Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-09
COUNTY BOARD OF AGRicuL-
TURE.
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN DISCUSSED
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

The annual meeting of the Gloucester
County Board of Agriculture was held in
Patrons Hall, Mnllica Hill, last Monday
afternoon, with large attendance, Pres
ident Albert Heritage, presiding The
routine business consisted in report of the
late Institute, and in paying bills. The
expense of the two days Institute was
$500, and after paying this, and bills Of
the year, the Board has an unexpended
balance of $10.69. The President appointed
George Gaunt, Joseph 7. Carter, VIM. H.
Borden, E. 7. Ridgway and David Brown a
committee on nomination of officers, and
while these were performing that duty, the
topic, What are the best varieties of corn
for this section, and the best mode of Gull
tiVating it'' was discussed by Amos Gardi-
ner. 1t was his experience, he said, there
was but one variety of corn that was grown
as general crop there was popcorn,
sweet corn and white corn, but the yellow
corn was generally grown, and he was not
aware of but one variety of that. He had
grown it for forty years with uniform sue
cess. Hs selected his seed As to corn
culture, it would be difficult to Tell his
hearers anything new, because all were
familiar with it. If the soil was heavy and
rich he plowed deeper than if it was poor,
and cultivated the ground level.
Albert Heritage said that if corn was
cultivated when the soil was wet, nine
cases out of ten scalded corn would be the
result.
building of trolley roads along the princi-
pal highways of the county, was discussed
with considerable vigor. Elmer E. Brad
shaw said he was in favor OF the trolley
coming into country districts, but not in
the middle of the road. They should come
beside the fence line; indeed, fences could
be moved back little, and there would be
plenty of land left, and to spare
Theo. Brown thought they should be
built under county oversight.
VIM. 81. Hoffman said they should be
built in the middle of the road and nowhere
else. He said individuals favored them on
the road side when the line was on the
opposite side from his own domicile, but if
on the same side they changed their opinion
The middle of the road was fair to every
body, and with double tracks the burden
OF stone road construction could be mate
rally lightened He thought the roads
should be built by the farmers who should
make the profit if there was profit, and
themselves become bond holders and
monopolists.
| At this point the Nominating Committee
returned, and their report being read was
adopted and the nominees unanimously
elected, as follows:-
President, William FL. Hoffman Vice
President, Charles Turner Secretary Elmer
Bradshaw; Treasurer, Theodore Brown !;
| Executive Committee, Albert Heritage, B.
| Frank Rulon. Beulah Gardiner, Annie
Bradshaw, George c. Tonkin; Delegate to
State Board of Agriculture. George Fl.
Horner; Delegate to State Horticultural
Society, Henry w. Ridgway.
William Fl. Borden was not in favor of
the trolley encroaching upon the highway.
The roads were designed for a special mode
of travel, and should be so maintained. If
corporations want to build that kind of
railroads, let them buy and pay for right of
way as other roads did.
Henry Ridgway thought it was a mis-
take in farmers to oppose trolley road con-
struction.
A topic that was not on the program,
yet which aroused the most intense int r
est, was suggested by Theodore Brown, who
said that the veterinarians had prepared
bill for presentment to the legislature, re-
quiring the tubercolin test to mich COWS.
This law was in force in Pennsylvania. he
said, to the great injury of the farmers.
Aaron Borton said that he did not want
to see New Jersey get into the hands of the
veterinarians. He saw herd of eighteen
cattle tested in Germantown, and twelve
were condemned and sent to phosphate
factory. The owner did not know they
were sick, neither could the veterinarian
from an examination, discover anything
wrong with them, but the tubercolin test
condemned them. He would haye been
glad to have paid good price for ten of
them to put in his dairy. He favored
action to keep the law as it now is.
Frank Rulon said he sent his milk to
Abbott's dairy, and Mr.. Abbott's veterin-
arian examined his cows every three months.
If the veterinarian told him to take COW
out of his herd, he took it out, because if
he didn't, his n ilk would not be received.
The discussion resulted in the appoint
ment of a legislative committee consisting
of Theodore Brown, Aaron Borton and JOS
T. Carter, with President VIM. H. Hoff-
man, ex-oficio.
Adjourned
In connection with the discussion of the
milk topic, we think the following outline
of bill which the Dairy Commission pro-
pose to urge before the legislature, will be
interesting =
The bill will provide that the local Board
of Health of every city, county, township,
borough, town and other municipality shall
cause registry to be made of all cattle
which are kept within the respective iuris-
dictions of the local or county Boards of
Health, and that description of the place
where the cattle are kept shall be given.
The owners of the cattle will be re- |
required in May of each year to file with
the local Board OF Health a statement of
The number of mich cows owned by them, |
and the physical condition and sanitary
surroundings of the CATTLE
No person or corporation shall have for
sale or sell any milk which is produced by |
mich cows which have not been registered |
Any person or persons who shall keep cat |
tie in an unhealthy or crowded condition,
feed them upon swill or garbage, or other
impure food. shall be deemed guilty of a |
misdemeanor and punished by fine of not
less than $50 or more than $3.50, at the |
direction of the court, and if the fine be not
Immediately paid, shall be imprisoned in
the county jail for not less than thirty days,
or until the fine be paid.
Basket Ball.
The basket ball season was opened in
Woodbury. last Saturday night in the
armory, with game hetween Co. E. and
the Glover Wheelmen, of Phila., the latter