The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-01
Fl
state Eoard of Agriculture.

The eighteenth annual meeting of the
New Jersey State Board of Agriculture
| convened ia the State House at Trenton on
| Wednesday. The meeting was called t.
order by the President, Hon. Edward Bur
roughs, of Camden, who in a few we'll
chosen remarks congratulated the Board
on the success attending their efforts fol
| the improvements and advances made il
agricultural pursuits during the past year,
The delegates present represented nearly
every County Board of Agriculture in tht
State, as well as the various Oranges
State Horticultural Society, American
| Cranberry Growers Association, Expert.
ment Station, Board of Visitors of the
Agricultural College, and the Geological
Survey.
The reading of the minutes Of the last
session was dispensed with, and the pub
lished reports of the business of the SEES
sions were distributed to the members OF
the Board and delegates.
The report of the Executive Committee
showed encouraging progress made in all
matters relating to the work of the Board
throughout tho past year. Over COCO cop
les of the reports of the State Board were
printed and distributed among the men,
bers Of the different county Boards and
those interested in agricultural pursuits.
The committee also reported that the
matter of reduction Of postage on fourth
class Notwithstanding seeds, plants, etc.,
which was referred to the committee atthe
last session, had been formally acted upon,
and such reduction had become q law.
President Burrough announced the fol-
lowing committees:
Credentials-M. ID. Dickinson, Salem; ].
II IsaIIrs, Eccax. ~ q Crsna IFnion
Resolutions-Ralph Eye, Mercer; d. ID.
Denise, Monmouth; ID. c. Lewis, Middle
sex.
observation-disclosures Borton, Gloucester;
Alfred Satterthwaite, Burlington; Elwood
Evans, Camden.
Reports of Officers = d. G. VOORHEES,,
Somerset; w. f. Ely, Morris; Thomas E.
Hunt, Cumberland.
County Board Reports. w. Dickin-
son, Salem; II. Y. Bodine, Hunterdon; V.
I. Hoffman, Atlantic.
The reports of the committees from four
teen County Boards of Agriculture in the
State show an increased interest in the
work of the State Board Of Agriculture,
tho State Agricultural College and the
State experiment station.
A report from Atlantic county says that
''there is not a self-sustaining farm in the
county, The great mass of complaints
of the farmers in almost every part of the
State is that interest and taxes ara too high,
cost of railroad transportation too heavy,
and the profits of the middlemen too great.
The general reports from the various
County Boards show that there is a large
increase in milk producing and fruit grow
ing, especially in peach growing and berry
raising.
Sheep growing is reported to be steadily
on the decline, owing. it is claimed, to the
large number of dogs and the tax laws ol
the State in relation to the sheep-killing
animals.
In relation to farm help, it is claimed
that the greater number are single men,
very unreliable. and generally demanding
too high wages. Help is reported scarce.
But little sickness is reported among the
cattle, and the fatality small. Insects are
reported on the increase, and their depre-
dations to growing crops becoming more
harassing W it'll each succeeding year.
A. w. Pearson, of Nineiand, gave an III
teresting explanation Of a spraying ma
chine. largely in use among the farmers
and frnit growers Ia that section Of Cum
berland county. for spraying liquids on
! plants for the purpose of killing destruet-
| i've insects. A practical exhibition of the
| machine was giTea in the State House
yard after adjournment.
At the afternoon session Colonel +. ~
Curtis. eff New York, addressed the board
GA the Possibilities Of the Dairy The
speaker referred at great length to the
| various kinds Of food given TO cattle sheer
and swine, and urged npoa all classes o.
farmers the advantage TO be derived from
feeding silape to their stock. Ia corr
| silage white Virginia corn WAS pronounced
to be the best, using both the stalks ant
| corn, MIR. Curtis used several charts IL