The Monitor-register., 1897-12-10

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10 Patrons Hall, Mullica Hill, on Mon
day, and was largely attended by farmers
from all sections of the county, who
| participated in the discussions of the
various subjects with considerable vim.
The session was called to order by
President Albert Heritage. After the
transaction of routine business, a COM
mittee was appointed to name officers for
the ensuing year, and reported as follows:
President, William III. Hoffman; Vice
President, Charles Turner; Secretary,
Elmer Bradshaw: Treasurer, Theodore
Brown; Executive Committee, Albert
Heritage, B. Frank Rulon, Beulah
Gardiner, Annie Bradshaw, George G.
Tonkins; Delegate to State Board of
Agriculture, George Il. Horner; Delegate
to State horticultural Society, Henry W.
Ridgway.
The first subject dioussed was, "What
are the best varieties of corn for this
section and the best mode of culture?"
Amos Gardiner opened the discussion.
He said he had enjoyed success from
selecting corn from a light crop. Yellow
corn was, in his opinion, the best variety.
AS to the growing of corn, he said there
I were certain conditions which had to be
treated. He thought it a fallacy to cling
to the idea of f'plowing deep and having
corn to keep" He plowed shallow and
cultivated light, although many OF his
fellow-farmers disagreed with his
methods; but he generally had a large
crop. One year he cut 900 bushels from
ten acres and another year 800 bushels
| from six acres.
A discussion ensued as to the best
| varieties of yellow corn, the opinion pre-
vsiling that, although hardly distinguish
able, the varieties were numerous. The
speaker admonished the farmers not to
trespass on their corn fields during a wet
| season. Travelling over the fields after
a rain oft times produced a seal ded
yield. On this point there was a diversity
of opinion, the conclusion being arrived
at that the soil conditions governed the
blights and yield.
The question of SHOW Can we Best
Secure the Building of Trolley Roads
Along the Principal Highways of Our
| County," provoked an animated dis
c~ussion, and was marked by some sharp
tits among the Changers.
Elmer Bradshaw said the farmer
didn't. want the trolley on the highway;
they did want it on the side of the road,
and he was in favor of the farmers
making some concessions to the
promoters OF trolley roads, and thereby
open up their lands to the inspection of
the outside world. He tioaghtTit vas
a source of business to the farmer to
have any system of rapid transit in his
locality.
Theodore Brown, of Swedesboro, said :
''There is sufficient room on the roadside
for the operation of a trolley road, even
if some of the farmers had to teal down
| their fences" He advocated the county
building the road for the benei of the
residents of the rural districts.
William Hoffman. of Clsrksboro, said
the trolley would be a blessing to the
farmer if it were built in the middle of
the road. where itswould take the place
of the burdensome stone roads, which are
eating up the profits of the farmers in
taxes.
"We growl," continued the spe aker,
''about tn 9 bloated bondholders and the
corporation men, but there is just where
we make a mistake. We should take the
place of the money men, build the road
ourselves and enjoy the .pEofits. We are
the people to owns& trolley road, when
we get ready to build one, and then we
can spend our time hurting abuse at our
own people for their monopolistic
methods. What we need is a spirit of
progressiveness in the matter of public inn
proVements and the trolley wiiEoome into
our communities a welcome and profit
able visitor to us all. The idea preva-
roads should be built on the side of the
road is entirely wrong, as it works injury
to one and benefits his neighbor across
the street." szae sse
William H. Borton said he was not
intieely favorable to the trolley, beeaase
the roadway existed long before the
trolleys, and was designedtespeeially for
wagon travel. He thought the trolley
com panies wanted the earth for nothing,
and ne could not make any distinction
betw cen the steam road and trolley road.
The former paid for everything and the
latter wanted everything for nothing, and
wanted the farmer to pay for it.
Henry Ridgwsy said it was N error for
the farmer to oppose the entrance Of the
trolley road to his section. He was simply
driving prosperity away from. him by
refusing to listen to the propositions of
the railway promoters.
One farmer provoked laughter by say
ing that if the trolley only brought more
city folks among them it was better not
to build it, because they had seen too
much of city folks for the good Of their
| pooket-books.
The consensus of opinion appeared
favorable to the building of the trolley
in the middle of the road, despite the
arguments of several leading Changers
that trolley companies did not want
their teams on their road, and would de-
wise some scheme to drive them in the
s'mud."
Following the discussion of the yexed
trolley question Secretary Sithens read d
communication from a comp any Offering
to submit plans and specifications for the
construction of a trolley road through
the farming districts, but the matter was
tabled indefinitely, the opinion prevail
ing that the time was not ripe for any
| further action.
Theodore Brown called the attention
of the Changers to the efforts of veteri-
nary surgeons to have a bill passed by
the Legislature compelling farmers to
have their COWS registered and sub
mitted to the tuberculin test. He said it
~"7a against the farmer to enrich
Re thought if the
ssive the surgeons
5heir cattle. He
n excellent
onoy New Jersey
| passed into the manu.. She veterinar-
ians it would be wis., : the dairy
man to go out of the business, else the
| surgeons would ruin them. Besides, the
speaker argued that it had never been
proven by any medical science that the
milk from COWS had ever transmitted
tnberoulin to the human being.
B. F. Rulon, a large dairy owner, said
the farmers would have to Eight the pro-
moters of the scheme in the halls of
legislation, as they did a year ago. 1t
was meant as q blow to the farmers, who
| the veterinarians looked upon as not
capable of taking care Of their business.
After a prolonged discussion a Legis-
lative Committee, consisting of William
Fl. Hoffman, Theodore Brown, Joseph
T. Carter and Aaron Borton, was ap-
| pointed to take such action as they
deemed advisable for the protection of
the dairymen.
The finest all wool suits ever offered to
the trade at Grier & Boone's.
In the Tolls at Last.
Our readers will readily recall the fat
ter of excitement that was created about
town in the closing days of October last,
when it was rumored around that Joshua
| W. While had gone off with Mary Camp
| bell, and the vain efforts of Constable
| Coles and the mother of the girl, who
followed them as soon as their going was
known, to appreheDd them in Philadelphia
While returned home in a day or so, and,
when questioned, said he knew nothing
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and denied having gone away with her.
Harry Gnnmhs tha Guardian of the