The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-02
DOES FARMING PAY2
Complaints Are General
from All the Southern
Counties.
DEAR LABOR AID THE RAINFALL.
Views Of Leading Jersey Agricul-
turists on the Depression, It's
Causes and Remedies.
speeial . II saaelag lfor..s..q Ne.g..


Special 10 tie sunday 5forssssg Nesos.
TRENTON, Feb. I, lss0.-The New Jersey
Board Of state Agriculture has inst closed
its seventeenth annual meeting. The
Board was in session three days, and dur
ing that time papers were read upon the
various phases of farming, ferfilizing and
stock raising, and thoroughly discussed
after being read. Through al the papers
and discussions there ran one theme like
a dark colored thread through the wool
Of bright fabric. ana that was the de-
pressed state OF the agricultural interests
Of the State.
Everyone had something to say of the
struggle the farmer now has to wrest
livelihood from his acres. Of the depressed
value o. farm lands, and as MANY causes
were assigned for this state Of affairs as
there were speakers. Sentiment pre-
vailed that although the condition of the
agriculturists Of New Jersey is not as
good as could be wished, stiH il is no
worse than that Of other farmers IN the
New England and Atlantic States, and
fer more comfortable than many in the
Western States. As an agricultural State
New Jersey possesses many advantages.
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OF her crops, the quality of her prodnc-
ton and the value Of her lands are the
envy Of many Of ner sister States.
ALL OVER THE STATE
asked Mr. Edward Burrough, of Cam
den, president Of the Board how FAR this
depression extended and to what causes
it was to be attributed
q All over the State, he replied to my
first question, there is not county in
the State which has not felt the depres
sion aud it is attributed 20 various
causes.
While our condition as agricultural
lists is not as good as l could have wished
1t to be, there is at least a consolation
that we are not worse off than our brother
farmers of the Atlantic and New England
States, and far more comfortable than
many IN the Western States. As an ag
rieultuEal state, New Jersey has many
advantages, and the energy OF her farm
ers. the yield of her crops, the quality of
her production and value Of her lands are
the envy Of mang Of her sister states. not
WiIbstandInC the iuuendOs so freely Law
ished upon her By her critics
From Trenton 70 Crosswick' S. around
Jobstown and toward Haddonfield, near
Gloucester, Camden and Salem, is q strip
of very fertile land Old DR.. Cook used
20 say there IS not another strip in the
country which viii yield more per acre
under an equal degree Of cultivation
than that will. Even that portion of the
State along the shore which has given
New Jersey the reputationot being sandy
can be made productive. Vineland and
Hammonton are two cities which have
sprung up IN the waste, and around them
is produced grapes from which is made
some of the finest wines in the United
States There has been steady depres-
sion in farm values since 1873, for which
there are various causes.
DEAR LABOR
"Chief among these IS the excessive
cost OF labor. which has advanced to q
sum beyond reason. Then again the de-
yelopment of the coast trade has injured
us. and vegetables and fruits are brought
TO the Philadelphia and New York mar
kets 10 compete with US at prices We can
not touch.
Another cause has been the great mig
take of our legislation that there has been
no official source established from which
agricultural statistics, advantages Of loca-
ton. quality of soil and its adaptabihty
TO all kinds of crops can be ascertained-
Our agricultural wealth aud prosperity
has been maintained solely upon its own
merits and the keen perception OF those
who cross our borders.
'sThe fact that reports sent out to foreign
| countries have always stimulated en-
! quiries is proof OF this assertion.
New Jersey has remained quiet aud al
/ lowed other states TO advertise anu pro
claim their advantages and the result has
4 been that emigration has flowed through
our territory to aspromised Eidorado in
the far w est only TO ind. when too late.
! that their dream Of prosperity early ae-
quired is not realized. The Inducements
held out by railroads TO sell the lands OBJ
tanned from the Government and by the
interruptions land agents has tended 10
diminish our farming population
''Our LEGISLATORS should wake up the to
I fact and take notice of the state OF affairs
which new exist. 1t is only q matter OF
time when New Jersey viii be like her
4 New England sisters, and will have a
number of abandoned farms upon her
hands. and then they viii discover that a
committee Of emigration viii be neces-
sity.
DRESSED BEEF
Perhaps the most damaging menace
to the farmers of New Jersey and the
Eastern States is the dressed beef indus
try of Chicago and Kansas City. That
giant monopoly is ike au octopus, whose
strong arms has reached every city anu
/ village. Ii q dairyman has an animal
I that is Improbable he cannot afford to
I fatten it, because he has 10 market for it,
So he has to sell il to bologna butcher
for nominal sum.
.''The same influence that prevents the