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c ™ OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

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CUMBERLAND COUNTY

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In tW mr/rmng rjMrtr vrtmttttiam wrtl itar. tmmrr the pme-rtrr -A Aa.tAn * f

peer, tinan •'ill h> ttermr rV rr»-«irm *• W tanr 'in thr chiletr farm. F.eerjini) « 11 ktre as opp'.'* a fWcAicS'yj' ffcr 4a) to aic tf rxirr* r'-larng to freAtry pnUi.r:*

TV foik/VTOX arr amr/nx »V pr^riTi » arrmter on heU dsf : TV nliNior to V long for the p-.rpoo- of rta/jng 'hedu m rnt&orartr.

ot the New Jrrtrt muhtpk-’jrrr' (*»«* W>.»- rV Jarui-- “j*'Va LtShoffl fA-ikf in tV long U>mj krnjor; tV N-w Jertey Aj- ' J'iral KBpriina m Searian rtrasn «f be&mm aoi W>««e Wyao-jorci 4evrtop»4 for ?*pmrnmraJ p'/rpowa: V near Aorr count Uboraaocy;

rgz Adi 9oalit) an' •trn > >gri nprhsaeBta.

P<r.!lrymeri trill alw> hate an oppornaHty to «e tfifri » f^mtvr rr, orrparmg p^jkrj ar<it lor gr-m crofn. uoce Btaof fxadtrjjnrs fuvt ttm a^.a-;*a*T. for tfm -.'poae. Anyone planning to afT-ryj am phane of dir fcW iaj ■ftivinr* tmuia fitxl a prograc: of rr.irt. mtertn are! a*uttanrr to tfanr.. Copin nay 'Jbeomnd bj -V-ng a prnfal rara to rhr Mad CVrk. GAfr of Agrir-jirurr,

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Fm» pAtrtmr Om* G«aiw Dairrayn are finding that rr patt » •mi $crze gra.n when cow» arr running on green 'a»».ire n: iprte '/< the fact tEat they oat be producing n»/re milk thar thet did before turned on ruKure. It it with cnw». vare-wha’ at with p-adtry. grerr. teed alone it likely to remdt m a lot. /d fieafe. e^eriallr with tie high producer. Succulent grawrt are very high in wafer content, which .< .ally re^Jtt in higher pt'si’., •..••. :d. tidfi'-aen" -atwvh-. iratal to pre rent a !'<>« o- H-• :. -T . recenre nothing Kj' green paaeurr, utoallv low fie* raptdh. anf wher tV pmtare be Cotry •■ trarce tfir.r produrrievn drept. F-ihr*er;T herdainen have foind that when oowt are prodo^ntwent) r \ernA% <A rr..'k daily on patture they tie*.Id hare fcr.r fn five ptAjnd. of grain daily, f or every additional five poundi of milk prtyduced by a row. add a p ■ md of gram to the abre-e amoun* Sior' paature gratae are high in protein, the gram rater thould be changed fr-ev, the trinter formula to one omaminf twelve per terrt. of protein. Commerdal feedt totirammg a higher 'ota-r of prorein than thu may he aipplerrwnted with > i "..fed .ny. n' of corn meal, to lower fhe [r-r/ enrage ‘A preer n, d ring the period that the rowt are running on early pan’ire.

^ inners of First Certificates „ . rl/ . In Farm Production Contest OUT

Neighbors Bertraoi Mean, of Green Creek. Caoe May County, and ' — Mra. Beuiak E. G>r*on. Heiaienr'le. Prodaced the E*Hieat Marketabie Stra-wbemea in Their Cmiatiu

«> taw haard that iowathar ban Cr-uw. of Voeloxt father g! '>a.-i»« iad Crtah Creme, of Cap* May Couaty it ettgihV to be a i^xber of the Half Ccatty ramera' Club u far

' : ^ Good Report on Cape ~r_ 'T — ’

“ w"^;: May Co. Dairy Cows ^

a hone ahod. * Only 4 Per Cent- Tubercu- . # * * Ur Agected Out of 500 ^ *“

i a btaak form to be oW peaa it tw pog. tbe o^p*, three -rtttea ta about the pro- t—U. of cabtace aad the tnr

- «f aay crop tor which perk of early pc -ale* of merit are oZer'S. aMe cue

Georgia Is World’s Marketing Third Poultry Eariy Peaches Congress Frail Crop Outlook Not u Will Convene in Ottnwa.

.*»» Fowler, of South Des- *»» Coaaty. laa a pet chiehea whJeh the bew belt town the road to meet him May Coaaty —

, evealBC aft r achooi. Eraect '»>ed where they eaa

:~Us that owe eveaiag he heart from tb tic pet chiehea •uaawktBg aa<l e - e hot tr. £ ! out ta the chiehea Saouce SaeOert

feellag “ ‘ * ‘

■--( Ft»e haa4T*4 dairy .v—> i h* Cape May Couaty were teat *4 ■' «< tenag the pact two •*—k» to 4e- j

iae which <»« were affected

-- - iwbercuieata The Scale Tet- T ^nSy Cape etiaartaaa aad Coaaty Axeac uTwMt. Hmu* « •»-, StaMer teemed to he I ghfy

— e—ibly a* larr* i the beat Seim arausd a#r* ;

'*' ** m,t * UaI ■omethlL* had . • . , e jreiy epeak - it for thr coadl „»*<»— Omarn am her. Jaauad of that be fouad Walter Barber. Cold Sprlag.ltloa of Cape May Cnuaty dairy

that afae had a weaart by the -Id Tou may Jmt a. wri! hawl cowa jvSST ^wSLmri

•a.l. ta Which ahe araa hotoias OB me that cert the* t- mer;- aow." Jto doubt them am aome la the *^ rr '"y tor 'dear UIe.“ He referred to the certlteaie of eauaty who Oemr* to have their: *'-in« - ,' • • • merit which thta paper t* oSet-.m* eowa tested, but were not a tutted . i^L » ordlag to Bea|aa:a Well- <0 **« Cap* Hay Couo'y grower by the e**= who are doing the | Vi».i«d South Dene be his health Produce-, the earl.ee: three! «e«iB*. Aay dairy cow owerr : ! Ur<t -* f Labbr and that of his mother hate !m- keadi of marketable cabbage w- = 1 ' *T

Kill nt Rooivrs

Calcium cynadiw it one of 'Sc mot' cfic tive tnaTriak bncmr for the »k«i of rata and tivaira. Of crurae. utAer tomt con diriorit th«- borrowa of the rata tarmor be rrarScd to i/w the ryamd* dust conveniently. However, where the <iuat ran hr Mown dirmtl) into r. 1 - rat birnv . ; r will ■•.'-*• or. every rat in fhe runway, it i particularly an ei.> rneana of dearroyit.g rat* in wch placet a; peeiltry ler^ve. w. ;b do ned hare any floort in them. Caiciun cyanide crr: < in d . • forrr. and ii blown into the runway* with i d'ivtrr* Ai «ee; a. tpe dutt it opened to the air it give* oft hydro

cyanir ga*. wh*h » deadly to rodenta of any kind.

... I' *" Tr ' •'rtHW of the ctMtifry thit dust i* used for wodrhock* He do no- n .- woodch k» to bother m around here, but rat* mo:- are vonetme-s a great nominee. Modi trouble with rat> cm b- av-Aded b> o old »r-ih whvh pravida a harbor fo them by re/* t> Iding H<nden 9"ired building* doae to the ground ut t‘.- ■. is vkJi ti..- rat* <a.-inot pomib!;. get unde

an. b •: -a .is buildinga in general ai rat-proof as powihle.

( ■» also very eftertivr tor the OOntr'd of mole* lor t. ’. srirf-rr tie- A i* may be Mown into the r-anwa>* :he cam st tor ran. or it may be applied in tie- runways with a yrrr-

"Z * p fr rffenne lor the control of mole, . n Uwn

Good in County As

Last Year

About • Five Year Average

either n Of gird.

- turrn of *h:» material now dai.-n that cab run. eya-n lr will csnrrol flie» m dairy barn*, ant* flea* and nu-ne-ri. otiier ;mrrv.. If the material is at effective again : tl.i e iii-c-. i « th- wrirtrr r..,-. found it tn be lor the control o. r/elent. then it Bjrel drtervr* more than MMing notrje by farmer* in general.

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TV apple grower* of thi* v-.ikx. are Vng warned by the Stat.grvulturj| College that the <odIing moth ba* nre-rged and i» read ' f " ‘■ ar, ‘i‘ ii Z n of damaging the apple According t<

.ai ft.* i od - g moth trap* thai a-- located in th>

rim iptl applr dafrirt* of South jertey. the moth -merged frotn th.

. —- k before la*- A* a mram of preventing Jamag-

by tb. inter f the seventern-dav tjiray should be if if ha» not been done slieadv. snd a coat of the hint and fnliagr of the later varieties fron

plicate., that the grower* are rcromitrended to ajuii'. th known tin w'.rrifren day* after |ietal fall sprav and the

recommendrd New Jertey dry mi*, 12J^ pound.;

nate of lead. 1; . pound, and water to make fifty gallor

mediately TV ap

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only prevent damag*

codling moth,

inwiiv and thr itnpo till and bitter rot.

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Canada. July 27 To

August 4

Tips For Local Poultrymen

Kb prwucev tbe earl.**: three

rher ha*e la- nt marketable cabbage. We

proves very much Mace coming believe Mr. Barber s — aS-ieoce i :o Cape May County about four '* *««irely )aaxte-n by rbe prewemjears ago. He «ai<t that he once appeaxaoee of his cabbage patch teare a trained a arse data, that BuI ■ nt eoume. It Is early ye--.he bealthfulnew* of Cape May w * ar * ttM that HaroH Hand, of Coaaty is largely doe to the pres- Rio Grande, aad Harry Macfcte enee of iodine la tbe soil. * Bdora. are In the race for ftm

it is by no means cerwho will get the certl-

The t anadlaa Govern roer.i

invited the Third M'orid'i Poultry

Ottawa. Canada. Tbe coacrms s

and lovestlcatora In

First ablpm*6 v of early <*eorgia bate already Tweuty-a:oe car toe-

ing moved dun:.* tbe week ___

lag May SI. I'amda'* selling lajb. »^ia j^y

New Vorfc on tb- ZV.l at from Dele^ie, are eapeeted u, attend 12 Cl* to $4.06 p.: t Os.fc-t tar- frotn parts of tbe worW There rter Adverse weather conditions .ill undoubted!) be some Cane and other troonl- have fended May County and Cmsbartaad steadily t i redn-e the p-odne- County poultrymen eb-, .111 i.fc» lUm *.timates from th- original their vacation nt this time and at-!

hlgfa flgurid. according to tbe C. ■ t-nd U 1 Depart men' of Agrt-uMure. j Thto

in mo.' parts o be -ountry: u uairr ^ auaptce, of the la-

proapects of fruits ha** been re--*ernatlom ' tueed by Ut- frosts or by the 1 ,,,^,,,.

failure of apple trees which bore]PMjtr, __ ^ * heaiy crop Iasi y-sr to pro-jo,,), include the |>r-^ -..uou of luce ‘be usual r.umb-r of hkw- | n ( onnatloD reuardir* in- latent «ro. While It ts too early to ViesUBc develop::,. • ,„ h poultuahe a relUbl-wtimat-. says the ry. but also a Urr- .xhlbN of S-w Jereey Bureau c^ MarkeU.j birds from man, parts of tbe

here se-mn little reason to ez-| wor u

peet the fruit croi to differ much] r May and • ahwlaid /sure There U hardly an lmpo r -;. U8 n d . .bould crirrm .n.ralu nt .“i ^ r-r^i *?. “ 00 " wl,h Ur " A ^ Bureau , , “ \ ,h * Um * ^ Animal Industry, r s. D. A.. sat year In Washington, frost wA« h(njrtoo „ r Dr , u|I wU| ..mage has been nevere on •'•tt ^ membership card- and reorulta and there ha. been we' KT ama to thore who apply Gw axnage to early varletire of tbra There 1. a mem'^rrfdn f*w

ipples. but the late apple crop , or .guiu. but non- * Ppears to ba»e escaped serious I under 12 years of

■ Jury so fsr. In Idaho tb. .-• | I1 ., UO cc 1It ent of this meeting ata L. been litile damage as yet. .* |,hat persons la pos.^Mon of

.... peaches and apricots in membership card

•cate of merit.

Garden tractors were recently purchased by Frank Tbeal. Green

Creek; A Douglass, aad £ B - - .

Douglass, of Burleigh. Three men Mormnn Taylor, of Cold Spring, realise the advantage of haling show-' us *. rather unique eprar

Utile power planu *1‘" on a spraying machine ' Poswbly It will pay some other

r bildre

- •line pow-r planl*

at their berk and call to do their cultivating tor them. Many potUtrymen and gardeners could very

well take care of their cuiUvat- *ersene*d trouble with ! ing exclusively with one of three; niggles on their sprayers.

; handy little power cultivators I • • . .

.and plows j Ab , xc ^,j„ t p,,^, of * * * : b-an* was area one day last week Many farmers in tbe northern: at Clayton Hickman's. South Den-1

j section of Cape May County arejnl*- He has lost but four hills'

:no doubt interested in knowing »'Jt of 12*. So doubt many that when It comes to getting'other farmers envy him as this* msrhine repairs, a H. Bwaln. orfrtng baa not been very good! Erms. reprreent* the InteraatiOB-! ,or surtlng lima beana i al Harvester Company tn Cape 1

May County.

E. H. Morbury. of Green Creek has about the best squashet which bate been seen this season. He also has a potato patch which ts well developed, the plants be-

farmers to investigate this tavesHcm. especially those who expericnced trouble with clogged

W'bojreale Retail FRESH FISH

Bivalve Fish Mkt p ‘“- “

of the Ruck-

- diatrtcta.

there haa been

age from northern Georgia north to central Pennsylvania and (laeourl and Arkansas, ese-ptlon of some of fi and -ou-.h western i-gions of Virginia nnd

"t W’e»T Virginia.

ferial* lia-

thoroughly slaked.)

if r

aid rrrtnii. to thr (ilai :> the flit Is

"i "it- a problem to nt.ral effective means lot n . although lujmrrous ma limed i» use* yet some believe that too <" 1: v. h i.:nles* material I* ley- likely t<i happen "K and allim-rd to beromr

... ..a. been uu-J extensively m thr State for thr condr. Hin*Tver, the result* with the dint do not rrv hichly for th .- ptirpree. There i* a great prob , -amdr could he use:! to kill iIk . .riinibcr . preial outfit would no doubt be required for its h an outfit might . onrist of either a lar<l can oi a <-v. The cyanide dust could Ik- tied in a muslin of the inside of the box or can. Thi* fumigator over rite hill ami left there for a moment or two. h tumigator* were uwd. thr tvorkn ,ould accom i: h- mily : 'ii one. watting At each hill for rite

be dre :

appealr ■ , have :orupl - but -arl rletlei. In man, c tulte seriously In rlnla. there s-ema ry that th- appl, reed two-third* ‘leavy productin.'

and bakery pro States Depar

apply to Ernest Hr.-,ad-*. 1< Transportatioa Boildiric Ottaw: 'anada. for aecommodaiions.

Protect Apple Trees From Leaf Hopper Some of the apple f rr.vrgra umberland county ar> '-ginning o experience trouble on ttH-lr fruit attacks of leaf bopi-r. Those growers who clooely : *pected iclr trees before applving the -day spray, and found the boje •r» present, applii-d nfroUn* With this mi->l lea lion and headed tbe !a►ect off before sever- flmiijpg aat done For those wb-. were not sc •uilant control can still be obtalne<] jf an appllcailnn nf nico'Ine I- made at this tire, by ml.-ig ’s , - of nicotine sulj.l.at.- to gsli-.n* of water and I to J pounds of *-»p. These InnecU a-- mostly on the undersides of the leaves and the spray sbonW tie cppliod so 'hat th*- inaect D hit

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