The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-13

LAWS ACCUSED
State Agriculturists Declare
That They Are a Dis
grace to Modern
Civilization.
WILL SEEK LEGISLATIVE REDRESS
The Boards Annual Report Shows
That New Jersey Farmers
Are in Good Condition.
WILL SEEK LEGISLATIVE REDRESS
Especial to "rhc Jersey city Sews."1

ttA(A AiAASf L. 8A
| three more sessions will be held today.
| The meeting will close with tomorrow
| mornings session. The session yesterday
| were very largely attended and were fun
of interest. President D.. d. Denise, of
Freehold, occupied the chair.
The Legislative Committee created
| somewhat of a sensation with It's REFER
| ence to the Game laws.
1t neutrality-suspicious. proves that 1t is
| d~ifiicult to nave game laws passed by
| the Legislature unless in the interest OF
| sportsmen. Two bills were introduced at
the last session. One was to issue per-
| mits to the worthy poor, allowing them TO
| shoot game in order that they may so
provide for their s~ustenance, and no
| longer be a charge on the municipality
in which they live.
ssAnother was to allow owners of land
or their tenants to kill any game ami
| mails. to prevent further injury or destruc-
! ton by such animals to any crops growing
or trees or shrubs planted on such lands.
| Neither. of these bills passed the l-esis-
lature. although it is patent that such
laws would be beneficial"
The discussion which followed the pre-
| sentation of the report was a lively one.
In it the Game laws were bitterly de-
| nounced as outrageous and oppressive.
They were characterized as a relic OF leu
dalism and barbarisrn and a disgrace TO
this enlightened age In their attack on
the Game laws considerable feeling was
manifested by the members, but no Tor
NAL action was taken at that time.
The outcome of the bitter attack on the
game laws at the morning session re-
| suited in the presentation, lmmeqlateiy
after the noon recess, OF the loilo"ias
resolution
Resolved, THAT it is the sense Of
he New Jersey State Board of AgrI.
culture that the rights OF owners OF
the soil are paramount ~ me Tl3 3ha5
farmers should at all times and sea-
sons have the right to XII ana aea
stroy such animals as are destructive
to their plants, trees or crops.
The annual report of the State Board
of Horticulture recently submitted to the
Governor was read. The report SHOWS
| the total farm valuations of lands, fences
| and buildings in New Jersey to pc Sla9,-
262. $40. of implements and macainefy,'
1915 GA, and of live stock, Sl9,ell.ssV- \
| market value estimate, the report says.
uroi,id no doubt very materially reduce
the first4item. To aid in furthering crop
production the farmers OF the stare eA-
| pend over one million and a nan aoilars
Annually for commercial fertilizers Much
Of this outlay. the report says, might
be saved if better management We're cN-
crcised in the saving oil ,larm lhahuies-
HFor the current year, the agricultural
interests of the State have to d greater
or less degree, according TO me partlcu.
lar branch of the industry followed, felt
the business revival occasioned by the
rise In the price of wheat. and producers
of this crop are benefited directly, others
only relatively. Although wheat Is not
our chief staple, the yield for the state;
considering the diversified cnaracter r o.
ot,T PRODUCTS. is very encouraging. The
average yield per acre for 1891 Is laFser
than in any previous year reported, pells
90 bushels. Numerous instances are re-
ported where the yield per acre has run
IN to 40 and IS bushels, ~.
The Increase of the wheat yield IN the
State over last year is 129,42 Dushets. me
average price was % cents, making the
value of the wheat yield OF the STATE
for the year 81 .400,0O0. - :.
President D.. D. Denise of F~reehold, IN
his annual address. said that New Jersey
has agricultural advantages possessed by
no other State. New Jersey, he said, is
a much better State tnan ine aseidss
" cannot get large prices Tor our
goods. but we must produce them Al a
less cost and in greater quantity. w, We m n,s
hiring our cows up in production OF milk
to five Thousand and seven thousand
pounds of milk a year THIS can a pe a9 ne
| InrOuGn DIttQtii5 ctio
manner of feeding them.
zone great hindrance to progress IN our
beard meetings and also IN the lns. .l ! ~
ness of the farmers in advancement q
ideas of practical Importance. AS a gen,
eral thing, IDEAS eSpreSsed dn ny prac carrv
more force and are more quickly grasped
than when expressed from q theoretical
standpoint.
If the utmost Importance in the present
age. There is no employment on TINS
earth that involves t, SO m Thsre q is ' no
branch Of business to which a man can
turn mis- mind that demands for its intel
lsl;pont practice an understanding OF every
branch of learning as farming does. The
farmer makes a mistake when he says L
don't want to send my boys to college.
and 7 reckon / can teach them. farming
better than any professor in the coun-
uSsAnother question:, said Mr.. Denise. SIS
how shall we keep our farmers boys on
the farm? Our rural population IS DRIFT
ing more and more to the cities, The far-
mers say the boys get bewitched after the
shows and entertainments of the city. |
DOM blame them. Who would live in the
country where there is so little society;
where opportunities and equipments are
and small, and where all that elevates
and adorns life is so wanting, when in the
city all these advantages can be nada ! =
home life more attractive by every means
in their power and said they would then
nor lose so many of their boys.
President Denise said that many far
.ners have their farms in such q condition
al. TO produce less and less each year. The
continual talk with many farmers that
farming does not pay is due to the care
less and Indifferent way in which they
farm. The Creator did not make the
world to be farmed the way many do. for
the first occupation that he gave man was
to dress the garden.
The President urged the preservation
of farm implements and also the saving
and applying of manures.
The following committees were APP
pointed:-
On Creaentials-M. D. Dickinson, George
Vandruff and D.. C. Lewis.
On Resolutions-lC. w. Heath, Walter
Heritage and s.. p. Ketchum.
On Officers Reports-G. T.. Dillingham;,
;. d. Rue and Richrnan Coles.
Poultry and Egg Production on the
address by j. e. Rice of Yorktown, N. Y.
He did ont claim that there We're any
enormous profits in the poultry industry
but said THAT with proper care it will
yield generous returns. He urged the
farmers not to go into the poultry bust
ness on a large scale at the outset, but
rather to begin by improving the stock
they possessed. I4eStoid them how te
construct and arrange the poultry house
be in n sheltered spot. comfortable, dry
and ropIny. 1t need not be an expensive
structure. but should be web CONSTRUCTED
so as to keep out the winds of winter and
admit plenty Of sunlight.
The hens should be made to work fol
their living. 1t is a mistake to allow
them to become lazy or INDECENT: They