Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

The September meeting of the Board o
& Agriculture of this county at Patrons Hal
on September 5th, was well attended. TIL
subjects were well handled by those t
] whom they were assigned.
Secretary Elmer Bradshaw had on exhih
/ Iition in front of the hall several specimen
of apples There were four varieiies: Maid
en- Blush, Browns Late Blush, Northern
Spy Baldwin, all of which were very larg
and fine.
The roll call showed nearly all the officer
present After the reading of the minute
Secretary Bradshaw read several commun
ications from State Secretary Dye which b.
had on hand. Mr. DYE is arranging fol
institutes to be held in different parts o
the State and suggested that Gloucester
County hold theirs at Mullica Hill on Wed
nesday and Thursday, November 18th and
18th. These dates seemed to be satisfact
DRY to the Board and they were adopted
Il The President appointed the following
committee: Benjamin Black, Theo. Brown
George Horner, Caddie j Gill, and Emma
Carter to act in conjunction with the Pres.
lident and Secretary. Resolutions that had
been passed at the last State Board were
also received, permitting the County Boards
to make such laws and regulations as would
tend to promote and increase the efficiency
of the county boards. The State Secretary
also asked for a report of the proceedings
OF the County Board to be forwarded 10
the state heac quarters.
The Secretary of the County Board OF
Health, DIR. T. E Parker, sent commun-
ication notifying them of meeting OF
health authorities to be held at Muilica
| Hill on October oath Everyone interested
in the health of the county was invited TO
be resent. The President appointed a
committee to represent the Board OF Agri-
culture which included the following: And
rev Nichols, Howard Hendrickson, Jos.
Atkinson, Edward Gaunt and Mrs. Aaron
Borton.
| A list of questions was received from the
State Secretary, which will be given out
by County Secretary Bradshaw, to the diff
ferent county grangers or to individuals OF
the county
The business being concluded President
Hoffman called for the topics to be discussed
The first one was Your experience in feed
ing cotton seed meal for milk or butter"
Mr.. Edmund Ridgway, the first speaker on
the subject, said he found it great milk
producer but did not find it profitable to
use it all the time,-not caring to pay over
$50 per ton when he could get other feed
for $1l to SD per ton. The cotton seed
was the best but it was not worth the diff
ference in price. As for butter Mr.. Ridg-
way could not say as he had little expe
rience in useing it for that purpose. Joseph
I. Carter had not fed it to any great extent
and could not say as TO its milk producing
qualities.
During the discussion Aaron Bolton
wanted to know if the other users fourd
that cotton seed helped the color of the
milk. He thought be could see better
C lor in his milk when he used it in the
winter and had been complimented by the
persons to whom he shipped his milk. A
pint day per COW was what he fed. This
might seem small to some people but he
found it TO be enough.
The merits of turnips and ensilage was
dwelt on for time. and it looked as if
turnips had to take back seat.
The President called for the next subject.
What makes a Happy Home" Mrs
Hoffman being the first to respond. This
subject was ably handled by the speaker
She spoke of the responsibility resting in
the women to make or mar a home. She
found it best to use the golden rule g. In
honor prefering one another" A woman
must not look or show any discomfort
whether in a palace or cottage. The
pleasing compliments that Mrs Hoffman
paid those persons known the worse
half" plainly showed that she did not
belong to the town where she made the
remarks Other ladies present thought a
great deal depended on the men as well at
q he ha nfl or ant thor7
there were many ways for the husband to
help make happy home, but they found
that sunshiny woman made a sunshiny
home, and the other kind the reverse
President Hoffman found out from expert
ence that it was good thing to pay some
of the same attention after marriage as
before.
The third subject taken up, els it
profitable to use both manure and fertilizer?
if SO, state method of applying" was
opened by Mr.. Theo. Brown. If it meant
to use both in the hill Mr.. Brown said he
would say no. He favored broadcasting
with manure in the Fall and fertilizing the
row, but the use of both depended very
largely on the price you pay for the
manure. if you have it to buy, and the
price yoa received for the crops. For
August sweet potatoes he thought it would
pay to broadcast with eight or ten tons of
manure, and use the fertilizer. For Sep
TENDER and October sweet potatoes when
they sometimes reached as low as 81. 25 he
thought the net results would not pay for
using both. The manure for late potatoes
would have to be landed on the farm for
one dollar per ton to be profitable. He
had not used any manure for three years
Aaron BOrton only used his own manure
and broadcasted it in the Fall, and also
used the fertilizer in the row and obtained
good results and sometimes not so good
Not having to buy his manure he could
not say as to the economical part of it.
Mr.. Benz Black favored the ideas of Mr.
Brown; had not been able to figure out any
profit by using both. Last year he wanted
to hurry his crop along, and put in more
acid phosphate in his fertilizer. which was
homemade. The dry season last year
spoiled the effect. This year he put in less
acid phosphate and the dry spell he had
been guarding against did not come. He
was satisfied if he had the extra acid phos-
phate this year as he did last, he would
have been two weeks earlier. 1t was the
opinion of several present to drill in the
fertilizer and not have it ID heaps.
"What advantage has the separator over
the creamery in making butter.n Lewis
M Shock who had this subject assigned to
him said he found the advantages were
great 1t would make more butter,
not that you could make any better than
in creamery, but it was more uniform. 1t
also took the work away from the house.
In week 3 test between the separator and
creamery he found that the separator came
out three and one-half pounds ahead in
the milk from four cows. Mr.. Horner
wanted to know if it took an experienced
operator, and was informed by Mr.. Shoch
that it did. Ia Ei3twenty quart separator
it only took five minutes to turn the milk
through as it could be fed while it was
going. In response to how long it took to
clean it Mr.. Shoch said it did not take
much time if the water was very hot He
thought it won d pay to haYe a separator
for two cows.
| Mr.. Gaunt asked for Mr. Horners expe-
rience with the separator which did not
prove to be brilliant success. During the
one week he tried it he found that it took
too much of his time, and did not make as
much butter, and what it did make seemed
rather oily, and did not stand as good as
the creamery butter. Mr.. Horner was the
only one who did not have good success
with the separation.
/ Mr.. Asa Moore, the other speaker on this
subject, was absent. Mr.. Benz. Heritage
who had witnessed Mr.. Moore's operation,
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