CAPE KAY COUHTY TIKES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.

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Of Interest To The Farm and Home

bfited by W. COLLINS THOMAS

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t Important in Dairying lines* is as important to the dairyman as » the claim made by J. H. McClain, C of the dairy production project of the culture, who addressed the dairymen of » Woodstowi, last Tuesday evening, r. McClain was referring to the pro- . He lupported h» assertion by figures l associations throughout the United l that the cow that produced 100 pounds -T feed and left a balance of Sl4 above t cow paid for her feed costs. Although com more to feed, there is considerable r her feed costs are deducted. His figures r produdhg cow cannot be kept at a profit, r three New Jcraey testing associations, »w producing 2000 pounds a year pro- > a hundred pounds, whereas the 6000

it of $1.97 a hundred,

ssociations’ figures credited the 10,000

k at $1J5 a hundred pounds.

I the present price of milk it can rcadily ng animal cannot possibly be maintained I these figures which showed the need .* production per cow, the speaker made e herd average. First of all records such as a cow itsting association helo eliminate the by having records on each cow it is possible > only the best producers. "This is only the herd average,” laid Mr. McGair in to test the bull as well a, the cow." any times as many heifers in the comt individual cow. Consequently by using to be good, the herd average cm be e speaker recommended proven sires and in * he defined what is meant by this term, me which has records on 5 of his daughi prove the sire to be good, had or insire to head the herd, the dairyman must bat has proven to be superior in production a sires that are qualified to bead up local t way to get them is to prove diem at

, it is

'•rr'i

to have resords on the

daughter* ©f die herd that arc coming pped to keep the bull until his daughters . Many valuable bulls are lost each year to prove themselves, due to the fact that e a bull after he gets sonic age on bull pen is the answer to this proproven sire* in South Jersey that arc and if the dairy industry is to be is more dairymen must pbu. to use

Ota PSiiltry Parasites

e a guess as to the amount of money i because of worm infestations in their ; is enormous. Such losses occur through t worm medicine and other treatments for w*e of production because of infestations „4 from being infested with worms. > be but one practical solution to the problem . And from what we have read, from what m scientists who have made a thorough study of h is wifi of the most important which confronts i from what we have observed in numerous i farms, we are convinced that ninety per pmvwtioi) for worm control consists of i at sanitary condition, disposing of the dropuaes »o that flies can not trade back and e and the bouses, and cultivating the runs

» rhe ’ isrs in a sanitary' conditiem.

T wy "generri statement, hence means little. * .**' pouirrymen know when the* are keeping * a fairly sanitary condition, and when they are not. a d ptftkuUr item we desire most to emphasmt the * t cultivation or plowing of the runs,

industry has reached a stage where a man to observe certain principles it

7the business- We believe one of the most

•nfritw *o be not the control oi won ns i** 1 5* iJL,™. °i <1™. From lb.

ipootopneo, * runs appears

o be a highly important f-tor

t knowledge, it appears to be al- , that the poukrymrn who allows year in and year out. and does

ysuev.-,r j ', rm irntlv plow oi cultivate the soil,

-svrhis full share of trouble with

i» the light

ft * forcgeeic C

: ffgv Jersey beei

t the srintt r

, asoxding to R

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f dre riw can be d . Hatson suggettF • bottrsn+f«r-j I and until n i needed. I jj'JiHic w9l be tswvriiie: wtf w > t done during tor tr-UStewturee- he po- 1

WinWt Woik for Beekeepera -TThave found that much preparation

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something to do. Scarcely any of us are immune to the givwinc i C ** irm ^ * art * in d *« of adiririscrs, whether it be for 38 miles on a gallon”, a new control for chicken worms, a hair restorer C for bald beads or a patent remedy for every ill to which a cow may be subject. But just because we are tempted to keep doctoring the farm animal, it does not follow that so much atten-

tion is of any benefit to the animal.

We were prompted to write 'his because of an article which read in the December issue of New Jersey Agriculture by E. J. Perry, State dairy specialist. Mr. Perry claims that the use of tonics for dairy cattle is an absolute waste of money. He says: “Every year thousands of dollars arc spent by farmers for stock food or tonics which are supposed to stimulate the appetite and keep the cow’s system in running order. Results at various experiment stations show that it does not pay to spend money for these patented mixtures. If a cow ; s managed and fed with reasonable care her appetite dots not need stimulating. 1/ she is sick a veterinarian should bewailed. If a cow is in a run-down condition, has passed the tuberculin test, has solid teeth in her head, and does not respond either in milk or flesh to good old-fashioned feeds such as v.eil-cured hay. silage, corn, oats, bran, and oil meal, there is some vital ailment which it is doubtful if a tonic will -ure.” He continues, “It must be admitted, of course, that animals times show an improvement following the use of a stock food or tonic, but if the truth were known, this improved condition or higher milk yield would have to be attributed to better all-round care and feeding of the animals. The directions accompanying the tonics are quite likely to specify proper feeding methods." The writer concludes that if a herd is fed the right kind of roughage and grain there is no need for feeding

any patent mixtures of a so-called tonic nature. Pruning Time Is Ag*in With Us

Although the pruning job can be done any time during the

dormant season the axiom ‘‘Never put off ’till tomorrow what you can do today” fits this job particularly well. The weather at this time of the year is much more favorable for working in the open than it will be later in the winter. 1 award spring when the weather becomes more favorable again there is always a rush of work that makes it necessary to do a less thorough job of pruning. So get busy now and sharpen'up the loppm and file the saw and if it is necessary to refresh the memory a little on methods of pruning it might be well to secure one of those New Jersey bulletins on pruning. There

two available, entitled: "Pruning Young and Bearing Apple Trees” and “Pruning the Young and Bearing Peach Tree. Either or both of these may be secured from your county agent or the experiment station, or by applying

the farm editor of this paper. of the product, as for table Me or ifintos. or by origin or varietyBefore recoin mend I nr standards every effort U made to make them practical and acceptable to the es-

tablished trade.

Standard

Grades For Farm Produce

u. S. Department of Agri-

culture Hu Set Stenderde

For Many ProAicti

R. I. Reds Lead

In Contests

November Record of Inter*

est To Poultrymen

AUo Standard Container*

Although preliminary work the development of national ala aids for farm products baa been under way for many years, notable proeress was first achieved oaring U»e recent period of agricultural depression when every funcUon of .. . , .. filnt, wiaR twi!r-d

ua* marketing machine was teaud with a view to the possible elimination of waste. The valu* of standards and the probability of profit from grading have been Widely discussed by many groups In this connection, say* Lloyd e Tenny. Chief of the Bureau of erlculturt Economics, ‘‘whether cr not the producer or markeiet paid for the additional effort and expense involved In making *»<* classification- depends upon his subsequent marketing practice. lor example, a country merchant seldon establishes price differentials for different grades when buying from producers In very »m«» * ola - On the contrary, a Urge assembler of ags* might find it practically impossible to engage In business thrf'gh regular trade channels without conforming to recognlied grading practices. Aa a general uateraent It may be aald that the smaller the volume of bastnesr the less likely 1- l* that grading to generally recognised standards will pay In large-scste operation, however standardisation Is ""w

versally recognised as a quirement .‘or success.'

Among the farm products for whlrh xlaodaids have been formulated by the United State* Department of Agriculture are cotton, datry and poultry products, grams (corn, wheal, oats, rye, sorghums

— -- - f .. barley and rie»,) nine kinds of

MX specialist of nc >ew Bn( . -eigted products, livestock

sssernblc practically all ot and n , M t*. tobacco, wool and when spring cwoe* fruits, vegetables, and related

so that * IK P S products, including apple*. arOto beekeeping. chokas. asparagus, beans, beets. ‘ cold winter months, extra rAbba|[r r-nuloupea. carrots, cau-

nwv be nailed together, iieower> ce lery, ch»rrl«*. citrus , .re put tourer, wtntrf mm. nre« W* - that time so dewberries, and fclacMerrre*, vgg

... plant, grapes, honey, lotiuce. onw the following summer. ^ peanuts, pears, pea. . ,k, assembling job which 'M uppers, plnapples. plum* and

nutting in the foundation, prunes potatoes, sweet petalrw-s.

xcepr pu . . ^ therefore radishes, spinach, strawberries to-

wax tinme I - - turnip*, and water melons.

Read Each Week on the 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 Calend "THE PROFESSOR SAYS," a.td the THOMAS COLUMN. Considerable effort is spent in making these Farm Pages of practical value and of particular interest to the farm folks of Cape May and Cumberland Counties. Read them.

[Doings of Your Neigh bars

Wilbert Hickman, of Newport, re- j nate s V Dilrchssed from firm In .Jin

( lot of work for Mr. Tkompccntly purchased from firm in son.

Odarrille a large tractor for) • • • plowing. ealUvaUn*. mowing andi Lewis Hoffman, fold Spring. Is -her farm operation* , still marketing some fine apples

• • • i in Cape May.

Everett Smith, of Goshen, has j • » •

found that it pays to select his we have beard that a large

d corn, both a* to type and as j of Redskin potatoes ere Infection with corn root rot.) beginnln, to rot in storage in

Mr. Smith has an excellent lot of: wime 0 f , ,, north Jersey couu-

corn next year. He. has It < th*. The "ause of the rot U

stored so that the ears do not I Rblspeohia, at least, we Judge at touch, as be has found that a cer-j ls> from tnr description received,

tain amount of the corn spoils j • * •

when the cars are allowed to re-' W. H. Powell. Cape May Court main in contact with each other. I House has a splendid (lock of J*r-

—■* -* * sty Giant chickens. These big

Peach Tree Costs High In Jersey Developing Peach Orchard To Production Stage Is Expensive

A Leading Peach State

It costs New Jersey P growers about »133i4 to develop an acre of peach orchard to the production stage. This Includes all expenses but no' land value, and exceeds by a wide margin the coat , : developing such orchards In other parts of the East. Such is the report of A- G. Waller and «. B Weiss, economists of the State experiment station and pertinent of agriculture, in a letin entitled. Tha Peach Industry in New Jersey." Issued by the

usee and lllinrls and predicted change this st nation somewhat to market, the first.ahipmi nt usually beaing made around the middle of May. New Jersey be-lus to ship in the middle of July, and New York is the last important State, her shipments being made moeUy in September and October.

His method of storing the seed corn ts to drive nails each way through board*. suspend the hoards from rafters In his barn loft, and stick the ears of corn on the nails. In this way the corn out of reach of rats and mice aad gets a free circulation of air.

Farm and Home Calendar

For week ending December S at Vineland and at Bergen County egg laying contests, Rhode IsKnd Reds from 'be same farmCharlescole Farm. Sherbon. Maasled the contest •pr the week In each place. Cl *•**» al Bergen and 5* at Vineland. The pen at Bergen County Is With for the contmt at Bergen with 219 eggs at end of the fifth week, while the pen al Vineland, where lights are used, has laid 227 eKK* far. but stands third In total, one pen of R. I. R.-ds having 2*7 and one pen of Barred Plymouth Bocks having 236. E. J. Rubright. of South S^aville. has a pen of blids in the

Vineland contest.

The November egg production . record Is a particularly Important one for poultry breeders to study. It ts presumable that at least the j majoritv of contestants select*'-11 pullets which they thought would be ready for egg prod ’Ctlon approximately on No ve - iiber 1. or upon the starting of the contest year. Again, presumably they made such selection according to their kne -ledge of the date at which the pullets were hatched, the rate at which they had developed. ac-* their Individual condition In late October as it came time to send the pullets to the contests. O. course. In assembling on» hundred pens of pullets for each contert. It ' probable that some flocks were not subjected to as careful examination and as rigid Inspection as

others.

Nevertheless, probably every contestant tried to send pullets which might have a chance to win or make a good retold. The egg lay during the first month, then. !* of peculiar interest because it may be looked upon a» a record a* to how the various individuals in the various pens goi started. In some Instances, rnlrken-pox and colds Interftred with a normal start, but fg

many.

^ spite of the high cost developing peach orchards In New Jersey, the State is among the leading producers of peaches in the United States. In 1926. the crop was approximately 3,000.600

S bushels. This output was exceeded

only .by California .with 21.00a.000 bushels and Georgia with *.- 4003*00. In 192 4 the State had 2,3*5.000 bearing and non-bearing tree*, which placed her among the leading States in this regard. Her heavy production of peaches was because of the large percentage

of bearing tree*.

The Elbe'** variety of peach Is grown most in New Jersey, making up 37 per cent, of all peach trees In tb State Belle la second with 12 per cent. Carman ranks third with 9 per cent. Because of different ripening seasons of their peaches, various States dominate the market at different times. New Jersey usually leads In the market for about 2 weeks in the period between the middle of August and th middle of September. Recent plantings in —

Annual meeting of Cape May County Board of Agriculture and Corn and Potato Show, Cape May Cocrt House this Saturday, eember 17. Everybody invited. Numerous farmers of Cape May County and Cumberland County are keeping records of their farm business inquire of your county agent about the farm .account book which he can obtain for through the State office.

man interested you In buying stock in his business, and then told you he keeps nc count of the receipts and pens**. of the enterprise. What would you think of him as a busi-

• The more comfortable you can keep your animals, the less feed It requires to furnish body heat. Therefore feed bills can be cut. more mUL-JElll be. produoc-d. mo's pork will be made if the animals ar* protected from winds and rain. Forcing animal* to drink ice water likewise requires more feed and decrease* production. Manure spread out on the land does not waste half so much when allowed to leach away In a ptie. therefore it is well to spread as often as convenient After the ground freeiee Is time to place a heavy mulch about th* semi-hardy plants, and some o those listed as hardy an- all the better for some protection. A tightly built ham will damp and foul unless ventilation is piovldsd. -

Wool Waste and Manu e A wonderful fertiliser. For asle In carload lots. First Grade in Box Can—$11.75 per ton delivered. 1 Second Grade in Open Can—$9.00 per ton delivered FOR SALE BY S. S. BATTEN. JR. Laurel Springs, N. J. Bell Phone: Blackwood 46-R-ll ! Or Inquire of Wm. Congeser, Cape May Court House R. F. D. (Opposite entrance to Avalon)

chickens take on somewhat fba aspect of turkeys, especially when a pereou 1* accustomed to gener-

ally looking at Leghorns.

of Cape May. 1 __ and vicinity recently looking for

Mrs. Ella Vanaman. of .UW-Buff Rocks. We were not In——j.j «*•-.- r* formed whether this was la the

Bay time or night time, however, knowing the two men as we do. we are confident there fa no veed for any chicken owner to be

alarmed.

Creek, attended the Stale Grange

Atlantic City last

w, 'W as the delegate from Capo May Grange. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. “ Howell. Mrs. Alik- Foster, and . and Mrs. Joseph Camp all members of the Cape May Grange also attended the State Grange. From Cold Spring Grange the following members attended: David Hughes. County Deputy: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reeves; Mr. and Mrs. David McPherson. Rio Grande Grange was represented at the State Grange by Mr. und Mrs. A. B. Butcher, and Miss

Hester HUdreth.

Reid Chambers, of Eldora, attended os delegate from South Sc-avllle Grange, aisc Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Westcolt r id -hla sister.

Mrs. Townsend.

James Whets* of Bountiful Farms. Vlneirnd relieves in feeding plenty of caMiago to his birds. He recently obtained a carload of cabbage for this purpos*-: most of which hft burled to protect li from freezing weather. Mr. Wlietsel also has a large quantity of “Thousand Top" kale which be uses for bis poultry. Mr. Whotsel believes this variety of kale will last ov^r winter. James Whotsel. and Gus Wallers. also of Vineland believe In frequent cultivation of the poultry runs. Both of these poultrymen have cultivated and sown tfceii poultry rfcts at least six time* this year. Last week we noticed that ri»' Welters had replowed par. of hit runs and that James Wbetsel was plowing under heavy coating of lime. Mr. Whetael finds a small tractor ideal for

this puryose.

Stuart Thompson, of Goshen, is lustaili'ig water In bis laying houses When this Is completed tin w-tem will undoubtedly ellml-

Guy Errickson. of DU* Creek, bar. some extra fine Berkshire pigs. Raising one of them would make n mighty fine project for fume Boy's Club member. (Continued on Page 3)

Grange Calendar Cape Hay Cranos—Meet* « •iwsdsjr evening L O. M. Krwnei* ItongU* Scbcilengcr. Seer* Tuckshoe Grange—Meet* Or** and ..lira Fridny evening of e»ch month in the Junior Mechanic* Hall. Tuckah-- !>r W. 1„ Yertcaa. Master. Mrs. Rebecca Gandy. Secretary. South seavllle Grange—Meeta aecond and fourth Tuesday evening* of each month in the P. O. ft. of A Hal!. South Sear-lie. 8. E. atone. Mneier. Mrs. Melvin Abbott. Sec-

Bio Or nde Orange—Mceta ev

Tuesday evening in the Grange I al Rio Grand!-. Alfred RnM| Master. Mr*. Ultlara Slcbbins. 1

Deerfield Grange—Meet* J'm-wtfiv nf nark, mnalh

Cumberland Grange— Meets Monday evening In each month In .-u Hoorn. Leonern HU* Martha Staf-

Uniform Chix

a big-capacity Water System at this ncui low price pJKWt i, tbe Irtert g.irlwfw* Marae ac at tbe lowest price in home w»l ukUe F»jhank»-Me«*e quality

Newtown

Kewtcn furnishes Rn abundance of heat and this heat is regulated SURELY and controlled 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 demonstration at JAMES WHETSEL’S Bountiful Farms VINELAND, N. J.

FEED.

until t

Pay. daiir

iality ” says : it. A step

jccialist

r fruit* and vegetables have al**' | j *-n standardised. In several I these class Ideations more than j | i« set of standards have

Hollywood Leghorn Cockerels 35 For Sdr n selected bees mated to full- j ded Hollywood male*. March batched. Well developed j M. Levine A Son

Wc are booking orders for Spring 192$ delivery oj all varieties, also all kinds of seeds that are reliable, at low prices. I. Serata & Sons Bridgeton, N. J. Phone* 1162 — UM

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

Beacon Feeds

WITH PROTOZYME They have been tested and results are tbe proven answer. ASK THE MAN WHO HAS TESTED THEM BEACON A Feed without a Filler is a Profitable Feed to use. Buy it from M. COHEN—WOODBINE, N. J. FAGAN & FLEETWOOD, PORT NORRIS, N. J.