Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-06-06
COUNTY BOARD OF
AGRICUL LTURE
Iunp Meniing.
June Meeting.


Grange Hall at Mickleson on Monday after
noon proved not only entertaining but also
instructive to the IS or 80 persons who
attended.
The routine business was transacted then
the question, sswhat has been accomplished
towards establishing parcels post for the
farmer2n was taken up for discussion.
Theodore Brown and Walter Heritage
had been assigned the problem. Mr.. Brown
expressed the opinion that this would not
be infringing upon the express companies
and believed the Inauguration of such
system would be beneficial. He said that
mail carriers say they could carry a parcel
NOT weighing over 10 pounds for 25 cents.
Mr.. Heritage read report on the subject
which was read before the State Grange
several years ago. 1t showed that in Great
Britain, Germany and other countries the
system is in force and the charges are nom
inal. Mr.. Brown said that the farmers
should next winter advocate legislation es-
tablishing the parcels post.
1HC 6cG04U tiUCc1lDu1 WAAo -AAtNS-+SS
has the Grange upon the character Of its
membersu brought ont nothing saYe praise
for this organization. Beulah Clement was
not present to speak on the subject Beu-
lab Gardiner said that she brain is these at
Of character and that any person who reg
ularIy attends the meetings Of the Grange
oannot bat have their characters right. She
said shat those who attend regularly and
liye up to the ritual are those who liYe
right and who derive the most good from
the Grange Benjamin Heritage read a
lengthy and excellent paper on the subject
He said that She Grange undoubtly has aI
big effect on the character. Reading pass
ages from the ritual he illustrated bow the
character Of an individual who lived under
il could not help be benefited.
Jessie Brown vino had been assigned a
recitation was not present, but she sent her
mother Mrs. Theodore Brown as a substi-
tute. Mrs. Brown reoibed An Australian
Bushman's Story" in manner that capti-
waited her bearers.
ssWhat insects are found around
the pepper beds" brought out more fun
shat instruction. J. Omar Heritage told Of
finding patch of insects in his pepper bed.
He said at first be noticed what appeared
to be some SCOT about the size Of his hand.
Some days later he noticed the insects
which appeared to be about half the size of
needle point. He did not know what
they were. The same week ne saw a Pc
culiar fly in the bed, something ike an
ant with wings. He asked if it does
harm.
Theodore Brown answered by saving that
his neighbor need not fear, for about Is
years ago he noticed the same thing and
they did not seem to do any harm He bas
not seen the insects since.
The chairman then called upon John G.
wolferth, who taking the cue from Mr..
Brown furnished lots Of fun for the meeting
He said that there are many kinds Of in
sects around the pepper bed. He referred
to the common ants, worms shat haunt the
corn field, insects that visit the egg plant
and other vegetables, and then said that
even If a farmer was not careful of the
cleanliness Of his help be could without
much froable find other animals in the
pepper bed He then referred to hornets
nest that when stirred up one summer day
turned loose host Of terrifying insects
that made things decidedly warm in the
pepper bed, and also nest Of yellow
Jackets that occasionally come out Of the
woods and visited the men at work in the
peppers and to wasps and mosquitoes, also
frequenters of the patch, but he said that
the peppers never suffered much in conse-
quence This ended the discussion of
pepper insects.
Two excellent papers were presented by
W. Fl. Wolf and G. e. Horner on, what
has the Rural phone accomplished ?" The
papers were made, the one to follow the
other. The facts of 27 communities and
900 people being within talking distance
in Gloucester and Salem Counties. that it
is possible to get the weather forecast early
every morning by calling central, and that
the markees are in constant touch with all,
they said are improvements which it is inn-
possibly to now do without.
Beulah Gardiner brought up the question
as to whether the phone repair men are
compelled to wear badges. Is was said
that men representing themselves to be
telephone men haYe recently caused much
annoyance but could nos inasntifY them
selves. David sithens found man at bis
phone recently on coming from wcrk who
had walked into the house upon finding no
one home.