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CAPE MAY COUNTY TIKES. FBIPAY. PTBRCABY 4. 1927.

Cape May County

OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

Edited by W. COLLINS THOMAS

Cumberland County

"armers

Must !New Jersey Adopts Remedies For

Grow Better

New Grading Rules

Tr.matrW'deftiral With Those oi U 1 OIIlcUUC3| S Agricultural Department

Damping-off of Seedlings

ha» adopt-: County Growers Are Suf-

.... , erert From This-Heed

j Will Absorb iheir best p,. ach ,*. »hhe ...i s» -

Paying Market Season

Change of Varieties Urged

pdorUxT- comeK c

welcome news buyen" o< thw

prod unit.

"Tbo new sradr-s are identical wltii tirrw tn aw by the fnlted SlateF Department of /.(;ricul-

Advice Given

Experiment With Chemicals

THOMAS’ COLUMN

Doings of 1 our F arm Neighbors

Isrwlt Hothaan. of Cape M*ybrmg an |Awe*, the art nf heeptrc

How New Jersey “n belter My , \V B Du rye.bej- tomato industry by planUnK gecretarj at Agriculture. In di»- . more d«.>truble varieues. by oc- , hr rulinrs-

cuivue (trading and careful pack-1 W |4„,p„. a( i

ins was dteussed in a general.

meeting of grower and “‘PP'-'* | product.-.

MANY of u- have a feu old fruit trees wh.ch arc more oil problem than they are of value. Of course there may be ottw:

consideration', however if their only use CT»ro»*t> ,* tiljriM , b> m , Bltrr economical source of fruit, it i* quite probable that tliey t |br 1# |j a number sliort of fulfillinit this purpose. , , in hi- "liar wbtrh bold Sctnr trees may be well worth keeping for the shade t.*; i^krt* each Th- adsur furnish, or because they are somewhat ornamental, or for the reawm ,, ( b i, system an* that fc* that thev enable us to point with pride to the fruits of our own >r()V ,d« marwa for air pw'-aa. personal rftort* — a genuine product of the home garden. That «• on .11 side, of each appb

\aluable tor somifhinj- other than the mere production of fruit. ' A large number of us would like to have a rose (J rnsr) or Jersey hich see could get rich milk and our own butter and

Vegetables Suitable For This County

Ralph Lewis Portrays ‘Tb Block Signal

btc» j List Endorsed By State Col- Thrilling Picture Wffl St,

in fct- f« iiar which t : lege of Agriculture After Two 1 rains Tr>mg Tt

the rea-m Ire that h* Survey of Soil

Run On One Track

held tn the Swodeoboro High j j h|]| forpi .

School on the evening of Fobru-1 ^ |f) tJw , *ry -■ Cape May ; crowr. for the good r.'put a Hon Vitaliy interred in tM* produus «,ll g«jn a- a roauU qo«u.'0!i; and we ahall keep a««n ^ BUuM j J | K ilaation will bring him dcioramd of tbe outcume. ' tnerrat-d raiw. the Secrotarj’

"Tennecsee. Virrtn& an^Mary-1 polBto Thr adoption of the*.i

land are real coutmdcni for to-, nM compulsory, though mato Btipresnacy in Ew.ern MCr)ipllin ^ ots^a^- •>--

market.'." declared John M. Pen-

- . marketing i«>ociaJtsl of the

Uwile Bate. Of Fishing Creek ha- promlaed us a little story

Damping-olf or wedlng- lB , rr am. Hut when we consider the purchase of feed, the mrerrrt on ^ ^ a Dew mdatry In ,-uch a common dl«**e that manr jh _ jn%Ts!mcnt Mnd |hr , abor .nachcd to it. we are satisfied to buy ^ .h. rtoiy growera of young ** n ^ milL from a regular dairyman. 'should prove to be very Interost-

tI Un tL^r,r^n voidable, and The sole purpme of menrioning here thewbjm^f *e^>^ — when seadlnc their hot b~i oi fruit trees is to cuaert that you consider them m the same light ;lnre the buyer* ,aror | make allowance for a you would thr idea of keeping a family COW. Puf your fruit

EndorwJ By Local Expert, ^

fulllll tbe require-

Seed To Secure

Good Crop

t Department of Agriculture while dUcims.ig thm prewdnr, (situation. “Ohio and Illinois m

«<*at y *r* have Mr !.-d N>* Irinrillafp PpA Jersey lomatoos from appearinj lilWV_Ulal.C 1

in appreciable quantities in , markets west of and including

Pittsburg.

•'Maryland and Tennessee h»v< more than doubled their oaiiot dhtpmetrts since 1911. Virginia which was not making oommerdal shipments of tomatoes prioi ■to 1923. sent out 434 cars during the Season just past. Most of this stock U appearing on New York. Boston, Itudladelpbia and other large Eastern markets in competition with our own New Jeiwey toiua-lo.*." Fenton indicated that the Unnatoe* i rotn!

oJiei States arc bringing highei j Lack of inoculation is the

State Experiment Station Expert Gives Advice To Growers Worth Attention

Big Grower Follows Advice

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prio* because they have been! and only cau-e for many pea graded uniformly, have a v-rap | fields appearing to have root-rot. ped packing and are more deslr-; At least this Is the information able varies its for slicing pur-] given out by a very reliable au-

certain percentag- erf lo.w in this oi trees "on trial" in your own mind, weigh their advantages manner. | divsdvantage* and decide whether or not they arr worth pruning One reason that damping-off i« a;iJ sprayiiic. whether or not the ground occupied by them would no difficult to control is that It la be nu,re valuable for some other purpose. I'osaibly a shade or nut canoed by one or more (dap-*- {lrr u -ould add more value to your property. In considering the sible half dosen organism- H d:>advoltages of the fruit trees, rnnemhei they become diseased or Um* temperature is low and the . liwsh(ly IMrt f or harbor imects and diseases, and fill ooll wo! a certain may |hf or ^ WIt}] ronrn fruit . grow lururUmlr H the rondl- , f .., mmd cuilty " ot , nu.samr. why not cut them down? AmrmlngKJff''inot'* will be mlmu- j II ■" «"> «*> *hey add to your properry. pleasure or profit, then lated lirto action. j V" !l * rr surely justified in allowing them to exist.

Another notion foi

of this disease I- the ckwe-1 IV another column on this page you will find a list of the

n«w «f planting. Since green-1 varieties oi vegetables which arr recommended for this section by

house space necewsarily is very the New Jersey State College of Agriculture,

limited, the plant grower crowd* Such a :ciouunedation means that thru* varieties have been Che seedlings as much as prwwible. at t hr l.vperiment Station, as well a. observed throughout Onaequentiy. the soil to nhadsd jj,,. yi tatCi an d have proven themselvr- to be superior to other

varieties.

If you agree with the many people who believe that standardiration will help our vegetable industry, then I recommend that you follow this list in making up your order for vegetable seed. If you have tried any of these varieties and believe that they are inferior to some other variety, write to u- giving your reasons thinking the other variety superior to the one mentioned here. Vegetable men arr always seeking improved strains or varieties. Such a list is certain to be changed from time to time. For example. Earliana and Bonny Best tomatoes have for some time been commended for early and second early crops respectively. Now the

and kept »« long enough after watering for the mold thread* to

enter the tender plant itastie. A third cause tor the damping-

off is the growing of plants at the time of year wh-n there Imuch cloudiness, or (be temperature is so low outaide that the ventilators must remain closed, and thus keep the air very humid which is just what the fungi

need for rapid reproduction. Ail of the soil paraei'.es enter the very young steim

no Just at the soil level. For this reason it 1* of greatest Uu-

,b “ ! i Marglobe. described in another column, is rapidly coming into favor

'■J”°las a substitute for Earliana and Bonny Best.

p—, ithorny op ,o,h D r. yp ” >’*" ■ o.-Xo.mP o.l EACH pool,,) of tl* New Jetw) Stole Clouerwter County, a great,H. Martin, plant dB ase special- on ''" 0,ir,: ,m * Uj ' er 01 to P anil Agricultural College trivet out several thousand poultry record grower of early market tomatoe-' 1st of the New Jersey Experiment ** <,,y l K ’ f<,, ' ble - Thc dryness; calendars. A large numbet of thetn are in use in Cumberland and

has suffered much from thi;'station. nl * y *"■ r **ulalod In a numbe r of J Cape May counties.

comporitiou and mum take step. Those of our growers who ex-iLw

to Improve conditions or retire!perieneed difficulty in railing' tI', . , . , . fnom the field The Clouceetn last spring will no doubt i * .? J** ■‘r relaUvely dry. County Democrat thus site- up;find encouragement in Dr. Mar-1 OT '“, ,noy, ‘ b «« >* n«««ary the totnation: tin-, statement. Inoculation of! , | ^“ k ', n W " 1 ‘ ta ' on, I ." u,Jr ^ k, >' me early tomato growers in pea seed before sowing is a com- ^S *****” Cfouceoler County have been con Iparatlvely easy matter, while I. . C,OS ' * h * “* h ® durln K heavy

#rou:ed With a dlstrcadng prob- controlling root rot and other *em the last two or three yeam. kindled diseases is something

They have seen tlielr market for tlrely different.

e soil. This,

Swodeeboru.

i so many yean- nodules ,

11 ly.

entirely devoid

“ a *«, “,■«£« ■**

HM. I, ... quh, .mu,, - “ , * 0 ln ' b '

_ . . wo,, I'l leavi field. It wav n U j„. : U,an ln ,,>e ••'"nlng. and Swod«boro alon. for dtotributlai.: observe the luxuriant growth and * , ' r ’'**■ “ , * 0 * lb,t - «meni hundreds Of miles away ; dark gree„ rolor of the folUref _.f Ur ,b “ "’P H, > il frequently. I ^e tCW - ‘ ,n 'I*”*- Inoculated spots as com-! TJ}* oul - v h “lh- '<• dry the 1

ssr-^rT.,^ r r *“ lo ° ^'W Jarm.-!, inoruUUon of his soli or seed ri: l nd ,h ' ,,r f'-nat.K-'wtth the root nodule blete.t!, *n a sheroniy nvanoer. and cow-j would r.-rtalnly have ineroa-d f***- V'l roD^err^M^SidMla^T’® 1 * **"***

L 5“"'“!'? •" ”” v-Kb

ox-. Ota-*., ';: a a ”,'»x * fanm-rs raise n,.- Euiliam, nr ,. v ,, b » f '‘hown that ap-j ,

of which are listed | From last year * calendars. W. H. Allen. State poultry special

isf. has compiled some very intrrr>ting figures. '‘Bill.” a* he is familiarly known to his many poultry friends in the State, found that ‘here was a difference of over two dozen eggs per bird between thc production of the pullets than that of the hens. Futhermore. it cost about a dollar and a half to produce a dozen eggs

from a Hock of hen* during November and December. Bill knows there is more profit in keeping pullets than there

is in hens and he has thc figures to prove it. He has records which

show that for every liMi bird- housed November I

left at thc end of the yea:. About fifteen per cent, of them die for one cause or another, and the rest are culled out because they stopped laying. Thi* mean* that one-quarter of the poultry plant i- laving idle the whole yacr. This great decrease is costing SW7.00

in profit* each year on every 100 bird* on the farm. To remedy thi* condition he *uggr»ts that poultryjnen keep

fewer old hens, raise more and better pullet*, and lastly, pay more

attention to summer management.

Do not crowd seedlings

cloHCly together. If poastblc. hav<

top help*

than frequently and light-

George Warner, also of Fishing Creek, is itnprming bis place by the addition of a new poultry bouse Mr. Warner was tempted to aril his place lost summer, but now. -in<e be has had plenty <•( time to consider It. he is very well satisfied that he didn't aeli. When one goes to sell a home a big consideration is tbe eo*t of Mtabllobing oneself equally well In another place. Mr Warner ha* reasoned vary logically that if the cost of bo doing Is any where near the price of the home —then why Bell the home?

State Odlnge *< Agrieutf Jersey Bureau <t Marks**. Daren Dooemecrevwuw .< Uu. I

ejtory. thj Aguntte CMy MurVu «**»!" pal Market Commtadon and tbe day In A-iorttvc CMy Community Market Thro

t— t, , .(Ut.d The*tie. Woodhi Jersey Kalph Lrwta VlB ocain p. , Ne* hi- (avortt* rote of a Jane

Baaaa—dJreaa. aMI—lf Ore— Pod. yellow. Sohell r Yelk.w «••» ““*• Bontiful. Improved Golden Wax.; Bush Ume. Ford hook Pole lima.

King of the Garden.

Bento—Early. Cmfcy** Eryp-_ un; Lofe. lie*roll Dark Red i* Bro -1- Sprout*--L»«i* Island . 1

ntn* | j and c

cideal was not 4>to fjn.it. I nellherat* dead of a false

who gave the wrong aigiu. •>

engine r. :*.r,*»®h the -

daught■ ! CauRfiovr, r —CotokiH 8m,wb*il j

, Celery—Golden name, boat ., _ . .

The biggest single Improve- wUneblng

ment to Cape May County would Swent (tom Early. WMpplm ^ »■»•«(•• MlnvaoUua v be to free it of mosquitoes, aud | t>riy Whv, Whtppi.* Early »' ,: '*vui!»caUy a trvt it can lie done, contends Joseph | Vet low .-Vcod Exrtj Howling * “ n * ,r HI* •

- * vents the rood

Samuel Compton. of Dtas Creek, says a dairy cow -houli* have suffleelnt water in winter, as well as In rummer If you e* pert her to be a good producer.

OvMogr- Early. Guktou Arr*:;

a and lot* (open - jy. Improved Savoy i t^arvlenay. Dsnvet*

Half-Lsing

Camp, of Pierce's.

We

H. Ingsworth. son-in-law of W. K. Mathis. Shore Road, told us that he recently caught a young skunk in a rat trap and that he was making a pet of It took him at bis word and made no'effort to see the skunk, be it young or old.

Me*.

Goldan Bantam. Late.

I fflrtog

device a fair trial »

I thruuah fore* of

'j t*> tt*

H. Powell, who lives Just

north of Cape May Court House. I stored considerable produce last I fall Every few day* hr take- a Iru k load of apple*, potatoe*. yams, sweet potatoes, rarrots. chickens and egg* to the market.

No doubt farmers in thi* Uon are very much surprised to learn that the Ooll in- Company. South Seaville. was selling out It* line of farm machinery. Mr Collins la building a large shed addition in his lumber yard.

Ft

wing MigjjTittcmv

Inferior t.

the Marglobe. r j, bap", nor the right! m

f lark tbe pea nodule 'hi- means that in the

upping into the -

The proeere j is extremely! xpenslve and 1

of molds.

Even though all the above pie-1

cautions are followed carefully.! 'here may be ceruin times when! damping-off win still be seriou, I ' "der these condition* it (J "eeewnry to use a preventive in 'I'*- form of a fungirl |.- nppji,.,i ! '■* ^ Tb? old suggestetl j.

Ilw are steam and formal.:. - 1 ~ Marglobe Tomato until the soli i* heated t„| •'•greas or Hi* deg,.--- T!i-: " rrml lommldediyde Is di-1 ,

>100 in water anq a P .;It8 Good Points As a Mar ’ «4 roil. K>l,on ,0 Ul ' ; ket Tomato Shown

1 , '• '• rt.l yean, a simpler I •‘ ! ‘ d t ' a '' ,ha ' would in-1. , •' ucb recon tami nati.

nig hettrr pullet-. Bill makes the foil, 1. Purchase high quality chicks.

2. Stan brooding early.

.4. Buy three chick* for ever) pullet you want next fall.

4. Brood chick* in*idc.

V Feed two per cent, cod liver oil in thc mash.

f>. "Rear on new clean ground.

Since Bill ought to know what he is talking about — and 1 vr l»r dor* — I have no hr-itanrv in labeling this a* sound re for the Cumberland and Cape May County pouitrynian.

Attracting Growers

Scan.- dngre-i

egrtabie

rited this quest •upper and aisoj.

* Marglobe tomat lot of Interest i

i in this »

tbe farmer who grew the Matglobe fruit was getting about 1500 per acre more ihan the man who stuck to tbe Earliana." Cape May Oounty .^miers who grow tomatoe*. whetbnr for anipptne. con Ik nave or resort market*. may prvrflt by a rlo» study • presented above.

at (be

Ed. Phillips. Jr., of Cap- May. w one of the best herds of Guernseys In this section. We were interested In learning the other day that he plans to build a new dairy barn. 3« feet by go feet.

Messrs Dry and Riggi,,- wi , 0 farm the State Colony Fatm. at Woodbine, have almost cotnpktrd pruning thr peach orchard An,: an excellent job of pruning they!

•*— doing—we would say. j T-*.

AfireWith P,

Society Film-Drama U Li

U*ng Mand Itewuty: Country] j

Grtltiemar.

Cuoumbem - White Spi: Eariy Fortune. Davis Prrfeot.

Egg Plant—Black Boauty. | Kale—Scotch Curled (Fail). Siberian (Wintering Orrri j ”——. — »>*— lad luce— Spring. Black &»4«1, fc! * oJ ' ! ^ *he r Big Bov«nn: Fall. Improved Big n '“" rvMfUrtton. Bo^on: Irrigation, ice Berg. j Fv“,££rT .n ^SL, K "'*“ i !New Commandmrnl

Okra -Perktua Long Pod. Onion*- New Japaovaw.

Paredey—Dark M.m. Curtw*:!

Hamburg. (Root > j _ li£*r*iS* “■“•; Word in Brcezinc

Marvel; Thotnas Loxtoo: Trie-1

Pl **T j , * -r * *» roO'ethlag do*, -i F>v«*-i*- RuJ.y King: Squaoh * b ree»y manner %)T a yocnj j

Pumpkin .HmaM Sug*: . ! fwlur named Howard “ Radish - While Htnudiurg Scar-jPO«» Pep and gRoM

lot GPiIk-: (Ytunam Giant , sparkling aoeiety (Ml

Rhubarb- - VirtorOL [‘The N-s f-inmandtuect

Sq ua*h -Golden Summer Crook- i ,0 '-room* the talk of <

nwk; OwmreJi,. Wbfce Bn.h ,, '* ,I We prN"

Hralloped: Boston Mam,* ot ek ^ T h> r «!*«*» who heed d

Waned Hubbard: Golden Hub-i* d ’ lc * **•** 1

berd I Pley while It to at the tVk SWnaoh --«ar| opring Kloc Theatre. Oourl Houae. on Tv.

Ikv.mark, eariy fell. Biremuslai, i day ***>"**7

Savoy, iate (*«. VltginU In*.' Y '" 1 •‘U admire Ilea Lyi"

Rredriant Savoy rummer I fc "‘ Urr, With BUH

j Sweet he Is t are mating.

Early. Maiglab*; i £*** mho *'

,

Cenptv, a rare com

l( R«,t»rt T. Kane root!,,

■■ .-.pre ‘ k ' Urtbroa like "Th. Gltdve: (ail. Aberdeen ' ! ‘"“'oandmenf for Pit*! Rutabaga ..., ; «!l be doing tb.-

Margiob-; Aeme It,,k

Trq. |

Some Pomona Grange Joke*—Now Lau({li

n»: Iri

Kretkl,

„ re,

**• t H«*f„ yniow Jres,

Went Jetrey. lie.)

-err lea. la tkls 1

'■■ ■■• u • novelty that re> • " , n of the •tereotyp, **

plrtv.,- The pbotogu

j handled by Krnsat llallof ■-

At

recent meeting of thi

Pomona Grange, at South Sr*

the following little joke, told Which amused the

audience.

Someone said that Franrl. Do light** would not blow hi* automobile horn for fear the girl, would think he wanted them

take a ride.

L

(Cape May Grange , ^ Officer, Arc F.i.hfd E»/. “'V b "' £

Twtdve out thireorn Officer* * ,coho1 ,B radiator. ““

ihe last January \ Amo* Brower wanted „ meeting -d tat* May Graog.. at j Seam , 0 mail . Ir u,7

Dtaa Creek. Betilab Camp. Wcwthy Lerturer. Parted Huinr

■— Ung disniMdona by making asked him l(

-• he really knew

th.- result t

le Doug- dli

] lained ] Mauri,*

difference ben

be could nil i| een a letler-ln tail. Mr Sea 14. "Well, what

. iy emi. J ao»rt. McIntyre DouchuJ 0 ' * ,,vln * '• •■mm .. b with au- C “ r<> * * 1 ' k b '’* Pee-

j always heard of

Hot Bed Sash Si « 3 *6 x1 K” Price, $4.25 each, glazed of genu,™, )ilho Wh . te ^ ^ ,0*1 u f 6,8 ^ “ow fo, ,„| y delivefy.

J. P. COLUNS SO. SEAVILLE. N. J.

i Monthly Grange Rally | Bomaone

Tuesday. February 15|?^“ *° ,r \ The monthly rail* !

‘•d that Prank

On,- up- ]

The monthly rally mrellng • [the county Grang.-, will be he liar- «l Dlaa Creek Tues-lay .yanln

iIiub I Frtiruary 15. The mating wl mty j B *art at 7.20 o'clock AH Oran,

er* of the .-ounty ate invited i

^Hwnge Calendar

ending are

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“oo 'te >i»» J j ®* 0 < w> *.

‘*OM BOW beat*

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