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OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

Edited by W. COLUNS THOMAS

Cumberland County

Mew Jersey’s Agricultural t Value is High

President Frelinghuysen of State Board of Agriculture Gives Valuable Facts

Will Not Crowd Out Farms

Former Senior Joseph S. Frelinffhu n. he»d of ttie 6l*tf Board of A^rtcullure delivered an addreae before the Slaxe con- 1 vention held In Trenton this week from which he maker the loHowinK Intereetlu* fact# ooncerning farmlnR In New Jentey. which will Intereat Oape Mar

County farm ere:

"Another ymr haa ended, and following the long established custoni. as president It is my duty to give the delegates to the oopvtntion a review of the acUrtties of the Departtn-nt of ARTiculture. The earnest net* of ■be New Jersey fanners and the deet) interest that is displayei by 1 them Fear after year has been j a grew encouragement our effort to co-operate cloaely .with the State Boards. Pomona Granges. Agricultural College and

other organization*,

ly say that this co-operation has

helped agriculture

fn New Jersey and while some of us at times entertain different views as to pohetee and methods, there has always been an underlying feeding of confidence la each other* sincerity erf pnrpw- In meeting the great prob-

lems that confront

"Other agricultural States have

a different situation than New Jetaey. We are small In acreage, wedged between two of the great<at centers of population, with New York City. Jersey Oity. Newark, and Paterson cm the one aide and Philadelphia and Camdon on the other. The question ofton comes to ms whether th. spreading frontiers of the cities may not sooner or later choke oot agriculture completely, and wipe out our areas of cultivation. Tet. was we examine the flgure* of Increased production each year and contemplate the amount of untHled land In the State and Che advantageous position of New Jersey from the standpoint of maricetlng our garden, dairy and poultry products, for the market

is right at our doors, w.

viChas. Tomlin Takes Farm

Editor To Task

part men! of Agricultu • farm land in the State of N-w JetscT

last year averaged In value

above that of all the New England and Middle Atlantic Statecombined. It was nearly double the average value for all farm

land in the Vnited Stat as. •The nation-wide statistics,

MOW that the average value oijOr M.'vbc He Is Hitting at farm land W New Jersey In ISiiC - ^ J) J " Q^, er Qur

Shoulders

THOMAS* COLUMN

Doings of Your Farm Neighhci? j

I AM going to ask our reader* tor a little azsbtanoe. Since the heading, which being used at the present time at the top ot thu page, is not just what is desired. 1 wonder it some of our read cannot suggest a more suitable heading tor the page. A prize three dollars will be given to the one which ' judged best of those

rece ; vcd. and two dollars for the second he-t.

No suggestions will be received after Monday, January 31.

$130. as compared with $12i In the year 1930. The average for the whole of New England was $61.ZC and for the Middi •

Atlantic state*. $:s.6!* T -’' His Facts Are Interesting

average for the value of agricultural land throughout th-

United States recorded $<6.4- \v< were nomewh*: surprised for the year Just ended. , -rcehe the folio* inr com In other wonts. Jers y farm, munlcatkm from Mr. Charles values are rising. Th-y has ■ T->niltB. of DUs or "Dyers ' greatly Increased slnre 19Z0 and j creek, concerning the fatMory of only California. Iowa. Arizona Cape May Grang-. as ghun us

and Illinois surpass New Jersey 1 by Mr. A. D. T. Howell, and , . In farm land values, according t publiiSied In thl* paper last wc- s I HERE ** no question in m> mind that what tarmcr* in Cape the study of rural real estat- : We have always known Mr ! May County and adjoining co-intio would profit considerably properties Just completed by th- Tomlin to be a poet of no mean j standardizing the varieties O.' vegrtahl-s grown by them.

In early Decrmbfr, a* well a* recently, we have had several unusualy cold days. Because of the high percentage of moisture com at the present tirnr. there i* a possibility that the germination has been damaged. For this rea-on 1 would -uggest that those w ho have not already done »>. select their seed com immediately and

store it some place where it will dry out rapidly.

I am sure all corn growers will recall to what extent the 1925

seed corn was damaged by freezing.

. . . _ aneties or Bureau of Agricultural Economic- ability so it Is not surprising to example, decide on the best varifles of the United States Depaitmentl us that the beginning <rf hi* let- . inIir> _ a „d even one boost thro- partkulai

le somewhat poetlr ■ „„,h.ng rlw but them.

of Agriculture."

tav not over four varitks and grow

Officers Installed of County Granges

Cape May Grange Will In-

stall on Saturday

The following member* have been inMaUed as officer* of the South Saavllle Grange S. E Stone. Master. Mrs. Melvin Abbott. Secretary: Mr. Car. Overseer; Mr*. Mary Heaum. Chaplain: Thomas Sear*. Lecturer: Samuel Christian. Steward: Frank Abbott. Assistant steward: Mrs. Warren La nek- Lady Assistant Steward: Warren Larickt. Treasurer: Frank Swain. Gankeepei; Mr*. Harry Mackle. Toi: Mr*. Janies McIntyre. Ceres: Mrs. Carlton Weetoott.

Tomll:

lleving you.

letter i

will find It of

“ T'd“ T- iS*£j raw •< “ “V«r* "« e*- That » Ac rcuon which tends to make th- !.:-:ory J m* n > nationall) advertised produm. such a- Singer sewing machines, of the Grange more eompbam!, tell *o rradilv. All of us would most likely hesitate to buy a Ford Intereating. We are publishing | if the salesman said. "Here’s my own special brand of car." The * Skimmer.." or if the sewing machine agent railed a Singer b) any

other name, wc would he much more skeptical about buying it. It a salesman savs Ford, Victrela. Singer. Sun-Ki-t • • ranges, Sun Maid Raisins, wt know at once what he is talking about. Hut triend* who visit u- in the summer do not understand whit we mean by Gr- ne's Fxtra Early Corn. Moore’s Special Cantaloupe, and other products bv equally meaningless names. But let all of the farmer* in this section concentrate upon a lew varitiea of each kind of product, such as Golden Bantam. Hauling Mob, Country Gentletan Corn, bordhook. Early Knight. Hearts ot (Jold, Jenny Lfhd Cantaloupes, and 1 venture to say that these products, so standardized the customers' minds, would to a large degree sell themselves. I tainly would appreciate hearing from »onic of the grower* ms to what the; think of this proposition. Of course it is not an entirely idea by any means, but if anything can he done about it. now seems to he about as good a time as any. If these columns csr he used to conduct some sort of a voting contest to assist our growers decide on the v antics best adapted to this section—they are at

your sen ice.

Pray what arc you trying to do? Good or bad. amilr or grin The LATE Grange movement

did begin

In ahe head erf Cbarlea Tomlii At flew A D. T wouldn't Join So w»- bitch'd her up and naid

"go ’long'

After a whil- be wanacc

Since then s

good help he

Charles Rice. Shore Road. 1 g spring pig butchered a f day* ago which weighed appro niately 300 pound*. Not so t for a spring pig.

Three years ago Mr. and Mrs Edwin A. Harte bought a hornnear Clermont on the Shore Road.

Want a Family Cow)

She doran t give

Klim

Tuoqur Pleterjte

Newt Sch* Uinger. of Green Creek, aay* *he produced till pound* of milk and 3$1 pound* of butterfat in «lx month* Would twenty quart* of milk a day be emwigk tor

your family?

For The Farm Housewife

quid foods IncJudlng bat-, inlfk. elder and «i juice* should not b» .

I for

Care in Ughting PouiIr> , Houses

•Uae in e galsaoiaed irtm ... j nor sbouid a utemdl be eispl ,1 ;n making p-enrneo. JeHl*. The zinc used ia gmitanlzio* ^' i .*!««-! .* and give the fot*i unpleaaant taate and may r , eudden and intenn* Utnew.

Ing and painting and the installation of modern convenience*, the home appears to offer t*!

much com fori a* any city real-i Inefficient Lighting worse

denee could puoslbly afford.

rinded among th«_-*- convenience; vre the following electrical appliance*: pump. refrigerator, stove, beatero. grate*, vacuum cleaner and practically all of the smaller electrical utensil* one could think of using. Hard wood Boors, bath, heat and a sun parlor also add to the comtbe home. Mention I* made of the modern conveniences found in this particular home merely to Illustrate that country home* In Cape May County can be made as comfortable a*

in the city.

Than No Lights

I food

- well |

It has been qut

both by rgperlmrM staOon ir.»e*tigator* and by eranmerrlal poultry- house* for the JHirp.-. Of giving the bear longer hour* for eating and drinking pay* in the batter productl-’n erf egg* when price* are high.

also

proved tl equally disastrous if >i an- Inautnolent or If rarelesaly handled or th made too abruptly

• e.« - pro* Ida tkt thrir cblldre . barau-

tacl «f knowuag* «f food or failure i<> ubdecausd th* porta ace at band. Is any - bad habit*, whether baaed - chlld'a ' ch* oil Dias" or the ] •nfs lack •<( information, eai. corrected only through ed, tWm In what ar> Uw prapr- • ^■children and how they

definitely t* trained to eat aboi ■

• ill

; fooda.

they areJ

Mr. and Mrs. Harte are leaving shortly for an extended tour of European and AMntlc e trie*. They- plan to leave New York Saturday for Havana. They will then go through the Panama Canal to San Francisco, and fron there to Japan. China. Indli. Egypt and Continental Eurore. returning to their home at Tiermont the latter part of June.

Amodc*. of Light

• n,*v hare „ , k' ,h l" k I “ l “‘ ^ *' ““ Creek Saturniay have no foar but that I day evening of -thi, ».-.k T h, New Jersey will always be able snemhera elected to serve a*^ to maintain the prominent poei fleet- ir .. tniiow- Pe*Brf.

tion it now has lr aarleulture ! Douglas*. Mi "Thdhigh points of public i n -|a«nan. Over

terest In the preent agricultural ■tatu* >ot New Jersey may

fact* arc that in 1898

Charles Tomlin, while principal of the public ri-bool of Newport. Cutnb rland County. N. J.. ron-

Turkahoe Grar has Installed celved the idea thai •The Grang. ,

the following member* to serve | wa* a good thing for thefanaar." While dollat- and cent- may not assure happiness, wc must r n? r Vj' 1 w . ,he JJ rr ’“‘ n! nmr ^ b * tk *“* f«nn a , all agree that thev arc the medium by nu-ans ot which vvr ex- ® r Campbell. Ove^-r^lm } ^e edd bl^Jy^ebni^ d.y fc^o^ ,0r ^ ' Rebecca Gandy. Secretary. Mn. 1900. wh.ie driving ° M;r ' C ^ 1 « '* UlH ' ‘ an ^ ,or Alice Stewart. Lecturer. Alfred I roes Townsend Gallaher drlvin Jo * h " ,c ' , * rTn m * d " nrr '- h,,nK ’ *"««• education, luxRscve*. Chaplain: Mrs. It ».,e south. 1*1111 in (brir one-h-r.T * nJ 0,l,fr »*nncrs desire tor their families and

GoiWrry. Steward: E-1 Burley, op-n wagon In the hollow, jusr | ,hfn “^ vcs -

Asaiatmnt Steward; Mu» Jennie | north *rf Mike Cook's The:. ! I heretorc. for the sake of thine* which money represents. 1 «T , f; l ' r Stewarv! Tomlin asked Gallaher what be !ru « that this page may continually serve to help our readers

... J” ;* )r ! or - Gatekeeper: bln. I knew aboutthe Grang-and found I make greater profits.

W- L. i erk-w. Ceres; Mrs. G. | that he had be.-n a granger ml

•B « llw Cab Ml be-. * bl-b b, .11,. A, I [' « mr " <■* }« ,l - *** l**l.

H **"■ - , hr lirt Tom IKreputR a« .l ints doe* not appeal to post of u*. many excuse them-

bead. whichf* f,ve * by ,hink: 'S ,hr > du nirt h *' T t'tt**’- >« most farmers will number wo* -wn I *h*t , ' r * minute spent keeping a record of their farm busi-

wbo

Mian Ethel Townsend, live* on the Shore Rnad. Swalnton. had electric light*

stalled in her home a few day*

ago

Allls.n Ludlam. of Swainton. District Fire Warden, has finish**! pruning quite a number of hi peach tree*. He evidently go* on the principle that during ut favoiablc condition* for forest Brea la a good time for him

prune.

• farm business is. in my opinion, the toward making greater profits.

Mr* Ella Van-

aman. Overseer: Ml* Beulah Gamp. Lecu.er: Newton Sri,..|. linger. Secretary: E. B 8< u'l Chaplain: Mm. Ralph gchclIIngeV Treaaure:: Aaron Robins,: Steward; j„ hn Ak . 1m

T Pepp-:.

doubled. Tomlin wa*

Grange ting out

The

'*'th t rf th,

Lady Awlatant

Sberidsn Pre»»»r. Cera Ralph Holme*. Flora: M nah Hoffman. Pomona. Dougbise. Gatekeeper

Stanley j

epitomized a* follows:

"On the basis of land area. New Jcmev ranks Brat in the total value of agricultural product* produced per acre, among the State- of the United Stat.* W 19Z6 the total value of New Jersey'. agricultural produrt-

$95,359,000.

•The total investment in farm Property. Including land, build Ing. implements, machinery , livestock wa* $311,084,384 ’Th- total rural population 1925 was 681.000. This Inclti

«*11 town*. The to.«i

papulation t n ij.r Ic- „ j 139.S55 w hich abouid i„. , ,! May Growers Buy I w- . .b’^. 1 iS-’S. •?..'.»> Manv s™**™ Plants I.. *-

Population in h from the farm.

' "Recently, i.. ... . u .„ e New York City. Colonel Th’

liows the value of 1 i good though! and t ’ sending out one

CHARLES TOMLIN.

A. E. Mercker Heads

ncs< would he worth more than an hour spent at anything else. A record of the farm busmen is mighty intrirsting. it shows where the money came trom and where it went; it furnishes a valuable record ot your husaic-- dealings, such a record carries a lot of weight when you de*irr to borrow monev. and most important of all it indicate* how you may adjust your business to

| obtain greater profits.

I hi* is a new year and not too late for making good reI solutions. \\ rite today to your County Agricultural Agent and

I request him to send you a farm account book.

| =

'jSources of Early jS

Cabbage Plants!-'

w .. M ." rk : , ‘ ; 1927 Chick Feed County Board thUi section, particularly! Planned By Experl Elects Officers

May County. kn<

Bunrau of Mark.,- through al a«iualntanr.nhip «| I '- a H c

May Poultrymen D. C. Tudor Will Again

Should Give It a Trial

Direct Affairs

light

Henry Brown, proprietor of Brown's apiary, which U almom oppowlte the Wildwood Golf Courwe, on the Shore Road, gave u* aotne Information the other day which should be of gnat | n - terewt to beekeeper*. On January 21. Hunt'* Caaino. Wildwood. I* going to run a moving picture Biro depleting the life of the bee.

and expUdnlng its contribution light •hr welfare of mankind. Mr ! fee-

fn remarked that consider-' able difficulty wa* experienced In obtaining thl, film for ,1 swine here, and that he is confident it will t*e highly appreciated by all

Pineapple and lamb nop, iiiebe W ^i among thfla- .. would reduce. Rot (ho** * | 'ion'! have u> watch tfc* sc* may enjoy It aa we't and i:

It U quite important lhat .af-Jmora dellrlou* foem. CribOrient light be u-ed so that the «•' teapple to even more «ejl t '. hen* can see the litter and feed 1 '' ,J| uneooked. ftoa* easily when they get off the. with salt aad pepp rooeta to fee 1 .Kherwtoe they Dp uz *l!cea of eaaacd pjr*eem to gel -f..w<>.:raged and .-et ■ “FP*' •a''* «he flour and oov. bark on th- rno*t« and Ioo^^^ bo:,, •!'*'» Brown In a harm than good will be don*. »l»rtenln* and **rre with ctop

The usual allowance I* to have, . . . . *'• ' .

4f'-watl light* 6' T feet above. An *»Ale iroa sh.v the floor and spaced 1« feet aw.rt IT™ k rr . rl 11 fnvr ** along the middle of tb* feeding . ' ‘ Tou t,*. - floor, or along . line half way j J* 1 ' *2^* bu "* r between front ,rf hou-e *nd drop- ! •‘“" ’•Bing lolo the to. pmg board. O" or ‘w» take Kach Ump should be provided itkormlei with an ordinary (oor-*har- i ' . * !trr wm •* T '" refleetor 4 Inchr* high an^ j^ Aton when ?*«* wa!?: Inchew arrow to throw mo.: ,y ! '’ . t,ma * nd •»* tm-'r the light downward, but still al-- **** thau*:

low enough 1 gbt on th- roowu ,‘' k lnU ' ^ ,,ri the hens can see tr, g... j ^ »P-

Kecpii.g the Indite ’ ’ Ihe poultry house and tb “ *»t». feeder* and *u on »blte(T' T 1th paint or v n!te%a*b will' ' ake the reflecte-. light much!"® 0 better. Fi refleetot* U very and unportant a* 40-watt lights with' aur.' thwa WU1 be b«4lar thwu 75-w wvthont, elnc- the bright i thrown on the floor! nort-

the I to ,

the ndrew with a knife to kjoaea It In tl war:* will break i

i to g*: •

One <

will i

Recently Mt*. A. D. T. Howell, of Dias Creek, had bestowed upon her a rather unusual and high honor—at least for one of her

•e*. The Methodist Epiaropal i *"• properl; :hurrh Issued to her a license With

o nerve as local preacher. Prior o her marriage to Mr. Howell.

cangeltotic

The Li^hu

There are tbra-e general n od* of wing poultry house li* by using them m the evn by turning them on automatti or by had early m the mori or by twlng a romblnatlot ns riling and evoking iig b „. parently there to but ntt|* di

these, so lone -

mplel

" Pi>w. pudding*, ahertdnnka. Uf— r rush id pP t* better for the f than sliced pineapple -i l*ev It l* made of the ton* <rf the pineapple, rbe akin, and to aweeur hu'e granula'ed sag* -eilciou* and lafrewh : ■* rn *f be mad*- with cTu»t ppl- and no fruit ponch

aB “ «f th* grape bottled in maktiik a a* grape gelatta

People believe tb nth a* the navy. Ik r kinds eg dried be*’

ndled

work for <

ten year*.

ling light

idpotnt of th it Rbcwnt ran

a Jer*cj i s ,

i purcha*>-{

Roosevelt -a: Unit until

trend of populaiioa ha<roni the farm* to the cilpeople a„. realizing :ha; ‘j

all know

... I;

■aid of Agriru eslgned some nr ' by Ut.- name . U‘>W employe, ” f Agricultural i-adquar:..,.

ing trials ficsn the n ‘tations’ poultry plan! *. vlnrlngly that L^ghut

•PPon

Trenton yewterdsy r Cltckner to a poultry

thousand White Leghorn 0

„ ^Ly thick* were received i MI |«

The following offleers and I week •xvcutive committee were elected I Grande at a meeting of the County Board j stalled

' ? f A f rt " I " < ‘ r e held January 6: Item In hi* brooder bouse!

tl. C. Tudor, president; A. S. j using Walker. Vive pre-idem: C. New- chick*,

i ton Schellingrr. secretary: J,j # • « Reid Chamhera. trnasurer; N. g j n p . „ Taylor. Ju^ph Camn A n .. R . P °' Co,, «

drink and bite t» sek-Vceocr and get the roan Wo: -

Am Kelly, of Ii Mr. Kelly has just I

Off for

Tune Switches -ually hand opera: to e cate at turning „„ ,, I turning out the"

be hate

Fat

Oiwalc

i them a stake it, «»d enahle* them

‘ Short Courses al State Co!leg<

Abbott, i'harie,

Howell. \V ■ | CToltei.

: Charles N<

e”*K®i

Rowell. Th«

Melvin!

enlarg

In: hla

Iditluh of a new laying | ho„«. Mrs. Hlxon remarked thai i

| I heir Rhode laland Red* pullets '

! «t six month* of age. are layinK

mim -i— —- | bat Bonj,, tir j.

Pomona Grange Saturday, Januar\ r 22

M-kerrts

elgh

Pound-!

j Slate Master Again E*. peeled To Be I resent

j William H. Wt

-alendar

u| ThU fall Dr. w