The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-08
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county was IG5uiHEu.
Mr. p. II. Jacobs, editor Of the Poultry
heepef. Hammonton, was introduced to the
Board. and gave an Interesting address on
THE Poultry Interest in New Jersey"
lie claims that the township of Hammon-
ton produces more han any other town
ship in the State. He also claims that the
poultry interest is the only one that annot
he controlled by trusts and combinations,
and that more poultry can be raised from
one acre Of ground in Hammonton han
from one hundred acres of farm land in any
other part of the State.
AIr. Baker, Of Cumberland, presented
the report of the State Premium Commit
tee, showing astonishing yields Of various
crops throughout the State, among which
may be mentioned a yield OF 9034 pounds
of grapes from n acre, which sold for
$3.50 &c; 1911 quarts of raspberries from
one acre, 97S bushels of apples from three
acres; IT'S baskets of tomatoes from two
acres: 24,S00 quarts of milk from IL COWS;
81 tons per acre of timothy hay from five
acres; q tons per acre Of clover hay from
five acres; 1876 bushels Of rye from five
acres; 379a bushels of potatoes from one
acre; 9446 heads of cabbage from two
acres; G10 bushels of onions per acre.
In regard to the recommendation OF The
Harris bill, now before the Legislature,
providing q jury trial for persons dealing
in oleomargarine, the committee reports
adversely, believing the present law had
best be left as it is.
In the matter of the bill for the estab-
lishment of a Meteorological Bureau in the
State of New Jersey, to be supported by
State appropriations, the committee re-
ports fsvorably.
Major Henry Z. Afford, Director of the
Maryland Experiment Station, was intro
duced by Vice President Ward and opened
a discussion Oh 'The Present Status of the
Ensilage Question He stated that silos
may be built from any description of build
ing material, at a cost varying from 81 to
50 or more per ton capacity, and also claims
that the cost of such silo storage is less
than any other form Of farm storage.
Major Alvord was followed by Mr.. E. B.
Voorhees, with a paper on eThe Chemical
Features of the Silo."
Mr.. p. 7. Quinn, of Newark, followed
with an address on "The Advantages and
Improvements of Agricultural Fairs" and
recommends that the managers of the sew
eral fairs throughout the State or through
out the country meet at least once q year
to compare notes, and thus gain an ex-
p~erienee that can only be extensively
bought otherwise by years of failure in
man cases.
The Committee on Tax Laws, appointed
at the last meeting, reported thatthe farm
ers of the State are carrying frop three to
six times their just taxation, and they re-
commend that q law be passed that all
obligations held and not reported 20 the
assessors shall be null and void, ard that
no recovery shall be had for such obliga-
lions when not reported.
j. Walter Pancoast, of our county, one
of the committee, presented a minority re-
port, III which he states that the adoption
of the Henry George theory of the taxation
of land would be to the best interests of
the farmers.
Mr.. Pancoast was followed by Judge
Forsythe in a few we'll chosen remarks,
calling on the Legislature to pass such
laws as will provide for the taxation of
property of all classes of whatever char
acter.
Professor P. T. Austin followed with an
able and instructive address on the Past,
Present and Future of Scientific Agricul-
ture." He claims that the time is coming
when sawdust will form one of the compo-
nent parts of the cows food, and stated
that a chemist friend of his recently fed his
whole family for quite a while ON sawdust
cakes, with good results and a great saw
ing of capital.
Austin G.. Apgar, Professor of Natural
Sciences, Trenton, was next introduced to
the Board, and spoke entertainingly on
''The Study of Plant Life in Our Schools"
Mr.. Il. d. Voorhees,, of New Brunswick,
made an exhaustive report on 'Tbe New
Jersey Experiment Stations past years
work and some outline of future work.
NJ & p Ko+afo ffJairnap of tba
committee appointed to inspect the State
College, presented his report, showing that
the opposition had been laboring under a
misapprehension as to the work done. The
committee believe the money expended in
this way makes as good a return as any
money expended by the State of New
Jersey.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
as follows:
On the resolution of the Salem County
Board, recommending that a standard
measure for milk be adopted, the commit
tee reports favorably, but, inasmuch as a
standard for liquid measure is already es-
tablished by law, no further action was
taken.
The resolution offered by Sussex county
in regard to taxation and freight rates was
reported favorably, the committee recon-
mending that a railroad commission be
appointed to regulate freight and passen-
ger rates.
The resolution offered by Morris county,
asking that q law be passed assessing the
cost of draining overlooked lands in the
State on all parties in the vicinity of such
land benefited by such drainage, instead OF
by those owning the lands drained, was
reported favorably and referred to the Ex-
ecutiye Committee for action.
A resolution from Salem county, asking
that the present standard of solids required
by tho milk laws of the State be repealed,
was reported adversely.
At the evening session President Bur
roughs introduced Congressman Buchanan
as Chairman, who in a few well chosen re-
marks. introduced the Hon, J. D. Taylor,
the speaker of the evening, who spoke on
five different heads: 1.-THE Education of
the Indian and Colored Population of the
South, . '.The Dangerous Element of Emil
grafton - THE Home Market for Farmers
and its Protection .'rhe Question of
Coinage in its Bearings Towards Agricul-
ture, and son the, Depletion of Our Tim
Der Tracts in this Country, with the Work
Being Done by Foreign Countries to Re
place the Waste of Timber
He was followed by Mr.. Buchanan. who
outlined the present situation in Congress
with regard to the bill providing for the
representation of Agriculture in the Cabi-
net, also of the efforts made, without sue
cess, to repeal the Oleomargarine law and
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