The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-12-24
Farmers, Tnstitnte

than thirty persons present at any tin
during the day. This was thought to /
on account of the change in the name
of holding these institutes. Heretofol
1t has been the custom to have one gener,
meeting at Mount Holly, but this year th
gatherings were distributed in differer
sections of the county, Moorestowr
Wrightstown and other places being des
Iignated for the farmers to meet, henc
the interest was divided.
Samuel s. Fort was the president of tn
Burlington County Institute last yeal
and there was long wait for him to ap
pear. As he did not come it was decide,
to go ahead and Henry R. Lippincott, o
Pemberton, was called upon to preside.
The first business was to elect dele
gate to the State Board of Agricultur
for two years, and Henry H. Albertsol
was chosen.
Two delegates to the State Board O
Horticulture were selected. They wer,
Arthur L. Richie aad George P. Lippin
cott
The president appointed Levi L. BALM
ger, Heulings Cole and Robert Taylor {
committee to nominate officers for the
ensuing year, with instructions to report
at the afternoon session.
Benajah P. Wills read the secretary'i
report of conditions of the past year.
]. G. Curtis, of Rochester, N. Y, was
introduced as the first speaker His sub
ject was fertilizers. He said this ques
ton was his hobby, and his one desire
was to show how fertilizers should be
applied. He was sorry to see so few
young men in the audience, as he felt il
was somewhat of waste of time to at
tempt to tell the old, experienced farmers
how to manage farm. Farmers often
make mistakes but nature never does, and
the agricultural community had been
making mistakes about fertilizers for
years. and it was mainly the result of
carelessness. No one can give you an
idea how to fertilize your soil beyond
what you already know. The trouble
with soil today is the lack of plant food.
If one tries to farm with fertilizers that
do not contain organic matter the soil is
bound to recede. The soil is as good 100
feet deep today as it was years ago, but i
must be aided to bring about good results.
An excess of nitrogen at the end of the
season is too bad, and it is particularly
noticeable in peach orchards. The farmer
who uses fertilizers to the best advantage
Is the man who Goes so to enrich the par
ticular soil that needs feeding. The
speaker did not think that the special
crop to be raised should be taken into
consideration in the matter of enriching
the soil. That might be temporary aid.
but in his view the soil needs feeding in
way that will bring particular piece to a
richness that may not be needed in another
spot. Mr.. Curtis gave many illustrations
on his point of view which were listened
to with interest by those present.
At the afternoon session president Fort
appeared and took the chair. When re.
minded that he had not made the opening
address he remarked that he guessed it
was just as well to omit that The com
-nittee to make nominations reported the
following: President, Levi L. Dudley:
vice president. ]. Heulings Coles; secre-
tary, Benajah P. Wills; directors, Ezra E.
Darnell, Aaron Engle, Charles Holdings
head, George Lippincott, Harry e.
Dubell, Israel H. Kirby, William She'd
aker. Henry r. Lippincott, Joseph Hen
erickson, Samuel S. Fort.
This report was concurred in and the
gentlemen were declared elected.
H. E. Cook, of Denmark, N. Y, was
the first speaker at the afternoon session.
His subject was: with the present day
requirements in milk production and at
the present price of feeds can the farmer
make dairying preftable2 If so. how p
Mr.. Cook said his talk would be mainly
by blackboard demonstrations, but while
a messenger was going after chalk he
would have an informal talk on the SUBJ
ject and answer questions which might be
He felt that it was nice
idea to think that the farm should pro-
duce everything to feed the COWS with,
but the milk business is practically a
manufacturing process, and it therefore
becomes necessary to study what will pro-
duce milk in quantity and quality, and to
ascertain whether it will pay best to raise
feed or buy it. If milk has to be produced
from wheat, corn, rye and such products
the farmer might as well go out of
business, but there are so many by
products that can be bought at reasonable
rates and which produce good results that
it seems foolish to cling to the old opinions
that have held for so long. The silo does
not play as important part in this section
of the country In dairy results as it should.
1t is well known that South Jersey is
noted for its production of corn both in
quantity and quality. While New York
has tried to equal the corn crop of New
Jersey it has had to give up the effort
New Jersey stands alone as a corn pro-
Queer and South Jersey is the pioneer in
this industry. Silos. in the opinion of
the speaker, are indispensable in the mat
ter Of milk production. To follow old
methods and to keep on feeding cattle
without studying the special condition
was all wrong. Each dairy needed to be
given attention to get an idea of its
particular needs. The use of cob meal
alone was denounced as entirely unprofit
able. Mr.. Cook drew many comparisons
on the blackboard showing the proper
tionate values of different feeds. The
care of cows was another very important
factor in this matter. A low-grade herd
with good care and nutritious feed would
give better results than a high-grade lot
of cows that were neglected. In response
to question the speaker gave as his idea
of well-balanced ration that would bring
good results, the following: 100 lbs. of
distillers' grains. 80 lbs. of oil meal so
ius. Vi Cot1OH mcdi, w lDS. VI corn meal,
80 lbs. of middlings.
The last speaker was DR.. John B. Smith,
whose experiments on the determination
of mosquitoes and other pests have gained
him reputation all over the country.
He spoke at length on this subject and
the information impaired could not be
otherwise than of great value to those
who heard his remarks.
Grand Jurors.
The Burlington County Courts opened
this morning. The following are on the
grand jury: