Gloucester County Democrat., 1905-12-07
COUNTY BOARD
Of AGRICULTURE.
Next Meeting at HarrisOnvilIe.

Borden, Of the Institute committee, re-
ported that he did not think the late insti-
tute at Swedesboro wss as we'll attended as
formerly, but it was an interesting meeting
and much good had been accomplished.
Presidents Carter appointed the following
nominating committee
J. G. White, Jr., Walter Heritage, Theo.
Brown, Edith White, Mary Wolferth.
Bills Of SIG for rent of Guest and Lippin-
colts Halls, in Swedesboro, for the Insti-
tute, were paid.
Treasurer Borden's report showed re-
ceipts with balance, S83.06, expendi
lures, $26.45, showing balance of $56.61.
After examination the auditors confirmed
the accuracy of this report.
The nominating committees report
recommend the following officers
President, Elmer E. Clement.
Vice President, Lewis Morgan.
Secretary, Mrs. Ella Morgan.
Treasurer, VIM. H. Borden.
Executive Committee, Alex Owen, Emma
Carter, Debby Kirby, David Brown, B. D
Kille.
Delegate to State Board of Agriculture,
John c. Wolierth.
Delegate to Horticultural Society, Benz.
Heritage.
Do the Game Laws protect the Farmer
or Newspapers was discussed by Walter
Heritage. He thought the game laws Gre
ate moe discussion as the ssaAs Board
than any other subject. There was a great
diversity of opinion on the subject, as every
session of the legislature has the question
before it, He said the farmer WAS protected
with the game on his own property II it
was not for game laws there would be no
game. He said the object of the real
sportsman was not to kill. but to enjoy the
beauties Of nature, and exercise his skill
There were National game laws, State
game laws, and in some States the eoun-
ties have authority to make game laws. If
there were no game laws, the farmers would
be oyerrun with boys and pot-hunters-w
have no trouble with the genuine sports
man, be concluded
Mr.. Kirby said the law for gray squirrel
should open September LIST, as they were
very destructive to crops after that.
Elmer Clement thought the game season
Of Pennsylvania and Jersey should open at
the same tme-on November l. He said
lots of Pennsylvanians come here and gun
without license. Mr. Sithens said the
PennsylYanians who have boat houses on
the river and creeks claim to have a right
to gun without license. Mr. Brown
thought robins should be placed among the
game birds.
THE Bee on the Farm, y was discussed
| by Thomas Eastlack, who has a successful
apary on the Crown Point road in West
Deptford Township. To the prospective
honey producer he recommended reading
works on the bee. In purchasing bees get
them near home, if you can; if not, from a
distance He then proceeded to give his
method of handling the beasts the sub i
stance of which was to keep them bindei
and quiet with smoke, much as the people
of Philadelphia haYe been treated the last
decade.
He told of the method of extracting
honey by whirling the comb, and the rea-
son that extracted honey is cheaper than
comb honey, is that when the honey
is extracted the comb is replaced in the
hive ready made for the bees to refill,
while when the comb has to be re-made a
lot of bee-labor and bee fat is consumed.
Only fat bees can make comb
Extracted honey, he said. was hardest to
sell, because consumers do not believe it
pure.
There is so much fraud practiced nowa-
days, be said, that consumers are saspi-
cious, especially of extracted honey. NJ
matter what people say, he assured his
hearers there was no such thing as nitat-
ing comb honey, and the strict pure food
laws made it almost impossible to stll isn-
pnre extracted honey. The risk il too
great.
He said the italian bee is the best pro-
ducer, but the black bee does well i yoa
keep only few hives. He advised begp
ming with a few hives, and learn tie olvisl-
Iren how to care for them. He said hi 6
40 hives produced about ton d ysar, and
netted him about $500. The biYes cost 81
Is piece IN tl,e blank and can be pnrr
lchased oE johnson & Stokes