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THE COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS .Continued from Page 3 county, been maintained by the county or state it would have been a good example of this type of school. COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS Experience shows, however, Chat the number of boys in high schools and in the other type I have mentioned who wish to study agriculture is rather small compared to the number of boys and young men who are at attending the regular schools, but who wish to have instruction in agriculture. You know that there are cm farms in this county hundreds of boys and young men who have left school but who desire to know facts about farming. To reach these out of school people, there has been devised what is known as part-time or short courses. There are j intensive courses, on various agricultural subjects open alike to boys, young men, and mature farmers. This is the kind of course given in our State by the County Vocational Schools, such as yeu have in this county. In New Jersey we are also having our high ssheei agricultural teachers give similar causes la the name nalfiii where

high school work in agricultpre is - taught. . THE WORK IN 0®E STATE In 1913, our Legislature passed a ' law providing for vocational work in the State. Thus you see we were ahead of the National government in this , respect. Your own county and At1 lantic took advantage of the law and '■ started work about 1914, and have ' been at it ever since that time. In 1 191Y-18 both counties arranged their r woik~to~"come-uH£ter .the provisions of » the Federal act and since that time f Federal money has been used to help > pay part of the cost of your vocation1 al schools. 5 In 1917, the city of Patterson de1 cided to have a vocational school in " connection with its high school system. 1 The work is designed chiefly for city ! boys. They attend classes from N'o5 vember to April when, they are sent ! | to farms for the other six months of • the year to get practice in fanning. • For city boys, this plan wortm very ! well and a number of Patterson boys ' have entered into the work with a 1 keen seat for farming. In 1918, four r departments of agriculture woe start - > ed in high schools and in 1919. right ' more were started. Sunmiag up the » work to date, we tana Otgs May

s County with fifteen centers where agriculture is taught, Atlantic County with sixteen centers, and in various parts of the state all the way from i Sussex county to Cumberland county, j thirteen departments of agriculture in 1 highichools. In all, besides the state . supervisors, there are twenty men . giving instruction in agriculture in the I public schools of New Jersey and we , have just started to expand. In a i few years every part of the State . where the work can be given to adf vantage will see Vocational agriculture . in its schools. > . —THE WORK IN THIS COUNTY— Now let us consider your own - county. You have a County Superi intendent who acts as director of the . work. As a man from the State r office, I wish to state that he does the - same hand of work with the vocational t schools as he does with the regular f public schools, and it is needless for . me to say that this is good work. ' Then you have two men as instructors i who are always working at their jobs i — Mr. Reeves who looks after the lowr er section of the county and Mr. Stone who looks after to* upper section. I k wonder if .yen people of the county I know what these men are ready to do r far yen la the way of giving agri-

; u'cultural instruction? -'I am going to * sketch briefly something about the a jbeltime at ray diaponi^to give you * very mueh-trfaa idea of to-extant. The teachers offer class room in- ' etruction during the dull season ] months of the winter. The longest course is only fifteen hours a week ' for eighteen weeks. The shortest course is six lessons totaling only eighteen hours. The length of the , course and the topics considered are made to fit the needs of. each group ' that desires instruction. Very fre- ' quently to give an impetus to the ' work prominent fanners and others j interested in agriculture assirt the ' teachers by lecturing to the pupils and discussing farm problems with them. ; The class room work is carried on by means of discussions, readings and lectures. Demonstrations, too, come in as a big part of the instruction. This latter phase is very important for ; visual instruction is a very potent factor in education. Many persons I very eye-minded — that is, they ab- { sorb readily what they see; it is easier for them to learn by seeing a thing done than by being told how to do it. ! In addition to the class room and j demonstration work our teachers are j required by law to supervise certain farm, work of the pupils. This usually takes the form of what we call a project. A project is a farm job carried on by the pupil at his home under the direction of the teacher. The farm job may be one small phase of the farm work of the pupil, or it may be several phases. In fact, in some instances it develops that the agricultural instructor becomes a sort of general advisor to. the pupil for all the agricultural processes of the farm. This project is one of the best educatinoal devices ever found for bringing pupil and teacher together. They wort: out the details of the project, the instructor giving the pupdl the benefit of his experience. Often the pupil asks questions that the instructor cannot answer. Then they both seek to find the answer. Thus, there is team work and it is team work that counts in the business of learning about fanning, for farming is so big that one person can learn but a small part of the great number of facte and practices that can be learned about it. Just as I was making the notes for this talk I noticed on my desk descriptions of certain Cape May County pupils projects that I have prepared to go into a report to be published from the State office, and I will give these to you just as they are written. RUSSELL TAYLOR, who lives near Cape May, a high school pupil taking also a short course in vocational agriculture with the , county school teachers, was on a team of vocational pupils sent to Trenton last winter to judge corn during agricultural week. As a prize for his judging work he received enough seed corn to plant an acre. This corn was given by Mr. Edward Winsor, of Farmingdale, N. J., who has won the grand champion prize for corn at the State Corn Show for the past two years. This corn, which was Boone .County White, had been carefully Selected for fourteen years and was excellent seed. Russell decided bo plant the corn with titte idea of selling the product to his neighbors as seed corn. The corn was planted on good soil. The field had been manured two years previously and was ia a oover crop of vetch last year. The ground was very well prepared, the seed carefully planted, and the crop has been well cared for during the growing season. Corn from this field took first prize at the^Oounty fair this fall. Indications are that the yield will be from > 100 to 125 bushels per acre. " Samuel Lipschutz, 21 years old, of . the Woodbige section assists his fathy er in operating a general farm. This s year as his vocational school project, j which he carried in addition to the , other farm work, he planted 3% acres , of sweet potatoes and cared for the , apple orchard of 100 trees. In plant- , ing the sweat potatoes barn-yard , manure was used on one portion of , the field and 3-8-3 fertilizer on the k other. His idea is to find out which , method of fertilizing gives the best . results on his land as to yield and , quality of product. The crop has not been harvested so the yield cannot be given, but it is evident that the quality is best where the commercial fer- ( tilizer was used. The trees of the orchard were . pruned -and given four sprays, toe . work being carefully supervised by . the teacher, Mr. Stone. The trees I have produced a bumper crop of un- . blemished fruit, and Samuel has come . to realize the value of spraying fruit trees. The total yield will be about ; BOO baskets of marketable fruit. , Samuel won second prise at the . County Fair for his exhibit of apples. W. A. Richmond, age 28, operates a [ small dairy farm and sells milk ia , Cape May Court House. In the past , he has purchased all the hay for his . the stock, and has had reatiitorahie *

tnabb to nam Mod h»y «t 0 no- k sonable price. When he enrolled as a vocational school pxgiil the instructor 1 suggested that I» try $o gwrr hay. * He daejfied to sow four acres to oats II and peas. The field was broadcasted ti with barn -yard manure; plowed and t harrowed well, and the first week in e April sfeed was sown at the rate of a two bushels of oats ^nd one bushel. of t> Canada peas per acre. The crop was 1 harvested the second week of July. ( yield was five tons of excellent i cured hay, valued conservatively at I $35.00 a ton, and at least a ton of hay' * was plowed under as a soiling crop, s . Mr. Richmond was very w^U pleased f , with the results and now sees the ad- 1 . visability of growing hay for his 1 stock. The instructor has also ad- i ' vised Mr. Richmond about many other farm practices, which tends to show 1 { that the instructor's teaching does not ] , end with the project. 1 C. Thurston, Rio Grande, bought a I : small farm on which was an orchard i . of about 25 old apple trees' and 100 < . five-year-old peach trees. The trees i r had been sadly neglected and as a i , result had produced po worth-while | fruit. Mr. Thurston became a voca- « j tiooal school pupdl and decided to care ' , for his fruit trees as his project. The 1 j trees were carefully pruned and a i barrel sprayer was purchased and toe : j trees kept sprayed up to the brown : j rot spray. ,A'lso, toe orchard was ' , fertilized. The result is that he has had some of the finest fruit produced [ in his community and has sold it read- ■ j ily to his neighbors and at his road- , side market. Mr. Reeves, the in- " , structor, reports that the man will j clear about $400.00 from the orchard I this year, and that he is planning to give it even better care next year! D. Tchernos, a man 31 years old, became a pupil of the schools last winy tor. As his project under Mr. Stone he decided to grow an acre and a half g of peppers. This is bis first expert- | , ence with this crop. He followed Mr. Stone's directions very carefully | j and has had good results. The field j was broadcasted with coarse barnyard t manure, plowed and harrowed in an ? approved^ manner, and marked both f ways to receive toe plants. The I "Ruby King", the standard shipj ping variety grown in the sec- . tion, was selected for planting. r After the paints had started to grow a handful of hen manure was spread around each plant. On Octi>0 ber 1st, eleven hundred hampers had n been shipped and indications are that toe total yield will be 1400 hampers. The average price per hamper for g those sold after deducting all expenses ' .. was about 55 cents. At this rate the profits will be in toe neighborhood of j $770.00. Mr. Stone has helped this j man with many*gber farm problems; d needless to say that he is an enthusi- ^ astic pupil. e' The next is an example of a project; that has some of toe elements of an experiment in it. Richard Ewing, a t' 17 year old boy who lives in the souto- " ern part of the county, decided to n plant 4 acres of potatoes, using four g varieties of seed — Cobblers, Spaulding s Row, Wilson Giants, and Green Moun- ' tain. Richard wished to find out 1 which variety is toe heaviest yielder. ^ He also decided to fertilize somewhat g heavier than is the practice in- the vicinity, in order to try to determine ^ whether or not heavy fertilization pays. The ground was plowed March ^ 15th, and was harrowed several times g to level the piece and destroy weeds. The field was marked with a two-horse U riding marker, the idea of using the marker being to moke the planter pull easier. A half ton per acre of 4-8-2 * fertilizer was applied in the row and when the plants were about six inches n

;-ITT r-TWriTTi^prniri - 13 The'ground w then stirred with a weeder m order to w«k the Ml** 1 into the soiL The field wm wwfced > three times with a Weeder and six ? times wflfc a onlti^tor. The ftnaacial report of the project w, J not complete, but indications and tfiat- * ~ il toe field ptfd well. . Samples 0/ the i'J WElson Giants won first prise at the County Fair. We sfioll awtot wi» toe results of toe project and hope Richard will know -someftdagof toe qualities of the four varieties * and also about heavy fertilization and cultivation. Richard" also 4 an 8 acre cffro project and a 7 a$re tj potato project He beiiepes in J utilizing the vocational schools. V" Ted Ab rains, age 19 ,who lives near * is another enthusiastic pupil. He helps his father operate a truck farm from which the produce goes to shore resorts. In order to get good prices early crops are required. Mr. Stone, the instructor, in giving Ted advice about his project work suggested the building of a small green house in order that early plants ~ could be produced. Accordingly, built an 8- sash green house under Stone's direction and grew all the early plants needed on the farm. In. fact, his produte was so early that he 4 received as high as $5.00 a basket for . tomatoes and $3.00 a- basket for peppers. I have Mr. Stone's word for I these prices. Ted also grew 2 acres of sweet potatoes. These he feitil- ' ized with 1500 pounds of 8-8-8 fertilizer to the acre. The yield was good [ and so was the quality. He sold a I park ot the crop at the rate of $3.00 1 a basket. He took first prize for sweet potatoes at the County Fair. , In addition to the class room and * project wort? our men help the farm f boys and mature farmers ot toe I ! county in many other ways. They ■ I are always ready to give advice about x I farm problems to all individuals that • | request it. You would be surprised I at the great number, of calls they get 1 for help. Their telephones are kept 1 busy and frequently as they drive 1 about the county they are stopped and > asked questions. They help, too, in * - getting together group orders fo> the - purchase of seed, fertilizer, etc.; they . distribute agricultural books and bul- > letins to all persons who ask for , 5 them; they give lessons in agriculture - to the teachers of the public schools 1 in order that the instruction can be t passed on to the pupils; they help . maintain the County Fair by colleotr ing and showing produce grown by vo- , s cationa) pupils. I oould cite many » other instances of ways they assist in f this great problem of agricultural ed3 ucation. What I hope you will do is ; to use them more and more and if ^ - they get too busy, Mr. Hand will be calling for more men. Federal and t;/ State funds are available to add more 1 workers, so all you will need to do i is indicate your deare for more help - along thi line and you will get its. 5 I feel that the best way I can close r this talk is to quote from a letter I f received recently from Mr. Hand. His - His statements ring true to the value t of vocational work in this county. "The popularity of the vocational t agricultural work with farmers in- » creases each year. This is due to the i fact that our teachers are obtaining 1 results and proving toedr theories in 1 actual practice. They do not stop at 3 issuing directions, but after the study . of the theory they personally make or 2 superintend application until the crops b are gathered. It is not an exaggera1 tion to claim that their efforts each 2 year return to the fanners in the agi gregate much more than the whole s cost of the schooL"

if B)gBfcO!M)sOsC)i05C)flKoOsM>oM)oM jC \ ■ VOTE FOR : | FRANCES W. BAKER g J g FOR ASSEMBLY g f ■ „ I appeal to the residents of Gape May County to vote for b , g me, because I am progressive and will work for the further ■ n £ development of this wonderful county. The guarantee of this 1 •vv' statement is a review of the past work and effort of my own i g family in Wildwood. m t ' V? I appeal to you Service Men and Women for your support ■ e £2 because I served at the front with you; I know what you did, I PJ ' H know what sacrifices you made, and I know what you suffered to J* - W uphold American traditions, and if elected I will see that your M U services are recognized by the State. 55 e I appeal to the women voters of this counbp for support I e mm * because I was one of those who worked for the enfranchisement 55 y H of women. s H I appeal to the women voters of this county for support 5' " #5 will, if elected, uphold and insist that the State enforce the £& e A Prohibition laws. f| ® I appeal to all voters in Cape May County for support and J X if elected, I will work for the best interests of the entire County P - ■ and its residents irrespective of their party affiliations because f 5 my actions are not and shall not be directed by political bosses. L ; I FRANCES W. BAKER * a I Paid for by Frances W. Baker, Wildwood. N. J. 1