Milford chronicle., 1913-08-15

park, and all about the town are small
! farms of five or ten acres, and occasion
/ ally twenty acres or more. Nearly all
Of these farms are devoted to poultry
and to peaches or other fruit. Peaches
are becoming very popular and very
profitable. Probably two thirds of those
engaged in the poultry business are max
ing a decided success of it, and this is
rather remarkable because of the fact
that a large proportion of those who
have gone into the business are town
people or city people who have had no
experience in the country. One of the
most striking sights near Nineand is
the famous duck farm of S. Huey.
More than forty thousand ducks have
already gone to market from this farm
this season. The fiOcks remaining cover
acres of ground around a pond, and one
would almost think that there were
millions Of them instead of thousands.
The people around Vineland are under /
obligations to certain men who came
into the neighborhood for the express /
purpose of improving it. Among these /
are The Fels (who make naptha soap I
They bought fertilizers and manures in !
a wholesale way at the lowest possible
price and sold them to the farmers at
cost. and then gave the farmers as
much time as they needed 20 pay for
them. whether it was one year or sew
eral years. They also put up a canning
factory to take care of the products
that the farmers grew, and for
q number of years they ran this factory
AZ a loss rather than a profit. They
)ay good prices and require good stuff
md they are now reaping the reward
If their labors and Of their benevolences
md the development of Viuelaud has
Deen greatly stimulated and hastened
)y the credit given the small farmer
Is tine example of what may be
lone by the cooperation Of capital and
aoor. bound together by the strong ,
nd friendly tie of agriculture" aided
" all that art and science could con-
rioute towards the happy result. Now
he state and Nation are uniting in a
umber Of ways to add to this coOpera-
ION this frlend.iness. this prosperity,
his ideal condition of country living.
lose to Fineland are demonstration
oultry plants and experiment farms
mere field study is given to growing
rapes. Public and private charitable
lsututlous have been established and
tate roads of macadam or gravel add
the atrracUveness Of the ueighbor- |
ood. Naturally land has become high
price. The Fels own a farm that is a
aaily demonstration farm. 1t is in 7
large of r. NJ Lidman, brother Of :
r. J. G.. Lidman, of The New JERSEY 7
Experiment. Station, one of the greatest }
)I experts in the United States. if not y
the world. When they decided to Il
art the canning industry, they got n
elaware man, E. o. Sawyer, and told
IN to make study of conditions. to
aid sp a business and at the same to
elp build up the community. Tae re-
Its show that careful study has been u
ven to every detail of the canning q
lslness, until sweet potatoes are '
.nned in such a way that hey preserve
most their natural freshness. A ma
lne has been made to core tomatoes. 3
device simply picks out the tomato Il
EN- and the usual little green SPOT Il
rounding the stem The waste is b
eatly reduced, so that the product m
ON a given quantity of the fruit is b.
,reased about Is per cent. Besides Vi
IS the tomato is not bruised. nor HI
oxen, ana the best specimens can be
aided and skinned and gently placed
a new style fat can holiiuy a half L
zen tomatoes in a single layer. These a
as good 10 January as tomatoes y