Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-11-30

Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
n. Y, on every bottle.
mind to spray In order to spray success
fully we must do so skillfully. The sue
cessful fruit grower Of She future viii have
the profit.
He divided insects into two classes
those that suck and those that eat with
Jaws and to destroy these two kinds of
material are necessary. Before you spray
fad out which chap you have to deal with.
Here are his formulas
All insects that eat with jaws: 1 ID white
arsenic, lbs. sal Soda quarts of water,
boil half hour. One quart is equal TO half
pound Paris green
For sucking insects, kerosene emulsion:
quarts kerosene,1 gallon water, half pound
soap
Lime Sulphur Wash: IS pounds sulphur,
Is pounds lime, 10 pounds SALT so gallons
Of water, boil hour
Mr.. George W. F. Gaunt, Master Of the
State Grange, had been assigned the ques-
ton, What has the Rural Telephone Ac-
complished ~ Mr.. Gaunt handled his sub
ject we'll and showed that the telephone
had become not only help to the farmer,
but real necessity to him, putting him in
touch with his commission man, with the
markets, with his grocer, his physician, his
neighbors, ETC., and also necessary as pro-
lection, where farms are large and their
occupants more or less isolated
At the evening session, which was largely
attended, Mrs. Sarah Walrath Lyons, NJ.
D., talked on the Relations of Food to
Life and Healthn Mrs. Lyons illustrated
her points with stereopticon views, and
treated her subjectssin plain common sense
manner, which carried conviction to the
mind and brought out questions as to the
best way to preserve life and health. Miss
Florence Stackhouse gave fine recitation.
Prof Warren spoke on NWhat our Agri-
cultural Colleges OF to-day teach, and how
they teach it, 7 and showed by stereopticon
views that they net only teach the theory,
but the practice of farm life in all its differ
ent phases, and urged the farmers to use
their influence toward State Agricultural
College.
The session on Tuesday morning opened
with the production of Sweet Potatoes at
profit treated by Walter Heritage and
George Meley. Mr.. Heritage gave his
method of setting out the plants, culture
and marketing the crop, at the proper
time. Mr.. Meley contrasted the methods
of fifty-five years ago, when potatoes were
hand hoed with those of to-day when culti
walton is done by machinery. Considerable
discussion was had regarding fertilizers, and
cost per acre Of raising crop, conditions of
soil, ETC. THE Proper Feeding Of Farm
Crops" was treated by Prof. J. G Lip
man, who went into she discussion of diff
erent kinds of fertilizers, phosphoric acid,
potash, nitrogen, etc. The subject seemed
little misty to your correspondents, but
the farmers were alert, and by their manly,
intelligent questions showed that they
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in the same strain in his talk on CONNER
cial fertilizers and stable manure. Mrs.
Ella II. Brown read paper on Insect
pests and how TO exterminate them, gave
experiences with different kinds, and help
full suggestions on the subject.
At the afternoon session, Dav id E. Brown
spoke on Growing and Marketing Canta
loupes, y and L H. Weatherby on I'm
proved methods in Packing and Market
ing Both insisted that the packing
should be done carefully and honestly, and
that the owner should be proud to put his
name on his package. Hygiene Living,
and What il Implies, = was ably treated by
Mrs. Lyons, who showed numerous speei-
mems Of adulterated fosds, and gave the
different authorizations PLANT Breeding
and its value to the Average Farmer, z was
discussed by Prof Warren, and closing
words were given by Secretary Dye.