Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

! Monday last, With an attendance Of fe'
4 oyer hundrei. The minutes Of the Las
meeting, which was held on June LIST Last
4 were read aud approved. Mr.. john 6
i Whitall said that as the farmers were look
ing for something which would give ther
j information they should sometime visit th
state experimental station at New Bruins
wick, where profitable day could be spent
He said thatall farmers, whether in Glou
cester or Saem Counties, who were intel
ested, could 90 along too. Thomas Burto
said that M. r. C. White, who lately Wis
tied the stasion and who spoke recently a
the Mulliea Hill grange was present ant
could possibly describe the manner i
which the station was kept and also wha
work they were doing Mr.. White sait
that he was wholly unprepared and conlt
not at present make any remarks. Th'
moderator thought that Mr.. White woult
be given il chance later, upon which sug
gestion Nj. White said that he was scared
by Mr.. burton but was getting scared
worse and worse.
In regad 20 rural telephones Mr.. A. G
Gardner had made some inquiries as &
the cost. Everything included they would
cost aboug$33 05 according to his figures, pei
mile but he extra phones would cost about
S14 or $If each, retail. Several spoke briefly
about telephones and all were in favor oil
them if they were not too expensive.
Georgt Fl. Horner being absent, Albert
Heritage was left to discuss the topic,
q Waste materials on the farm and how to
get rid d them, y alone The first waste
alluded 60 was the feeding OF long corn
stalks. In his opinion the stalks should be
cut up. then they could be eaten more thor
ouphlv and could be used as litter after
wards AS it is they are thrown into the
pasture here they bleach for year or SO.
He said'that the Pennsylvania farmers and
Others who have great crops OF timothy hay
often complained about the dry stalks the
hay beng left uncut until it was dry. MIR.
Heritase said that he would rather feed
stalks to horses than such hay, especially
if they were cut up. Another waste is the
leaving of modern implements out IN the
weather when they are not in use. When
both ihe modern iron implements and the
old wooden ones are left out in the weather
it is fund that the old last just as long as
the new. 1t takes few minutes to clean
and oil an implement and the slight LABOR
would possibly save dollars The next
waste alluded to was allowing weeds TO
grow. Weeds take nourishment from the
soil and crowd out the crops. Mr.. Her
itage said that it seemed a waste OF time
now to work half day week In patch
o1ergrown with weeds, especially as help
is scarce but even this extra expenditure
viii save money and great waste. The
aext waste was not to trim the fences. He
aid that this year while driving around
he had seen more wild carrots than ever
before and that it would pay to have the
weeds kept down The question was asked
bv Mr.. Burton, How can you kill wild
carrots.'' Ii was found that the only way
to kill them was by pulling them out.
One gentleman stated that he knew by
actual experience that when the weeds
we're cut off that they would last for at
least ten years. Another said that every
year he had cut off the wild carrots i'll his
pasture and they have continually grown
ND. This year he had them pulled out and
where they had been cut off immense roots
were found, all in perfect condition. One
gentleman said that they should be burned
when pulled and not thrown In the high
way as is often the case. The horses will
trample out the seeds and the next rain
wash them onto the next neighbor where
they will again take root
Mary Haines' essay was on :" corn y.
She showed how it multiplied, stated how
many varieties there were, the origin OF
corn, what nutrition it contained and con-
cluded with beautiful poem on 1.-The three
grains Of corn y.
The question, s'what influence do attrac-
tive homes have upon the foundation Of
character was next in order. Mrs. Sadie
Hoffman not being present her husband
read a paper which she had prepared. 1t
said that many people built character much
as they do house, by joining the bricks
or stone with mortar and not throwing them
loosely together. The home does not need
to be a place to be attractive but the
association must be such as to afford
such amuJments as will keep the child of
of the street. A home should be place
where ths child need not be afraid OF MAX
ting lite dirt or noise. The child should
\ = iepented upon. Self-relianee is one of
ssss .yreatacints at character and the actions
OF cid SPEAK Df the actions of the in
mates Of the house.
Albrt Bahman, who was also due at this
part 4 he programme, said that MRS
.sef was 50 goou si@o NC nne1 ny
room o. Improvement, but upon request
~ ne msde few remarks which supported
enose of Mrs. Haines.
die j. Gill recited piece on Two
nis =, views" which was excellent.
tn question "What evils in American
lie Wild you like to see abolished ex-
cited dsiderable discussion.
= 4 L. Moore, not being aDie 20 De
preset sent paper which empodieo ner
ideaA the subject: that the daily news
papeN which print so much OF CRIME and
deprA y, possibly excited Others to some
simiH BRINE. She dwelt upon no partlo-
ularA but said that they all should be
aboi ID. The saddest things to her were
petty quarrels and differences and that
selfishness was the root of all evil.
Mr. Whitall was called upon and he said
that the evils could not be all abolished,
just curbed He put war as the greatest
evil which should be abolished. He advo-
Gated arbitration very strongly and said
that all evils should be curbed until the
Millennium when they would be destroyed.
Theodore Brown said that the liquor
question, which heretofore had been a
moral question, was now becoming bus
mess problem and that more and more
business men were beginning to realize that
this evil must be stopped.
The question box was then referred to.
The first question was concerning the corn
blght. Mr.. Whitall thought that as yet it
hal not harmed the grain only the fodder.
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