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P»ge Two

CAPE MAY COUHTY TIMES. FWDAY. MAY *0. 1WT

CAPE MAY COUNTY

OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

Edited by W. COLLINS THOMAS

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

THOMAS’ COLUMN

Insect Pests of Some Service

“We can’t get along when we’re with ’em or without ’em.” tot meant to apply to the numerous insect pests and plant dis which are beginning to appear on tlie farm and in the orchard, nevertheless it docs apply to them, in a sense. Every person who tries to grow most any kind of plant soon finds that there is somekind of a disease or little ir.icct trying to defeat his purpose. That is the reason many are induv to pause and ask, “Why iv a cater pillar?” We are frank to admit that we cannot answer the que> tion any more than we can tell why spraying pradie. necrs>ar\ now, when it was not necessary years ago. Nowadays, it is surely true that farmers have a hard time “to get along with" the thou sand and one little insects and diseases which appr.<’ on his fanti annually, with the evident intention of securing a living at the expense of the farmer. On the other hand, just what would happen to the farming industry next '.-ear if not a single disease or insect pot in it* appear ance on the f irms of this country. That is something for ny to think about when we have the inclination to “growl' too much about these pests. What would your orchard be worth if, sudcrnK every tree in New Jersey, without any care or jn rut ion, started bearing perfect fruit, without a blemish from insect or di-eatr - Suppose the same could happen to the truck crop'' Our market' would li- MV imped with produce and thereby in a general way be 1 come demoralized.

Plant insects and diseases mark the dividing line between the good and the poor producer. Or, r\prr*ed m another way, plant diseases and insects constitute a means by which a farmer who is willing to work hard and efficiently can win the race against his more slovenly neighh >. There are very few insect pests and diseases but what the Experiment Stations of our agricultural college* and the United States Department of Agriculture have not learned to controL The main difference i- that aome fanners use these methods of control and others do not. Therefore, there appears to be some truth in the -expression that “we can’t get along when we’re with «i or without

Cutworms. Asparagus Beetles and Potaio Bugs

In some sections cutworms, asparagus beetles aid potato bugs are causing serious losses, on farms where the priper treatment*!

have not been used.

There are several ways by which farmers contrr! die Colorado potato beetle. Paris green, mixed with fifty times m weight of dry flour, or air-slaked lime is one of the mixtures wi icb many use effectually. This material may be dusted on the plants with a regular machine duster, with a perforated can or with feed sacks, a sack duster in each hand. For larger areas, spraying will be found more satisfactory. One pound of Paris green and one pound of freshly slaked quicklime to fifty gallons of water will kill the lanar. but often two to three pounds arc necessary to kill the adult beetles, j Or, three to five pounds of arsenate nf lead to the barrel may be | used. Many farmers prefer to u>c this material because it sticks much' better than Paris green and there is no danger of burning

the foliage with it.

Omwtn have found that about the only successful means ot

-—-iW&rrnC is by the use of poisoned bran bai

WHO WILL PICK FIRST STRAWBERRIES?

Withi* the next week or ten days the first hot of strawberries of the season will be picked in Cape May County, likewise in Cumberland County some proud gardener will pick a quart of the delicious little berries just a few days before bis neighbor enjoys the tame pleaaure. But the point we are chiefly interested in is this—just V in Cape May County. WHO in Cumberland County, picks the first quart of berries, which are sufficiently ripe to eat T To those two individuals we are planning to gi*c a framed i - rtificate of f.Lrit—one for Cumberland County and one for Cape May County There will be only one requirement in order to be eligible to receive a certificate of merit, and that is: Have three of your neighbors sign a statement which reads as follows. We hereby declare that the quart of strawberries shown us by (name of grower) on (date) is sufficiently ripe for eating purposes and that we believe all of the berries were picked from his strawberry patch. One of us. as indicated by a cross mark preceding the name, has personally examined the berry patch of (name of grower) and is reasonably confident that the entire quart of berries came from this patch.” All of which sounds like ccnaiderably more trouble than it is. We realize that no one wonld get any pleasure out of such a certificate if it were won dishonestly, and for that reason we are not afraid of anyone trying to win one that way. But we are afraid that if individuals claimed this honor, with no one to vouch for them, there might be some who would say that the berries were from "Florida." We are aJ»o planning to give similar certificates of merit to each of the jiersons in the two counties who produce the first quart of marketable peas in the pod. the first new potatoes, and several other products which will be announced later. Xnturally it will be a physical impossibility for any one person to 'ravel over two | oonnties to find the earliest strawberries produced, so we will be compelled to depend entirely upon the grower* themselves, their friends, neighbor* or local compondents to send us this information. Bemember the date on which the information arrives at the office will have nothing to do with the contest. The important matter will be the date on which the berries are picked, however, send it in as early as possible Send all information to "Cape May County Times Office. Sea Isle City. H. J., in care of the Farm Editor." Which county will be first to have ripe strawberries, Cumberland or Cape Mayt Who will be the first in each of these <oiuities to pick a quart of ripe strawberries? A handsome certificate of merit awaits each one of these persons.

i Howell, of

On Thursday <4 ihl* w«-l' ui,-.y A writ U. M llabbitu tU--r W* ne. member at I be Stale

of the best ant? largest peach! Board i.t Aauculiur orchard* in Cape May County. A ) dml ..f the Cou-jly Board at Agri few day? *K'* fie l«»!J the- writer culture, and in. J J. UU'L that he ban noticed eanslderable I State I’oultr) Palhofaetsi. of

brown rot In bid orchard, which

or leas *w-

i be bads I

•ral condition

lea

i South

William A. Ilulme. Dias Creek. War recrtitly retired nn a pension from the Philadelphia pulm fore. He owns a home nenr tb< entrance to Heed - * Beach. Th. other tay When we visited his place he had lur.t arrested great big "enapper." We snapped R plrtuie of the "snapper" hope to reproduce It on thin page within ’he next week or two

••Bin

ming a little farm kas a blK improvement in tuy u.d John Hancock, ot in. It we keep on harinx •port* we will be Inclined iliac Cap- May County as round "Health Keaort' than a "Summer Resort.’

. . . Tilts bait is made by mixing twenty pounds of bran and one pound of dry Paris ’green. Two quarts of cheap tn lasses and the juice ot three lemons is added to three and one-half gallons of water. The poison bran is then moistened with the liquid until a wet. but not sloppy, mixture is obtained. The stuff is scattered around the field in small quantities in the evening so that the cutworms will find it when they start to work in the evening. Of course the bait is poisonous to animals, therefore it must be used with care. Somewhat more of a problem is presented by asparagU' beetles as poison sprays and dusts cannot be used on bed* tram which asparagus is being cut for market. The most practical means of controlling the beetles is by letting the chickens and duck have; free range in the asparagus held. Many grown- have fou: i this, is a very satisfactory manner of controlling tin- beetle*, the chickens and ducks consume large numbers of the hectics. The control for goldbugs, which feed on young sweet i tato plants soon after they are set in the field, will be given in a ' t ire issue of this paper. In the case of practically all insets and div it is usually easier to control them in tlie earlier 'tage* of their development than after they get a strong foothold in the field.

Joseph 'shoemaker, Fairton. who g rows over 20" acres of Washington asparagus, finds the chicken method o* beetle control very satisfactory In the spring Mr. Shoemaker buys about 5000 I-cghorn cockerels and places them to range in the 200-acrc fields with one or more colony houses to each lot. These houses aie about five feet wide, ten feet long and five feet high, with handle* on each end to facilitate handling. In the morning and evening a boy with a horse and cart makes his tounds from house to house with ired and water. Mr. Miormakee . disposes of the chickens in the late summer and fall.

Doings of Your Neighbors

Ho y

"It- not what you pay for chirk- but what you gvl that com : ' is 'Ht opinion of E. J. Bru* i. ttaalntoo. Mr. Brown.

who

ii alias

aald

that In J-ii Walter Crass, his “ahli'n.ate." do the farmiUK- The two tiacbrlora. auniewfiat paxt told'll' age. are in partnership faro.. ami at. apparently msk lax out very well talsinc poultry. They have brooded quite a Burk of young stock by the old *»ah. ned. but very reliable ben met). ..1, but fall they sowed erini'on clover in the poultry nn,'. and believe I be clover ha* coin: Luted a great deal lo their ■are' In raising chicks thu

Grover Pashley. of Dividing • ■k baa Big Boston lettu bull l- almost developed larg. lough for culling. No doubt b. will dart rutting either the end L , week or the find of next.

tty ■

sty five

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bn -b* I of corn and obtained all of lb. labor they needed lot •! toen dollars p. t mouth. Today thty receive about the same price bard time gelling more or km indifferent labor tor T# tv *« dollar' p> r month.*' According to Howard Hancock. Greenwich. Cumbeiland County, that I* the mam difficulty with farming today. Mr. Hancock i* president of tbe Wale Farm Bureau Fed •ration sad Master of the Cumb iland County Pomona Urang -

May County perron having first quart of ripe rtrawber Mr. Camp ha* Early Mlrha-1 Falrdole •strawberries which nearly ripe

Charles Carr. Kwainton. b - dendld flock of Rbod. Ida eda. "Red" must he a popu! color with the Carr's, since F l. Mr. Carr's non. raW New Zealand Bed rabbits. He market, most of th<-3* to Philadelphia pet m. Mr. Carr bat a fawn white Indian runner duck which -he said 1* a wonderful layer, laying as many eggs as a Leghorn hen.

cane! Hand. L ►burg. I

improver, a-<-ordlnc to Thom rown. of UwaumrlUe. From j scattering stand. Mr. a . west Hold which l hd cam. up in an almost solid

with eight Bar lltlV fellOWS . . m caice and ta de-

i Week In

plowing.

tag

Tb. Junior Mechanic.!, of Tutkii*-. are remodeling and enlargK their ball. It is also being

which is surely tnak derful Improvement in appearance. The Junloi

Zachary Taylor. DciinUvIllr. planted tbe roue bush given him by tbe Chamber of Commerce, at base of a tall poplar tree. Tb. ban no large limbs, merely all trunk with little side sprigs for branch--. If Mr. Taylor Is successful In training tbe r.,ac bush to run up this tree, w. predict it will make an attractive display. Mr. and Mr*. Taylor live |n the One home on the jfft just pact the 'Brut DcunlsVille lake, going north.

| Mrs. Ann Figg and ! Young hare erected a I roadside t .arkel stand [of Denni-viii. They | .gas. oil. .-irreBSorles a

returned from f'alstka. Fla, ■re t.. • pent a very enjoyat e ter He laid th* climate tbera i*• great and that he never saw

link harrow anything like It before However • d by John ' ,l “ ^ ""ihiu* equal lo Cape Ma] ill*. H» lii-, , " un, J' Climate in summer, hi plow them u r Werklng plana .n pe-

can accom i ma,n M bu ' »Pe **»*

consldi r until October, when he i year, with ■ • • •

nrae" He I Un- rh * rl * , ‘ JmiueUe. SUmppeaawMh V*“*- , '* 9 * Ul1 ** '° T front wiii * lwl of flo *' rs - wild flowers itflt to d.. l,M ** sood U> h “ r H * r - w < 1 ta-

idicatea that she ta a lover at | Bowers as she has several diBerndi in bloom there even this

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Of Interest to the Farm i Continued on Hext Hgt)

Of Interest To- Farmers!

- improvement.

edit for making

l*on’t forget. Tuckabo* Grange

of the

Brat Friday evening 1 retnaiked that h*

tKIwood Cheater. Ilia* Creek school teacher, haa almost ec*ipleted bis new bungalow and expects to move Into it about the Brat of June. Tbe bungalow taj modelii in every reopen.

cm remember the old hotel ■ hlrh used to stand in Court louse on tbe alte where the new ape May County Title and Tru.-i sompany ia now located T W<11.

OU ought tu aee the Bne look .. u* bungalow which R. J. Dunn July. August and Sepiembcr.

as • reeled from that old lutubc.'. • • *

n hi- place at Dias Croek Now Allvrt Wheaton, of Cumberland • know way Mrs. Dunn worked County, ha* Inst.-.lled a milking " hard helping her husband to; machine and hi well •atisfled

.... .. (I,* 0 |d hotel and haul; » iih Its work.

mly during June

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Dias

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George Sayre. Shore Road n-: Kwalnum. has a patoli of p-; which will make aoin - olh< . t'a| May County farmer bustle It ! would lake any pleasure In se. ing. on his wall the certlflca: merit which we expect to i-.-i to aome Cape May County growt for piadurlng the Brrt quart • In tbe pod.

splendid hot

"Doc"

-eslder

Moore, a wrll-km of Dias Creek, made

'l•ln^lenl the other day the c inrrctal fertiliser used alone soon cause a farm to "run dow Tbe fertilizer is all right, neeeds manure with It. Sc • •ked him why be kept twi

little fArming to ■

ed: “I keep u

i- other

Experiment Staiio

Many i evident* of thi» section who are interested growing have probably keen the dahlia trial ground at tl, ment Station when these flowers arc in bloom. Thovc interested in dahlias and who have not seen thoe flowers at the Experiment Station will find a trip to New Bruns

worth while at that season of the year.

According to Professor Connors, floriculturist in charge > work, the bearded iris will bloom at the college gardens about 21. About 200 varieties of this flower arc due to bloom college this year. Visitors are welcome to visit the flower g at that time. The blooming ol the flower will continue for

ten days after May 21.

flower

E\peri*[

n bloom ick well

'■ding to F. T. Norton anUta* Creek resident, black should be planted It ■ ight feet apart, and Iht sixteen feet apart in

i between

lii- careful if you advme Bell, of DIM Creek, to not bis hogs Inocculated. l^u-i he followed someone's advi lhat effect and lost two Bin of which weighed ovei

He

will

ded by now having' On Friday of last week Frank

Lauria. of Dividing Creek, had early potatoes which were eight niche* in height. They npp--are<l io be farther developed than any other patch of potatoes which has been seen so far. We are wondering If he will be the Cumberland County grower to receive the certificate of merit which will be awarded to the grower In the auction covered by thU paper-, who produces the earliest pi ck of

potatoes.

- his «

: tbe

judg-

Bell has construe! i-d ment walk and curb-

tog at the rear of his hou»e According to Mr. Bell thh. always[ keep., it dry around the houxe ami prevented washing near the Inundation. To us. the idea 1 looked like an excellent one. Out of 1000 ‘s-ghorn chicks which are:

Bell

only

iw

nty-flv.

"Work has never killed any-j onr." say- Jacob Scull, of Dennis-1 vllle. Mi. Scull celebrated biseighty ninth birthday on the six-1 lev-nth of this month. Mr. Kruli

We still have a full line of Farm and Gartlen , All stock fresh and true to nmnr. Peas. Beans. Onion Sets. Grass Seeds, and a’i other seed varieties. Come i:. and look ns over. HARRY SOLOF, Inc.

Farmers' Supply Store

21 E. Main Street Millville, N. X

Bell Phone: 38*

hard all of hi* 11"

he had a Job chopping wood, walking five miles to hta work It the morning and home In th evening. Mr. Scull's daugbtei Mrs. Grant Fowler, ta sum worker, too. to our wt'.ir.atlon. In the summer .she runs a truck t. the brarh three limes a Week, be aides taking care of her father and Mr. Fowler, who has been

•drk lor Home time.

•Leonatd Wood (we Inquired if he were any relation to the "general"), »rho lives on the Swain Station Hoad. I* remodel 1 tog hi* bungalow.

. Soffe'* farmini

He claim*

and the feet.

him credit for keepini looking place along way at Dior Creek.

Charlie Graft, of Dias ( has an excxellent patch of mier and Bupton »trawberri>

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The peonies will begin blooming the latter part of the month or about tbe first of June, act-ording to P.ofcavor Connors. The college hav about fifty varieties of this flower. The coHeg- gardens offer an unusual opportunity for flower grower* to study the different varieties of their favorite kind of flower. There they may also have the benefit of Profe**«r Connors' expert advice and hi' impartial opinion of the different varieties as he found them.

SEEDS

Early hatched chick* arc ueti-

ally more profitable than the late I Much-rri. - a hatched onea. Leghorns should in BOim .lbe hatched by the fore part of of tha' Slat May In moat part* of the coun-Jthe chief '.•in ’ * **■— 1 tha pci.pl.-.

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Bell Phone

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