CAPE MAY COITJfTT TIMES, FEPAY, OCTOBEB 21, 1927.

I OF INTEREST TO THE FARM AND HOME

Edited by W. COLLINS THOMAS

cumberlaxd COUNTY

!THOMAS’ COLUMN

Harvest Dahlia Tubers About November 1st

teslirin* that many fnlb in Cape May and Cumberland jiMir* art mrrrested in the frowing «f dahlias, both tor profit an ° ,0T «« pkaaure of the flowers, we are glad to paw on to our (cadet* tome information relative to the harvesting ot dahlia roots, which has just been published by C. H. Connors, protesaor ot

•oriculture at the State College.

High Herds and Cows in Test, Ass’n Report

Approximately 900 CowTesting Associations in the United States

In harvesting dahlia tubers, experienced growers usually leave aetr dump* in the aoil until the fir« of November, savs Proteaor Coainors. Ke state*, however, that after the first of November »

i com.derable

First One in Denmark 1895

liaity brrtW

rankiut hlgb j D tkr S^ptenSber

report of it. K

great risk is taken, for the ground may freeze

depth and bll thr entire crop. ^ ^ The wsal method followed in digging dahlia dump*, explains }<>►• May'ooo^w^ttns AaaoetartmtmH Connors, is to have two spades or spading forks. These **®a- >»_■» - n*» Hlgk

are driven into the ground to their full depth, at a distance of debt or ten inches from the stxlk and on the opposite ssdrs of the plant. If two men are available tor the work, both should lift at the same time and thus cause the clump to emerge from the ground.

wiA Uttle or no loH from broken tuber.. One perron can do the j *■**»■ gy** 1

t'owa la Matterfi

brv»d «t cam an<< pr-Klucltoa being gives) Anbu Warfllngton. Hot stein ro» «il J pounds of butterfat (or the month: Arthur

Uoietria. SC.» - u s44tBgtaa. Hot-

-i-l, cc • • *■ ■ — — i eielB. Sl.t pounds: C a. Schelwiti, fro too.. i longer. Hot.:, n. &•.) p^sdr. i nere is a great dinerei . r of opinion among dahlia growers 1 Arthur Wsiidinartoa, Holstein,

u to just how the dump dwuld be handled after digging. Probablr ** * the moat popular practice is to shake <dt rome of the aoil tram the r ’" H,rh clump and place it in an open shed for a week or so. aftrt which if can be Mored for the winter. If is important that each dump be properly labeled immediately after it has been removed from the

It is vital that the stem be thoroughly dried before the dumps are stored. In case the stem is over an inch in diameter, it is well to ^dit the dump and vtem into two or three parts, in aider that the soft hollow part of the stem is exposed to the air and all excess irvrofurr dried our Attention to this will prevent much loaa from "black rot” or “crown rot”, say* Professor Connors.

Frosted Com May Be Used in Silo

;g? corn harvest is late this year and there is more than a d ;. ’hst some corn firldi will be frosted before the crops gr io: i , «ila. Although some farmers complain that corn put int> ■v do after frost, keeps poorly, it is pi-wibic to make good silag, frov. frosted com. The difficulty with frosted corn i* that it i apt to be toe dry to keep well in the silo.

Flee High Ctows I

r: nth. srhfeb U a very sinouBt cocoa red to the oumerou« advantages offered by befog

iember of an association.

The row rinrttng aaroclatlon is not a new Idea by any means. The flrst cow testing ainrlatlon »as organised In IVnmark In lh9S Herd Improrement was : hr purpose. The Idea wea conceived by • woman. It occurred

her that by e >-operaUon roor. detailed records

could be kept and the work done th«ap*r and better. This cooperative plan spread rapidly la lu-nmark and to other Northern I European countries until hundreds of aucleitea were formed. It ha« be-n stated by awtbonOmt tests aswsriaUoaa. more than aaythlag else, ara responsible for the rapid development and Improveoient nt th - dairy cows in

thet*e countries.

The association plan was tret tried in this country In 1*05 “ Helmer Rabtld wts *ar»ely

„ State Poultiy Convention Held in Atlantic City

One of the Most Successful Events Ever Staged By the State Poultry Association—State Exposition a New Feature—Noted Authorities on the Program

Award Cups Which Were Offered By Various Agencies

i held at Atlantic City I

Caused By One Man

most successful event* ever! J

$26,900,000 in 1926

Stjgwd by the State Poultry A*- p, — £>»-.. rocfation. The lire bird »bo« IL amage to Forests By hire

and the commercial exhibits add«1 a new feature to the cooven-l tion program this year and at '

•ratted many vMtore. ‘ s,*, «

roxpmmlble tor'gemn«~th.' ire'. • W^4S.Tw!u , °* <,boUt »*«*« *••

erroetn.ina maned, and was If ,h/^lJTo B ? I " . lhe l

fire: tester. Mr JUblld »s* 1 pr^ld^^ An' adders “ > fl * Ur “ coa '* ,l * d ** ' b ' For ""

Uter ssaociste 1 with the Dmtrv 1 dTM tythTuaww df Iil«i*iuo o( 'be r 8 Department \:i»ntie City and was follow-ed of Agriculture. 1Aashtngion V C t,y instructive talks given by

Ter 1 pr ,—— — —.» . ‘

Doings of Your Neighbors

John Morris.

Woodruff. ( B B. Tmvlnr

I. the elub cUas at I Court Houw ^,

dipping,

Arnold Davis, of Marlboro, captured first and second in all the baghorn classes, where he bed birds entered.

Dell Fogg, of Shiloh, has an excellent Ovid ot cobbler send potatoes.

With his gardTninv .J^

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** r '/* r -’ promlneiu poultry aotborltlei. In* «nce to cow- uwt.ng asaoctotM>iis < F <ructlvs prograins were also of- . 52. 'L r ~ ,9 t Yw ' i to . Urge enthmriamk au-

•teln, 15.4. A I> Fogg. Hoi-1 b~k «< the 1 8 Impart men! wTjdl-oee on ThuriHlay and Friday •tetn 1*2* Arthur Waddlngton. ***' t,9 - m “ mornlaca The Thuiwlay program Holstein 1*21.. W. W. Scnu'.' . ■ which resde as follows: -Thri w.. devoted to a dtsrJLlon of Hoisavia. UU. H. U Davis. Mol., PuMttou ^ th» caw-MMlaff as-|dieesses. IntaMlnal parasite., and

nKation. by eminent anthori- “ " Friday morning

C. H

Th • directory of three ,

Phillip*. Jr.. Ouernsey. *•» o'*' • n; nwtorr ot tl^se

1*« pound, (a.arage sow). Ar- oixanlsaftoo* for January 1. 1*2* friend. Of the Now Jeree- poolbur Wadding! J3. HoUtein. *1 a »h*« r » operation testing i trymen as Harry B Lewis Dr pound.; C N Srhellengvr. Hoi rows on 1».M0 farms. - y A JuU. or W T aidilnct'> i' and ateln. J0*> pounds: H. L DavU. ■ ,o| r 1. 1*1* the movetr.n! prof Rice, of Cornell Holstein 2*« pounds: N. J h » l1 • further £. - -nd at that) .yil mwn.il int.r., ... ..

*«!, P, «m F*ra. BSMU. M, —i..

2* 5 poue is . 'fM** »rre In active apmatlon. ■*?.‘?? 1TlrT V - ’Thtee herds—some pure bred ^ ■ b * D ^ e ' clt , ' b * areoci«!ion

on, high ^ a bMd in Haddgn Hall

- - _ production There are o^w MPgBty-lbree' Wt, Hd. The memb- rs. In general, verd# in ;S,r tarociallon All t.ui h * v ' followed the conslrue-l

High il. id in Milk Production i Thtee herds—some pure bredJ~jTT

H. L. I.aiu, Holstein, average;*^ xr.de-.re on a high ,Tn ThuTZSa,^enln* Xe PW cow. pounds !Pl«e L" the dairy prodoction ^J^^ ^ terds in thr Association. All bu: nmT ' roifoweo me «»»»'nie'tve! ‘ n, | f r - hree of the dairymen In th. a- 1 "f™ «» ^ roor l^n offer^ New jlr^

ociatlon have silo. Houie an ■w>*<tla»i of their dairy cows.: L

ensilage . P r, P" feeding met ho Is and ap- 1 r

, i - *•— * 1 - * »T" t :

C A. Bigelow, of WTmwi Road,

recently eoBipleu^d Lousing approximately *06 pullets. Mr. Bigelow brooded 2000 baby chicks during tke month of March. It to remarkable that hu lack

Forest fires reported during mortality was only about ten 1*2* caused direct damage per cent., when It is considered

that he brooded 1000 chicks at a time. The pullets are now lay-

ing about forty per cent.

l*M spring Chari,,

chased one of the r*»J

J* Luke Uc.T ,

vtlle By the M44luot r . 1 ' ‘

“•Ik* and flower* gr

added greatly t 0 the i|2L of lb. place He h*, ,*2 200 pullet. ..fN

fltures compiled by service. This immem

the result of *1.T»I firm, which burned aver 24.200.000 acres of

the lands of the country. More than 72 per cent, of the

fires are known to have been

caused by man and 12

by Mrblnlng The cai _ little more than IS per cent, are uaknowa. Smoker* lead all others as •farters ot forest fires, with over 1* per cent ot all, mllroads com* next, with 13 per ceiK. and brush burning third, with 12

per cent

Mississippi, with 22.170. suffered more fires than any other »aie Alabama was next with 14.*52. and Georgia was third with (.445. At the other end of the scale. Delaware had but 27, fire*. Rhode Island 43. anj Ver-

I- Llpachutt. of Woodbine, who spent several months In Pa! rati nr following the death of his wife last spring. Is at present actively engaged lu managing his farm He Is having practically the whole place plowed and sowed to

He hu 1

*« Which u, > baa to taut). _

1 NovWrd

ik~ k.— '

id hm tw ha(an h .

rw poultry hoc* » M by Lo«u btt^< ci M the Shore ,

Many Cape Mxy c.-raH Cumberland Cauatjattended the fiutr venUon at AtUntic Qtj

73.

If frosted corn is put n the silo before ■* dries out it will make good slagr. otherwise water should iw added. Kunmrr water through the blower get. the water thoroughly mixed with thr corn and is a good method of adding the needed moisture

New Ranges Recommended For Pullets

'The safest poultryman. the one who can combat disrates ritrvTuiaJ parasite* u the one who can rear birds on new grounr * P«f." Thu statement by Professor James R^e. of Cornel' -*er*.ty. made before a poultry audience at the State amvention >1 lowed discourse on a wn<-, of cham showing price curve- * period of years. The chan showed the feed pric-> th* . ftryman hat hem paying, egg prices, and the purchasing pour; M the farmer’s dollar. In order to meet the prevent situation successfully, the iprakn that the pcmltryman must he able tu produce inore rfftcimtly ..mart a higher quality product, and uw better nurkrtmg met ho*!, V M only mrtst the qualif-. of eg^s and poultry products offered n ie Consume! be improved, buf the quality of the producing unir- ■ tSc plant must be of the best in order to produce efficiently. While the statement of th-. enumnent authority ranirot be t'ol to the letter on many Cape May and Cumberland Counti. :7u thrrr o room for consi.lerxble thought for tlx»r poultry met ‘ho desire to rear a healthy pullet. While it may not he poaribk • -*e new land esch year for the pnjtry range. Professor Rk-. ■ ’■■ ted out that a system of rotatwa; dsould tx followed ro that th* c wtag stock is not kept on th* same ground year after year. F« >» tple, Harry Carrol, of Hrnimonton. ha. been able to real c»lthf bird* by a system of rotation, even though his arirage i

While these state: ideas already bring fo? rearing most depend t; fessor Rice's sUtement

Fattorr lnfluendn« Sweet Potato Prices

The Sou:hoan«rn Statm aa a group—the Carolina*, Georgia. Florida. Alabama and Mississippi - had the most fire*. 54,200. Thi

Harvey Wood, dl- Wewt Misetoeippl States, which Ic- ‘ MadlSL i Square elude Misaouri. Arkamws. Okla

Garden Poukry Show, made a * heima, Lpuistana. and Texas

hem. three areoeiatlon* to a blah Terr!' ^ Among next whh 10.057 fires. h0 f: .< ’rrZHZ™ • '"''.fhe speak ere who gave short ad- The Northwret rn States had «.-

drrems were Prof. W. C. Thon.p Ares, the Appalsrhian States, •on. poultry husbandman at th «-*2T «he East Mississippi States New Jersey Experiment Station:! ] -747. the Lake F ates 3.326. the

.. . - • dlreotor of ’H^ky Mountain Statre 3.677. and

ociatlon have silos.

beginning to feed n;— , - ■Ithough fnw alios have beet. , ' ro ''^ breeding practlere. This filled to date. haa rreulted in the building of, For the benefit ot three who ,bw as»>cfatk

may not he familiar with cow, <* production. eeltDg aasociatkon wot*, " hirh I

i>y the way. has nothing * ’vt-! .

war to do with tabercui,., i.*i Several Ways To Dispose ! P»of £1“ ^ £7, ^ grSSLg e“Si“e ui’SUi Z?JL'. rhe rerw t^Ter wb, ln ordinary «nr-' f™*** h 0 ** 011 " 1 ™ * « b « On-.—^ to areas of less than 10 educated tw th^ UnL ^ **' Before puuin* such com 1 A * rteu “ure. W ! »C™V»n« Ire. than 2 per rent. Ulrylng visits e^ daire^l. ^t ln th * crib '' 4» s good plan u>! H' l } , ^ or ^ rrererch ! 1-000 acres. WKhin the a. wrt out the eoftaal asm el I her si ?[ ,h * Ac *‘f l Product.. Inc.; and Protected areas a* a whole tbs jauallTWn-finr ‘ ,m ' or U b Geinr^.V”^ 1 ^.Lwwl,. Or*,- fire horned 140 acres. *t each nliv/ r ‘"f® the ertb. A (ew ,,f Rfco<1 ' “»!»•« «" l»d.e..-t

While P tbe>e Ih, e O. * ott re re win not .mly Mold i hough the line-up of -xvs, “fr'io,,,*?, 1 ’if -” 1 • »*'«•*

..d the fred roniu'n .d 'by' , rechf rr ^.“ Bd . dr » ,n * U ""I -?« <*' «*« day-.VreXe ! -, f T b l.:. ,n 5lr' .Z*’ ^

• | crew.

Ponltry Show Awards

1“ ; livestork. They may .

husking fo* The Cumberland County eup. - be *>xfelv j which has generally ccneedMl >•

has generally conceded

Uon and rattob

■ ^pe^laettoB*?^- 1 ^* f V ’Z.'Z!. 1 *H kimte of 'llveafoek'Vf I <he

’ ' ' —k < m0ld |i ST b °‘ Homes j c lal eups. xith the exannlon"^

1 '* ch -re liable to Injury from reUngl‘l>e large mate cup thaTwro cS.

v — •* fered by **- ~ -

the herd Tvc-r.l

-"w. me issier uuo ••I'a d.iijrnxsn with any tZSEm V** * r " - *dh*r problrtu- which he may £5. * U 4 * rehare in amnecti*.:. « lt h dairy-) crerom* c™— .... tag. ; r oramon eoarse salt w-ems to At the end of the year aad, 1 fTT^T£*!* . TOoldl, » * "** <wn Jiember has a comple,, .nd fair-i!^.! h fl? , ' on »l'l' r »bIe exy accurate record .,f the milk \r!n' M> ^ ut - tnand* ot salt to

of every J rf^.u! the right amount'

- —-“.fl »*»U*»* » rj* .l* I. ii I, •*- — lii!—T.* “TO "•

hi* herd.

profit.

much

drying of soft corn in the crib !*y the use of ventilator*. There *!.• many types of ventilators. U any man are inlerreud In this

inior.ur..:. > '’“"Don Uh- Farm Editor or -ho do no: 1-lonVto Xfy ^Te^X 0 '"* 0 • U1 relation contend ihat 1 ** X r ° nfc ' r Informstire,

*w their cow." howls been the history of roetalton* ihal lots of

n kept at

Cow testing »«., 'aiuahle to dal: ■re so than many

jreclale. BafortunaG-ly.

■dly fooled f.y .

f Dtiry Industry

Grange Calendar

Twcasho* Cra

WANTED 400-500 Potted i Beet* or Cairota For Petti trv

A. S. WALKER Cape May. N. J.

. - H 1 *- Reading Railroad for the county winning the mast

<* Fdots. was won by

- ™. ... .on or

Stern Brother* of Vineland. This F*f. oarI » d b r Ih* Cumberlacd County Board of Agrirulture to the coote^ant from Cumberland County winning the tergret number of point*. The big Reading Railroad cup. which moat be v,-« m 3 tlmre to become toe permanent property ot any eounty. went | 0 Mererr County JIZ* **•" l**rey cup, Offered by the State Poultry AsoorUtWin to the exhibitor winning the largest number of points, was won by he Came G K. R Farm of Ard-

•gainst an Indicated average .. • 37 acres per fire on lands without protection. Of our total forest land area needing proto tloo only about 65 per cent u within the proie-ted area, and the protection afforded range* ail the way from quite thoroughly fire-tight system* on soma prl' ate. State and National fore.

State and Notional fores 1 »

<H»wn to ibe merest beginning* of educational preventive effort. Cte the protected area there were 100 fires per million acre,, a* against 30* fires per million acres of unprotected land. Only 1.21 P«-r cent of the protected area burned with 10 4 per cent, o* “^““Protected land burned over

The greatest area burned over

and the greatest damage done, as well as the largest number of t^. Wer Z >a lbr Southeomern.

. where It.OOO.OoO acre*, affected and damage dune

totalling IM.000.000 | 0 th. Rocky Mountain States 736.000 acre, were burned and damage

done amounting to *5.000.000 > l -reX *'* ,h ' °* ur ‘* » I.-46.600 arrees and I’ In the West Mlwisaippf

tcoattnueo on Page Five)

*; Rtatn* 211.000 acres and *1.SC

Feed Beacon Feeds with protozyme

They have been tested and results are the

proven answer. ASK THE MAN WHO HAS TESTED THEM

POTATOES

Beacon A Feed without • Filler is a Profitable Feed to use. Buy H from

Cape May County Distributor M. Cohen Woodbine. N. J.

Cumberland County Fagon and Fleetwood Port Norris, N. J.

ONGE2

T. C. FOX & SONS NEWFIELD, N. J. SELLING AGENTS

Pratt Feed Facts

Don’t Bother Why Black HenLay White Eggs - - Get the Eggs!

Th* other day In the American Leg>

Parker Butler, the chap v bo wrote "Goat Pmtb«r* 1 j I' gave the ad . ice at the head of :hh ad e He was not » tins for the benefit of poultry:: f poultrytn‘•if* Fall problem* waa oo typical that Bui-r a*

it to Illustrate his advice.

GET THE EGGS! That seem* like such ■Iraple advice that "any fool can see It right " But you would be surprised to know how mxcr p:Si} men worry about "why black hen* lay whit* why this feed eoat* a little bit more than that eet :w how they can try to "make this •tuff do." is fart. Ml about moat everything except the one big Fall uf Winter problem of getting the egg*. For initance. the thin* to consider 1* not what tl* root* but what the eggs coot to produc- If one fie: w 25 renta a hundred more than another but give* you i ti worth mure of egg*, what do you carer Too get T5 more profit. And It’* profit that count* Never mind about the black bens, white eft- 75 more per bag and a lot of other aalmponsct *:b2

THE EGGS'

Yes. all. get the eggs is good advice. You can't order or flatter • hen Into Uylv haven't much sense. They lay eggs when they hi'i « •urplua of egg making material* to allow them to do « not only must they have enough egg maktec eleo't 3 * slso the right eelecflon of elements What won't go around hunting for the right food to nik- •& S you to aell. No. sir. If you want your hen* to lay lotf •you have to give them the food that will enabl. thre : ■ It. That 1 * the secret of bow to "get the eggs" Pratts Buttermilk Laying Maab I* mad. to (1" « When w* make It we don't "bother why black Lew ■».' ,: *gg»” or whether we can "get by" through *klnp!°X ; 1 or that or using some sort of stuff that "may do 1 If other folks want to do that, let 'era go *&'*■- 9 Job it to make a laying mash that will "get the ft* '" 41

Pratts does.

Pratts Buttermilk Laying Mash is not an expr-'"' It doesn't coal one cent more than to nereaax.'y t‘ 9 right quantities of the right kind of egg making Yat Pratts to the most profitable laying mash you a: * for It produces egg* at the least eret per doxen. Th*' ^

whole story.

Because it gels the eggs to one reason ttii a*

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