Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-03-08
BOARD or AGRICULTURE.


The first meeting of / 900 of the Glouces
ter County Board of Agriculture OF Glou
cester County. was held IN Patrons Hall
i Mnllica Hill. on last Monday afternoon
with the new President, William IL Bor
den, presiding Nearly all the officer
were present and an especially good attend
ance.
The President called for the report o
the delegates to the State Board of Agricul
ture, Joseph Carter and Joseph Sithens
Mr. Carter gave an interesting account b
the proceedings Of the meeting of tbs
State Board. Among the most important
being the proposed new law, making il
compulsory to attach tag to every bag o.
feed, giving an analysis of the contents
Governor VOORHEES,, who addressed the
State meeting said there was lack Ol
enforcement of the laws to benefit ths
farmer. They did not keep their repre-
sentatives well posted on their needs
One Of the speakers recommen ended feed.
ing clover to cows as he considered it fifty
per cent better than timothy.
The State executive committee recon.
mended that the County Board appoint 8
committee of three to cooperate with the
State committee to aid in securing the
necessary legislation.
When the bill for dehorping cattle was
mentioned, some Of the members of the
County Board wanted to know what was
the reason for such a bill, and the only
reason given was to prevent cruelty to
animals.
Edward Cant, the delegate to the State
Horticultural Society, gave very exhaus-
tive and interesting account of the meeting
at Trenton The question was asked at
the State Society as to weather the warm
Winter weather would effect the fruit.
which was answered in the affirmative,
especially the peach and cherry trees Mr..
Blackwell at the State Society recon-
mended planting an orchard thirty feet
each way If the ground was good, bat if it
was poor forty feet would be better, and to
cultivate the orchard with hogs, which not
only feriilize but also cultivate.
Hon Job S. Haines who has been attend
ing to legislation for the farmers was not
present, but through Mr. Hoffman be
suggested that if the farmers wanted a
hearing, something be done at once. The
bills pending interesting to the farmer are
Senate Bill No q, which seeks to repeal
the law requiring the inspection of cattle
coming into the State. Senate Bill No. 90
to reyise the school law, which makes the
average attendance the basis of the school
appropriation aud not the total number OF
scholars in the township. This would
benefit only the city of Woodbury. and two
townships
Assembly Bill %, which provides for the
payment of damages to poultry by dogs
This has usually been done in townships
bat was not legal.
Assembly Bill II provides for label on
every bag of feed, giving an analysis.
A committee of three was appointed to
act with JOB S Haines to assist in securing
the necessary legislation. The committee
consisted of VIM. Hoffman, Thos. Borton
and Theo Brown.
The different topics were then taken up
for discussion, the first one being Is the
use of sulphur on white potatoes before
planting beneficial for the prevention of
scab ~ George II Horner and w. B. Gills
Mr. HOrner, the first speaker on this So D.
iect, said that from his own experience he
did not see any benefit. but from informa
tion he had received from other people
he said it was. The main objection he
had TO the use of sulphur was the injury
to bis eyes, which proved to be very annoy
ing after the days work with it, Several
other of the members present, including
the President, had had the same trouble
with the eyes as Mr.. Horner.
Asa Moore was az advocate of sulphur
and had used il with good success. He
cut the potatoes and applied the sulphur
by mixing with the potatoes while they
were still wet, and used about five lbs to
II. II.
others present were in the habit of using.
The wife's share in the farm work !"
Mrs. Lidie Hoffman and Beulah Gardiner
Mrs. Hoffman considered that the wife's
first duty was to make the home place
that would be enjoyed and appreciated by
the husband and children to take the
best of care of everything the husband
brought into the house. She did not
favor the woman doing any milking how
ever.
On the question of milking, several diff
fered with Mrs. Hoffman. Mrs Brown
and Edw. Gaunt thought the woman
should know how to milk, not that they
should be regular mixers, but in case Of
necessity in the way Of. reciprocity.
Beulah Gardiner, who also had this
topic, said woman's duty was first to
look after the affairs of her household and
as much further as her health and strength
would permit.
The debate which followed brought
forth great deal of amusement, especially
when the subject of woman's voting was
touched upon
The topic Does it pay a farmer living
near good home market such as Mullica
Hill and Swedesboro TO CART his produce to
Philadelphia ?p Henry Pancoast and An
drew Nichols
Mr.. Nichols and several of the other
members who had tried both found the
Phiia. market to be the most satisfactory
Nesrly all agreed that good home mar
ket would be the best, but they were SO
methods practiced by some buyers. The
home poultry market was considered de-
cidedly the best.
Thos Borton said great deal depended
on the South. If the farmer would study
the market and market their crop at the
right time when the sontEern produce was
scarce, the hone market would be the
best, except where they had a regular mar
ket in Phila.
There are two markets. The farmers
broke down the market for tomatoes and
citron themselves, by picking everything,
green or ripe, for the sake of getting it in
early, and when the good produce came
along there was not much demand for it.
john Repp, the fruit grower, gave a talk
on spraying. He had found during the
past year that the most important time to-
spray was before there was any foliage on
the trees. This should he followed up by
other sprays, but have that if no other.
Theo. Brown, who has been South, states
that the Winter lad been unusually severe
aud had burt some of the tomatoes but by
transplanting the crop would be kept up.
The Republic First.
MIR EDITOR The National campaign is
now scarcely thirty days off, and events
have begun to follow events with light
tening-like rapidity. The Kaleidoscope of
National affairs change almost daily. The