The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-12-17
Farmers Assem-,

| Farmers Assem-
There was considerable int. est mani
| tested by the agricultural community, on
Saturday, in the Farmers Institute held
in the Court House, and there was large
number present.
President William R. Lippincott greet
ed the members in his usual happy man
ner, and Secretary Henry l. Budd read a
report that was replete with interesting
| information.
Prof. John B. Smith, State Entomolo-
gist, spoke on Insect happenings for
| 1901" This subject was one the speaker
was perfectly familiar with, and he gave
talk that was listened to with great in
terest. He paid particular attention to
the subject of spraying trees for the pur-
pose of killing plant lice and to extermi-
nate the San Jose scale. Many of the in
secticides used were effective in killing
the vermin, but too frequently the trees
suffered The indications for 1902 are
that there is danger of a great increase OF
plant vermin OF course nobody can
foretell the climatic conditions that may
tend to decrease the danger, but the pres
ent indications point to large invasion
of vermin, especially the apple louise.
Climatic conditions, it must be remember
ed, control the life or death of insects. In
answer to question respecting the effects
of the caterpillar plague last summer,
Prof Smith said he did not think much
harm would follow, and so far as he was
able to prophesy there would be light
crop of the pest. He did not think, much
damage had been done to the fruit buds
by the caterpillars The budding of many
fruit trees in the fall would be disadvan-
tageous, but he was of the opinion that
~ e Dcto nf fhic hind
was small.
''Will an agricultural education pay p
was the subject chosen by Edward B.
Voorhees,, State Chemist. His idea was
that every project must be looked at from
commercial point, and the chief end OF
all enterprises is to get the most profit
from the capital invested. There is not the
slightest doubt that the man who has thor
oughly studied the business he proposes
to follow is better able to make a success
than the man who goes into it with but
slight knowledge of what he is about to
undertake In order to advance knowl-
edge on the subject of farming, agricul-
tural colleges have been established and
efforts have been made to inculcate a
thorough knowledge of all matters con-
nected with the safe conduct of the farm.
1t has been said that agricultural colleges
do not have as many graduates as other
institutions, but the criticism generally
comes from those who do not entirely
grasp the entire situation. In other col
leges there are departments of special
business or profession from which the
student graduates but this is not educa
ton, at least so far as farming is concern
ed Some claim the proper way to edu
cate in agriculture is to begin in the pub
lie schools, and the study of plant life, !
botany and other kindred subjects have
been installed in the public schools. But
these tend to carry the child away from
the practical part of the subject To
make the education perfect there should
be instruction in cause and effect Many
do not realize that farming is based on
certain fixed principles, the same as math
ematics, law and science Any man wish
ing to know about the soil would be bene-
fitted by having practical knowledge of
it's conditions, whereby he might be able,
in marketing his crops, to take into con-
sideration all the elements that go toward |
making those crops Or a man with a |
thorough knowledge of geology might |
have better results with his crops. The |
life in soils is governed by the same ele-
ments and principles that govern animal
life. The result of education on these
tanning it, comes back in the increased |
prices received for increased crops. Chill |
dren study botany, but they do not get |
the knowledge of the most important |
point of adaptation of plants to practical |
purposes. The compensation of all this |
higher education cannot be computed in |
dollars and cents but there is great value |
in the uplifting of man, intelligently, |
morally and Systematically. The man
who is perfectly acquainted with the pro-
portion of the constituents of beef, wheat |
and corn, is more fully equipped for mar
ket than he who does not possess that |
The sooner all get this idea |
and act accordingly the better it will be
for the entire country at large.
The last speaker was John Gould, OF
Ohio, who delivered an address on 'Indi-
vidual Types of Cows" "As the country
is now milking about 19,000,00 COWS
daily, " said Mr.. Gould, "the one object of
the address will be to impress upon the peo-
pie the great Importance OF the cow CUES
ton. | was somewhat surprised to learn
while at Haddonfeld, previous to coming
to Mount Holly, that the farmers in that
were only getting about 1000
pounds of milk year from their cows l
live in the part of the country where feed
is as cheap as it is anywhere. Milk sells
for 81 per hundred pounds, and under this
condition of affairs you will readily I'M
derstand that if we did not get at least
g. 900 quarts from our cows there would
be occasion for disappointment and loss.
Uniformity in the feeding of COWS is of
the greatest Importance, and the care OF
the stock must be on the same basis. The
best results are obtained by combina-
lion of methods, and to bring about these
results the farmers and dairymen must
combine The time has now arrived when
the man with one short leg will not win
the race, and if this most important part
of the farmers interests is overlooked,
the bad effects will overcome the good
ones and the former will continue to
rule." The question of mixing breeds
was freely discussed, and the i'll effects
produced by the so-called combination
cows occupied considerable time Re
pardless of this, however" continued the
sneaker, whenever we get good COWS
that are giving about the same quantity
of milk and butter, they are bound to be
symmetrical to a certain extent Charts
showing the different varieties OF dairy
COWS. and the good and bad points to be
looked at in their selection, were exhibit
ed and the subject upon which the speak
or's remarks were based was more fully
explained. General purpose cows have
no place in the dairy of man who calls
himself a dairyman. A cows class OF
milk is pretty nearly based upon the AMI
malls intelligence. When selecting COW
nudge her from race horse type stand
ard and see that all the good points are
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