Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-07-09
Strawberries
WERE FAILURE
Drought Fairly Killed Off
the Fruit.
SOME FARM NEWS NOTES
The South Jersey Farm Jottings
Taken from the Reliable
Elmer Times.


Times furnish the following news:
With the end of the strawberry ship
ping season, the effects of the late
drouth can best be comprehended by
comparison of shipments from the
Cumberland county strawberry belt
this year, with the shipments in 1913.
The figures given herewith treat of
car load lots only, ignoring the num-
erous shipments which go out each
year in broken lots.
The Jewish growers of Rosenhayn
were perhaps hardest hit, as they had
TOO many eggs in one basket. Last
year they shipped about 80 car loads
and this year only "a, although with
increased acreage and early prospects,
the estimated yield was 120 carloads.
Norma was rated this year for a
production of 25 car loads, but shipped
only three.
Cedarville sent out about 40 car
loads last year and this year only Is.
FairUon had 25 to 27 car loads last
year and only four car loads this sea-
son. x
Newport shipped only one full car
load, where there should have been
close to train load.
Port Norris shipped more proper
tionately than any other station, ag-
gregating AZ car loads against over
100 cars in 1918. Pasquali Dagostina,
an Italian without worldly means,
settled sat Port Norris seven years
ago. He had big strawberry patch
on low swamp land this season, and
cleared about $3O00 Newcomb Bros.
also had berries on swamp bottom
and came in second in taking good
profits. Capt. Howard Socwell had a
good crop on meadow bottom and took
third place among the few successful
Port Norris growers this year.
Ed. Candy, of Mauricetown, with
abour so acres in berries on meadow
land, was booked by his neighbors to
make young fortune this year, but it
did not turn out that way. A part or
the acreage farmed by his tenants
turned in good money, but the big
acreage under his own supervision,
went back on him. 1t is charged that
too much lime applied to the meadow
caused the berries to practically burn
up.
Even poor berries brought good
prices. Two growers who loaded a
car at Mauricetown station, with ber-
ries which were not prime, were paid
$720 for the lot
Irrigated strawberry fields yielded
big profits, the Seabrook farms at
Deerfield standing at the head of the
list.
T. M. Tice, of Deerfield, was short
on his output of rhubarb this year on
account of dry weather. He shipped
away about $4,000 worth and carted
200 tons to the canneries.
On his various farms T. M. Tice, of
Deerfield, has 200 acres in white po-
tatoes this years. The vines are of
good color and the tubers appear to
have set fairly WELL What they need
is lots of rain.
The Swedesboro and Pennsgrove
section began marketing early toma-
toes last week receiving from $3.50 to
$500 per basket. For the week end
ing June 25, Swedesboro sent out SS2
at an average of $500 per craUe.
Onions from Egypt sold up to $3.50
per bag in New York city wholesale
markets last week 1t is claimed that
$3.50 per bag for Egyptians was the
previous high price in many years,
and that was two years ago when they
were in big demand.
Virginia white potato growers are
reaping harvest. In four days last
week Northampton county shipped
around $4,000 barrels at $425 per
barrel at the station for prime stock.
South Jersey growers are whetting
their lips for taste Of that kind of
prices, but will not grumble much if
they can start off with $500 to $3.50
per barrel.
Mcclellan Hustled, of near Fairton,
had seven acres in onions this season.
He marketed one acre of them last