The Penn's Grove record., 1886-05-22
Counl, Beard Of Agrie'al,urc re.

.Jru President Jos w. Cooper, OF
!palrick.paa. atl,eI The meeting to On
der at p. N.. secretary II. {. Perry
eff lroWav, c5il.d the roll which was
answered lya .u1i attendance as but
few lumCe~ a tH's EIcinily-silow What
lizzie il..r.- IS taken by .'em IN rleir
united atEua. Aijarr reading OF mil'-
utos uI sat. ...- reports oil commit
toes Taai. M# oi iHe Mapes teitiuz-
zcr CoHIlany va- introduced and spoke
aa the Use 81 commercial ~ieftilzer,
why some "i'at '' p'oo''e eoou le-
sulls ard ,h1 good results ana more
economical Use " colhHie'e itfil'1r is
to tie tI.ae-. ii4 Piouuc11 isuFe3'
ftyts and Incidents 70 'io" "'o le"5ol
Why ii, took 30 lt's" n''""'e 70 a",Se
sorle crops vas '.a"5s 50 "iucl q 'he
urces a's ".',5 Oh ID crop was ui'a-
yaiiaIiea ay' f''7t'' ~ VIC "i'nU.e
Of tc'ts..H = eo'"in'"''D u '"e
use OF mai.I SAL" "'''-' ",'l 'e pro-
lUce good cl'tS' 'o"9 ''1'n'@e's Nc
thought "~aa'ltA""'.' '.' '0'. '''' nv
continue to s'i'@ 'uaiNe'' ieo"''S @i''i
the lis, cop la.s'' t'o'" ~ o>0'"oo VI
lie lack 7- taEss4' tt'7te'"si's, ""l0
Others |oaij s.i2" lS9''ls i''o''5 a. -
cases he Wehli'lel' II d ieI.h i~
containing nitrate ~ soss' - "pp'i'" W
/ light SOIL y VIII '''Fo 2"U ''o'9''
l&'ge qaaa...Iy5 ~" ioi" ii''i'l'
use TO be used o} Long ''l"uu 'iucAel'
is il is no" a''o ny ''Iii'.' !" @'"."
/ jersey bit they arc no" o''',ii"i''5 "
and tsihs slecId' IeI1'''~5I' WIG" pr
duce better feadiS'ae nueu less sAte'I''
bespoke OF seEei"' n'"'A0u iV'''"'
Of spetial teit'isz4f III 'h0 n''sN''
hood oil a"gatspoio'
He spoke OF Il He'o on Ihe o'o I'oo
bins farm neaT a"earSoo'o' "nIon He
Lad been aho"H oy MI Jo''h lool'
The field WAS ~ Grover anu one VI 'He
best growth ne i'lu ever seen. MY
he saw Illustrated Il l"cV Oh "h'cn ne
lad spoken. MI. MapeS tioagl' II
paid farmers to use All tle hl''iu'e
they made bat II Wo"id not pay 10 p0y'
He was wiling To use al ne count BUY
for 81 per loadoh ms fatni o't no
more, Nhile III o"edeshofo M Md
PES also visited the farm OF At. Iiu.li
Nhcataelby where nc 50" growing
$1,000 lettuce plants upon WHICH lie
had used MapeS special manure WIN
good results. lie spoke OF MI oooulNs
who had ground "iiete he gre" 4'o
bushels 81 potatoes per aeIe, I'ie io"S
being three feet apart ne ia"liseu
the same ground IN potatoes inc rows
Is inches apart, using aou0i7 'he
amount OF Males pAtaloe lefGiilAet anu
raised 500 bushels Oh potatoes 10 'he
acre. Tbs ne thought was apout Us
close as potatoes should DC efoWdea
Mr.. Naies thought he would not
raise %atermeion5 by ie!tulzeG alone put
would sprinkle The fertilizer III the Dot
tom OF the hiti and then use some sta
bic or hog manure. But iof rouua u
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes ne
saw no necessity for using anything
beside a 8p- ci1l II compete 1efGillzeE.
10 prove ms assertion nc mentioned
instances where sHoa 1eftlil]efS h'''
Shown betleE results az much ieSS eA.
pense. One special case ne nieh'ioi'e't
where 400ioS, Oh Map5s lertlii@ I eoS'-
ing IS was used along S'de OIL ~ wa
CONS loads OF manure V@'aed at go
HE crop fa'Sei by inc lellli'%ef was
larger and much liner thah tha0 ia'S'u
by the manure. bJ using Tue NA"pe'
Fertilizer the labor was : less t'l"il y!
using the manure. when ftcSlueuI
Cooper OF The Beard introduced Irol'
81 r. ANIm EH In m"n va I III u III l.