The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-26
Board of Agriculture.

Board of Agriculture.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Salem County Board of Agriculture was
held in McAllister's Hall on Wednesday
afternoon with good attendance present.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Richman Coles, and the minutes
of the last meeting read and approved.
The experiment in which the relative
worth Of phosphoric acid from bone and
that from South Carolina Rock is being
tried, made last year on wheat, has been
continued this year on grass, and Fl. G.
Perry gave the figures as obtained from
his plot The showing from the plot con-
tanning bone black was the best.
Edward Burroughs, President Of the
State Board of Agriculture, was introduce
cd, and presented an interesting address on
the subject of our agricultural imports. He
followed with some remarks On How to
keep the boys on the farm, and rising
vote of thanks was moved for the able
talks
A discussion followed on the question
do commercial fertilizers pay?s raised
by B. F. Strengthen, who doubted the Wis
dom or economy of their use. Mr.. Miller
was decidedly of the opinion that their use
paid, recommending animal bone for corn
and kainet and rock for grass. J. Walter
Pancoast stated that he could not raise
crops without using them, even if the crops
raised by their use did not pay. Empson
Atkinson thought that the trouble was
that farmers often had toe many acres,
and were too sparing with the use of fer
tiliZers. The trouble with New York
manure, he said, vas that it was very
often the means Of starting a crop of Can
ada thistles, the seeds. being conveyed in
the manure
Mr.. Atkinson said that the crop of foul
weeds now seeding, such as carrot, null
lein, thistle, ETC., should be attended to by
farmers, and their fences cleaned up.
Plantain was mentioned by VIM. H. Coles
as being about the worst of the noxious
weeds, and Mr.. Burroughs stated that an
application of not gas lime would kill it.
3. +. Strengthen allows no weeds on his
farm, but owing to negligence of neigh
bors his fences must be cleaned up every
year. Enforce the present laws in this
connection and much of the ili-effects win
be remedied. Mr.. Burroughs called at
tention to the cockle-bnrr, or burd0ck,
which is giving the farmers in the upper
part of the State considerable trouble, and
unless checked viii become serious. He
recommended hot gas lime for the exter-
mination of the Canada thistle Mr.. Mil
Ter thought that weeds propagate in many
fields by keeping them too long in sward.
Plow frequently and they will disappear.
J. Walter Pancoast called attention to
the dog law passed by the legislature last
winter, of which the following is a copy.
Supplement- TO an act entitled. "An Act for
protection against mad dogs" approved
/. BE it enacted by the senate ana General
Assembly of the state of New Jersey, That
the Common Council Of any Incorporated city
OF town, and the township committee Of any
township of this state, are hereby authorized
and empowered to appoint one or more per
Sons in their respective cities. towns or town
ships, with full powerandauthority to killany
dog, male or female, found running at large
without q mnzzle, within such cities towns or
townships, after proclamation shall have
been ISSUED IN pursuance OF the nIst section
OF an act to which this Is 4 supplement, and
such person OF persons so appointed shall have
1uli power and authority ara are hereby
authorized to kill any dog. male or female.
foundrunning at large within their res pectiye
cities, towns or townships in which such proc
lalnaiion shall nave been issued. after said
proclamation shall have been issued one
day; provided that nothing in this act shall
empower orauthoriZe said officer 10 Kill any
dog or dogs accompanied by the owner or
owners of said dog ordogs.
Approved March 25, lss.i.
Mr.. Paneoast offered the following,
which, after considerable discussion was
carried, two voting in the negative.
Novel, JnaJ t5e cttieiH Co. EoafG OF AgrleNi-
ture request the town councils of the cities
and boroughs. and the township committees
Of the various townships of salem county to
Immediately enforce the provisions of the
present dog law.
In the discussion which this motion &C.
casioned, some took the ground that the
law was unjust to dogs that were always
home and we're used as rat or watch dogs,
and that such should be exempt from its
provisions. Others remarked that they
did not know of dog that was always at
home. 3. f. Strengthen thought the law
impracticable, as farmers must hunt mp
the authorized dog killer when dogs did
damage to their sheep or fiocks. N. d.
Dickinson called attention to the fact that
as the wording of the law designated zone
or more" persons, it would be legal for the
Borough Council or Township Committee
to authorize the whole community TO kill
dogs under the provisions Of the statute
in which case Edw. L. Borton said that be
would, for the first time in his life, apply
for an office.
Interesting talks on trusts, agricul-
tural imports, etc, were INDUCED in by the
members, and the meeting adjourned to
meet in the Court House at Salem, Oct.
Esd, hour to be announced later.