The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-29
CRANBERRY Growers Meet.

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New Jersey Cranberry Growers Associa.
ton was held In the court house on Sat.
urday and there was a good attendance.
Edward Durell, of Woodbury., presided,
and M. Warner Hargrove, of Browns
Mills, kept the minutes. In his address
the president took for his subject: New
Jersey grown cranberries"
A. ]. Rider gave an interesting talk on
the position held by this state In the
production Of cranberries. He said New
Jersey is going behind in the matter of
production and the falling off this year
will be at least 20 per cent. This, he
claimed, was more noticeable In the Penn
berton district than any other place. A
great amount of this falling off is due to
the ravages of insects. Several new
members have been enrolled on the books
of the association and they have found 1t
would have been more advantageous to
them had they done so before
Professor John B. Smith, State Ento-
mologlst, gave an exhaustive review of
his latest observation on worms and
their control. He told many interesting
facts, but there were several present who
claimed that some of the ideas presented
had been in their possession for a long
time.
rs the use of scoops injurious to cram
berry vines = was discussed by John W.
Holman, of Toms River. He said it all
depended upon the manner In which the
scoops are used. He had used scoops for
seven years and expects to continue their
use for years to come. If the man who
has scoop is employed by the day he
will give valuable returns, but if he is on
pay by the bushel 1t will be we'll to watch
him closely. The bushel scooper does
not care for the ensuing year; the day
scooper does and looks out for the vines
accordingly. A scoop properly used will
remove brush but will not iniure good
vines.
The next subject was "How can uni
formity be secured in grading and inspec-
ton of fruit?' This was discussed by
M. M. Chew, of Williamstown. Inspec-
ton is very essential, and eternal vigilance
Is absolutely necessary. To pack the fruit
evenly, to select the best and not to allow
rotten berries to get into the barrel are
requisites that should be given especial
attention. He recalled an instance where.
at one time, he was short several barrels
of berries, and he bought some to make
up the deficiency. Relying upon the
honesty of the man from whom he pur-
chased he did not inspect the lot. The
result was that many inferior berries went
under bis name and he lost money and
also was not able to ever sell again to the
same dealer.
George f. Lord, of the Du Pont Powder
Works, gave very interesting talk on
the use Of dynamite In farming. He started
with the proposition that dynamite is not
necessarily as dangerous as Is supposed.
All stories about anarchists using dyna-
mite bombs fail to relate that there is no
such thing as dynamite bomb. There
is no more danger in handling dynamite
than there is in using gasoline or gun
powder. The explosive is benefit to the
ground. Instead Of turning the land
upside down as a pillow would do, It
works burrows that give roots more
room to spread. He told of plot on
which dynamite had been used in clear
Ing the ground of stumps and where oats
had afterwards been planted. In every
spot where the explosive was used the
yield of oats exceeded that In other spots.
George Gosler, who has an extensive
bog in Bass River township, thought the
danger in using dynamite was not half as
much to be feared as the recently-enacted
employers liability law. Under its pro
visions the man who used explosives must
be very careful or It would take his entire
cranberry bog to pay for one small
explosion.
After the talk in the court house the
members adjourned to the New Washing
ton House where they enjoyed a fine
banquet.