Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-14

will tell you what is the matter with
them, and the best remedy; we want
the cooperation of the farmers and
expect it.
Mr.. Chas. w. knight, of near Wood
bury, asked how the Grown Gall
could be detected and the remedy.
(This is a disease very destructive to
red raspberries, peach trees, etc. } DR..
Cook replied that it could be recog-
nized by knot on the root and some
times on the stems-a globular knot,
common near the stalk. 1t is bac
terial disease, the organism of which
will live in the soil at least eleven
years. 1t is very difficult to get rid
Of and there is no remedy except to
get clean stock from the nursery, and
then do not follow one crop suscep-
tible to the disease with another
which the disease also attacks. The
only real way to get rid of disease,
said Dr. Cook is to develop varieties,
by a process of local selection, that
will grow in spite of the disease.
Senator Gaunt introduced the Hon
j. S. Frelinghuysen as the final
speaker of the morning session. The
speaker outlined the work of the State
Board of Agriculture in it's several
departments. This county, he said,
needs little instruction or urging as
you are well advanced. We are
preaching rganization-an organiza
tion that will aid and help lift up the
unfortunate farmer, the Indifferent
farmer, and the lover of the ''old way"
We urge those kinds of men to come
to the meetings, to try new methods,
etc.
Results Of Organized Methods.
What has been accomplished in
New Jersey by this organization? In
ten years, the quantity of cultivated
areas in New Jersey has decreased by
100000 acres. 100000 of these acres
have been absorbed in fake land de-
velopment schemes. Nevertheless, and
in spite of all that, the value of farms
and farm implements has increased
65 millions of dollars
The Educational Question in N. J.
After reviewing the departments
under which the agricultural work is
being carried on, the ex-senator en-
tered into the struggle now going on in
the State Legislature to repeal that
portion of the law enacted last winter
which makes uniform examinations
necessary throughout the State for
promotion from both the grammar
and high schools. The committee
that investigated the schools through
out the State, and of which the speak
er was member, reported a go-as-
you-please system of education in
public schools. Today said Mr.
Frelinghuysen, New Jersey does not
know how her children are being ed
ucated Next June in N j., set of
questions will be given the pupils
graduating from all the grammar de-
partments and the high schools thro-
will show what the educators are do
ing for the children This is the only
way to find out what the educators
are doing for the children (The
speaker plead for the retention of the
| law now on the statute books which
makes these examinations compulsory
which law many of the educators of
New Jersey are trying to have re-
pealed
The afternoon session began at 2
o'clock with an address by Dr. Chas
D. Woods, Director of the Maine Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Orono
County, Maine, his subject being "Po-
tato Production O Misbranding
and (2) mixed varieties are the chief
obstacles with which the farmer has
to deal The mixed varieties are the
result of careless handling and the
planting of different varieties of pota-
toes on the same field in successive
years.
Potato Diseases.
There are six well-known potato
diseases:
l. Early Blight.
2. Late Blight.
8. Rot
4. Blackleg.
5. Scab.
6. Fusarium.
Early Blight (Rust) weakens the
plant; it is confined to the foliage.
1t appears as small brown spots scat
tered over the older leaves, and then
spreads. Spraying with Bordeaux
mixture is the remedy. The flea beetle
gives the Early Blight chance to get
in by reason of the holes it bores in
the leaves The Bordeaux mixture
does not kill the beetle but it drives
it away. 150-200 gallons of the mix
ture per acre is necessary to drive it
away.
The Late Blight seldom attacks the
| foliage till the tubers are set; it will
cause storage. ret. The color of the
potato becomes from a dark-brown to
/ a black a fungus causes this dis