Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-10-04


That there is good money in truck
and intensive farming Is shown by the
bank rating of Peter Reard, market
gardener of Sioux City, Ia, who Is
claimed to be worth $150,000. He owns
$50 acres Of land in the limits OF Sioux
City and owns twenty mine houses In a
nearby city. The income from his
property is $500 per month.
The New England housewife in no
way shows her thrift and foresight
more than in well filed shelves OF
canned fruit, preserves and other sup
plies for winter. If you see house
wife in whom this tendency Is strong
~ developed it is quite safe to assume
that she is New Englander by birth
or traces her lineage pretty straight to
that thrifty stock.
We note that an Indiana agricultur-
ist paper is still advocating the use
of nitro cultures in getting a start with
clover and alfalfa. A word Of advice
that it will do well to follow is to have
nothing to do with the so called cul-
lures except on the direct recommends
ton of ones own state experiment
station or the department of agricul-
ture at Washington.
A good deal Of crooked and dishonest
work Is involved in the methods
good many men adopt in the packing
of apples. If one is in doubt, but
means to do the right thing, a good
rule to follow Is to put no apples into
the barrel as a packer that you would
not be willing to accept at the other
end Of the line as a purchaser. It's the
only rule that is worth copper.
The tendency Of good and bad types
and traits in farm animals, grains and
grasses to perpetuate themselves &C
counts alike for scrubs and thorough
bred products to be found everywhere
In a very real way scientific agricul-
ture consists in a systematic attempt
to Increase and perpetuate the good
tendencies and discourage and exter-
inmate the scrub or evil tendencies In
plant and animal life.
BY way of Illustrating that the faith
Of the tree planter is rewarded we note
the case of western farmer who has
lately cut 1000 cedar trees from
grove planted twenty-six years ago,
selling them to telephone company
for use in the construction of Its lines,
the price paid being $1.50 apiece. This
goes to prove that there is good money
in the growing of trees If a fellow only
has the right kind of faith and is will
ing to bide bis time.
There are a good many people who
wish that the reported development
of a type of chickens by an eastern
poultry fancier, whose merit consists III
the fact that one leg was shorter than
the other and that as a result they walk
In circles and never stray far from
their own premises, were true and
that the breed might be introduced as
generally and rapidly as possible We
know of quite a number who we feel
sure would supply their neighbors with
eggs.
The railroads of the country are al
ready sharing the general concern
which is felt as result of our rapidly
decreasing forest areas and in particu-
lar those varieties of trees which fur
nish suitable railroad ties. In 1902 the
Pennsylvania Railroad company plant
ed IA, 900 locusts on lands adjoining Its
right Of way, in 1908 they planted 49,
900, while the past season they set out
100000 trees of the same variety. The
Michigan Central is also experimenting
with catalpas, having recently planted
$4,000 young trees on q tract OF LIB
acres.
While not always true, 1t is quite
often the fellow who is belated with
his spring blowing and planting who Is
also late with bis harvesting operations
and tail ender on the thrashing list.
This matter Of being late IS largely
a matter of temperament and habit
and tendency that can to quite an ex-
tent bediscoura ged or encouraged at the
will Of the individual afflicted. While
the forehanded fellow Is sometimes I'M
avoidably delayed with his work, 1t IS
seldom that the slack and chemically
hindhanded individual is caught doing
any Of his work ahead Of season.
docs the orchard pay7" is aues-
ton that every owner Of such a tract
should be vitality interested in. In way
of answering the question It may be
said that some orchards do pay and
others do not, quite largely depending
upon the intelligent care and attention
which they do or do not receive. One
central Iowa orchard of sixty acres Of
which we know showed a return Of
$50 per acre annually during a period
of five years. This Is doubtless far