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CATE MAI COUMTY TOGS- FRIDAY. APRIL 22. 1927

CAPE MAY Qp INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

COUNTY — •

Edited by W. COLUNS THOMAS

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

THOMAS’ COLUMN

To iMWOrt RfUKHM >TAV ' “Sam or •!et- nxtdst6e market itaoA* »hng ri»e a dagracr to Cape Mat Counrt ;• a rnr - i .'‘ other day. Whether he was right >f »t ■" r ' The pritx tai thtnr o* intemt about the re- -i who made it it a regular patron or r iadtole r evidently doet not brliete that the appear - • - side market* » "up to par and the tart r 1 .-

patronize* such markets.

It thi* consumer doe* nor purchay pr>»r. r f-'f marken because he doet not like the • »> '-•* t 1 ' to tuppoy that many other* drive tn those aasr' Be that as if mat, the r«a<:- rrarke* ya-< and fresh farm produce »ili sexm be makine its apf the highways. Now a the fegiral ' : • to <o*> t-r starvis. It i* not generally brlieted that eiabware are necessary, because this *ome?ime> grsrs prod. ' « pression that they are not real farm market*. I: this obvious that the main difference between whaf n ight ! and poor *und» does not involve a large expend ' .re seems to be more a matter of rianagemenf. While

that there is room for a considerable difierew • of r V •' ■ a> to 1 proper management of a roadside market star. : to the writer seems that a stand to be moat *ucre»* .1 slv-.i: carry ^ suthciaot quantity of as large a variety of fresh produce as po^-ible. neatly displayed, whether ir. an elaborate start! or under a shady tree and everything reasonable done to obtain a d retaiu the good will of

the customer.

If any resident along 'he shore read t» operating a market stand, the appearance of which is "a disgrace to Cape Mas County”, no doubt the owner doe? not see it. The folks at home knew more about the world war than dal the soldiers who were fighting. If any sand owner has a dilapidated stand, or keeps i dition as to caute people to drive by. it it likely to remain in that condition until the owner himad) take* a 1 birdseye" view of the situation and decides to imp love it. Circumstance* vary- so it is not to be expected that the an*» to some of the questions in one case would necessarily be true another, however, owner- or prospective owners ot stands are invited to consider rite following question? about their piacr

Prov ide Green Wage Poison

Feed For Y our War on Cabbage

Poultry Maggots

. Smith, proprietor of

Ehat is the Advice of Spe- Del-Bay Farms Will TryL... aaent for Walker-Gordoc

Different Method, of > k- -aid th “ ' hr w»>^-Cor-

.. .. _ don Corvpinr U pUnnln* to Dealing With rest. sroodcaat over the i vdlo about _________ | their arldophiloue" milk. We . r, . rr-sutne that this U superior to

r Coat Will Be Less Per Acre row‘t- milk, however. Mr Smith

I did not enlighten us on the sub-

..ilist Allen—Carrots Give

Ejccdlent Results

Reduce Grain Rations Now

The

net. It

Is the stand an eyesore to patters by; would a coat of paint pay; is it dilapidated and a new stand needed; doe* it pay to pi a-ter a stand with all kinds of commercial signs; would a tew flower' or shrubs arourvi the stand cause more people to he attracted to it; when driving toward the stand duet it appear neat inide and out; or dor* it make one Ice! like "-trpping on the gas"; would it help to tell stuff if the display baskets were painted; does it par to grade produce (but not like some do handle two grades, one at the bottom and the other it the top of the basket j; dors it pay to •ell interior produce at all; do customers go away feeling that they have gotten thetr money's worth task yourtelt. no doubt you and your customers thine alike about the matter /; doet it pay to he honett with your customers about the quality of the produce and where they were produced; what traits arc admired or disliked in the places of bun new where you deal; can any of the principles which you admire be applied to your busine*?? In other words, now is the time to seriously consider your roadside market stand burinew. Make your platform." that iv the principle on which you intend to conduct your busines-. and try to stick to it throughout the trawm. At the end of the season, you will more than likely find that the improvement* that you adc were profitable. Impsovements < )\ Smoke Road

, Dec:.

New tactics are

aJnw. tabba* ma«soU thto Harry Yat«. Rio Grande. Is year by Del Bay Faraa. Instead j looking forward to receiving a of uMng the eostomary method r'-ebush from the County Chamof hoeing around the young cafc-ib*r of Commerce. Mr, and Mr*, base plan is to remov e maggot J Yate* have done eonelderable to

With the new method, the young cabbage plants are watched after they are set la the field. When egg* of the maggot fly are found, which under ordinary rooms will be wlthlB 4 or « day* after the setting, the DelBay Farms' workmen will go Into action with their corrosive nubittnate gun*. Instructions have been issued to apply the solution on the plants for a space of about Inches above the ground so

be made 10 day* later. The Del-Bay Farms Company estimate* that this treatment. Including material* and labor, will Cu»; about flS an acre for each application, which is considerably below the costs of the old

Stanley, extension

the I Improve the appearance of their sublimate. »»*<*• eonstdrrlng the short time

they have lived there.

Roblnsc

Wildwood.

green feed for this summer and the coming winter's feeding h.uld be made sow by poult rysien." Is the advice that the State specialist. W. H. Allen, save to the Vineland Economic Management Club el their regular monthly meeting, held last Wednesday evening. The attention of these p-mltrymen »a‘ called to some experimental work that has recently been done by the California Experiment Station on the use of carrots as a source of succulent. The birds used la the test were fed l-l of I per carrots daily.*while other? •fed turnips and mangels pen fed carrots showed nt mortality. higher eg* production and had no nutritional trouble*, whereas there »a« trouble pea* that were fed turnip* and mange!- Carrots have recently been considered by the leading New Jersey poultrymen as a valuable source of succulent. The** should l* planted some time during Jun» so that they will get full -11* by late fall. The summer supply of green food should not be overlooked; kale. rape, and Sale? chard are all excelleni form* One advantage Set/*" chard has over the other Is that it wir grow up again from the san.roots, after it has been cut of' tV..« furnishing a contlnuoue

w.a ce .d supply.

The specialist advised the poul-

trymen relative to the use of; or 1 ounce to k or 1« gallons George E. Dolby, who live* In grain. From now on. the quantity: »»ter and about 1-: cupful of i nn , of |h , , wo attractive bungaallowed each 100 bird* ehould bej 1 " eolation applied to each j OPJ , „ n |ht g^un ,^,1 gradually reduced; during May. j Plant- •Court House, ha* added very 13 pound* per bird; June. 13 1 pU. . . 7.. -much to the appearance of hi? poumte; July, 11 pour.-.- -houi-i: Uistem for Drinking Water r . !lc , h y planting shrub* about tic sufficient to keep the'blrdsj Tb< , v , u , nf , clate-n tr ‘‘ hom, ' ,n Mr - Dolby'* in proper condition. j for drinking w *t?r ar.': (O Ab- * ho * e unusually neat. Crowding D the large*' source J solute wal'-r-tlghtnrrs of top. - !>r * c, * e * ,, y the same can be said of irouble that the Vineland | .-Me* and bottom, and close' of his father's place, right nex'

poultryman has to contend with j screening of inlet snd wa?te*door, when rearing young utock in con- 1 Pip--: (2) provision* for • irludfinement. By removing the coek-l fr om the cbf-rn the first por-

erele aa early as pos-

ing roost pole* by t chick? are 4 weeks

PruOt In the poultry business 1. realised In proportion to the j amount of attention and care .given the flock, according to El1 wood Howell, of Dias CreekMiss Sarah W. Somers, who ha* cn secretary In the office of ,e Farm Demonstrator. Cape May Court House, for a number of years, was recently operated on at the Millville Hospital to have her tonsils removed We are glad to report that she suffered no 111 effects from the operation and has returned to

her work.

Elmer Unxwctler. Cape May Court House, ha* quite an elaborate hot water system for brooding chicks. Outride of the brooding compartment* sn exercise shed about twenty feet wide. At the outer edge of this shed 1« s sort of sun parlor enclosed In

Good Rotation

Grange Calendar

Cif-r «...

In dude s tagume and a cultivated ; XSSl**

crop. The rotation and crop* t tc- used will dwpcr.-i upon loc* condition*. The purpo?- of gr -

iltlon*. The purpoe- r

a legume Is to gather nltro-1 IrTL Js. from the sir and -tore it lujbs- »

soli Legume? also help mala- j *»*-«• a~ *r._m*rwmr

the soil. Legume? a

tain tbs supply of humu?. The l ___

col vers, cow peas, soybespe. vetch j swd at

snd crlnmoa closer are tb* *—A-j Veteh is usually grown with rye In the East and South. Coltlva-;,

tion Improves the physical andlgwsj* I

chemical condltics -

Furt! ration

snd made available.

.. ny mean* o. I TitmmT«3e£*»7

,re csr. be -orbed

vailabie. r?!«rv r

. the s

1 and r

lor extending along th» -nitre length of the brooder house. Mr. Linxweiler does not raise a fine lot of pullets then there murt have been something wrong

with the egg?.

Art* Kelly, of Rio Grande, tells us that the garden tractor pany he represents sells a fruit dusting attachment. This should be c-f Interest to mer with moderate sired orchards who do not

have enough trees to Justify the Edwin Rowell. Cape May Court me of a Urge duster, and who 1 House. U of the opinion that find it difficult to spray their! many farmer* In Cape May Coun-r-e—*. |ty would get better result* If

hey did not plant their potatoes

Bolen’s Garden Tractor

For garden plowing, sanding, cultisaiiag and lawn mowing Many exclusive feat arm. 8a

Ulist in vegetable growing for! dl '| th- St«'< College of Agriculture.!^' 13 asserts that corrosive suMImate Mr has also been used for checkingj'_' the ravage* of cabbage maggots

cauliflot

building a combined bungalow and tourists* dining room at the comer of Rio Grande and Shore

Road.

William Coogeaer. Shore Road resident, la somewhat “stumped'' to know why beetles almost deoured one lot of squash-* and

touch others nearby. Tb* noticeable difference, said Congeaer. Jokingly, was that aerial of the radio passed | the squashes which the j

*• «~-”l

quite mo deep. Other farmers have been heard to make the

comment.

Mrs. Etta Thomp—v Creek, is planning to electric water system. The electric poles »re up at Dias Creek. Numerous residents have their houses all wired and are more or less patiently waiting for the current.

chemical can b» obtained at any

drug store. For cabbage maggot ' , . control, it is dwelled at the rate | * ccoun _

Id gallon* ot

Marked improvement* hair iturocrouv Shore Road [usirv. T hav heen the removal of several pfWRncnt ha* not been omtinr town properties have been gri

rahlc

noted in the app* writer, the nsovt ersvary fences. And

the Shotr Road. a» -cieral proved by ihe oilappcaianre

of old fences. They can hardly be cwmdercd a necessity town residence or lawn, betauve people usually remain on thr ■ walks even though there arc no oh>Tructions. The fences are gr ally little protection against aitirnalv because they usually go w

they please anyway.

wach rainfall

roof or other collecting area has become rinsed thoroughly. (3) a first-class filter of clean, wrll11 M-lected -and and thoroughly burned charcoal: (4) a waste pip- whi-h remove* surplus inflow from the bottom of the cto- '*'" wh-re impurities t, nd na-

The only excuse tiut can the owners povsib!- are so acri fences that they have nrirr t movmg them. Were rhevc oM *ly

the “

proper! ir* pare a slrr stuck in ft

had previo

!'it tliem is that • Inking at tlie . 1 - to r. r» piit on "trial" ind vidua! proiUing to entrust ownen of such he t.i;*e to com-

uaw of a board platform

concrete alab are ail m-a which Men*- crowding m avoided. By following such Uces lose*-* from cannibal!-:

be largely eliminated The records of 'be m*

of the club were dtsruiwr

It was found that prvctidally all j »

the member* were getting good carry impu: production, which made it po»-j

ribl* for them to k—p down (he| _ JW- farmers and poultry-

cost at producing a doten e and consequently make some j fit in aptte of the low price? t bad been received during month of March. 1 he reeo -bowed that the potriirymen v were getting an average pr**d 'ton of about 20 egg? p.-r 1 bad a coat per dog*n of aim

'-nls. The average p:i ■■••t-n received during the

land thorough cleaning of the els- , j tern and filter; («) no connee-

V the waste pip- snd ' a drain whirh may farmer* i i

I tbls country boight i least S00.000.000 chick* fro commercial hatcheries alone.

William Eckhardt. Court House. House, has about fifty white mice which he has raised. According to Mr. Eckhardt these are disposed of at hospitals, where they

are used Tor testing

A. H. Schellinger. Dias Creek., said he would flnd the Grange! meeting* of more Interest If s! greater amount of Urn* were devoted lo a discussion of farm problems.

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x- club la planning an a i lour of a few poultry fi ■' chicks are foein- re nflnement. Thi* tour r "-*de In place of th*- . Drying Off Cows

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claim of E. A. Mocker. .hici in the courve oi hr? talk b County Pomona '.itany.--: To* Director of Market? *.trr*«d produce to*iay on the ba-i- < tanners who send ungradrii are due to aunrr a lav* be- * pr odu . D. M. Babbitt. Count? work of 3H Vineland j-mltryn, Poultry and poultry products ; lar? to the annua! income ot V H. M. Bamtord. Br;dg Department *.i A S rio.lture. c Bamtord spoke of w^rrai fac menu which influence the re'

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