CAPE ItAY COUKTY TIMES. FfilDAY. DECEMBEE 2. 1927.

Page One)

May nty

Of Interest To The Farm and Home

Edited by W. COLUNS THOMAS

Some New Faces At Demonetrations? • d "^ Str * tl0ns * re . ■ Ener *Uy given b> the in Mch count)' during the winter months, i «Hord the fruit grtnier an opponun.ty to -<Ute information concerning pruning. At such s customary for those present to do some actual i ask questions relative to any fruit problems interested. Ordinarily there is but a limited men who attend these dcmonstrati.ms and as a me men attend year after tear. K ^ E° i n, ° ik* details of pruning, and the _ pruning, it is sufficient to say that proper pruning man who ar>reciat.> the value of hu fruit pruning them, should not miss any opportunity t pruning. Pruning fruit trees is a scien r in *ui methods of pruning various kinds of fruit in results. In most instances the principal reft fnrit grower is the most profitable crop of fruit ft his trees, with due omsideration for the future the trees. Without any charge whatsoever, the I information to fruit growers who will attend do not attend these demonstrations really pay though many oJ them do not know it and will Possibly. But we haw seen apple trees pruned like he pruned, also limbs hacked off and long stubs young orchards, both peach and apple, where rr method of pruning will probably be reflected the orchard for years to come. Bing demonstrations which are given by rethe State College are valuable to any fruit '*t, they should be particularly valuable to had little pruning experience.

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Ranks High in Potato Growing }ing continues to occupy a very important place in of New Jersey according to a bulletin entitled: satty in New Jersey’’, just publis.vd by the State < ^*i£nt Station at New Brumvick. In 1925, it Jj^te potato crop sold for approximately 514,000.000. was com with an estimated value of

) only to Maine in the average acre .yield e for the five Nears, 1921-26. was 135

SScPft. which is nearly 35 bushels more than the United States. More than 50,000 acres of land is ing potatoes in the State. Eighty-five per cent, of in the counties of Monmouth. Salem. Mercer,.

wpa»L' Cumberland and Gloucester.

States • the potato growers went through exj ftorr. .919 to 1923 and that prosperity was reffc&ugh the complete re-organization of the industry "pjbemsehrs. The)- choose better varieties of potatoes, feajfefior land, made use of seed which was certified,

HfijieSKt or inferiorities which make for low pro-, . i (elected the fertilizers used, and waged war on. Heading Railroad Company, to be

_. sr . Thrw rrvolutmnarv, known as the •'Heading Cup."

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Feature

During Agricultural Week CKer $1000 in Prizes To Be Awarded Entries Close December 10

Following a meeting of the Poultry Advisory Committee of the Slate Department of Agriculture held In the State House, when plans were completed for the baby chick exhibit to be held durins Agricultural Week In Trenton. January 10 to IS. announcement is made of the

classes and award* fc

feaure of the Annual ducts Show. One hundred lar* for prizes for this new type of exhibit was a special contribu-j tion from the Trenton news-

papers.

It was decided that entries j jt of 100 chicks each. the growers to he presided with Individual booths and the exhibits to be Judged on a basis of sixty points for quality of chicks! and forty points for attractiveness of booth. The prizes w iU | be divided into t40 for the first >

Read Each Week on ihe Farm Page The following features: "DOINGS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS." in both Cumberland and Cape May Counties. REPORTS OF GRANGE MEETINGS and other FARM ACTIVITIES; Wholesale PRODUCE PRICES; Farm and Home Calendar; "THE PROFESSOR SAYS." and the THOMAS COLUMN Considerable e, r ort is spent in making these Farm Pages of | ractical value and of particular interest to the farm folks of Cape May and Cumberland Counties. Read them.

Meeting at Vineland of Fruit Men

Doings of Your Neighbors

seph

S 'Y Price Level of N../.

Farm Products Rises

By Annual Report of Sute Department of Agriculture—Further Advancement of This In-

dustry Shown By Modem Methods

For Tuberculin Cattle Te.U Increant

♦tO for the third prize, and S10 for the fourth prize. All baby chick producere deelring to enter In thin first exhibit of its kind held will ■ be required to forward their entries to the De partment of Agriculture not later

than December 10. alao decided at this

meeting to conduct a competitive egg exhibit at the Farm Preducts Show. These will consist of a dozen eggs in each entry, of either the white or brown variety, and the minimum weight n fixed at 24 ounces a dozen. The premium lists for apple, potato, corn and ewc<d potato shows have been distributed by the Department of Agriculture and promise an interest event for the fanners of ’the stale. The total prizes for the week are valued at over UOOe. Sweepstake* awards in all crop exhbilts are made possible by the State Bankers’ Association's do-

nation of $10.

For the best county exhibit of corn has been awarded by the

industry out <

importance of potato grow ing in Nev floes not product enough for her owi M, ion bushels arc imported from othe

i More Milk From Fewer Cows Jersey is being run upon a much more sent time than was the case in 1919. accordagricultural economist at the State Experiment

■ ihe average production of New Jersey cows

th.,, it *» in 1905. In ,h»t war New- Jeuey I million gallons of milk, whereas in 19.4 lion gallons. During this period the number t decreased from 136.000 to 122,000.

report, that five counties produce more than half Sute. In 1924. Sussex county led with nearly lb State output, following by Hunterdon, balm. Burimgton counties. The five counties together pro

ibfit. of dvr entire State outj

? 4$.9 per cent.

- in five counties of the State has undergone

. In 1890 the same

rapid

fell to about

Morris to

three-fourth*; Passaic to about three-fifths.'ana

•'aller wate/that individual farmers in some locationprosperous business through catering ^ 'he trade a milk of special quality;. Tim type of business, he

ihe greatest opportunity in New Jersey. - of the hip* average production of her cows, docs not produce nearly enough milk tor So. A large amount is imported from other

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vm To Attract Winter Birds

erty of the county winning ft for three years. A similar rap wae won three years ago by Monmouth County, and thlF nev opportunity for other counties to compete will add to the Interest of the show. In addition, a grand champion prize of 415 is offered for the best ten-esr cxhkbit of any variety, and two flit sweepstakes for the best ten cars grown in North ar.d In South Jersey. Other pries totaling ♦ I S3 are offered in the corn classes for thirty-car exhibit*, single-ear exhibits and ten-ear exhibits of the mont popular varieties grown in tic state. Another silver ctp will be presented for the beit county exhibit of late crop .eed potatoes. The rapid growth of the certified seed potato industry ti. the southern portion of the atafe within the past few years mak-s thi.« of Interest to all commercu: potato growers in this and oth,'• state*. New Jersey grower- last year using 18.534 bags of New Jersey certified seed, and other states purchasing 3117 bags.

That gradual recovery of the agricultural industry is taking place in New Jersey, as shown by a higher price level of farm product*. I* indicated in the annual report of the Sute Department of Agriculture, which has recently been submitted to Governor Moore by SecreUry William B Duryee Further advancement In this important industry' of the Sute is noted in the report of the many activities of the Department, showing a greater tendency toward the use of modern methods on New

Jersey farms

"A survey of economic conditions in New Jersey's agricult' re stows a gradual but percep’iWe Increase in farm prices as compered with the yeaja of extreme

depression following

said Mr. Duryee. "The purcho-.ng power of the products of New Jersey agriculture was calculated to be 103 for 1826. This calculation is made by comparing the price level of New Jersey farm products with the price level of non-agri-cultura! commodities. The studies of the Department show Unit the buying power of farm products is stabilizing at a level much more, satisfactory than during the 1820- i kept

24 period. Price level alone has farmers

1890 .-J 1925 CraJo, ™ n 'I SBSiSrS* ••'virmfi. IT! 1890 production: Morns to about pro-miro*. d 50 , 0 ppnn . " • Aar ^ an<1 sylvania and two bag. to Con-

necticut. Besides the cup. exhibitors of both seed and commercial potatoes will be awarded

gold and silver medal*.

Approximately $450 in cash wnl b<- awarded to the apple exhibitors in twenty different classes The varieties which maybe shown are Slayman. Rome. Delicious. Baldwin. Grimes. K. 1. Greening. Paragon and Wlnesap. Over JloO is offered as sweet potato prize* In four claasc*. -om-pri-ing both the yellow and red

.-artetie*.

, Dr. Leon A. HsuMnan.

entry on tlu- outskirts of citicsor new m east!*/ attract ten or twelve kind* of

i, according

irrsue, aid sunflower seeds are rier visitors which are so valuable in conrm and home gardeners. ^

i the following simple device*

he bird* will conic right t . • or snail log on the window all, letting

or stand bolt upright. L -

becn measured,

extremely short crops came along with good prices, the prosperity was not very great. We have not been able as yet to measure the prosperity by including both the price and productio' factors. Neilber has any study been made in this connection of increasing cost of production due to increased labor costs, fncreaiu-d land valuations and ■consequent higher taxes, etc. However, a* an indl:ion of the one (actor, prices, t!. figure* arc an encouraging sii In the process of agricultural tsiuvery of the Sum. There has been an enormous .ncrease in the applications for tuberculin testing of cattle due partly to new legislation and partly to realization on the part . ' herd owners of its economic

Um development

The formation of commodity Committee* represntlng the principal intere**..' of the State provides for constructive work among the poultry Interests, the dairy industry. potato gorwers. tomato producers and orrhardists. A rural electrification committee has secured the co-operation of utility companies In estalishlng a definite program to further the use of electrical power in the operations on the farm and in the farm home. The report give* promise of the complete eradication of the gypsymoth in the SUle in the near future it appropriation* permit the present • ork to be coutlnued. The extensi u of the Japanese beetle quarantine to include the eutire Sum. as well as New York City and Philadelphia, permitted shipment of New Jersey products h those markets without Inspection but necessitated a large increase in inspections of nursery slock. In addition, more than ♦4.000.000

worth of farm products

Ufled for shipment ouulde the quarantined area. Parasites have been successfully established to aid in the control of (bis pest. Tin- Market News Service has

than fourteen hundred in touch with market

prices, while seasonal reports marketing conditions of thirteen commodities enabled nearly one thousand growers of fruits and vegeubles to market their products Intelligently. Standardization work included the certification of 124.734 birds in 253 poultry flocks: the certification of Cll cars of graded potatoes and peaches, and the certifleation of 567.75 acres of seed white potatoes, 33 acres of seed sweet p tatocs and 456 acres of

seed tomatoes.

Thirty-two major projects are now under way." reported Secretary Duryee. "each progressing from month to month and each with a infinite objective. Each year brings changed conditions, and with them the necessity of adapting our work without losing sight of our objectives in the agri-

hnrvested the bes tcrop of grapes

v»imi vires. aiienried the annua! h» has ever had meeting of the National Grange . • •

th- w iik befoi. U*i in fl-v.- I:sipb ScheUenger. of Green

1 land. Ohio, and aian aitended the ■ Crv-ek. recently added much to c • l- • r- 1 • n ; Cattle and Poultry Shew which in ill,' appearance of his placSpecialist Explains Purpose |»a* *tage«l at the ,, ■..-•mg hi? home painted. Hr r n , al'o had electricity Installed ut Ot Pruning and L»vin and L. Lellrt>wi:r ib« .- in*- time, which he is find--i .. .. , Woodbine, go io Philu.k-lphia lot t,. be a wonderful conv.ni-

tne Methods jomv a week to retail their egg- -ue-.

They are finding this a very prui- • • •

I liable m-thod of marketing. Theodore Crolter. of Deuni*-

f j j I vllie. has completed housing hi*

Joe Greensteln. Woodbine poul-' Pullets and i* pushing them for

j tryman. has been getting a pro-,*'''” Idurtion of fifty per cent, for the ‘ 1 I last three weeks. H- has a;* I flock of 1500 laying birds. Mr.

Gieenstgin has adopted the-view Mies Ethel Townsend, of Cleipmetiee of feeding grsin in ; ,no!l '. *? excellent flock of Houghs He has fifteen tons of i 1 ‘* l keys which she will no doubt fleets and considerable cab- >- r-Wr to dispose of to conalderwhich he will use as gr.-en a-' 1 '' advantage during the next

. - - . .. ,,,, • fied for his poultry flocks So: :, w weeks.

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Vineland, on Tuesday _•'" "r.g.; , v eoccl( ,| 0( , il . „ r November :: Dr. A. U Pieis- trtoanlr Ihls br<MiBe ~ torff. sute fruit apeclal.-c ev- , h , Uct Ih „ b , rulni „„

V 1 ”; I lim'-v the pouilry runs frequent ly. On ibis poultry plain all tbr chirks are reared on a pice- of ground acroos the road from.

old birds are kept. ,

Time To Start Pruning

Higher quality and a max crop with a minitniiio umoi labor are the results of i methods of pruning appli In order to aasipt moiv

its to accomplish thevie •-Ml- tliei^ Extension Service of Cumberland 1 1 .,

County Tmmged a meeting

plained to the growers t pose of Droning and t

method* to follow, which 1 showed by charts and diagram The proper method of pruning

a that th? moei or- ..

sirablr type of head will be| t j 1(1 , formed was. pointed ou tan.' ihej_ ol . r faet that proper pruning ruts down labor cost* by distributing the fruit over the tree so that the labor ■>; thinning U reduced was emphasized. By nipper pi lining. the tree is opened up so that a thorough Job of spraying ran be done and sunlight and air can assist the tree to produce a

crop of high quality fruit. Following the meeting,

county agent* are planning give individual growers, who tended the meeting, and who arc In need of further assistance.

Instruction in pruning trees

this

,’ oductlon. He i* using light*,

i i hem from five o'clock until

x thirty in the evening.

Hollywood Leghorn

Cockerelr 35 For Sale

arrangement

* little possibility of the ; | stock becoming contami- ] rom the old birds. blooded Hollywood males. March

ii selected hen* mated to full-

Mayor Greensteln said that he! lets Joe take care of the poultrv ! and h- takes care of the grapes , Early thi* spring the Mayo; { broadcasted his grapevines will : chicken manure, a* a result of thi* treatment he reports that he

hatched. Well developed. M. Levine & Son Woodbine. Hew Jersey

i their

The pruning

hand ard the apple growers of the county are lielng urged to get started on this most important winter Job.

Wholesale Produce Market Prices Mondav. November 26 New York—Eggs. Jersey and other nearby and hennery whites, closely eck-cled extras. 57-58. Nearby whites, marked medium. 46-50. Nearby white?, marked pullets. 40-45 cents. i'hlladelphia—Live poultry. Mixed colort. (anry. fat. 23-25; cents. Leghorns, fair to good.! 16-20 cents. Bprin* chickens. | mixed colors. 24-25 cent-. Eng-, horns, spring. 20-S2 cents. Fruits and Vegetables New Jersey—5-8 basket* apples. Delicious No. 1. ♦1.50-11.65. j Paragon. 90C-41.25. Yorks. No. l.i 85c-$1.00. Staymen No i Jl.oo- ♦ 1.35. Romes. No. I. SI.10-11.25 l>*uucc. Cal., crated 4-5 doz. | heads. Iceberg. ♦4.50 to ♦5.23. Poorer. ♦3.50 to 44 00. Sweet Potatoes- New Jersey , 5-8 baskets, yellows and reds. No. 1. 65c-90c. No. 24-40r. Potatoes—New Jersey 5-8* bushel baskets. Redskins. No. 50-60c. No. 2. 30c-35i

You Will Get Better and More

Uniform Chix

Newtown Brooders

Newton furnishes an abundance of heat and this heat is reg-o- j la ted SUEELY and controOed PERFECTLY by our THERMOSTAC BAR —all metal. You can get the correct volume Of heat for any ; room and for any weather condition.. Free circular and i demonstration at JAMES WHETSEL’S Bountiful Farms VINELAND, N. j.

healthy herd. Approximately twice cultural development :,s many hogs were Inoculated _

against cholera as in the previ-1

ous year, with correspondingly Africa. China. India and Japan beneficial results. (are the principal peanut growing The outbreak of contagio'is . countries beside* the United | N, J.

cattle disease In Sussex County.'States.

infecting 33 herds in short erder j

and apparently headed toward an epidemic of major proportions. | vas stopped by the strict applica- 1 lion of scientific control measure,- 1 This checking of a single outbreak , saved far more to the State than ' the cost of maintaining Uie ser- ,

vice since Inception."

FOR SALE—«

igs Roll

China, thrifty and fim- in <■«■ respect. I'KKIi HIGGS. I’eferslmre,

Milk By Carload

Sbipnx Instead

loaded '

of milk by tank-car In ten-gallon can*

x ...... expres* or special „„ has increased In the lost five years Mote than sixty tankcars handle milk into Chicago Each car include* two ateel tank:

ins ot

I hr use.

to prevent the brids E away with them.” as it’wi» injure ,h ecd. arc exposed in rncoanut shell shoul

3000-gallon capacity, glass

it secure!) j lined- cork insulated, and prowhite ! tected by a steel jacket. One

'tank car will irons port more milk than two of the more com-

: nion milk cars.

Squibb’s Tested Cod Liver Oil The name alone highly recommends this oil. $1.75 per gallon A few barrelh at $45.00 per 30-gallon bbl. For Sale by E. J. RUBRIGHT South Seaville. N. J.

Onion Sets

i booking orders for j

‘JVoW a big-capacity Water System at this neiv low price

is the latest Fsubsak- ■

“

st the lowest price In home truer plant history—j» taae T'airhanks-Ma-se quality thioujhojt.

. ~ . i • w Spring 3928 delivery on all j Reghtered Beriohne Pig. | k , oi , For Sale leeds that are reliable, at I

||t low prices.

Priced Reasonably J Write for prices or call and.*

see them.

GUY ERR1CSON | Dias Creek, N. J. i|

Beacon Startings Growing and Laying Mash Has been used for the past hve years by W. B. Tribbett, Port Norris Poultryman.

Because Results have been satisfactory. Feed BEACON for | Eggs and Profit. Sold By j M. COHEN—WOODBINE, N. J. FAGON & FLEETWOOD, PORT NORRIS, N. J. |

1. Serata & Sons

Bridgeton, N. J.

FAIRBANKS-MORSE Home Water Systems J. L. DANZENBAKER & SON Cedarville, N. J. F. W. EBELHARE Stone Harbor and Cape May Court House

Baby Chix

James Whetsel, Bountiful Farms N. Main Road