Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-20
Wo0GIasR agriculture. Society.

President Chaikcy Gilingham, being coptincd
to hi9 bed seriously il, T. +. Roberts vas
chosen Chairman, with n. ". Picrson ScIrbs
larry.
a ccElt1utica;ioo vas rc.d from the S cre-
tsrY Ct The hIbtm.llo Agricultural Society,
inviting c, rrcsaoudcIce; also iGclosing report
Of a llia! It's CT ploW:, in which Il rlows CT.
tests.cd !or two liver nedals.
The locliiin and couGiliou OF INC only wagon
| road-the turnpike bct1ccn Alexandria and
Washington was cCmmo0teI Oh in severe
terna. a.:l Conf nincd rs q very dangerous
! NUISANCE. The qtstlGn arose as TO how this
| nuisGuC} ccu'd lG uhattd. As no one c0ud
ab5TCr this uI25i3a, tho matter vas rcic:rcu
| TO q c2mGltCc 70 Investigate, and report 81
| some III u;e meeting: said committee arc W.
| GillashGm. Z. Lukcns GDd N. w. Plar:oa.
| The critical report Ccs,llbed the farm Of the
| hest as cJrtaluirg 2GO acres of land, all u8dor
| cultivation, divided into seven equal lots; one
kept Tor pcrmaEtn. PCS urc, tho SIX REMAINING
| lois worked 10 rotation. Corn, oats and wheat
arc tho rricipa cultivated CT o2s, allowing each
field o remain thEcc gears in grass for hay
nakiog, thus bringing each li.d u1der cuiVa
| ton every SIX y1ars. yha lCa1oG Industry Ct
| tho farm bGing butler making, The - COWS and
young stock aro reported az having been ted
| With liberal hanG-as Is every animal on the
faym-enshilg tacal 10 return 10 their oWoer
| full tqulga!oD. i1r lis IbolGlty. The commit
! ECO taking ibis IS Inoa, llrm, condu;tad Oh u
lorra scale, aDI everything tuned TO good
| Gccjuit. made sn estimate Ct what tho cnlitc
tsrm shcud yield in cash vauo from year 20
year, net allowing ljr uafavorablo scasocs or
othc casualties. The total amount tOotipg up
| sc Geo. tho debtor side wns net given, leaving
! Us in the dark as to tho oCac profits. A sug-
gcsIl7o qucsllor, however. was askcd-Rho
would be siliDg 10 take this farm fer ton years.
keeping /. IL tho samo condition il EoW ia, and
pay ten per cant 90 tho presns valued No
respoGs,.
Tho committee arpoictcG January /. 1879,
cOrsistiGg Ct r. L. RobJ!ts, q. Lukens a1d w.
Walton, 10 confer with tho farmers of NJ ary!and,
District Of Columbia, aEd Others Interested in
forming loint stock company, for the rupose
OF building market house and hotel 10 Wash
iDgtoD, to be uIder the entire control OF prac:i
cal farmers wero called upon to report what
progress had been made in tho matter. Thc7
reported that 10 recent Conference with thu
farmers living 10 tho nelehborhood o.! Sandy
Springs, Nd, the profp;c; IVES o1ccutsgug for
tho ultimate contamination of this prtj:c..
Mcssrs. Roberts, Lukcus. md Walton, who
attended tho annual convention Of Montgomery
county, Md. farmers, held tho present week,
stated that t|O farmers giug at Sandy Springs
put Up los. year Al OJD cars of ccro, AGO cans
OF tomatoes, a2d $500 osCs of green peas; thus
successfully starting canning establishment.
~ eerDcs. desire that similar cu,crpris,
should b. started 10 Alexandria, or ut Wood
lawn, was expressed by mang present. IA 90
count OF the large Ginning factory at Nlooros-
| towo. New Jcr.cy. was read, and tho Secretary
requested TO mako some eX:racs Ihcrelrom for
uO!lcatIoC.
Tho Motrestown Chronicle says:
"Moorestown's leading industry, tho Mcores.
town Canning Factory, Is carried on by Il. K.
and L. b Thurber Il o., cf New York under
tho management Of Jones Yerkee. Tho build
ings cover sn area Of about three acres, and are
situstod on tho Camden and Burlington county
branch OF tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
near Has: Moorcstown station. Tho facilities
for loading CATS, o'c., are supplied by private
siding 10 tho works. Two hundred AID fifty
car leads OF manufactured goods a.e shipped an
nual!y from the factory TO oil parts Of tho world
by tho Careful selection Of the fruits. veEeta.
blts and meats which this firm pu. up. their
brands are great f,vo.!es among Gno grocery
mon and consumers in all parts OF the United
Slater, and their exports 10 Europe. Asia and
South America have been on the steady increase
Tor the psst lew years, 90 much so that last year
the firm were compelled TO buy back q largo
number Of tho cases which they hsd sold to tho
homo trade. the demand for tho goods in Egypt,
Australia. Van Dioman's land, Calcutta South
Amcr.cI. China. Bombay, Liverpool Scotland,
France, and indeed III al! parts Of tho continent.
Of Europe being greater than the supply.
Messrs. IhUrbcr & &c. have branch houses
IN london and Bordesux With correspondents
in Chins and Rio Jsneiyo, through which largo
Quantities OF canned goods arc distributed.
'The canning business in this ctultry ia IS.
summing Immense proportions. over $1U, 90 60
Of capital being employed in trAnsacting the
business in tho Eastern and Atlantic States
alono
The principal product; OF Tho iac!ory are
tomatoes, corn peas, asparagus, urkras, bears,
fruit, such rs strawberries, apples and pino-
apples. Meats, ham and tongue will DO put I'D
IN largo quantities. Boncd hCien and turkey,
pre5erved and potted meats consisting Of pottcd
ham, turkey and chicken, Tho raw materials tor
which nro obtained principally in tho neighbour
hocd, hHVo rcceally b3cn earned with great
sucCass
"EGoso ongsgoi il agriculture in TIC We ri
~ Ind tho factory Il desirable market for tho
products OF their truck farms. ~ they will re-
Calyo go UCO tor tho supply OF toT9.oes atono
which they will dclgor during tho year ISL,
four hundred ceres being under contract.
1T Is no uncommon thing to ECO twenty or
thirtYWagon loads Ill line waiting t. unload
/ tEoir contents at tho factory, and during tho
| busy times OF the year al sorts OF Vohicius AFRO
tmpl yod ccnvtyiDg the hsnda to and from tho
factory from tho surrounding towns and VIII
| la&e, hooreStown not being able TO supply tho
| requisite amount cfhelp
In addition to tho four hundred acres CT
| tomatoes, about two hundred and lisy Of corn,
pots, okras, etc. arc contracted fer, s. that the
! firm annually consumes the products of micro
than square mile tho 1rhos. truck land in
this ps:t of the country, ard it is probable that
| treble as n:u- Ii Will DO required to supply lis
! wants in short TIM.
Tho cas- AID cases arc manufactured on the
premises, the tin being imported directly from
England, 1t requiring O0O boxes Of tin por an
NUN for Gals a.oIe l 10000 cans will be re.
CURED tho prtsct yoar for tomatoes alono
From twelve 20 fifteen can makers AFRO employed
all the year round, boaldos number of box
| makers, etc Tho boccs are plsEod cad tabled
for the reception Of the goods On tho promises.
Tho Baldwin" snd "Coots Favori,e'i arc tho
principle trands made, the former having
q reputation all over the world. The firm
~ co.