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f""""' """""""" ^ "THE LITTLE SHOP" 427 Washington Street | A. B. VAN DERVOORT OPEN ALL THE YEAR We have a full line of Stamped Goods, | Columbia Yarns, I Raffia, And all materials to be found in an up-to-date f Art Shop. CBM AUTUMN MILLINERY [IMP A new lot of Trimmed Hats on display. You are invited^o in spirt them. Style, quality, and reasonable prices unequal- / /yjKZ: Children's hats for school. MISS LOTTIE R- HILLMAN, ■ S""'y 220 P.FTT St, C.^ May, N. J.

run* VARIETIES OF CORN BETTER ADAPTED TO HIS CONDITION At * field meeting held on the farm •f Wsahington Van Gilder, Petersburg, New Jersey, on lut Thursday p. m., it waa found out that certain varieties of corn grown from weatern eeed produced ■ore bushels of corn per acre than did . the variety ••Golden Dent' which Mr. Van Oild-r has been growing for aome time. It must be remembered that tbe three weatern grown varieties of corn in this test have been growing under unaccli■ated conditions whereas Mr. Van Gilder's variety. Golden Dent is acclimated. The attendence at this meeting wi« less than a dozen people but tbe few that eame were deeply interested in the talk . given by Prof. App, Agronomist from i New Jersey State Experiment Station, I who spoke at this meeting. In hie talk, Prof. App took, up tbe I ■lection pi seed, pointing out good and bad shaped eara for seed, describing by j Illustration tbe points to be taken into j consideration when selecting corn for | seed

Vj Tbe varieties and yields of the corn * grown in this ""Variety Test" are aa fol- 1 B' lows: — j 1. Golden Dent, yielding 50 bushels t' per acre. / j 2. Learning. yielding 52.8 bushels d P*r •<** j 3. Dark County Mamouth,, 56 bushels r per acre. I* e 4. Ohio 75, yielding 61.3 bushels per acre. e Mr. Van Gilder stated at this field g meeting that for another season he should grow tbe varieties of Ohio 75 i. and Darke County Mamouth, yielding I heaviest in the variety teat. # Prof. App told us that by proper seed t selection, tbe yield of corn could be inIj ! creased 10 bushels per acre, but that , Q proper fertilisation and cultivation , j would further increase the yields on j fields were proper selection was done. d SELECTION OF SWEET POTATOES , : IN THE FIELD FOR BEDDING B I PURPOSES. , 1 Mr. Roscoe De Baun, Extension Spec | ialist in Market Gardening and the

' Tarm Demonstrator proved beyond a doubt that the proper way to select sweet potato seed was by splitting down the stems before gathering the potatoes, since perfectly -healthy and clean looking need might be badly affected with • "Stem Rot." The demonstration that "The greater part of Stem Rot and Black Rot can be avoided by proper selection and treatment of the wed and hot la-d," has le'.-n started* on tbe County Farm, also tbe farm of William Powell, Swainton, New jersey. Other farms will probably be located in Upper and Lower Townahips where this demonstration will be conducted. .This outline of method is as follows: 1. _ Taking up selection of eeed in Held by splitting stems. 5 .2. Storage of seed. 3. Selection of 'seed from storage before bedding. 4. Treatment of seed before bedding. 5. Treatment of hotbed before bedI ding seed. -. Stem Rot and Black Rot among sweet. I potatoes has been very serious this season, and our only preventitive is to take extra precautions in selecting, storing, » treatment of seed before bedding, treatment of the hot bed and not to plant another year where either of the above , mentioned diseases were prevalent. GEORGE B. THRASHER, County Farm Dmonstrator. RUMMAGE SALE for the benefit of St. Mary's ^hurch, October 26, 29 and/ 30th. Reirfember the' dates. Petitions for - Commissioner or other legal blanks sold at tbe Star and Wave ( Stationery Department. Gorski's winter 'samples for men's ( suits are worthy of your inspection. • i Grey Bond .typewriter paper, sire 8 1-2 xll, 30 centa per ream while 't last*, i Only 50 m.a« In this lot Star and Wave Stationery Dept

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■ COLD SPRING *' Mrs. George Ewing and ber three sons E a u toed to Philadelphia last week. h Mrs. George Sni$ier is borne for a few days. She is getting ready to move to 1 their own home in Philadelphia. They will be missed very much. ' Don't forget the Children's Contest it - \ FISHING CREEK The fishermen are busy getting their l: tikes ready tor eeling. n Clamors made good use of tbe excellent weather the last two weeks, making fine catches off shore. Revival meetings are going on at the Chapel. All are welcome. Come out and *• lend a helping h?.nd. Mr. Frank Church will move to Cape May for the winter and Mr. Lewis Fok will move on his farm. l" Mr. Furman Fox has accepted a posi- * tion at Salem. »' Ruinor says Claude Yerricks has bought the Clem Shaw place. 4 • Mr. Harry Shaw and Miss Florence e Warner were married at Seaville on Sunday last. ^ Mrs. John W. Snyder entertained one r- day .last week her sister. Mrs. Wm. Essen and auntf. El Ik Hall '[•and daughter Hattic, Mary Eldredgeand ' Tthoda Cummfntrs, of Cape May, were visitors here recently. ; -Mrs.. Ella Wplson amf daughter Jen- * nie visited relaitves at Cape May on ' Friday laqL -j... Malrin 8}dridg.', of West Cape May, spent the later part of last week with * his grandmother. Mrs. Ella Woolson. Mr. Aaren Wolson and wife made theis annual trip to Philadelphia, Gol2 lingswood and other places, visiting l their children, returning home on Sat3 urday last. Mr. Daniel Woolson has moved to - Wildwood where he has accepted a position. Mrs. Joseph - Ford and children, of Woodbury, -Spent two weeks with her aunt. Mr. J. Hoffman, of Philadelphia, visited Mr. Jake Barnett the latter part of last week. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ' The Cape May County Vocational ! School in Agriculture will open on the j ' second flfor pf the, bank building. Court j House, Monday, November 1st, 1915. The firat session will begin at 9 a. j m., and continue until 4 p. m.. subject to ekangf subsequently if circumstance* see^vtol^ttit^re it. Boys and girls hod 'men ami -woirt en are eligible to admission ' from the age of 14 to 70 years or more. The work will include full courses, part time courses and evening lectures upon practical argricultural subjects. During four or five months the theory will be taught. After this the tei-ner will continue his work on the farms in practical direction of each individual student. All who^Jtre interested should disv cuss the matter with me, because the school is to be organized in such a manner as will meet the needs of students, rather than by compelling students to adjust themselves to an inflexible program. All students should begin with the first session of the school, bot where this is Impossible admission may be obtained later: . It will be wise- to eome and arrange about courses on first day. A ^pamphlet, containing complete information will be mailed upon application. , ; 'O 6. ARCHER STACKHOUNE. Teacher. Cape May Court House, N. J. BIRTH OF A SON. Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Stokes Hand, j of Southport, Connecticut, announce the ( birth of a son to them at their borne, Oc- j tob«*r 22d, and many ..friends are ex- j tending congratulations. TEN THOUSAND TONS OF STONE FOR THE JETTIES The United States Government has awarded a contract to the Coast and l-akca Contracting Corporation to repair and shape up the jetties which protect the ^gtrance to Cape May Harbor. The yrork will be under the supervision of T. C. ReovH, of the Government Engineering Department. Ten thousand tons of j' stone will be used in making these | , improvements . Rubber stamp pads, rubber stamp ink ^ and numbering machine ink at Star and | Wave Stationery Department. OPENED PLUMBING SHOP. .William M. Van Zant has opened a i plumbing and steam fitting shop at 223 , Decatur Street, and is prepared to do , plumbing promptly and in a satisfactory i ^ Advertise your wants in the Gape ] Miy Star and Wav*.

SEED CORN CONTEST. Some one haA told worng. The Philadelphia Record of last Thursday credits '* Alva Agee, director of the State Expert ^ ment Station, with saying the 60 buehele 0 P"" acre of a Salem County farm was the best thus far in a Stat* 'Sectional Corn Growing Contest this season t whereas two of his own men, Mr. Cory and Mr. Thrasher, in the contest at an earlier date on the Clinton Creasy farm, • near Court House, gave Ralph Sc1h>0i-ii ger 88 bushels to the acre: S. Douglas73. and Clinton Cressy 72. There were, indeed, 16 lots in the 26 of the contest r : bowing over 60 bushels. And, Mr. D. R. Witter, the oorn specialist 'of New t York State, said the yield in the contest the day before in PUinfield was slightly better, hut couldn't' give exact e figures. The "6" may have been turned ^ upside down by the typos' and have been intended for a "9," when, with figures e duly accredited, we would lose and by ^ two bushels. The contest was a neighborhood affair and to determine if our growers were using the best varieties and methods. s Mr. Cressy loaned tbe land and did the work, the condit'ons were thus -imilaM for all. except that the Cressy seed had been produced on "the land and thus had a trifle in its favor in being acclimated. Mr. Thrasher collected the seed from different growers and as part of that 1 intended growing this season; some j being home, grown, some from neighbors and some was brought from outside. Ralph ScheHenger used the yellow "SAellenger Special™ grown on his farm , even from his father1* days, the seed of "next year" being selected in the husking. Mr. Creasy had both hia old yellow J and the Boone County White he brought from Ohio five years ago. The figures e in all of these contests may be said to be ■ "watered" as in all the corn was fresh I ^ from the husks and stalks and too early to have i dried out. A portion from all j exhibits has been saved and when curc-l , ^ will be used to determine tbe true yield j and thus compare with the 34 bushels j per acre ths average for the entire j country. Still the showing at this time j r is fair for all excepting that flinty va- ' rieties. are more nearly cured, and even ( in thia Cape May will not lose much as tbe greater part of the exhibit was of! these. The land was "nothing special," M.l Or. s-y said, "just good corn land." It j bad been in rye for the winter -and which I , was turned under in the apring and a half ton of lime and 200 pounds of fertilizer made up by the Station's Agron- 1 | omi-t. was put on broad cast.. The corn ! was planted May 20/and July 2, 100 lbs | ' I of dried blood was broadcasted. There I 6 was cultivation enough to keep the j j weeds down. The season was poor for ^ pollination, and .with about the right amount of moisture hut coming in spots ! was both to much and too little. ^ The planting was two rows across, , and 28 chills to the row. All rows were cut and husked the same day and tbe ' yield in nubbins and perfect ears of each in its- own pile at the end of its row . ! Each pile was given its card showing owner, yield for the two rows and the yield it would be per acre counting 70 ( pounds to the bushel. The White va- ( f riety of Clinton Cressy snowed most loss from attacks by birds, and ..probably because they were outside rows, at both ^ epda of the patch. Taking the rows in the order in the field, it shows that with .p. few-excep- " tions, the best yield- were at the two t ends of the plot, but there is. do ..way of ; knowing how the outside rows of each compared with' the inner. , r Number of Bushels to the Acre. Clinton Cressy, white, 72.1 .bushels. ■ Ralph Schellenger. veliow, 8S.2 bushels , S. Douglass, yellow, 73 bushels. H. W. Buch, yellow, 60.2 bushels. Uaac Hand, yellow, 62.7 bn'shMs. - Charles Coombs, yellow, 60.4 bushels. - ! Charles Fidler, yellow, 45 bushels. I Charles Fidler, yellow, 60.7 bushels j Washington Vpn Gilder*-57-3 bushels. , Joel Fisher, yellow, 46.2 bushels.* • j Joel Fisher, white, 67.1 bushels ■j John Cook, white, 61 bushels. • j -John Cook, mixed, 60. 7. • /• . ■ - I Louis Long, yellow, 52.7 bushels. Lem Compton, white, 63.7 bushels. Albert Clark white, 68 bushels. ; Ooupty Farm, yellow, 49 bushels. s Stewart Thompson, yellow, 44 bushels. I Stewart Thompson, yellow, 51 bushels. Washington Godfrey, yellow, 54 bu. , Winfield Coombs, yellow, 61 bushels. J ( , Ephraim Cressy, yellow, 63 bushels. I ■ Clinton Cressy, yellow, 39 bushels. I Clinton Cressy, white, 56 bushels. | , [ Clinton Cretsy, yellow, 70 bushels. ! . , | Clinton Cressy, white, 67 bushels. j , The typical ear for feeding values se- j { lected by Mr. Witer was from Washing- j ^ ton Codfr+y'e heap, yellow flint, small , | cob, deep set kernel, uniform, long and , small diameter. The yield was 54. , Another was from the Oounty Farm pile, , and very similar. > , Mr. Witter in eomment on the exhibit - said the conditions in the county were so > different from thow of any plaee he had 1 ever been in, be hesitated to give advice. ' Corn was his hobby, and, aa the only I strictly American plant we have should I be studied and be better understood. The ( 1 of the contest he said, needs more ■ organic matter to give nitrogen and to I •

WTiiEH TELLS HfiW YW8L | there teamed so b^^ofafHttghia Ufa. The doctor preacHlwd cod Hrer oil but he could not take it I decided to try VInol — and with nUndid reaulta. It leemed to agree with him ao that now he is a strong healthy boy. "-Mm Thomas ' Fitzgerald, 1090 Park Ave. , N. Y.City. We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron tonic, for run-down conditions, chronic coughs, colds and bronchi tia. , James Mecrav, Druggist, Cape May, t New Jeraey. : ■?"! * . hold moisture. Good -soil' y ill liol.l 50' i(lbe. of -water before it will begin vo leak. •' > The average yield, about 52 busluK, was • 1 almost double the average yield of the' i U. S.,"-ti»». not a bad showing. Success j s means conserving tlifi.sybsoil moisture.'Nitrogeir ia the most "expensive plant i food if je'buy it, bnt is one of Nature's- i r friv gifft if we know how- to toko it.e Nalure'aci^iy 4a for the fdRage when it' '■ . has servedlits purposd in the life of the'* t plant, to "fall dow n and mingle with the 1 r soil, and" it npt Only gives up _it» own '■ i values but unlocks -others. "Soil is the \ 1 resurrection of all life." In bpeaking of- ! . ooVer crops, Mr. Witter did not whoHy: ' i like crimaou- clover.- Rye,' lie said, is not j t as good as a legume because holding no : s nitrogen, but, unless allowed to gfdw ^ -untH the heads begita to form and the . stems grow hard, it doesn't take out ma r much as it leaves. He greatly praised j ( the winter vetch, giving -the- general, f rale to those who could not get the vetch' - to grow. Never attempt to grow- a ier gume in a place the first time, without t using some inoculating material with it. t If you cannot get soil from a field where t • variety has grown well, there arc prepi I arations to be had from the Departi ment of Agriculture at Washington and I j with directions for use to be hail with1 j out .charge, and there are several firms I offering similar preparations for sale . I It ia not usual to grow retches alone, * some using rye and others oats to give > the plant something to cling to and for - . ease in harvesting. Never attempt t* i ■ mow vetch. It covers the ground with • . an elastic mat and cutting it is imposf sible. Always roll it in harvesting, when I if the seed is ripe enough will drop out to reseed, or, if not wanted it ia easily : cleared out. i Mr. Witter spoke favorably of the i method adopted in the West of detcrm- - ! ining the acidity of the soil in the use of acetate of lead, and as being surer i than with litmus paper or other ways in s common practice. In using lime, he said, 9 1 put on all that is needed at once. In ; j New York State thej- srere not worrying r about the scarcity, of potash but were, 1 using acid phosphate and lime, both i ; American products and plentiful and cheap. Legumes will liberty potash la- , teat in the soil. He spoke at length ■ upon the importance of selection of seed > corn, and greatly favored growing one's i own and, improving by selection, not knowing, however, that thia was Ralph ; Schellenger's method, this showing best ■ yield. In New York some of his sejghI bors sent East for seed and some sent ■ j West, but those had best results who i used the selected home grown. The ' great set care should be tf ken of the corn I I to- be used for seed, to keep it from the frost until all of «te moisture is out of * : it. When thoroughly cured tbe cold will ■ have do effect on it. Mr. Witter is from > the Berkshire district of New York • ' State "around about bingliamton," anil i was sent by- our Experiment Station f> give an expert's views upon the exhibit* in these sectional contests and upon the soil conditions and growers' method* ! as he found them. HOT A STRONG PLEA. (From Camden Poet-Telegram.) - - • ■ Governor Fielder, upon his recent " campaign tour of Cape May County, in making a plea for the re-election of the Democratic Senator argued that it would be unwise to turn down Senator Wheaton because of his added ralue to hia constituency through tbe experience gained by his first term's service. But he failed to present the fact that Whea ton's opponent, Lewis T. Stevens, had had more experience at Trenton than the Senator, .having served in an official capacity in tbe Senate for two i sessions and been a member of the . House for the past two years. The Governor's, argument might be ! applied to the Cape May Proeecutorsliip. 1 were lawyere in Cape May County I who had served in the Prosecutor's of - ! fice and therefore were qualified by exiperience to perform the duties, but- the Governor passed over all of them and went outside the county for a Pros. -entor, picking a young Camden lawyer with no experience in the work of the . STAVES AND HEATERS are the proper subjects for discussion at -. this time. In order to get right down to . tbi* heating argument call on Charles A, ' 306-307 Jackson Street, and inspect hia Urge Hue of stoves, ranges, - heaters and oil stoves.