Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1889-12-19

COWS, and be industrious seven days in
week, and we will find dairy farming
successful.
Then followed the excellent paper
of Mr.. Decou, an interesting discussion
In which, quite a NUN Der of those pres
ent took part. The session afterward
adjourned until afternoon.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The attendance at the Farmers
Institute Monday afternoon was con-
siderably larger than in the morning,
and the interest manifested was much
greater. The Institute is the first
one ever held in this county, and its
novelty attracted many farmers, who
went away from its sessions feeling
that they had been we'll repaid for
their trouble in making the visit.
Farmers were present from all over
this part of the county, and practical
ideas were cleaned from practical men
who have made some particular part of
the farming industry, a special study.
menced until about two o'clock.
The order of business was slightly
changed around, and the Chairman
introduced as the first subject The
Place of the Incubator on the farm"
with G. NJ. Jordan, of Hammonton, as
speaker. This gentleman presented
most complete paper upon the sub
ject. His experiences as related We're
very interesting, as to many of the
farmers the subject was something
they had not given any particular at
tentionto. Hegave as an Introductory
the plan of a Hammonton farmer who
commenced the business of raising
chickens on a very small scale, and
now after few years of very hard
work, is one of the largest producers
in the State, and depends wholly up
on the business for a living. In Ham
monitor 10000 to 10000 chicks have
been raised a year, and farmers are
turning their attention to this im-
portant branch.
The speaker said that the only asso
citation in the State that had ever done
anything for the business, was the one
organized in this city, and which last
year gave one of the best shows ever
exhibited. He wanted all farmers to
patronize it, and they could thus get
most accurate idea of the work of the
incubator, one of the greatest inven-
tions of the age. The speaker said far
mers should turn their attention to
this important Industry. He offered
practical experience to prove that the
incubator was far superior to the hen.
He quoted from a letter, which sta
ted that the writer each year was do
ing more poultry raising and less farm
ing. The speaker said that the busi-
ness was not overdone, and prices to-
day were as large as any time during
the war. 1t was the opinion of P. H.
Jacobs, of the Poultry Keeper, that the
time of the hen as a mother and setter
was over, and the farmer who only
raised a few for eggs, would in the fu-
ture be raised by the incubator. He
held that the farmer had more room
for incubators than they had for set
ting hens. After the paper was read
Mr. Jordan answered a number of
inquirers from the audience,
The Pleasure and Profit of Poultry
Raising" was the next subject dis
cussed. The speaker was j. Wilton
Hill, President of the State Poul-
try Association. The gentleman was
an enthusiast, and he impressed the
audience with the cold facts he pre-
ducsd to prove that poultry raising
was one of great profit, and one in
which every farmer should indulge as
far as possible. 1t was with the
speaker great pleasure to raise poul-
try, and of course being profitable,
made it doubly pleasant. There were
a number of poultry fanciers in the
room, and many interesting points
were learned from the questions they
asked, and points that were brought
up in the discussion. The poultry in
dustry certainly got big boom yes
terday afternoon at the Farmers In
stitute.
The ladies next had an opportunity,
and to the credit of Mrs. J. D. Mech,
who spoke on the H ealth and beauty in
the Home be it said, that there was
no more interesting speaker before the
Institute, nor one that held better the
attention of her listeners She said
that health makes wealth, and while
we do not entirely control it, yet we
have in a measure something TO do
with it. She claim ed that it was the wife
that was the guardian OF the public
health, and without her aid neither
children nor wife could have good
health. No matter how scienced the
husband is, it is the wife who must
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