Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-09-06
COUNTY BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Farmers Discuss Important Questions

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he tl,orobt 4 would not l,e Of much use il
farm;ng IN the Fast where the fields ar
small and fbe Ground 81 Uneven. ant
another thing aoainst It. everyone must b,
3 master machinest to RIM It. Now. il
the West where the. fields are large and thu
ground comnarat;veIv level and wher,
many machines are already used to facili
tate farming. the horseless wagon NIGH
become of some practical use.
Mr.. Downer. of WiIliamstown, thought
they would be useful in hauling truck t.
market, where they now took one hundred
and fifty to two hundred baskets, they
could then take one thousand baskets. And
then it would be great attraction to the
farmer boy who instead of going to the
city for work. would be eager to stay OF
the farm and helm manipulate such ma
chimes.
rrbeodoro Rro,yn said Il was his oninior
that tbav would ba Of little use as farm
tiIlsys as tbev were not like the horse O,
mule which xyera easily tnrned around a,
The end ~ the rows He said however
that thew would ba If oreat advantage to
tb the farmer, 4, case he Wanted 10 take 4
dav,s bol;dav 49,
Inert Huffman said the time was fast
COMING when fences were 10 he done away
with and trucl- was 10 he nlanted in long
rows and in that case thew would be oI
great ADVANTAGE
The tonic saIhe wife,s share in the farm
profits,' caused much rood natured banter
mo between the men and women.
Rebeoea Parker read n spiey article on
This subject and tried tn show that the
farmers wife was a reoular slave. She said
nv law the wife,s share was one-third but
she did not often net IL The women were
given no voice in fine making of laws. and
thought there was no Justice in them.
The wife was all right as long as the
husband lived. but at his death She only
received one-third of the profits of many
years hard struggle. and in many cases il
was the wife who had done much to accu-
mulate such profits At marriage many
women make all their property. il they
possess any. over to the husband, and
at his death they receive only one-third OF
what in reality is their own property, and
she wanted to know If this was what is
called Justice
William Holman said it was hard
question to solve, and it took brave man
to face a whole roomful of women He
thought life was mutual affair, and hus-
band and wife should share equally, and he
thought most women received their share.
Mrs. Theodore Brown said she did not
consider it selfshness on the mans part,
but he thought as his wife had no hired
help to pay, and few other expenses to meet,
she did not need much money 1t was her
opinion that wife should have some share
in the profits and that most women could
spend money more iudiciOusly than the
men.
Mrs Bell Steward said the wife's share
should depend on the year and products,
and thought that most men gave their
wives as much as they were able, but the
husband had so many expenses to meet il
was often a very small share that the wife
received.
Mention some of the chief obstacles
which prevent farmers from uniting, was
the subject next opened for discussion.
Theodore Brown thought there were
numerous things that kept the farmer from
uniting, the chief one Of which was lack Of
money
The vast majority Of farmers did not see
the importance Of individual work, but
thought that they would let others &c
ahead and form corporation and when
everything was perfected they would dror
in. As long as such a feeling existed the
farmers would never unite. He Thought ii
Of the greatest importance that all farmers
should consolidate.
William Hoffman said they were SC
differently situated financially that it was
almost an impossibility to unite.
One man goes in debt for farm and
has his interest to pav besides MANY othel
EXPENSES TO meet and such men canno,
afford Il, wait for better markets. but have te
shin their stock at any price he can get. THE
more independent farmer. on the Other
hand can afford TO wait. and he. Therefore,
secures the greater nrotits. This he said
was one Of the greatest obstacles r., uniting
He said farmers 1vonId he much better off r.
regulate crons Mulliea Hin was noted to,
the raising If white potatoes while Swedes.
horo was mo dauht +be hest 1ocaI;t, n
New Jersey to raise sweet notatoes Tins we
find II all over the state one nlace can