The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03
s...te nnars Of Agr.cnlsure.

The fifteenth annual meeting Of tie New
Jersey Beard Of Agriculture was called &c
order, at the State IIoEse in Trenton. Oh
Wednesday, by the President Hon. Ed
ward BuTough, Of Camden. About l2j
delegates were present. Secretary viii
liam S. Taylor, of Burlington, read the re.
port of the Executive Committee, which
stated, among other things, that the Presi-
dent had been authorized TO apply al the
Washington Bureau Of Agriculture for
cuts of insects that commit ravages upon
the farms. The cuts have been supplied
and will be pr nted in the next annual re-
port of the State Board. alfioFdng an op-
portunity to recognize pests that could not
be identified BY the ordinary methods OF
description The report also referred "a
the subject of merging the State Board
into State Bureau with permanent head
quarters at the State House. The report
was adopted.
The Chair announced the following as
the Committee on Credentials: Z. VIII
liams. of Essex: Mahlon y. Dickinson, Of
Salem, and N W. PARCELS, of Union.
The naming of the other four committees
was postponed.
Tho rest of the morning session Was oc-
cupied in reading 4 synopsis of the re-
ports OF the County Boards of Agriculture,
Morris county wanted the Passaic drained;
Mercer charged that the return to farmers
was not three per cent. upon the capital IN
vested, and recommended the establish
ment of State department oi agriculture
PasSaie favored tie present milk lag; mon
complained of high taxes and freights and
small profits; burlington complained that
farmers sons and best labor are leaving the
farm; Camden complained Of the milk law.
Atlantic chronieled the rotting OF much
fruit Of all kinds, the past season; Cnmaer-
land reported dairy interest increasing aud
stock being improved; Gloucester reported
poultry product large aad growing; Han
tendon reported the New Jersey Fruit TX
change, opened August 3lSt, a success Gin
stead OF selling through commission deaf
ers. the farmers met buyers from cities far
and near at the Exehange); Middiesex re-
ported a fairly prosperous season; Sussex
ceautY Is satisfied with the present MhE
law.
\. ]. Rider, OF the American Cranberry
Growers Association, read the report OF
that organization, in which the difference
between the Jersey and other standard
quarts was referred tn. After great deal
OF discussion Mr. Rider was directed to re
port a resolution looking to the adoption
Of national standard of weights aud
measures. The report WAS adopted and
ordered printed in the annual report
The Chair appointed the necessary com
mitiees and the Board then took recess
until o'clock, when the Committee on
Credentials rendered a partial report,
which was adopted The following com
mittec to nominate officers for the Board
the members present from each county
naming their own representatives was
then appointed: Herman Irisch, Of At
lantie; Alfred Satterihwaite. OF Buriins
ton; Eiwoad Evans. OF Camden; Thomas
T.. Hunt, of Cumberland; William Dix,
Sr., Of Essex; Thomas Borton, of Essex
Joseph lIaserman, of Monmouth; w. +,
Ely, es Morris; Edwin l.. Borton, OF
salem; Joha DeMott. of Somerset; vii
liam A. styles, OF Sussex; Dennis c. Craze,
Of Union; Charles " idell Of Hudson
Caleb Wyckoif, OF Tarren; Henry P. sim
mons. OF l'assaie.
Hon. Edward iarroagh, OF camben.
President Of the Board. then made an All
dress, IN which he said: "The work of the
Board Is expanding and the necessity for
permanent location for its headquarters =
imperative. We long for the completion
Of the new portion OF our capitol in ordel
to get properly at wcrk and keep tn