The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-12
County board Of Agriculture.

County Board OF Agriculture.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Board of Agriculture was held al
the Court House on Saturday. There was
large attendance. Owing to the audience
room being in process of cleaning, the
Board. was compelled to meet in the
grand jury room.
John Warrick presided and welcomed
the members, congratulating them on the
apparent increase in interest manifested
by the large attendance.
Secretary Henry l. Budd read his report
and the crops as compared with last year
showed as follows: Corn 10 per cent, aver
| age per acre so bushels, price 40 cents
Wheat, rs per cent, Is bushels per acre,
price 70 cents. Rye, rs per cent; 10 bushels
per acre, 90 cents. Oats, 100 per cent;
30 bushels to the acre, 35 cents. Hay, %
per cent; crop, SIS per ton. Potatoes,
70 per cent; 90 barrels to an acre, 81. 80
per barrel. Sweet potatoes 100 per cent,
30 barrels to an acre, $3.50 per barrel
Apples, 500 per cent, 40 barrels per acre,
$3.50 per barrel Keiifer pears, 100 per
cent, $50 barrels per acre, $3.50 per bar
rel Peaches, so per cent, 10 baskets per
acre, $1.25 per basket. Grapes, 200 per
cent, 1000 lbs. per acre, one cent per
pound. Strawberries, 1000 quarts per
acre, two cents quart. Raspberries, 100
per cent, 200 quarts per acre, eight cents
per quart. Blackberries, no change.
Watermelons, 500 per acre. Citron, 500
baskets per acre, % cents per basket. Gu
cumbers, 70 per cent, 275 baskets per acre,
20 cents per basket. Cabbages, 200 per
cent, 1000 heads per acre, $500 per 100.
Tomatoes, 200 per cent, 8 tons per acre,
10 cents per basket. Horses about same,
but mules very much higher. Cows some
what lower. Sheep, lambs and pork about
same. Turkeys IA cents; Chickens IA
cents. Winter wheat and rye never look
ed better, 100 per cent in comparison with
last year. Few cases of the fly.
The report having been adopted, cleo
ton of officers was the next business.
The President appointed a committee to
make nominations to report at the after
noon session.
The first paper was by Prof. ]. B..
Smith, of the New Jersey Experimental
Station, on "San Jose scale and other
pernicious insects. The progress made
by the entomologist is best shown by the
activity of the manufacturers of appli-
ances for killing insects. Spraying is
necessary. When the trees are healthy
they need nothing but natural assistance.
The object of spraying is to protect the
tree from disease, yet sometimes the rem
edy does great damage. The injury does
not always develop on the day the spray
ing is done. Sometimes shower three
weeks later will do the damage. There is
no magic in spraying; it is all in knowing
what it is to be done for and when to do
it. Paris green will kill many insect
cides, but there are hundreds it will not
touch. For nearly two years the speaker
had been experimenting with crude pc
troleum. He told when it was the best
time to apply this, but he had received
many letters from farmers who are going
to use it just when they should not. He
impressed the fact that the information
contained in the bulletins sent out by the
station should be carefully considered.
Speaking of the San Jose scale Prof
Smith said it was very bad in this county.
One manufacturer of whale oil soap last
year sold 5000 lbs. of the soap to kill the
scale, in this state, 5000 lbs. of which
came to Burlington county, most of it
going to the orchards along the river.
The scale has come to stay. Time and
remedies must be applied; the insect will
not die of its own volition. 1t can be
checked, but the campaign must be one of
Rev. d. E. Lyons, of Island Heights,
read paper on successful poultry raising.
BY experience he had found that many
farmers had succeeded even though
neglecting many minor details. To those
he would say that while it seemed all
right to let well enough alone, that
was mistaken idea. Success does not
depend so much upon the breed as to the
man in the business. Comfortable poul-
try houses are very essential. There is
too much tendency to crowd the fowls.
There should be plenty of light, but that
does not mean too much glass. The best
breed to be kept is that which will give
The results desired Keep thoroughbreds
and exterminate the mongrels, with
which the owner never knows what he is
going to produce.
Farming is a business" was the theme
Of paper read by Aaron Engle, Jr. To
observant people it has been apparent that
a reaction has been taking place in the
public mind regarding farming. The
Overcrowding of the trades and professions
had been to the benefit of the farmer. The
old customs which prevailed in the latter
business had been discarded and mental
development had aided to elevate farming
pursuits The newspaper, a daily watch
man ever affairs, keeps the people alive to
all public affairs. What the newspaper is
to the general public, the agricultural pa
per is to the farmer, and the man who at
tempts to conduct his business without
reading might as well abandon his pur-
suits. Cooperation is an absolute ne
cessity for farmers. They must be united
for self protection. From general view
the speaker saw little to discourage and
much to encourage the American farmer,
who should be the happiest man on earth.
Prof. E. B. Voorhees,, of the Expert
mental Station, told of ''The proper use of
fertilizers. The question has been pop
ular one for years, and is a subject of in
terest to every citizen. Farmers, as a
whole, do not sufficiently study fertilizers,
and consequently often purchase worth
less stuff. Then again his method of APP
plication in not systematic or the result of
study of his land and its needs.
Howard Russ read paper on early
crops factor in success" The word sue
cess applies to every farmer. For about
Is years after the war there was a more
marked difference between early and late
crops than now, yet the conditions are now
the same. Farmers with light, warm soil
can grow crops like asparagus, peas and
corn to profit.
Emmor Roberts gave his views ON the
Spontaneous combustion of hay" Many
people have doubts on this subject. If
the speaker ever had any doubts they were
removed in November when he was told
one of his barns was on fire. Arriving at
the scene he discovered black hole in
certain portion of the building. His fore
man had succeeded in keeping the flames
back until help arrived. The hay was
hauled out. The NOW had been filled as
full as possible with hay. AS much as 10