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Tfce N. I iraves Far* Continued from First Page "Model Farm" can be seen by a too r of tbe farming district in that wonderfully productive section of country. His ideas, and tbe arrangements set forth in bis farm are copied everywhere. Aside from the money7spent Jin tbe ground the Farmstead cost Mr. Graves $120,000. He aays that every cent spent on exceptional improvements, sorb as the telephone system and electric lighting, and hot and cold water systems, is being repaid by the increased yield, the freedom from filth, sickness of stock or chickens, and higher quality of goods. Philadelphia, as well as Capo May, where he spends his summers sod carries out his work, have been the beneficiaries time and again ^through res son of Graves' willingness to foster anything tending to help 7 the farmers and those living outside of tbe big cities. The Farmstead by-the-Sea is tbe evolution of this'idea, and in this grand consummation his perseverance and open beartedneas have had their reward. But this fine Farmstead was not perfected without the expenditure of a large fortune and several years of labor. About three years ago Mr. Graves bought an immense tract of grounds of hundreds of acres and to this be added until his domain now comprises "fully 1,800 acres. ■ Then he began working ' on the plans while at . tbe same time he cast his eye about for , a man capable of . managing such an . estate. His cboicee fell on J. P. Mao , Kissic, who had spent fifteen years In , the farm and dairy business in and about Oape May, who knew the country, the ^weather 7and soil conditions, was a good manager, and above all thoroughly understood stock and poultry. , This much settled Mr. Graves took , his manager into his confidence and ^ had bim assist in the nlanning ■ of the buildings and the (various divisions of , the farm. He spared no ekpenae, his , one idea bfing to establish tbe model , farmstead of tbe United States. , Only last October the plana were , perfected and tbe place was opened. , but in the short time that has elapsed, ] the success of the Farmstead has been , demonstrated. Tbe'dairy and farm are , running to their full capacity and tbe , hotels and cottages throughout Cape Mav and the nearby points are clamor- , ing tor the products. Mr. Graves has . certainly proved that the model farm , has come'to'stay and that it ia only a i xhatter of time when the products of ( none other will be accepted on the j market. To persons who have never visited ( Oape May and whose only Knowledge , of a seashore resort is a cluster of ( hotels, a board walk, ! bathing beach, , stretches of hot aand, and ' mosquitoes, , the thought of a farm and dairy of j large proportions ■ seems out of place. ( In few places could such a thing be , possible. But in Cape May it ia dif- , ferent One only has to go a few blocks ( from the beach to encounter a fresh water lake, green and shady spots with ] blooming plants and fields ot corn and , vegetables. ( So when the visitor, Farmstead- t bound, leaves the Cape May hotel sec- ( tion he soon strikes the main seashore 1 ( driveway that cuts a clear course ; through New Jersey to Camden. About ( a mile out of tbe town the country as- ( sumes a changed appearance. Instead ( of ill kept fields, and haphazard ar- , rangement of fence rails, a new type | is encountered. This ia a fine, sub- ( stantiai three-bar, planed-wood fence, , with an upper bar painted a deep green. All the rest of the fence is a j clean white. This skirts both sides of the road- j way for almost a half mile, while in j the distance on both sides can be seen t miles of the same kind of fences, f stretching in all directions, intersecting aBd cutting the ground into a f variety of corn fields and pasture ; lands. The green and white fence is ( a symbol of tbe Graves' Farmstead. ( Turning from the main roadway is £ another, quarter mile driveway that 3 brings tbe visitor to the office building , which stands surrounded by a halt j score of buildings, large and small. ( Just where the lane cuts off from the , Camden road, however, is a building j that appears to have no connection f with a farm. It is more in tbe nature ( of a fine, large residence. It is an innovation in tbe history of tbe farm and marks a departure that will be ap- 1 predated and repeated. Tbe building is 1 tbe Farmstead Clubhouse, where Oape 1 May folk and visitors are privileged to ' visit and enjoy all the conveniences 1 and delights of tbe regular country 1 club. ' Tbe equipment of this dub bouse is ' of tbe finest No private borne or big - organization could be better fitted out • There are rooms for every conceivable 1 use, while the entire front of tbe building is skirted by a wide poreh, fronted < by handsome shade trees and a level i lawn Intersected with'cement walks. ■ Close by is tbe home of tbe manager, a cottage of large proportions and < splendid equipment Tbe building is ' well planned andfconstructed and com-_ i

pares favorably with tbe best aeaibor* cottages. L 1 Tbe lane swings around' behto||tea dub bouse and divides. On tbe tbe one-story office building wit^H long rows of chicken bouses on tix^H side. JOn the right side is the • and toe large main barn, the" Hoi: c barn and the calf or yearling t • Still further to tbe right are stables for tbe horses and tbe h B for the farm laborers and attend! 3 Fifteen helpers do tbe work on 1 big farmstead under tbe dixectioi • Manager MacKissic. What sui ' large force means can be judged v ' it is considered that there are " about 145 bead of stock and t • thousand chickens. It can be seen • there is no lack of care and attei for every living object on tbe f ■ Of the cattle seveny-five are Jei ' and twenty-five Holstein Friesian • thoroughbreds and of the finest s Mr. Graves intends to improve ' Breed of the thoroughbreds ana ! permit of no v eakening of the st f Tbe three thousand, chickens ai two kinds— tbe white leghorn anc ! wyand ottes, all of pure breed sti • Each of the two tpyes of cattle ' pies different barns. The Jerseys : in a majority occupy the large or 3 barn. The interior of this is a '■ come relief after visiting the usui 3 smelling barn encountered on • farms. Everything is sanitary, au r else being sacrificed to this principle. ' The most stringent laws of the Sani- ' tary Commission have been complied ! with as they are In few other places, ■ and they have even been improved up- 1 on, so that visitors who possess tech- : 1 nical knowledge of such matters have 1 marveled at tbe wonderfully developed i 1 system of sanitation. ] ' The ceiling of this barn is lofty, 1 with glass skylights at intervals on ' the sides to permit the free access of : light and air, both so often absent on ' tbe ordinary farm and both so neces- ■ sary to the breeding of the best stock ' and the giving of fresh and healthy 1 ' products. ; The floors are cf cement. The : greatest surprise to the ordinary visi- ' tor, however, is the entire absence of : ' stalls. Instead, where the walls of the : stalls would be only a single bar, iron 1 railing separates tbe cattle. These are arranged in parallel lines with the 1 of the cattle facing. In between ' 1 are the feed troughs which are con- : 1 stantly being cleaned and refilled with ' ! tbe finest kind of fodder. ■ Tbe occupants of these compartment! 1 are not chained, .'neither are they tied. are confined, however, witjr an 1 arrangement that resembles a yoke. > ; It Is of metal and is attached to a < chain swinging from above. It is < | padded on the inside like a regular < | horse collar to|prevent chafing. This 1 I does not fit tightly but leaves ample ' ; , room for free movement on the part of 1 the cow. However, it confines the i animal to its space because it is unable to draw itsjbig head through the open- ' | It'is quite an interesting sight to i see the long lineB of Jersey cattle, 1 I their sleek light brown hides glowing, ' moving freely about in their roomy ' compartments. < The Holstein herd is over near the 1 railroad tracks, which at this point I run between tbe fences of the. Graves 1 estate for ^almost a mile. These big 1 and impressive looking black and white 1 animals beingffewer in number have a smaller barn. But the general ar- < rangement is the same. One feature | of the regulations which has been com- < plied with 7and which tends to aid tbe 1 development of the breed is the pro- ( viding of at least 800 cubic feet of 1 space for each cow. Mr. ( Graves has been over-liberal in this 1 respect i The calf, or yearling barn, always i a well filled appearance. The c breeding of this fine stock is progress- i favorably and the stalls Tui this I building, for here such compartments I necessary, now contain nearly a of healthy calves. ( Attendants 'are constantly T moving ( about in these buildings cleaning, feed- j and replenshmg the supply of bed- i ding. In this respect Mr. Graves has ( taken a big step forward. Instead of , straw or similar material his stock , rests "on the finest ^possible |bedding. ] special white pine shavings. Filed up ( in the rafters of the big |barn are tons c of the best shavings. The great ad- , vantage this material possesses is that , is absolutely sanitary and quickly , absorbs moisture {without remaining , After the day's work is over a night j watchman takes possession of the Jer- 1 ; barn, where he spends the night | , cleaning and looking after the wants « of the stock, guarding it consclen- ; tioosly. In addition to the boontifnl , pasturage provided, in the separate - divisions^! tbe farm behind each bouse , a number of runways about fifteen , yards in width and fbout forty-five , yards in length. These are used for , , exercise. , When milking time arrives a force of > I six men 2is ^employed. {Each man is I attired in a whitefduck suit with white i These experts go about their 1 work with speed and (precision and i soon complete their teak. - After each : i milking the clothe* are thoroughly < _ sterilized before being again brought I

, into ok. Ibm tow. botoi o timrThe milk tnen passes into .the bottlefiller. These bottles have been already thoroughly cleaned and 'sterilized by machinery. The bottle-filler is capable of disposing of 100 quarts of milk in five minutes ! With this great capacity ' virtuslly'no time is lost in getting the product* under cover and avoiding tbe ' possibility of infection. The same principle is applied to the cream eep- ' arator. Thejbottles are.tben placed in the refrigerator, which, is a handsomely tiled affair. At the proper time the Farmstead's neat looking little milk wagons begin their.work of distribution. The poultry end of the businees in itself presents a little city. Tbe house is arranged in long rows cover a great amount of ground, for it is |not permitted to crowd this fine lot of chickens. Every little bouse has a large runway wailed in with wire netting. Tbe grouuds are clean and contain small trees. The food is carefully prepared, so that there has not been the slightest trouble through sickness. The maintaining of an even temperature and the- keeping of the various buildngs, even down to the chicken bouses, in prefect condition as regards cleanliness— usually a matter of difficulty— is solved very ingeniously on the Farmstead by the employment : of a system of hot and cold water pipes. Every part of the grounds is , underlaid with these pipes and every is warm in winterjand cool in summer. This is strictly an up-to-date farm regards the ^installation in the varbuildings of electric lights, telephones, and all other "forms of adaptable electricity and engines. Within, each bam can be made as light as day during the night, thus obviating tbe necessity of employing the always danlantern or other light. Tbe roadways throughout the grounds are also lined with electric arc lights strong on poles. The fact that the office is connected with local and long distance telephone permits Mr. Graves to have put into working order a plan that he cherishes. it is possible by this means for Oape May cottagers, when leaving or even New York or any other point, to call Gape May on the distance 'phone, get into communication with the Farmstead office and leave their order for any kind of dairy produce. As soon as the party arrives at Oape May 1 the order is at hand. This also is an innovation with the "Model Farm." To the casual observer the great fields of com and other grain would indicate that {strict farming was the intention of the originator of the Such, however, is not the As far as tbe eye can see in the direction of Schellengcr's Landing and in the direction of the Hotel Cape which, by fthejway, receives;its daily supplies from the Farmstead, are com fields. The product, however, is not marketed. The fact is that all , this great amount of food is raised aoley for the stock and chickens ! It is doubtful whether anywhere else in the world, an entire farm of such immense proportions is cultivated solely for tbe . feeding of animals. With sucn a supply it is small wonder that the caliber ; of tbe stock is so higb. w On the tops of the} various buildings, 1 siloes, four in number, have been built are so higb that they can be seen for'miles in all directions. Tbese are receptacles |for tbe foodstuffs that are to supplyfthe stock and chickens throughout tbe winter. In tbem the material is kept as green food for the winter weather, so that instead of being forced to exist on dried or specially prepared food the animals it as fresh as when brought from the fields. Tbe stalks are the .beat food for the cattle, the corn from tbe ears being used Jin tbeTpreparatiop for tbe chickens. Bi"!=

NreS^APMjAY ■ and ver» ■ iade Ihly is to boot I in the crard ys in luite was l tbe rises. were i this ■-'.jj vKt Iarre> mterghter ..... .,,, ... Phil- - delphia. ' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes are ' somewhat better at this writing. • An adjourned meeting of tbe West Oape May Fire Association will be , held on Monday evening next at -8 p. j m. A fullfattendance is requested as , tbe Constitution and' By-Laws are to | be discussed and adopted. ARBOR AND BIRD DAY AT WOODBINE ' Arbor and Bird Day was observed in ' the schools of Woodbine on Friday afternoon. May 7. In all t^e rooms exercises appropriate for the occasion 1 were rendered. Tbe pupils of the ® Central Building assembled in the " auditorium of that building, where the ' exercises for the higher grades were • observed. After the exercises here, 1 the schools proceeded in a body to Building No. 2, where twelve trees were planted. The trees that were planted were named after persons wbo ' acted a prominent part in the up1 building of Woodbine or wbo distin1 guisbed themselves in our nation in ' various ways. Tbe names follow : H. ' L. Sabsovich, Judge Hyer Isaacs, Jos. 1 W. Pincus, Baron De Hiracb, Clara • De Hiracb, B. A. Palitz, Henry W. Longfellow, Abraham Lincoln, Oliver ' Wendell Holmes, Wm. Cullen Bryant, Edward O. Stokes, Geo. P. Marsh. ' | The following was |the program rendered at the Central Building : 1 Anthem for Arbor Day Schools Scripture Reading for Arbor Day ' Why We Keep Arbor Day 8 Pupils TlTe History of Arbor Day Jos. Pastor Recitation, Esther Shapiro "Consider" The Heart of the Tree Sara Weinstein Essay Lena Subber "The Value of Trees" Woodman, Spare that "Tree PaulineTTracktman ' Beautifying School and Home Yards Bertha Kotinsky ThefSchool House Ysrd 8 Pupils I The Trees of Woodbine, their Use and Beauty, Grace Reiner ' Singing "We Love the Trees" Schools A Little Sermon onJBirde to Boys Eva Singer How the Trees and Birds Help Each Other Barney Browo ■ Historic Trees (a) Charter Oak Dora Reiner (b) Liberty Elm Ada Breslow (c) Treaty Elm Mamie Fine (d) Washington Elm Bessie Oxley (e) Hamilton Trees Rose Goldman ' (f) Summary ot Historic Trees Mamie Cytron . Forest Fires an<CQow to Avoid Them Theodore" Yudizky i Lost, Three little Robins May^Halpera ! Who Loves the Trees Best? , Clara Rabinovitch , The Purpose of the Audubon Society 'Rose Siegel , Singing Schools j , Celebrate the Arbor Day , When a boy;turns his bulging pocket . inside out we marvel at the quantity j of string, marbles, a horse chestnut, a I top, brass nails, bickorv nuts, ap ap1 pie, and many more articles «re gar , nered by this "mapper up of uncon- [ sidered trifles. " We think the collec1 tion must be hard on a boy's pocket ■ And it is. But de we ever think of . tbe variety and miscellany of the sub- . stances we put into the pocket of our stomach? There's the apple and tbe nuts, and things besides quite as indigestible as brass nails and with no more foodjvalue than'ao many marbles. And yet we wonder that tbe stomach ' "gives out" When the stomach ' breaks down under the strain of care- : leas eating and irregular meals it can , be perfectly and permanently restored to health and strength by tbe use of ! Doctor Pierce's Golden Madicml Dia- • covery. Tbe action of this medicine on ' the stomach and other organs of digea- . 'ion and nutrition is so marked, that reilef from disease is at once exper1 ienced, and the headaches, liver 1 "troubles," kidney disorders, skin ; eruptions and other symptoms of a , diseased stomach are quickly cured. Dr. Pierce's medicines are purely vege table— no adobol or habit-forming drugs^entexfin to their composition.;

IMEZT OPINIONS AN! NEWS t ttns fatten* tj Stir lit j* Wire teprters u* Cuiaeit " Carat Erests tr 11 e Dr. S. ,F. (fare's residence, comer r Lafayette and Decatur streets, is raro rounded by a new cement side wslk of ,1 fine quality, tbe work being done by Jaquette & Newell. n • fa • Dr. Ash burn ia meeting with great , e success. He is also becoming s very ' a popular citizen. * ' v « fa fa Real estate men report a more acn tive rental season than for several years and it is believed that tbe cot- j e tage "colony" will be full earlier than s usual A building era on tbe New e Oape May land is also promised under " the reorganization of tbe Oape May e Real Estate Company. A large qumfjber of lota have been sold and when £ ^tiBU^ing begins it Is apt to reach laige cGsT » • • > r*he Board of Trade is hard at work " tf^ugb its various committees endeavoring to assist in tbe development ' of tbe resort. The work done last season by this Board entitles it to confir dence and to liberal assistance. Among other plans it has in view is to secure ibe erection of a wharf for tbe accome mods tion of steamers from Lewes and other points, which it is believed t would be of groat value to the resort, e fa fa fa Propritor J. P. Doyle, of the Hotel g Cape May, fays that the reservations 0 being made of rooms in hiB hotel, indicate a much more successful season than that enjoyed last -'year, although the bouse was phenomenally prosperous £ in its first year of business. 1 fa fa 9 y Miss Selina Mueller will manage the. s Aidine for the summer, and the Plaza i has been leased by William Vanzant. e «»)•) e We regret to be compelled to omit e several news letters arid items this e week for want of time and space. fa fa fa ' J Mayor Melvin, wbo attended the B meeting of the Grand Chapter Royal e Arch,Mason8 atTTrenton thit'week was honored by election as Grand Master of the Second Veil. He represented Aaoniram Chapter of this city. 1 » fa fa Senator Hand will entertain bis fel- ' low Senators at the Hotel Cape May some timejn June at a banquet, fa fa » r There were three candidates for tbe ' county euperintendency of this county wbo took the recent examination before the Committee on Education of s the State Board of Education, fat Trenton tbe present incumbent. O. O. Barr, Hon. Eugene C. Cole and A. W. 3 Hand. •1 fa « 5 The R. M. Wentzell furniture house, j of this city, is supplying the furniture r for the Beach avenue cottage recently purchased by Memucanf Hughes. It is fine. 1 PENNSYLVANIA'S TRAIN SERVICE BEQINNIN0 MAY 28TH The new schedule for the Pennsylvania Railroad trains will become r effective May r28th, and will be as follows : 8 WEEK DAYS. Market Street Wharf r trains leave Market Street Wharf 8 :36 a. m., 8:52 p. m., arriving here re3 spectively at 10 :30 a. m. acd 5 :46 p. m. Leave CapefMay, 7 :057a. m. and 4 :16 p. m., arriving at Market Street f Wharf, Philadelphia, 78 :59 a. m. and 6:11 p. jn-. respectively. e SATURDAYS ONLY, leave Phila3 delphia. Market Street Wharf, lAip. m. , arriving here 2 :54 p.* m. SUNDAYS. leave Market Street 1 Wharf, 8:35 a. m., arriving here 10:30 a. m. Leave Cape May 4:15 p. m., ar- ^ riving at Market Street Wharf 6:11 p. m. , DELAWARE KIVER BRIDGE TRAINS. 1 WEEK DAYS, leave Philadelphia, g Broad Street Station, 4fl5 p. m., ar- ' riving here 6 :05 p. m. Leave Cape May 7 :20 a. m., arriving at Broad t j Street, 9:21 a. m. y 1 SUNDAYS, leave Broad Street, 1 Philadelphia, 9:35 a. m., arriving here " 11 :85 a. m. Leave here 4 :55 p. m., a r- . rive Broad Street, 6 :65 p.m. All of these trains will have parlor cars attached. Additional local trains ' will be established between Oape May r and Millville tor week days and Suns days. t ;

r I • ' WINDSOR ARRIVALS. j New York— M. Glison, J.fS. Abrams, 9 John Jones, J. Thompson, Mrs. L. L.Y® " Lewis, Carmalita Lewis, G E. B. 9 . Denir. L. H. Church, Mr. and Mrs. W. • i H. Eddi-msn. 1 Philadelphia— Mr. and Mrs. William -fl ' R. Webster, Alexander Whildin. G. ■ r Stuart Muzzarelli, David S. Thompson. ■ ' Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, John Ruff, Mrs. F. J. Bearer, George WT 1 Fleming and family, ■ A. L. Moore, v 5 W. S. Garland. J. P. Yergy, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Harry f Herzberg, T homes W. 1 Hulme. A. C. Walsh, Thomas P. Mc- ■ 1 Olain, George C. Stephenson. H. V. j Fengler, George M. Morrow, O. J. 3 1 Nichol. Camden— P. J. Farley, Joseph H. ' ^ Red Bank — H. R. Morrison. 'a ] Troy. N. Y.— Mr. and Mrs. F. G. J j Twining, N. Twining, Miss Monahan, 1 j Sidney Burdick. Cape May Court House— Lewis K. 1 Wheaton, Francis P. Whs ton, 1 Boston— B. S. Trantman. 5 Overbrook— Mr. and Mrs. William T . O. Smith. ! ALDINE 1 Mrs. George D. McOreary, Dr. ^ b Charles H. Reed, William F. H. Reed, * Frank Hill. UNCLAIMED LETTERS , List of unclaimed letter remaining J •n Cape May postoffice for week ending 1 May 18, 1909 : Broughton, Mrs. S. A. j t Domenico, Arcan. . In calling for the above please say advertised. J. E. TAYLOR, P. M.. COLD SPitlNC 1 Mrs. Jennie Connelly has been on the 3 sick list. r Mrs. Emily Schellenger has returned I to her home here for the summer. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Lake spent Fri- \ day in Philadelphia. Pastor Lowden will be absent from ° his pulpit next Sabbath. Mrs. H. S Smith made calls among her many friends in this place Tues- ' day. Miss WiddieJHoffman spent a portion - of last week at Court House. ' C. H. Hand spent last Saturday at 1 Holly Beach. Mrs. George Ewing was a recent - > Philadelphia visitor. Jas. Chambers will remove to Atlan- ] tic City. Mrs. Laura Harris took tea with her 5 friend, Mae McNeill, Wednesday. ' The committee for Children's Day 8 met at the home of Florence Hoffman, Tuesday. Miss Emily Thompson is the guest of her grandmother. ' Mrs. M. R. Soffe still remains in a j ■ critical condition. ; Mrs. H. L. Foster returned to her 3 home at Holly Beach Friday. Mr. Hawke has moved his family inf to the H. (Town house. ' Mill Lane road is ^closed during the " process of repair. Miss Evelyn Lake, of Green 7Creek, > was a recent guest of her brother. t Miss Olive Douglass has been ap1 pointed to attend the eighth grade examination to be held in West Oape May school house, May 17tb, 18th • and 19th. Mr. Burge, ot the Vineland Com- - mercial Exchange, made a visit to 3 Cold Spring Grange Monday evening. - The Rio Grande Grange also attended I in a body. A fine program was carried out, and refreshments were served. REDUCED RATES TO GETTYSBURG. Dedicatioa Regular Armr Monument. On Monday. May 31. Memorial Day, > the'monument to the regular army engaged in the battle of Gettysburg will 1 be dedicated on the Battlefield by the United States Government. President «y , Taft will participate In the ceremonies. Excursion tickets to Gettysburg will be sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad <| from all principal stations May 27 to 30, good to return until June 8, in- • ■ elusive, at reduced rates. 5 15-22 | Thomas Soults' general store in Cold Spring is a popular base of supplies in ; • Lower Township and a "square deal" given to every patron.

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