The Penn's Grove record., 1911-01-27
Practical Education For faflefs
Lectures on Crops Will Be oven on
A Special Train.

Lectures ON CrOpS VIII Dc
A Special Train.
The New Jersey State Board u Agfi-
CULTURE cooperating with Co"hty
Boards and Oranges, and in conjunction
with the State Agricultural Colfge ana
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will conduct a series of agricultU.l iec
lures in South Jersey the last oil tile
month and the first OF February Tues
day, January 31st, is the date set LOT
Salem county, the places to be VISITED
being tedricktown (Paulsboro beng tile
first stop Daretown, and AllowaJ'
The Pennsylvania Railroads Company,
which is interested in the material wei
fare of the people along its lines' has
| placed a special train at the dlsposai Oh
the State Board of Agriculture and state
Experiment Station, and it will run on
special schedule. Able lectures Will ac-
company the train, and their talks Will
he delivered on the train, two cars being
occupied, and a lecture will be gwen on
a different subject at the same time In
each car-four lectures at each stop as to
economic time. 1t is desired that the
farmers turn out at the places where the
train is scheduled 70 stop, the ladies' be-
ing included iu the invitation.
On next Tuesday the first stop will be
Paulsboro at SIS, from s 35 to 9.45 a. M.
The subject treated will be "Sweet Pota-
toes" by Chas. Chalmers; ''Truck Crops"
(pepers) G. G. HuIsart; "Manures and
Corn Crop" DIR. Davis; Cline and Fer
titlizers," DIR. Lipman.
Pedricktown, 1880 to 11.15 a. M
"Sweet Potatoes" Chas. Chambers;
Asparagus and Truck Crops" c. G.
Hulsart; "Manures aud Clover Crops"
DR.. Davis; Cline and Fertilizers" DIR.
Lipman.
Daretown, 12.45 to 2 p. m.-"Apple
Production" Prof. Blake; "Home Mix
ing Fertilizers" c. C. Hulsart: "Alfalfa
Growing" DIR. Davis; cline and Green
Manures," DR.. Lipman.
Alloway, 2.35 to $50 p. m.-"Apple
Production Prof. Blake; introduction
OF New Croys," DR.. Lipman; "Potato
Growing" DR.: Davis; Purchase and
Application OF Lime" DR.. Lipman.
AT night a meeting is held in Melville.
This train is to be run on the same plan
OF the one last year which was SO popular
with the farmers. 1t is necessary that
people be at the stopping place at the
time scheduled as the train will arrive
and leave Oh scheduled time.
All of the lectures in Gloucester and
Salem counties, which are free, will be
delivered OH the train. Two cars will be
given on different subjects at the same
in each car, so as to economize
The State Board of Agriculture looks
a large attendance at these lectures,
OF all persons, including ladies, who are
interested in a more profitable agricul-
Thoms A. Edison the wizard of cleo
says that the farmers need to be
up; that they are "shy OF brains"
that most of the brainy farmer boys 60
TO the cities, Notwithstanding that no.
where else are brains more needed than
)u the farm.
At tie recent meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture in Trenton a num-
bee Of unusually interesting addresses
were given, the keynote of Which was
education. The idea was impressed upon
minds of the delegates that tho farmers,
gardeners, stock ~raisers, poultry raisers
and fruit growers must specialize, and
the value of soils, climatic conditions,
iood qualities and breeding was en-
phasized in every address.
EARNING is a profession" declared
Dne speaker, and he went OH to say that
technical training and education is as
to success in that industry as
N any other vocation.
The object of these lectures on the
railroad trains is to shake up the farmers
and get them to thinking and to put
heir best thoughts into action Oh their
farms.