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Page Five

Of Interest To The Farm and Home

Edtod by W. COLLINS THOMAS

Cumberland County

’Column

S Open to Fanner"* Views

I i* axnrthing lie talking ow the Iking on one end of the line but no Of coune this fiat it* advanta^. hwt tomethin* with no chance of being _e of it all that there is not much t all by youmlf. And then there is me to have an exaggerated opinion f that everything he tat* is exactly * with httXL » that wt desire, and welcome, your to fanning in this county . Omy Ik farm page become at helpful to t want it to be. If you reao aomei this particular column, with which you r u» your view*. Far be it from us t we hive any monopoly on farm koowlh swd none ever'will—-not even in any one Remember that the farm page is ailing your view*. If for imy rea.on r name appear at the bottom of what “pouh.-yman,” or whatever you care e place on the letter so that I to feel free at all time* to write and ssk , toch as the control of insect pen*, plant t form of lime, or about fertilizers or any * re no idea of competing with

r that the same problem may exist farms. If we do not know the g to obtain it. and by giving the answer ‘ f help you. but the hundreds

in Poultry Houses

t will help or keep egg production ■ must be well eradiated, says Prof. 1 engineer at the State experiment station. , well-ventilated hen house three things r Grow: tight wails, doors and windows; y be constructed of wood at a low con; To make the building tight, dose all •? walls with roll roofing, or ceil the nth go together, if the house is sightly !*d windows doted, but is equipped with 1 give off heat enough to raise the inside * e that on the outside. But when die > ventilators, moisture will begin to

Action is ne^j^J^berturing in fresh air, says

County Board Banquet To Be Held To Follow Annual Meeting •ad Election of Officers

E. B. Dorsett To Speak

•ncs stale. Ifettfetit efetare iv bring

w?%

f Professor Grow says about ventilation we doubt if ventilators are necessary in this r moderate weather, there are not many t poultry is better off by leaving most of the * open at all times. No doubt it is desirable id) muslin curtains or with some other means _j rains, cold winds or extreme cold, on die

I may be necessary.

Ms say*, when a poultry house is tightly dosed, I and the air becomes stale. We are reminded - been in several of these tightly dosed poultry F that the ammonia fumes were so strong that the

r eyes to smart.

not believe there is any better way of courting

with gpx and roup than by housing birds under such ccndirioiiv Draught* may cause birds to become sick wish tu,.p or rrUtr.l ailments, but we doubt if fresh air ever esutet aa£ wkness, even if the temperiture goes down to aero. Of coune, in extr mely cold weather, it is well to pwvide some wotection : i guard against frozen combs

Last Yew 1000 Farmers Made Inventories

Lift year, teQQrding to the records of the extension specialist in tgrintlnuMl Biagomits at the State college of agriculture, more than 1,0ft tarmer* in the State made inventor--* of their real j estate.. equipmere^I Jivtvtock. and t-jipiiv . They found out the W »we ofoerything they had on the farm; what was

‘ rtpSliM and replicenirnr*; what they could sell and

thy had to buy; how far they were ahead of or benind the jm. itwrrn-ii" i by the previous year's inventory; and ^ eh <hry «*rt wr^-th. They also had a valuable itemized

; of persons! property with sale values in case of fire. tsttuatr,-according to a report sent out from the

on the matter, the barn of one of these fanner* in Burlingtob Casrntf Witt wrick by lightning and it was burned to the ground wlik ol! t» centrals. “I have an inventory of machinery and sup ,li» bought mtd stored in that bam taken last January and also a Kb nf halkr r Slid other supplies bought and stored in the bam

aina tkCB,*’ die farmer told the insurance adjusters.

A esp? Of .ilk mvenrori and statements was fumrshed to the adjuKen. and the msu'ame was quickly and satisfactorily settled. An mrentorr help* not only in case of fire out it show* the farmer WQflkltefs worth.' It gives him a chance to draw up a credit state-

nwatt, yybhjijMcttue of his financial conditian.

Tit ingTOTinii says the report, means more than listing pjSjUMUiiut and jdwtr \«iue.'. The farmer echo goes about taking hi* suaiiaf: im-qrttsW tystematicaliy, can afford to inspect the tractor, the (daws and PtHrr equipment and make a memorandum of necessary toMKBflfejiyerhauliiig and painting for the tools and ma-

L jot down whit equipment and supplies should I

li good month for most farmers to take fatty agents have inventory books at their I hr glad to furnish their farmers with them.

’ No* Hav- a Fanaera* Market?

selling uric* per bushel.

Tickets tor the annual banquet of the Cumberland County Board of Agriculture, which 1* to be held in the Central M. E Church. Bridgeton, c Tueeday evening. January 14. at t.t». are being placed in the hands o. the member* of the executin' committee of the County Board of Agriculture for sale nmoag the agriculturists of various sect Ions of the county. The committee In charge has been successful in arranging an entertaining program to follow a roast beef dinner for which the ladies of the church are famous. B. B. Dorsett. master of the Pennsylvania State Grange, is to £ re the address of the evening. I has a splendid reoutKIon as an after-dinner speaker and those who have heard him are loud in their praise* of him as an enter* tainlng speaker. In addition lo hie connection with the Orange* of Pennsylvania, the speaker has had experience as chief of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Market* The banquet follows the annual meeting and election of offleers of the agricultural organisations which is to be held In the afternoon at 2.00 o'clock at the Court House. Following tbo annual business seerlon. W. W. Oley. former county agent and now chief of the Bureau of Markets at TrenU n. la to give a talk on general maraetlng conditions. In his remarks be will have something to say on the use of the 5-8 bushel baskets. HU many friends in Cumberland County are anticipating the opportunity see and bear him again. The committee In charge of arngementa eonalst* of John Weed, of Vineland, chairman. A. M. Scab rook and Milton Tlcc, both of Deerfield.

Eleven Dairymen Receive Ribbons

Annual Banquet in Trenton

Herds with New Jersey Cowtesting Association records «n ling Jul/ 1. 1927. of more than pounds of butterfat w*-e swi ribbons at the annual banquet of the New Jersey dairymen beid at the 8tacy-Trent Hotel, at Trenton,

on January 12.

Herds averaging 400 pounds or ore of tmt per cow were awarded a purpose ribbon. Those having made an average of 260 to 400 pounds of fat per cow. a red ribbon: those with an average of 200 to 350 pounds of fat received white ribbon. Eleven of the 23 embers of the Salem-Ctucberimnd-Uloucester-Cape May Association which cloaed it* ysar last May qualified fot there ribbons. While no one in this association qualified for the purple ribbon, there 1* one dairyman. James PetllL of Salem, who qualified by his average butterfat of 341 pounds, for the red ribbon. Tbls announcement was made by E. J Perry, in charge of the cow-testing associa-

tion* of the State.

Cape May County Fanning In 1860 Fxcrrpts front an address delivered before the Cape May County Agricultural Society in the Sprirg of 1860, will be given on the Farm Page next week. We believe that you will find it of much interest.

Prominent Men Speak At State Convention

Farmers' Week At Trenton—Annual Meeting of Comitaociabon and Farm Products Equipment Show Was Weil Attended

Hon. W. R. Green, of House of Representatives, Speaks

The State Agricultural Conran Uon held under the auspice* of the Bute Board of Agriculture last Wednesday in the State House at Trenton, as a part of the Farmers' Week program was addressed by Hon. W, K. Green, chairman of the committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representative*. Washington, on the subject of -Relation of Tariff to Agriculture." The speaker was Introduced by the retiring president of the Board. Hon. Joseph 8. Frelingbuysen. as bead of the most important committee in the House. Tht speaker remarked that the Fordney-Mc-Cumbrey tariff bill had protected a large number of rarm product., and has not brought at / hardship on the farmers by increas>iig the cost on a majority o£ the articles they have to purchase, Although the tariff on certain materials that go Into clothing and some the necessities of life cannol avoided if protection la to be given all claases of agriculturists there Is no tariff on many raw materials which are used In the production of farm machinery and such Items that the farmer must use in his

Hon. David 8. Agans, chairman of the Joint committee on rural electrification in New Jersey also addressed the delegates from all parts of New Jersey attending the State Convention and told them something of the progre the committee is making toward furnishing all the rural districts of the State with light and electric power. a Attending the Bute Aifricultura? «‘" f '

Grange Calendar

Caps May Oraeav—Merts everr Tuesday eTculng I O. M. Hall. Dias Tucks he* Orsnc*—MscU first and third Friday srec. r of each month tn tha Junior Msrhanlc* Hall, Tuekeboe. Dr. W U Terkea. Master. Mrs

Gaudy. Secretary. Seavtll* Qranqs—Me*ts sec-

I fourth ”ua*da>- evenings of onfh in Ih. P. O * of A outh BcAvIlle. S E Stone

Mrs. Met via Abbott. S«c-

Moi^y ^wStg^S a8d tterti*a'r Halt. It E lUevia. Harter. O

Brown. Secretary. »Urt* Brat Tueaday Orange Hall. lx>n«-r P. l-.rry. Hamer

took second, third and sixth prises. Those en'-red by his Rhode Island Reds in the uncertified classes took second, third and fourth prise*. Paul Smith was awarded eighth place with bis exhibit of Leghorn egg* In the certified class. 'Although tbls Is the first jrear that the baby chick and egg show bad been staged In conjunction with the farm products show where there were s large number of entries in both classes and the Interest on the part of the visitors in the display was sufficient to warrant more importance being given to this division of the farm products show. The other exhibit* consisted of com. pota-

leadina types of farm machinery and modern pieces of labor-saving equipment for the home were on display during the

entire week.

The lire ef Cad Uter Oil One of the authorities on. c

liver oil for toul-ry feeding is the substance of the title given Dr. L. C. Norris, of Cornell University, ao he was introduced at the meeting of the New Jersey Bute Poul try Association held In coujunc Uon with the Farmer*' Week program at Trenton last Thursday by E. H. Wane, president of the association. "Neither the color of the oil nor the source affect to any great extent the value of cod

llrer oil as a poultry feed,

the belief of Dr. Norris. The

for the

Convention were delegates from each County Board of Agriculture. Pomona Grange, and each of the ! State commodity organisatiotu The foliowing Combe, •'ounty folks, representing Stole and *.-■*- ty organisation*, were prraent: Henry Loveland representing the State Grange; Walter Minch. State Potato Association; Frank Ott and Howard I’adgett, representing the County Board of Agriculture; Charles Holmes. Pomona Grange. E. H. Wene. one of the members of the State Board of Agriculture, and a number of other Cumberland County farmers.

i- in color of the oil and

tioned the fact that red contain* more fatty acid but that ingredient does not hare any

Poultrymen Addressed By Krandle Prof c—or From Penn*. College Speaks on Outlook of Industry

Suggests More Efficiency

"The Outlook for the Poultry Industry'' was disc fed by Prof. H. C. Knandel. poultry husbandman of the Pennsylvania Stole College of Agriculture, at the meeting of the Vineland Poultry Association, held Wednesday eve-

ning of last week.

Prof. Knandel feit enthusiastic about the poultry Industry for this section, hut advised the audltbey must run their plants more efficiently If they are to be malrtalned on a profitable baste. Ve must raise chicks with leas mortality.’* said the speaker, "and this means following a practice that will eliminate !atratlnal parasllee and cocidioals.'' ro* Knandel was very enthusiastic about eonSnetoent rrarHe stated that the Pennsylvania Experiment Station hid conducted some tarts which showed that th-- beat pullets they ever raised were reared by this method. A second point urged by the speaker, as a means of keeping the poultry Industry on a profitable basts, was that of running the plant to rapacity over a longer period of time. "To do this we will have to rearrange our batching program.'* said the speaker, "and rear part ■" mr chicks ao that they will t Into production in August. Tbls bunch, eve , though they go Into a moult In the fail, will give us eggs while a number of our old birds are off production. This flock will also take the place o' a larger z -mber of birds that have been removed from the flock at this time of year." The speaker told his audience that the Industry In tbls section might well give some attention to the dual-purpose breeds and

Quite a number of Capa May County folks attended Agrleu) tural Week at Trenton. Among them were Reid Chambers. D. C. Tudor. R. E. Reerw. Frank Dickinson, Norman Taylor. Sul hem El dredge, John N. Reeve Andrew Rrevea. S. B Taylor. Lewis Hoffman. Jack tailoit. Clinton Elliott. H. H. White. Arts Kelly sod Newton Scbelllnger Felton wing, of Cold Spring, was highly honored at the State show by winning first prise for exhibiting the beet ear Id the State-wide cent «t. In the sectional exhibit. Samuel Compton and son*, of Dias Creek, won third prise on White Cap Deaf, and Edgar McPhereua. Cold Spring, fourth on White Dent. 8. B. Taylor and son. of Cold Spring, won fourth on GrenThese were In th» South Jersey section. In the Capa May County claw: John Elliott. Cold Spring, won first on Superbaa: J. May. Wo-vd-bine. second. and Graydin Howell. Dias Creek, third. S. B. Taylor woo Aral on Green Mountains: Walter Barbel. Cap. May. and A. H. Reeves. Cape May. thin!. Sted Cobblers— Frank Dicklnaon. Erma, flrst; Everett Smith. Goshen, second: Walter Barber, third; Carl Dickinson. Erma, fourth. Cobblers (early)—a B. Taylor, finrt; Lewis Hoffman, Cold Spring, second: Alex Matthews, third: Frank Dicklnaon. fourth. Commercial Redskins—Sutbern Eld-

redge. fourth.

Farmers of Cape May County entered 24 peck basket exhibits of potatoes, three thirty-ear exhibit*. 28 ten-ear exhibits and en single ears In the corn and potato show staged In the Armory at Trenton last week during Agricultural Wok.

Samuel Couploa and sons, of Dias Creek who have made rapid progreas In the dairy business during the poat few yea. . are commencing th* new year by starting the construction of a new dairy barn. The barn, when completed, will be modern in every detail. It will no doubt

while he did not anticipate that add greatly to their effleiener In the Barred Rock or Rhode Island 'the production of milk, a* well as Red would entirely replace the! much to the comfort and well-

of these heavier birds might - be

more profitable than Leghorns.! Frr Arnold, of Cape May. apBy Increasing the per capita con- plied ‘ie dormant spray to his

-t - Ihe remitrv to ■ um P ,lon of and poultry apple chard thU Work, and has “ , 7?.„r > o l i - «n*«‘ poultryn.an's outlook about completed his pruning

ret- “Cod liver oil," c „ considerably brightened work. This is a slow process, however. ■ • •

and should not be r> lied on as Felton Ewing’s cover crop of the salvation of the Industry. A I vetch la about as fine as any we great deal more can be accom-j have seen t.. the soutbern part

Elects Sew PresMeat

At the annual meeting of the State Federation, which was held on Tuesday, the day preceding the Slate Agricultural Convention. W. C. Spargo. of the Morris County Board of Agriculture, was elected president of the State Federation to succeed H. B. Hancock. The annual banquet of the State Federation was held on Wednesday evening and addressed by A. R. Simpson, treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Simpson gave a very enlightening address on the actlvltiei of the American Farm Bureau Federation with special reference to their Intere." In increased tariff on certain agricultural commodlUe!. According to his remarks the Nations! organisation 1» taking a stand for a M per cent. Increase on such sgricultural commodities as tomatoes, onions, eggs, milk and cream, hay. and other products in which New Jersey farmers are interested. The speaker also very dearly outlined the purpose of tne McNary-Haugen bill and tried to prove that by making it profitable for the farmers in other sections to specialise on commodities which they w, experienced in growing that co petition would be less keen such products as Jersey farmers

-e now producing.

The other Slate agricultural organixslions such as dairymen's association. potato association, poultry association and horticultural society held annual or adjourned eesakm. which were better attendVinelnnd Mea Take 1'iijcs Vineland poultrymen captured - >nelr share of ribbons and cash I prl’ce at the first baby chirk and eg* show held as a peri of the I State farm product and esjuipment I show at the Trenton armory last | week- In the baby chirk; claaa | which wa* open to entries by certified baby chick breeders throughout New Jersey. Paul Smith won first priae and Wene chick Farms fourth. The 10 entries In thte rises were made by the leading breadera of certified baby i hkka j I throughout New Jersey and the I showing made by the local breed-II ere speaks well for the quality of] I chicks being produced tn 1 ■;:.iber- j I mty. In the egg Dow. ■ ■> brought home e ,-f '-hvjl

harmful affect

which it '. Md. “Cod liver oil.'

Norrti “la a carrier of

a and D vitamins. While both vltamtnes are Important it is the D vltamlnes that we are moat interested in from a poultry standPoint." The speaker's reseat ck work showed that the lack of A vltamlnes caused lag weakness or rickets and respirator) troubles that may dec!op into nutritional roup. The U k of D vltamlnes checks norm: growth in baby chicks and ’ u been proven to cut down eg production. Rickets also result f om the lack of these vltamlnes In the feed. An ample supply of D vltamlnes has been proven to improve batch ability and the livability of chicks after’ they are hatched. Dr. Norris' research work has proven that thousands, which la the reverse of rickets. Is apt to result If vitamin [> has

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plisbed by making ihe plants more efficient and raising the average production per bird.

of Cape May County.

in two ways. Ea; y crops receive the benefit ot (Htt decayed crab graas. as well as the cover crop. On the other hand, where the grass Is allowed to remain oa top of the ground and la not plowed under until spring, it M dotibriul If It decays very rapidly, ao the early crop receives the benefit of neither the crab gram

sooner It is plowed under *ow Ihe better, as It will have a lunger period In which to decay, the anil will be more compact and there is the possibility that many insecto. such as cut ronaa. may be deatroyed.

A pure bred __ owned by Newt Scbelltnger. of Green Creek, gave birth to a fine heifer calf a few days ago. This la naturally quite pleasing to Newt, as the dam prod used 13.000 pounds of milk last year, which makes the female cJSSpring a valuable addition to his herd. Arts Kelly. Rio Grande poul tryman, is planning to upend considerable time on the road this spring selling garden tractors. Frank Knowles, state farm economics specialist, arrived In Cape May Court House Monday evening. On Tueeday ha held a class in farm -ccounttag in the county tint's office.

. S. Walker. Cape May poultry man and newly-elecfM prafldent of the Cape Mar County Board of Agriculture, told Ihe writer several days ago that the main work of the County Hoard this year will be In actively cooperating with the county ageot in carrying out his y

Pomona Grange Meets Today at Tuckahoe Cape May County Pomona Grange meets today. Friday. January 20. at Tuckahoe. The afternoon session starts a

P. M.

Supper will be served lowing the business meeting. Twenty-five cents will be charged per plate. Pomona Lecturer. A. T. D. Howell, promises plenty of entertainment at the evening session. which is open to ail.

Farmer* May Secure Tax Trenton—That New farmers may secure tax-exempt gasoline to be used exclusively for agrtculaural purpose: wltboc. the filing of an affidavit was made known nouncement issued this week by r William a Durye, ot tne State Department « Agriculture, who received a decision to that effect from William L. Dill. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Ciutom Hatching First Setting Tuesdry, J,.n. 31 and every Tuesday throughout the season. PLEASE bring eggs In units of 125. the capacity of a tray. Reservations now being made. FRED E. ARNOLD CAPE MAY. H. J. Keystone 809-A-12

In addition to operating quite an extensive poultry plant. Mr. Walker has a large orchard young fruit tree* He has at least fifty per cent, of thorn pruned and expects to hav* the remainder of them pruned before brooding season arrives. ---- — He le remodeling hi*»t*»ter h. ated brooder house, by extending the building out over the concrete slab, which was in front of the original house. Mr. Welker said that he bad foun< U very bard to keep the Hah in a sanitary conditio*. B* Is providing for pirnty of rentilatloo and sunlight tn the front of the house, and is lining the house throughout with wallbonrd. When we mention that he Is also president of the county branch of the Federal Farm Loan Association, we know that It t« unnecessary to aay tha. he is a busy man. We were Interest!*! in hearing Mr. Walker aay that

Albert Matthews. Cold Spring., farm loans in the county last believes that the lack of lime re-; rear were fifty per cent, greater tards the development of cover! than during the previous year, crops in many instances. He remarked that he considers It * * * unfortunate that H in very aelWe believe that a farmer who dom loans of any considerable plow* under crab grass In the amount are granted except on fall and sow* cover crop*, profit* 1 (Continued on ptffs Mgfltt

PRUNING TIME is the time to see ARNOLD BAUER For time Shear* or aay tool that you may want for tne job. South Laurel Street Bridgeton, N. J.

BEACON FEEDS with protozyme They have been tested and result* are v the proven answer. Ask the man who has tested them. ^ BEACON A Feed Without a Filler—Sold By \ M. COHEN—WOODBINE, N. J. | FAGAN & FLEETWOOD, PORT NORRIS, N. J. C. FOX t SONS. Newfleld, N. J.. Selling Agents.

James WhetzePs

—FREE— FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY Your Choice of Either ACME HARROW * or POTATO DIGGER With Each Purchase ot a Standard Tractor AKTZ C. KELLY i Standard Tractors Westwood Farm, Rio Grande, N. J.

302-egg

Hen

I

In the chicken buiineu, the prom is made on the hens j§ that lay morel han 180 egp per year. It takes about that i many egg* to pay for the feed and housing. Several of onr customer* have a’ creged better than 200 1 eggs per bird per year. We are continually breeding up the I You can still order some Bountiful Baby Chix for delivery 1 I on February 14th. February 21*’ ot March 1st, bat please S act quickly. JAMES WHETZEL Bountiful Farms VINELAND, N. J. I