Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-05
Farm Demonstrators Tor CapeMay
County

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F~reehoIders Robert 8. Miller and
Joseph 2. MacKIssic deserve the thanks
OF their constituents for their successful
efforts In securing the appointment of a
farm demonstrators for Cape May Coun-
ty and the entire Board of Freeholders
are TO be congratulated upon their APP
preparation of $1,000 for the annual
maintenance of the County Bureau Of
Agriculture.
The action marks the inauguration Of
a new era in the agricultural develop
ment of Cape May County and will do
a great deal toward stimulating interest
in farming throughout the County and
10 increasing the value OF farm land.
With a splendid soil, a superb climate
and the great markets OF the adjacent
seaside resorts tributary to her farms,
Cape May County has every reason TO
look forward to a period of extraordi-
nary development, If not a revolution In
her agricultural methods. In this adj
vanced age the advantages of scientific
farming, the value of the work Of the
ex experiment station, the chemical lab
oratory aud the agricultural college are
too widely known and appreciated to
even permit of adverse discussion.
Those states which are growing the
biggest crops and getting the largest
yield from the smallest acreage are the
states In which these essentials are
reconized as the determining factors In
modern agriculture.
While it is possible for us to give the
advantages above mentioned to our
young people, 1t Is desirable also that
our adult farmers have similar oppor-
tunities brought to their doors and it Is
this that the Board of Freeholders have
in mind and that the County Bureau of
Agriculture will accomplish.
Prof. Thrasher, the new demonstrator,
whose central Office is to be located at
the county seat. should be- and will be
welcomed with open arms and he is to
be congratulated upon having SO pro-
gressive and intelligent a rural popula-
ton to work with, as he will find in
Cape May County, and a soil and eli
mate so s~plendidly adapted to his
efforts. Let the Oranges of the County
invite Prof. Thrasher to attend their
meetings and become an active visiting
member ia every one of them. Let
every farmer and business man in
Cape May County call upon Prof.
Thrasher and bid him welcome and let
the spring meeting of the County Board
of Agriculture, to be held at South Sea-
vile on February 18th, be attended by
the farmers, business and professional
people from one end of the County to
the other,
The basis of all wealth is agriculture.
The proximity of the fertile shoreacres
OF the mainland adds enormously to the
value of our beautiful seaside resorts.
Everything that stimulates and interest
in agriculture, which results IN the
planting of more and the raising of
better crops, reacts to the benefit Of the
summer visitor, whether he be cottage
wner or boarder, and this In turn
swells the revenue OF the hotel keepers,
the real estate men and the merchants
of the seaside communities. 1t should
be the proud boast of every hotel 10
Cape May county that 1t has nc cold
storage plant and doesn't need N
Nothing will do more to attract
patronage than the assurance that the
poultry, fruits and vegetables served
are "three hours fresh from the fields"
Let Cape May county establish a repu-
tation of this sort aud its prosperity is
assured.