The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-11-25
SOLEBURY CLUB
CORN EXHIBIT
Farmers Organization Have Pleas
ant Meeting at MIR. and Mrs.
Isaac VanPelt's Home.
USUAL GOOD SUPPER ENJOYED

AN onJnuSidSClc IleeCinB anu cOTI
contest was held by the Solebury
Farmers Club at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac VanPelt, on NORTH
Main street, New Hope, last Satur
day afternoon and evening.
Edward r. Johnson, of Center
Bridge, presided in the earlier alb
sence of President Albert H. Vasey
and Miss Edna Lear, of Lhaska, &C.
ted as secretary.
Mrs. Marian r. Ely reported for
the committee on experiments that
she had carefully looked into the
question of whether or not aluminium
cooking vessels were dangerous to
the food, and found they were not.
She read an interesting article from
the pen of scientist who had gone
into the matter thoroughly, to sup
port her contention. She also said
that ofttimes milk which is just on
the turn" could be used for baking or
cooking by adding small quantity
of baking soda.
Mrs. j. f. Scott spoke of the use
of seed tape, by which just the right
quantities of seeds are glued on a
paper tape, and planted in that
manner. The glue, rapidly decaying
acts as fertilizer to stimulate the
growth of the seeds. Mr.. johnson
thought it would be of prohibitive
expense for any but the small
gardener, and George H. Ely said
that especially satisfactory results
had been secured with the tape in
some parts of Arizona.
Mr.. Ely also expressed a desire to
exchange seed corn with any num-
Der of farmers up to dozen or
moro, with a view TO finding ont
what kinds would produce best on
certain soils.
Mr.. Ely described in detail the
success of feeding calves at Chicago
while the prize cattle were in quaran-
tine for many months, and said that
next to skim milk, the milk SUBJ
stitutes, commonly known as calf
meals" were best for growth and
fattening. He doubted the profit
ableness of feeding skim milk, If it
cost two cents per quart, as some
had to pay for it. Mrs. Howard
Funk said that she had fed whole
milk exclusively, gradually weaken
ing it and changing to grain feed
as the calf grew older. Mr.. john
son said that the milk substitutes
cost about six cents per pound.
Acting President Johnson also
described the corn contest, conducted
sometime ago on the farm of j.
Walter Allen, near Sergeantsville,
where corn seed from various sur
rounding farms produced all the
way from forty-five to ninety bushels
to the acre, under exactly the same
conditions.
Theodore G. Kitchin spoke upon
the wonderful growth of the baby
chick business within the Coryells
Ferry Community, and said that the
local hatcheries would use more than
a million and half of eggs during
the coming year. Mr.. Ely spoke of
his experience in trying to sell fresh
eggs to certain merchants in Lam
bertville. Mr.. Kitchin also spoke
of the attempt of the Merchants
Association to establish purchasing
market in Lambertville for the
farmers to sell their produce at, and
said that it seemed likely to succeed.
AS diversion from cattle and
chickens at this point, musical selec-
tons were rendered by the Misses
Edna and Elsie Lear, and the Misses
Kathleen and Margaretta VanPelt.
Under the head of deferred quest
ions, Mr.. johnson spoke of Peach
'Yellows' y, an affection for which
there is no cure but eradication OF
the diseased trees. The fruit ripens
too soon, and too red The Little
Peach" another disease very similar
to the ''yellows" in many ways
causes the fruit to ripen late, of bu
half size, although very sweet.
Can paper be made to stick t.
a papered WALTZ" was the question