Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-24
mended putting them in an orchard in full,

mended putting them in an orchard in full
bearing.
John Repp said spraying with lime, sui
phur and salt had not been as effectuaI this
year as heretofore, which he attributed to
climatic conditions.
Mr. G. G. Hulsart, an East Jersey toma-
to grower, told how to raise early tomatoes
He advocated saving our own seed A
loamy soil will grow just as many tomatoes
as a sandy soil, aud a clay soil will grow
finer late tomatoes than sand or loan
soil
He puts very little manure III the hill
but broad-casts and plows in, cultivates
shallow: don't take off the leaves, they are
the lungs Of the plant There are only two
varieties he said, Matchless and Stone, he
plants AZ feet each way.
John Jeannin, Jr., told Of potato growing
and some experiments with spraying. You
want a soil open and porus. The old
method Of hilling potatoes was running out
and level culture was best, plant in rows 3
lees apart. get seed down deep AS to seed,
he said, New York farmers didn't know any
thing about I'd crop seed, because season
was too short He advised keeping seed
back to get the benefit Of the first sprouts,
cultivate shallow and frequently, keep soil
pulverized to hold the water. Even with
the best seed and cultivation, there will be
failnre, without spraying. He then told of
a series of Il tests with spraying and the
wonderful results. Some farmers who
planted 25 barrels Of seed did not get
enough potatoes for seed, while those who
sprayed with the Bordeaux Mixture got
full crop, as nigh as 1886 bushels per acre,
while the unsprayed crop yielded only 153
bushels
The afternoon session was opened BY a
song The Golden Somewhere by the
Aura Grange choir after which Mr. Van
Alstyne talked OF Rational Cattle Feed
ing He said there was difference in feed
ing for profit and for production. This he
illustrated by charts giving the value Of the
different purposes. He was a great advo-
cate of the silo He takes the stalks from
the field at the point of the glazing of the
corn, putting in abont 80 bushels of ears to
10 tons of stalks. The ears he takes off are
placed in small piles, and soon mature
He thought the slo just as necessary on a
dairy farm as moving machine on grass
farm
Prof j G. Lipman, Of New Brunswick,
gave very interesting address on 'tOur
Bacterial Friends and Foes An address
OF this character must be heard to get full
benefit of the speakers ideas Reduced to
simple phrases, it seemed to us that the
important points made were the necessity
Of humus in the soil; which could be placed
there by the growth of green crops and turn
ing under in the Spring, COW peas and
crims n clover are best for this purpose.
At this point the DEMocEAT's represent
atiye was obliged to leave to catch a train.
The session was continued the balance Of
the afternoon and evening
This meeting was undoubtedly great
success, the attendance being the largest we
have ever noted at an Institute, especially
that at the afternoon session.
The ladies provided dinner and supper
for all who attended, and made the event
pleasant socially as it was valuable to those
who sought information with a view to
keeping in the front rank of successful
farmers