The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
Board Of

Honse at Salem on Wednesday. The
meeting was called to order by the Presi-
den Richman Coles, at half past ten, and
the minutes of the last meeting were read
and adopted.
II. G. Perry, one of the committee ap-
pointed to experiment with the relative
value of phosphoric acid as produced from
bone, and that produced from South Caro-
lima rock, made a report of the results from
8 plots of wheat sowed Oct. 10, 1887, three
OF which were planted with no fertilizers,
three with bone black, and three with acid
phosphate. The report showed the best
results from the plots to which acid phos-
phate was applied. These experiments
were made under the direction of the State
Experimental Station, and detailed results
of the same will be published in the annual
report of that institution.
B. F. Strengthen recommended that more
frequent meetings of the Board be held
during the winter months, in parts of the
| county where the board had held no pre-
vious meetings.
The question of the 47-quart milk cans,
which our farmers are compelled to fill and
sell for 40 quarts, and which was discussed
at the last meeting, was brought up and
further discussion had.
Reeves Flitcraft brought up the Subject
of cows losing their calves, by abortion,
and desired a discussion of the subject and
a remedy suggested, if any was known.
Richard NJ. Acton, Jr., P. II. Jacobs, and
NJ. D.. Dickinson spoke on the subject. Mr..
Acton recommended taking from the herd
the COWS which lose their calves, keeping
them isolated for several days, where their
droppings cannot infect the rest of the
herd. Mr.. Jacobs related the conclusion
reached at by a dairyman's meeting which
he had attended, which was that the trou.
BILE was doubtless a contagious disease and
could be transmitted by the ~droppings of
the animal.
The Board then adjourned for dinner,
and the afternoon session commenced at
half past one O'Clock, with a larger attend
ance present than at the morning session.
II. M. Dubois was elected delegate to the
State Board of Agriculture for two years,
the time of J. Walter Pancoast having ex-
PRED.
President Richman Coles reported that
he had been informed that the peach ex-
change in Hunterdon county had been sue
~cessful. Lewis Schaible reported hat the
exchanges in the peach growing section of
Delaware had not proved a success. The
members of the Board were then entertain
ed with an able paper on poultry raising,
by p. II. Jacobs, of Hammonton, editor of
the P0ultry Keeper. We thought to present
this article to our readers this week, but
space will not allow it.
After reading this able article Mr.. ia
cobs stated that he was prepared to an
swera any questions that might be asked on
this s%uject, and much interesting and valu-
able information was ELECTED in this way.
Mr.. Jacobs stated that many of the grow
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cause of the vermin. which cannot be kept
off of the Young chickens: that poultry
raising as carried on there will nav all the
wear around. but will weld a less per cent
| ACE of proft in summer than in winter:
| that he never knew of a case of cholera or
gapes IN his vicinity, and attributed the
same to the sandy soil and the quickness
with which rain sinks into the earth carry
ing all the impurities of the poultry yard
with it. In answer to a question as to how
lone If would take to raise a chicken for
market. he stated that he had known a.
nlne-w eeks-old chicken to weigh, dressed.
two pounds. and a Pekin duck. ten weeks
old. had weighed five pounds when mar
keted. He divided hens into two divisions,
settlers and non-setters, and said that nj
trooenous food. such as lean meat, milk,
clover. and bran would produce LAYERS,
while carbonaceous food, such as grain,
would directly result in producing a good
sitting hen. The average loss of chickens
by the incubator process, he stated was
about fifteen out of every hundred, and the
total cost of raising chickens from ten to
twelve cents per pound. In conclusion
Mr.. Jacobs extended an earnest invitation
to the members of the Board to visit Ham
monitor and inspect this industry, promis-
ing to make their visit as entertaining as
lay in his power.
On motion, a rising vote of thanks was
extended to Mr.. Jacobs for his interesting
paper and talk.
J. Walter Pancoast, of the committee to
solicit subscriptions for the purchase of a
blooded stallion, reported that twenty-nlne
shares of stock, at S25 per share, had been
pledged. Descriptions of Kentucky stock
which has been offered the Board were read
AID the committee continued.
j. Walter Pancoast offered the following
resolution:
Reossued, That we ask the State Board of
Agriculture to request the Legislature to so
change the existing milk law as to abolish any
required per cent. OF solids, and make it SINH
lar to English law, by providing for frequent
analysis of samples, taken without warning
and the publication thereof in the public
press
In discussing the resolution a member
stated that he did not think dairymen
should be afraid of the milk law that it