause* of fa He"— In raising calves Is that of over-fet ing. which usually results in scourif Wher *c<*urlng occurs, the amoart » milk fed should be reduced, or i severe case no milk at all given tud

the trouble ceases.

turned t

.wore f4d to Uv« sUtck.

VALUE 0 C POULTRY PRODUCTS: Equal in Value to One-Half of Corw Crop—Easy Matter to Double

Output of Chickens.

The poultry products of our nathra are equal In value to one-half the rati re corn crop of the nation. It wootfi be fairly easy to double tlie ontpvt «fT

the fields If the pradjcts j poultry and mike th:.t Industry

. :i,-* --1 . .

a value to the core crop.