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**" Annual report of 1920 r 8 ' Cape May County Board of Education for < , 1 , Vocational Schools w > < FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT t The fifth year of the activities of the Cape May County Vocational ' School in Agriculture and Household Arts was completed in 1920 with grat- 1 ifying results both in the character and quality of its work. 1 This year the Board of Freeholders readily granted the amount requested ' for the support of the Schools, realizing the vast amount of importance of ! such work in the country. 1 It is quite evident, from the number of projects, students enrolled and inquiries coming to the teachers, referring to different phases of the work, 1 that the school is appreciated in all parts of the county. The work was extended to more parts of the county than during any j previous year. AIM OF THE SCHOOL *

The aim of the Vocational School is to raise the standard of agriculture ' and rural life. To accomplish this it is necessary that our work be so carried ' on with our students whether. they are men, boys, women or girls, that each project will be a paying proposition, through increased knowledge gained 1 in working it out. It is necessary not only to teach good principles of agri- ■ • culture, but to see them apptteffTta «rch a way as will bring the greatest net 1 gain to our students. j The Federal Vocational Law, known as the Smith-Hughes Law, whiah ' provides a portion of the money totcaqy on the Vocational work, states that 1 the Vocational. Training may be good to"thqse who, having selected a voca- i tion, desire preparation for such vocation; to th^se employed seeking greater efficiency in that employment, or to those who deBiraJo increase their wageearning capacity. Applied to agriculture all classes of those engaged in farm work are included. The disintegration of farm communities or the reduction of farm production would be a calamity to the nation and vocational agriculture instruction 1 seeks to check both evils by stimulating the desire for fann life and encourage all connected with it through instruction along lines of soil improvement, disease control, seed selection to increase . crop production, and increased 1 1 earnings and profit. The soil and climate in this county are particularly adapted to fruit culture anfj our teachers have sought this year to increase for students orchard production. The results of spraying and fertilization of orchards has been so markedly effective as to prove to orchardists the necessity of such care Mid establishes it as a necessary part of the work in securing a good crop. One of the big problems now confronting the student is how to profitably dispose of his products. This is a serious problem in which every progressive farmer should be interested. The Vocational School has assisted this year a number of students in marketing their produce and in securing larger returns for it. More instruction will be given along this line during the coming year and an effort will be made to increase the marketing advantages through systematic co-operation. Mr. S. E. Stone, formerly Farm Mahager at the Baron de Hirsh Agricultural school, at Woodbine, and a graduate of Cornell University, was secured as agricultural teacher February 1st, to succeed S. D. Einstein, who resigned to take charge of his recently purchased farm at Norma, N. J. CHANGES IN BOARD OF EDUCATION We had the misfortune to lose by death another erf our esteemed colleagues, Henry Reeves, Manager of the Meadow View Farm, Erma, N. J. Mr. Reeves was a loyal supporter of Vocational Education and by his death the Board lost a very sincere and active member. The vacancy was filled by the appointmentof Ralph Taylor, of Erma, a prominent and soocessful farmer who has been for years a student as well as a practitioner in farming, having taken a course at Cornell University. Tlie dose of the sdl tool's fiscal year, June 30, 1920, was celebrated, as has . been the custom since its foundation, by a gathering of the County Board erf Education, County Board <St Estimate, and the' Vocational Teachers, accompanied by their wives, for a get together meeting and informal examination into the working policies and progress of the school. Meeting concluded with a lunch prepared and served by the Household Arts Department. A prominent feature of the meeting was the agricultural exhibit held in the Vocational building, showing the nature of the work being done. HONORS WON BY OUR STUDENTS A Judging Team, composed of Vocational Boys was present during Farmers' Week at Trenton in January, 1920. Tire team competed with a number of other Vocational teams of the State in Corn, Swine, and Dairy judging. The judging was keen. All teams had been instructed by vocational teachers, who had sfought to instill within them a desire to excel and were quite anxious that they should bring prizes home to their respective counties. Our County Team won second prize in Corn judging, fourth place in Swine judging and eleventh place in Dairy Judging. On the whole the team did very creditable work and the county should 'be proud of the record. The team was composed of Edgar McPherson, Russell Taylor and Richard Ewing. .Russell Taylor captured tlfird place in the individual judging. Two students captured prizes'worth of note. EXHIBIT AT ATLANTIC CITY AND TRENTON - An exhibit by students, consisting of Apples, Corn, and Potatoes, was made at Horticultural Meeting, held in Atlantic City and at the Farmers' | Meeting held in Trenton. The exhibits at each were larger and better than those of any competing ' teams. Exhibits will be made at each of these meetings this year. COUNTY EXHIBITS The Annual County Exhibit of the Vocational and Public School was held ; in conjunction with the County Fair. The exhibit was the largest and best ! ever collected, showing clearly the good results obtained by following the ! instructions of the teachers. It consisted of various varieties of potatoes. | Com, Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Wurtzel Mangles. Watermelons, Apples, j Pears, Peaches, etc. There was also a collection of Grasses, used as cover i crops and. hay. The special feature was the Apple Exhibit. Eighteen varieties were • shown and one hundred and fifty different offerings. The fruit was perfect ! and unblemished, showing clearly that good apples can be raised in Cape May i County if proper methods of culture and spraying are followed. 4 A number of valuable prizes were awarded,' the aim being to distribute : either books or farm implements that can be used to advantage by the students. The public school contest brought out a number of products and was very creditable to the boys and girls of the schools. A number of prizes were distributed to those whose exhibits were best. # EXHIBIT AT GRANGE PICNIC f * As has been the annual custom of the schoaj^for several years, an excellent exhibit of fruit and vegetables was shown at the annual Grange Picnic held in August at the Seaville Camp Grounds. One hundred and fifty specimens were placed upon the platform and included Potatoes, Tomatoes, Onions, Peaches, Apples, Pears, Plums, and other articles. There were also samples of first aixf second cuttings of Alfalfa. London Grass, Peas and Oats. The instructors were present to answer questions and to explain details. Large numbers examined the exhibit and expressed their pleasure and the various speakers alluded to it in complimentary vein. At the athletic meet which formed part of the attractions the vocational boys took all of the prizes excepting one. ANNUAL REPORT OF S. E. STONE Teacher of Agriculture, Court House Center I assumed charge of the work on February 2nd, and owing to the severe winter and the almost impassible condition of the roads, it was impossible ' to conduct classes or have a series of lectures. It was necessary therefore to arrange for the projects and give instruction as 1 visited the student. I aimed to visit the student once each week during the growing season, and more often if a particular project needed more attention or some unusual condition arose. The resuls have been very satisfactory. i ' i L

Fran past « 11 in that the shout course is the type of in- ii st ruction best adapted to the needs of our county. This instruction is given • to men or women and boys or giris above 14 years of age. Owing to the scarcity of labor these people have to do considerably more farm work than s usual and do not have the time to take a full time course, but are very J glad to get the advantage of the short course work that we offer because it t answers their purpose. vi The lines of work that were undertaken included a number of farm fruit growing, soil improvement, dairying, etc. There is no doubt I that fruit growing has proven profitable where proper methods of pruning 5 and spraying were followed. Furthennore, the amount of labor necessary - raise a -crop of fruit is much less than in the case of small truck crops. ^ Other crops that can be raised with a comparatively small amount of labor, 1 Com, Potatoes, Peppers, and Hay. At the prevailing high cost and I scarcity of lihor, it is absolutely essential to have the proper farm machinery - available if the farmer expects to make a profit upon any crop. j In the case of Com, I have tried a new variety and have secured excellent t results. I have emphasized the necessity of seed selection, storage and t germination, as well as the proper use of fertilizers and cultivation- Work j in potato culture has been undertaken. The aim is to secure good seed, introduce new varieties, encourage the homrf growing of seed (second cropers) and encourage spraying to prevent blight. The matter of spraying is VtT vital importance because V*e know that blight is directly responsible for a ^ decrease in yield. I have done considerable work to encourage the growing of hay crop, such as Alfalfa, Clover, Peas, and Oats, Cow-Peas, Soy Beans, and Sorghum. 1 At present the demand for hay is very good and prices are high. Hay does • not require much labor and usually every farmer has the machinery necessary f to handle the crop. Where cows are maintained it is absolutely necessary to j a supply of good hay. A student raised five tons of pea and oat hay a four acre field. Another student raised three-fourths ton of Sudan ^ grass hay per acre. The growing of cover crop is very important in our county. In order to secure a good crop and maintain the fertility of the soil it is necessary to provide some humus. Cover crops, such as Vetch, Rye, etc., provides the humus at low cost and where planted in the fall keeps the top soil from being washed and blown away. I have encouraged the use of various cover crops I and purchased considerable seed for the farmers. During the spring months I conducted classes in the public schools to assist the pupils in raising crop for the Public School Exhibit and also to ! | encourage them to remain on the farm. If a pupil can see the possibilities of earning a livlihood on the farm, he will hesitate before leaving it for the city. PROJECT WORK By project work we mean the growing and disposing of a crop by students during the farming season, with the object of increasing production and , profit and securing information that will be valuable in future operation. A necessary part of the work is the keeping of records so-as to note any. special features and know the various items of cost as well as the receipts. The pfoject may be the raising of a crop such as corn or potatoes. In this case all the work is completed in one year and theycost and return can be accurate- ! ly determined. Or, it may be the planting of an orchard, or the growing of cover crops to improve the soil. A project of this nature continues from year to year and the actual east as well as the returns are hard to secure. During the farming season an aggregate of over 700 visits were made to students. The object of these visits is to give the student instruction along the line that he is working and to encourage him and assist him in any problem which may arise. The following instance will serve as an illustration: A ■ student planted one and a half acres of peppers early in the Spring. Owing . to the tender condition of the plants and cold weather they were very slow - i in commencing to grow. This was very discouraging to one who had never • giown a crop of peppers. His plan was to plow under tjie peppers and r plant another crop. I advised him not to do so and instructed him how to ; handle the plants and the results have been most gratifying. He harvested over 1400 hampers of peppers and will here $450.00 left after paying for i hampers, plants and fertilizer. The work in soil improvement is progressing in a satisfactory manner. Over 150 acres have been planted and the following seed used: Vetch 1500 pounds Rye 3000 pounds Sweet Clover r. 200 pounds Peas and Oats . — 500 pounds Continued on page 8

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; APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE t , Borough of West Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey. e AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TAXES FOR THE YEAR * ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE d BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of th Borough of West Cape j May, in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey, that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fistal year 1921 the sum of Forty-one Hundred and Sixty-four Dollars for the purpose of meet-

ing the appropriations wet forth in the following statement of raeouraee and appropriations for the fiscal year 1921. Surplus Revenue - — ■ $ 300.00 Resources: Surplus Revenue Appropriated — Revenue : 200.00 to be Raised by Taxes State Railroad Tax , .. 400.00 Appropriations 1920 1921 Interest — $ 200.00 $ 200.00 Water Rent 146.00 146.00 Salaries : , 780.00 780 00 Engineer Expenses 100.00 100.00 of Police . 200.00 200.00 of Streets and' Public Places — 1.400.00 1400.00 Building. Repairing. Cleaning Streets 1.200.00 1200.00 Support of Poor 1__ 50.00 50.00 Board of Health 100.00 100.00 Ditches and Sluices , 100.00 100-00 Stationery, Printing, Advertising 250.00 300D0 Auditing 30.00 Expenses j 135.00 138.00 Memorial Day Contribution 20.00 $4,661.00 $4,764.00 This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. Attest: THEO. W. REEVES. Clerk. EDWIN MORTON, Mayor. The foregoing Budget was approved at a meeting of the Borough Council held at the Borough Hall. West Cape May, on January — , 1921, and will be taken up for final adoption at the meeting of the Borough Council to be held Monday. January ^4, 1921. in Borough Hall, in said Borough, at which time and place any objections thereto on the part of any tax payers may be presented to and -will be heard by the said Council. Dated January 10, 1921. THEO. W. REEVES, Clerk. l-15-21-2t-pf$18.72

APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE Township of Lower, Cape May County, New Jersey. A RESOLUTION RELATING TO TAXES FOR THE YEAH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE (1921) BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Township of Lower, in the County of Cape May. New Jersey, that there shall bq_ assessed, raised by thxation and collected for the fiscal year 1921, the sum of Five Seven Hundred and Ten Dollars, for the purpose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following: » Statement of Resources and Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1921 Surplus Account $3,201.24 ' Anticipated Revenue: v 1921 1920 i Franchise Tax $ 700.00 $ 500.00 Gross Receipt Tax 10.00 10.00 ' Amount to be Raised by Taxation: Second Class Railroad Propertv 500.00 "270.00 Taxation 5.710.00 5.400.00 ; $6520.00 $6,280.00 Appropriation- ■ Board of Health - — $ 200.00 $ 400.00 1 Salary Collector. Treasurer, Assessor 900.00 900.00 Salary Clerk 250.00 250.00 Committee Fees - 300.00 300.00 1 Relief of Poor • 200.00 200.00 r Roads • 3500.00 3.000.00 Solicitor and Delinquent Tax Collector 275.00 275.00 Printing and Advertising 200.00 200.00 . Property and Improvements 400.00 400.00 Police and Lighting — - 125.00 115,00 Electign~~Expenses 250.00 FireW arden 20.00 Contingent 200.00 180-00 Damage by Dogs X — 100.00 $6-920.00 $6,280.00 Be it further resolved this resolution shall take effect immediately, and " this Budget shall constitute the Tax Resolution. And notice is further given thaKsaid Township Committee will meet at the Township Hall in lower Township. Cape May County. New Jersey, on January 26. A. D. 1921. at 7:30 o'clock. P. M.. for the purpose of giving a hearing on said Budget and the final adoption of the same: at which last mentioned time and place objections to said Budget may lie made by any tax payer of said Township. By order of the Township Committee of the Township of Lower. Cape May County. New Jersev. . ~ Dated January 12th'. 1921. \VM. C. HOFFMAN. Clerk. l-15-21-2t-pf$ 19.44

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