The Penn's Grove record., 1892-02-05
VENTS AND JUPIgER,


seen, if not cloudy. two very bright
stars very close to each other. The
brighter is Jupiter, the largest planet
revolving around the sun, and the lesser
is Venus, the planet nearest and called
a sister TO the earth.
The conjunction of these two planets
comes nearer being all occultation a
very rare occurrence between two plan
cts, of which there are few instances OIL
record. The moon occults every month
all the stars and planets that lie in her
pathway. Planets sometimes occult
stars, but a planet occulting "a planet,
or even coming as near as Venus does
to Jupiter, is "A phenomenon to be Ie-
| membered for a lifetime. Observers Oh
| this portion of the earth's domain will
greatly regret thatpur celestial neigh
bors did not choosJ u more favorable
hour for the exhibition, and give us an
| occultatinn instead of Il conjunction.
While these two stars look to be less
than a foot apart yet they ale over
four hundred million miles apart. Ven
us is near the size of the earth being
1900 miles in diameter, is &c million
miles from the sun and revolves around
the sun in y months. The earth re
wolves 81 million miles from the sun
Jupiter is 5000 miles in diameter, is
| AIS million miles from the suit and re-
wolves around it in II years. Jupiter is
the largest of all the planets revolving
around the san like the earth and its
| volume exceeds the SUN of all others, of
which the earth is one.
No one knows but that heaven or hell
is situated Oh these planets.
Salem county Board Of Agriculture.
The annual meeting of tie Salem
County Board of Agriculture was held
in McAllister's Hall, WOodstOwn, IN
Wednesday of last week. President
Richman Coles presided.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Rich
man Coles; Vice. president, Moses I. M.
| Garrison; Secretary, II. G. Perry; Trea-
surer, J. Walter Pancoast. Board of
| Directors-W }. Ag. & Horticultural
Association, NJ ID. Dickinson; Salem
| Co. Pomona Grange, Jos. l.. Duell;
Friesburg Grange, Chas Loveland;
Woodstown Grange, Edw. l.. Borton;
Courses Landing Grange, +. Atkinson.
Legislative Committee, Edwin l.. Col
son, Adam S. Graf, ]. Walter Pancoast.
The l~reasurer's report showed the re-
ceipts for the past year to have been
SIG. "a, while the expenditures were
Sl03. 60, leaving a balance of $12. "a, to
which is added $50 contributed by the
State Board of Agriculture.
The annual dues were placed at fifty
cents per member for the coming year.
Empson Atkinson made a report of
the success of the late Farmers Insti-
tute, and he was given a vote of thanks
for bis efforts in promoting its success.
Moses 4. NJ. Garrison, delegate to the
meeting of the State Horticultural So
cieiy, held in Trenton in December,
gave an interesting account Of the pro-
ceedings, as did also Adam S. Graf, of
the recent meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture, % which he was a del
| egate.
Mr.. j. NJ. Wright, of New Bruins
wick, was present by invitation and
read an excellent paper on "Asparagus
| Culture Tor Profit" He said there
we're five requirements for success in
this production. Suitable soil, proper
preparation of ground and plenty of
root, thorough cultivation, amount and
kind OF plant food applied at the proper
time; and marketing the product. lie
thought the soil of Salem county adap'
ted to the culture of asparagus. Some
ulScuSSloH l"'io"ou, III "hicil Sohie III
TEL resting information was brought out.
j. Walter Pancoast suggested that
the Board recommend repairs or adj
ditions to the Court House at Salem,
with an adequate system of heat and
ventilation at an expense not to exceed
$4,000 or 1000. The discussion
that followed turned on another ques.
ton, ana the Court House improvement
was not pressed.
The next meeting will be held Elmer.
April 27th.
Yick's Floral Guide, 1892.
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