Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-03-31

white reflects the suns rays and is colder
than dark things. So BY spraying the
dark tree limbs with white substance it
kept them cooler and prevented the sap
from running until all danger was past for
an ordinary year.
The paper upon Flower Growing. by
Theodore Shook, Titusville, and with |
which every one was pleased J; it was SO
practical and showed such love of flowers
and of working with them. Mr.. G. Z. !,
Allen, delegate from the Hudson Valley
Fruit Association, told in comment of
hardy English violet that blooms early
and is we'll worth growing.
The next paper was by Mr.. HEWITT of
Authenia, N. j., on Small Fruits" This
was talk on Strawberries and story of
lifting mortgage and having good bank
account by just knowing how to do.
came to the conclusion that at our
farmers Institution we did not know how
to ask questions or we lacked nerve and
the desire, if we did know how. That
man was fairly overwhelmed with questions
one on top of another, thick and fast.
More and persistent questions brought
out what he meant by plant Hesaid
A plant as be set it out in September of
the preceding year. This he allowed to
shoot out runners and root plant at the
end of each, whether be allowed any more
to root I am not certain but he acknow-
lodged finally that this plant of his was
about 2 feet in diameter when the berries
were picked. Notwith standing these state
ments he made many good points in the
picking and marketing and culture of
Strawberries. He recommended sorting
as picked and covering them with wax
paper to keep air and moisture from them,
and this paper is very attractive to look at
not mussy but clean and great conven-
fence in turning berries out when examin-
ing them in market. He spoke of giving
attention to pickers, never pay them for
boxes improperly picked. that is for large
and small, green and ripe all mixed to-
/
you can soon break this up or discharge
the picker. Let berries be uniform in size
and ripeness and you would soon have
market of your own. He recommended
setting plants in September; preferred Fall
to Spring for many reasons although many
disagreed with him. He also thought if
berries were shipped In small. convenient
packages like grapes more berries could be
disposed of at Eetter prices from the vari-
GUS fruit stands along the street, which
now seldom or never handle them. And
more people would buy them owing to the
freshness of the fruit and the hardness of
carrying them home.
Home adornment by Ira j. Blackwell,
Titusville, told of the trees and shrubs and
flowers to plant about the home, the varie-
ties suitable for different uses and situations.
He recommended that evergreens should
be planted on the north and west sides of
the dwelling as a break from the bleak
winds and not south or east He also said
that the dwelling should be placed when
at all possible to the south west from the
other farm buildings so that the oders, etc.
from these buildings should not disturb
those in the house.
Charles Parry suggests the addition of
magnolia grandifora to the list of trees,
the seedlings of trees that had fruited this
far north being hardy.
! The next paper was,
(, EQUALIzING TRANSPORTATION RATES
The Transportation of Fruits and vege-
tables, by Hon. Jesse B. Rogers, Newark,
Chairman of the Committee on Transpor-
tation of the Farmers National Congress,
was an important paper of this years meet
ing. The work, Of which it is the begin
ming, concerns the equalization of rates, the
subject which has been before the society
for several years past, and for which it has
worked without result.
1t seems that apples are ,classed as first
class freight and pears as third class. Thus
you see that apples are Disseminated
against in favor of pears and so it is in
many other instances in the lines of pro-
duce, and to remedy thisis Mr.. Rogers aim.
The best appreciated paper Of the meet.
ing was probably that upon Evolution OF
Plants, by George MacCloskie, L. L. D., of
Princeton. It was scientific, but SO plainly
presented that all understood it and fol-
lowed every presentation with interest.
At the start the speaker said, was life
and with powers OF producing food. of using
food and of production. They all must
have been able to reproduce food for them
selves from the sunlight, but some lost the
function and sponged on the others. The
| gentleman, as those may be termed who
do nothing, or animals and the plants were
the life, and the animals became dependent
upon the plants for existence. The differ
ence in sex the speaker showed to be in
nutrition-thus, plenty of feed produces
females; starvation, males This was so
scientific and SO rapidly delivered that one
could not appreciate the depth Of his re-
search and profound thoughts without
slowly reading and carefully studying
every sentence.
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