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CAPE MAY COTJWTY TIMES. ElUDAY. AUGUST 12. 1927.

CAPE MAY COUNTY

OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

Edited by W. COLLINS THOMAS

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

THOMAS’ COLUMN

Wav W*rr* In l:n r •.. ,••• •

with thr mrrounding turfact the earth H r r‘,r ; j. ettrepwly slow. Out-nf-<ljtr r»nr. pnrtwri _ ( t K *,t t„ agricultural pmzmt. will, it •’’•ard to tlir iu» ;ral cotnw of cwnt*. finally disapprai ami hr tTfiU.rd » rh a n>>«!rin apt i cuhurr. It docs not rerjuirr much efiort \ < tlir farmer who •Mttd—until after a number of years- *. t ,.r up his wheat cradle for the "nrw-tanflrsi hmdet' or th' - -he t..r thr gra's nower, wheat for truth crops, or the on«- win. san!: ’ I have been rainng apples for forty years without spiaying. my father before m* -why should 1 spray f Today these things ate (mrrally a«Trpted as being practical. The “new fangle.i Iras ot r.ianv srars ajp. have heronK- rtmimon. everyday pt • The "inn-aom Y ankee" CUftti^ptioiis which were just making their a|j|varatH'e in the boyhood day* o' our “Half Century Farmer" fiimds are today a neces-

aary part of the equipnent of many farms.

The purpose of this article, then. i» to ask WHY WAIT? The tractor, the automobile thr truck, the silo, lulling poultry, ^iraying—where needed, grading fruit and segrtahlrv would have served just as valuable purposes fifty years ago as they do tndav— had they hern obtainable and had farmers hern aware ot their various use*. A friend reminded us the other dav that the greatest develop-

OHott in agriculture have taken place during tlie

Doings of Your Neighbors

fina'lj- reach out

Truman Hickman, Green Creek Joins Half Century Farmers' Club

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1). C. Tudor. Mayville. hsa i-s fine a lot of Leghorn pullets ;i- *- have seen. He has app-oxl-u.ately TOO of theae pullet- Alt Tudor finde. that the growing o: ('hlneae cabbage la the most prai Heal means of furnishing green fe -d for his flock.

Henry Brown, pmprli Brows'* Apiary. Shore T plairoMl the other day t

•specially his second i

t. s. of Pishing Creek, x quite a good many !!■< rant a loupes look

omsidering the seaaon. ] ■

show very little evi- j t

: iiiishtitig up to the pr—- Was Bom in Illinois—Spent Most of His Early Life in

South Dennis—Still Actively Engaged in Tilling

no*, li id, ‘i™ in.. :i „i ,h ' S- 1 *t Cr~n Cmk

■ •nr Urgent cobblers to fill a| , jno

lall bushel banket? If not. be'

S'-c y t°wiUi*ihe*oi«^ l arm Machinery Was Used in His Early Life!

i: •h*-:e. of Green Creek, aa 5 f :h -:r largevt potatoes fill bushel basket. They ha'

cry bod.

ear done by b«nd.

In the «p-nion of M Hirkmat. jlivering he dilrhlng which has Ixwn done, butcher. .y the Mosquito Commission ha- br said ... . . : According to Mr H i 1

"*n a big benefit to the mead-| OR | r p, s ,pi,. living Not much attention used to br changid*handa ^cbTr"!". f '" I paid to poultry. There are a hour f lir! y*i Kh , yrar^af,* .‘ many h.irc^ now as thm ue. ! . Ml , Allrrd .

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they would have

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FARMS WANTED

All of which i* looking hack. \\ farmers of Cumberland and Cape M

cerned with looking forward, not so much but to those thing* which concern agricult What will he the food it i'»i of agrnidfi;;r the end of the next ten year* ? What crops > extent will farmers he co-operating tor thei much land will he devoted to farming pi other purpose- ? What competition will have

■Mrce*? (If we allow our thoughtpicture a Cape May County h ■even] tons capacitv. equipped w North Carolina early tomatoes they are selling at ten dollar* pc ville when that market » prop dew yet on them, and without

either).

WHY WAIT ten year* not analyse our condition* a* tf been done in Atlantic and mmivheaded in the right direction the Bain hranchr*. determine t! to meet within the next ten vr ihort, anticipate the agricultural to face during the next ten year? program* to meet them, instead •

belie

. William J. M

twenty-five 1 of "Pi-can Ties

►ays he find- t

that thr thinking I P r »«!c* to pull ... ,, ordered at tbs- * " fon ’ I marked thst lias concerns equipment, up hie

ire in a brooder sense, n these two counties at »ill hr raised ? To w hat r mutual benefit? How (rpoars ? How much to to he met from outside

loo high vvr might

American Farm Agency, 508 Landis Avc , YW land, N. J. Home office. Land Title Bldg.,

Open Fonnula Feeds Co-operative G. L. F. Bon-pio‘; (Grange—League—Federation) Highest Quality Cheap as Home Mix Results That Mean Profits Sold by C. DE CINQUE Cape May Court House Stole on Reading Railroad half blotk south of Hand Ave. (originally So Cokj: o Co. Warehouse). Bell Phos. 2 Woodbine Keystone Phone H-X

Kkstrr owning an airplr

s-ith a radio telepfione. bringing ntu tlir \i ildwi.-f market when baskrr and strawberries to CedartKHiaUv high, with thr southern ring “jostled by the freight haul

nd look baik

the side h

l lor t

We

be done Agrk'iiltu of Agrici

iot consider that this rrablr extent hv indn

BROWN’S APIARY

ARTZ C. KELLY Westwood Farm Rio Grande, N* J- • Bell Phone

Why Not Have Streets That Will Stand It? Nothing in your town has harder usage than your streets. They are completely exposed tc all the whims of the seasons, and traffic as well Cuncme Street pavement cannot blow away. Rain only makes it stronger. If can be built to carry any kind of traffic in* definitely, practically without reportConcrete makes easy driving. Concrete makes driving safe. It is rigid and unyielding. Concrete Streets are a* good one time of the year as another. Loncre/e paiemtnt has the mainlenance built into iL These are some of the reasons tar the rapidly growing p pulariry of Concrete Streets. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION M7 Madaon Avraos NEW YORK

Bivalve Fish Mkl.