Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-24

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They were both excellent papers, showing
that it would be advantageous to practice
economy. Mr.. Dye remarked that nature
loses nothing, as has been said by one Of
the speakers yesterday. He spoke of his
fathers family of ten children Theirs was
economy of compulsion perhaps but we
need to be economical, gather up the frag-
ments that none should be lost. = 1t is ma
tnres method, it is God & method to teach
economy Nothing should be wasted
Then you will have the JOY Of helping
others
DR. G. w. Brodhead, Of Montrose, Penn
sylvania, was then introduced, who said
while he had that title, wished to be
called stThe Village Blacksmith and
spoke Of natures study, topic assigned
to him being Some things that horse
owners and drivers should know. 2
With the head or jaws OF a horse, the hoof,
foot and leg, he gave a practical talk which
no doubt will be OF great good to ali who
had the pleasure of being present. OF all the
animals 10 creation, perhaps the horse is
the best known The accong of the horse
dates hack 1900 years before Christ's time.
Ia the 7th century the horse was almost
extinct. In the 1lth century considerable
advancement had been made in improv-
horses as considered of this day The
Standard, Purpose and Thoroughbred He
advised the raising Of general purpose
horses Question is is possible to cure
ringbone, yes. Spoke of treatment OF thrush,
wash out the hoof with saleratus or soda,
keep clean, and also suggested the keeping
of clean stables. Explained the anatomy
Of the hoof, foot, leg and jaw. Showed the
Importance OF looking we'll to the colts
feet and explained the danger of crooked
feet The foot of the horse is certainly
very important part, and great care should
be taken when shod Don't allow the smith
to burn the hoof to level it for the Shoe
There are appliances easily obtained for all
such work, besides the greater reason you
iniure, destroy, a certain portion of the
hoof which is violation OF nature
Many questions were asked at almost a
running pace, but the doctor was very apt
and ready with an answer, and no doubt
many farmers and Others carried home some
valuable suggestions, as to the Hheaves,
that was out OF his lineH He explained
methods to break halter pullers, which
was the same as many of our people had
known, but he preferred & chain around she
neck, being stronger than a rope.
The best mode OF feeding horses was
given, spoke of corn once day, meal and
bran, care should be taken at the mouth
and teeth Of the horse; blindness may arise
from deeayed tooth; the teeth should not
be allowed to weal long or unevenly but
should be looked after in time
Mr.. John Jeannin, Jr., Of New York,
followed on Potato Growing and Some
recent Experiments in Spraying, spoke of
testing and proving seed in the field, old
Rennsaler county along the Hudson, that
county and the adjoining, Washington, the
two great counties in that State for years
III growing white potatoes To-day it is
not So He gave an illustration OF the times
prior, when many buyers were there from
outside the State, now we have not a single
buyer Why don't we grow them as we
use to do? | will tell you The blight,
you may he troubled with it some time,
down here. We not only have blight, but we
4 have other troubles, the soil, farm land has
been exhausted Years ago a farmer
who planted three acres did a big thing,
afterwards the acreage increased. | found
] was one OF those who had failure in the
potato crop and | went to investigating,
using the largest seed, and cutting to secure
at least three eyes, SO as to be able to get
at least one strong shoot. In his case plant
ed deep in rows 3 feet apart, furrow
out with hitler plant the seed Is to IS
inches apart, apply the fertilizer $500
pounds to the acre. along the furrow
after it is ridged out. The plant takes up fer
tlizer in liquid form and not in chunks.
The best time TO kill weed is the time it
starts, when the potato plant is six inches
high the rootlets in three feet row have
crossed cultivate shallow, keep the water
in the soil as long as possible, cultivate
shallow and often
Gave memorandum of experiments
made One piece had been 10 pototoes five
years without manure or fertilizer another
had fertilizer; sprayed three times Bor
deaux mixture, arsenate lead instead Paris
/ Green, sprayed only twice, two rows left
unsprayed. / could not see any difference,
struck with blight. Tried another year,
all sprayed except certain rows, North
plot, no manure in five years it was sprayed
three times, unsprayed rows shows brown
leaves and punctured by beetles, dug the
potatoes ate, we find the SPRAYED at 1876
bushels, unsprayed 154 bushels, difference
OF II bushe :, no blight nor a single rotten
potato. The Bordeaux drove of the beetle.
No manure.
In South plot, where fertilizer was used,
had 227 bushels pnsprayed 1s5 bushels,
so you see there was a marked difference.
1t pays to fertiIize The cost of spraying
was 81 6s. We only sprayed three times,
spraying is a sort Of insurance We use a
lutte auto sprayer Questions were asked,
among them, How mary times shall we
spray" We should keep the spores covered.
also gave statement of experiments made
voluntary by twenty-five farmers for the
benefit Of the State, showing that twelve
acres were sprayed seven times with gain
of l30 bushels per acre.
Question-Auy variety more affected with
blight, yes and no / have variety that
is not affected, but it hadn't ought to, as it
is good for nothing Spoke of the Green
Mountain as one of the best. In answer to
question, rows above the potato, are
not ridged up. Many questions were asked
and answered
Mr. c. G. Hulsart, Of Mattawan, n j.,
was intr dueed and spoke upon the ex-