Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-09
BOARD or AGRICULTURE.

Board Of Agriculture was neld at Mulllci
Hill last Monday with a good attendance
After the usual opening tbs report o
delegate d w Sithens to the meeting o
the State Horticultural Society at Trenton
on January 4th, was called for. MI
Sithens account of the meeting was very
complete giving brief outline OF the way
in which the speakers handled their sub
liects At the conclusion of which be was
rendered a vote of thanks by those present
! Mr.. Geo Horner, Chairman OF the Com.
mittee appointed to attend State Board
of Agriculture meeting, held at Trenton
gave quite a lengthy and instructive report
Of the proceedings The State Board ask ed
for an appropriation of SIS 600, an excess
of IS 600 over last year for the use of the
Dairy Commission.
Joseph Carter another member of the
committee made few remarks in regard to
the treatment OF dairy cattle. II has been
proven many times that person could get
better results by treating them kindly.
The question assigned the committee as
to what pay the speakers received was left
unanswered. The State reports did not
show an itemized statement of the expen-
ditures. Mr. Horner said there was not as
much extravaganza as has been often init
mated, Secretary Dye receiving his pay ac-
eording to the amount of work he did.
The committee was unanimously rendered
vote of thanks.
The first question taken up was How
can we cheek the extravagant expenditure
now existing in the furnishing of public
buildings" which had been assigned to
Mr.. A. b. Somers and Hon. Job S. Haines
Mr. Somers thought the only remedy
would be to put men in control of the pub
lie affairs who were tried and true and who
would work for the best interests of the
people. If this could be done we would
| have no trouble from that source.
Job S. Haines, the next speaker, said
that as far as this county was concerned he
did not think it applied here as we have
very fine county buildings for the amount
of money expended on them. Are we
paying compensation out of proportion for
services rendered" In the case of the
Supreme Court of our State which sets
only short time it would seem that we
are paying very heavily, but we must take
into consideration the amount of time and
money needed for the preparation to hold
1 these offices Some of the executive rooms
and other parts of the State Capital are
furnished extraVagantly, even better than
the capitol at Washington. The thing to
be regretted is that the people of the State
are not furnished with an itemizsd state
ment OF the expenditures Mr.. Haines ad-
vocated as remedy the choosing of re-
sponsible men who would see that the
taxpayers were furnished with the neces-
sary reports showing the detailed expeudi-
lures. This would keep the public officers
within hounds and make them more
careful.
The next topic: "Could we better our
condition as farmers by making our
successes and failures known was opened
by Mr.. S M. Parker. In his remarks he
said there were many phases to this subject
both in raising crops and in financial affairs
Some persons can raise good crops and
make them pay, while others who are
equally as good farmers try the same thing
and make a financial failure out of it.
Many farmers raise good crops but get
poorer every year. As to the financial side
from telling our failures.
what are some of the best methods by
which an unmarried woman can gain live
lihood." Miss Hattie Moore, to whom this
topic was assigned, said that the time had
chance with the men. About the only one
in which she had not is in holding public
Office. The question of type-writing
brought out quite a difference of opinion.
Some thought there was an over-production
of typeWriters while others express view
that there was plenty of room for first
class ones. Among the other means named
we're school teaching, dressmaking, law,
medicine, and poultry raising for those
who live on the farm.
Mrs. Rebecca Moore, who also had a
paper prepared on that subject. said that
the idea of mankind was that man was the
head of the race. The notion that women
should be shut out of competition with the
men was selfishness. There are many
ways in which woman can earn a lIveli-
hood, and In several of those in which they
had engaged they had almost monopolized.
1.-The revolution works silently but surely"
There were some positions for which she is
physically incapable, but there were many
seemingly small things which she could
do that would earn her good livelihood
Mrs Parker's paper YVES well received and
the Board Thanked her for the interest she
had shown in taking up the subject which
had not been assigned 10 her and they
hoped that others would consider 1t their
privilege to do the same.
Several other ladies present spoke on
this subject. Mrs. Hoffman wanted to know
what would become of the men if the
women took all the positions.
Aaron Borton was called on. but as they
were not talking COW" he had nothing to
say.
David Borton called the attention of the
President to the fact that as they were about
entering upon the farming season this
would be good time to assign experi-
ments to certain ones. as heretofore they
had found them very instructive. Others
present said they had found that the ex-
Derimenters had not received much benefit
in financial way. No experiments were
assigned and a very interesting and in
structiye meeting came TO a close.
Social,
The Goth anniversary of MTand Mrs. BENZ
FerTelI's wedding was celebrated at their
home on Saturday evening, March 4, $685.
and it was general surprise, but the In