The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-27
Peaches Marketed Through Co.
operation Of Growers
MONMOUTH TAX INCREASES
Rate Jumps to $4.ss per $1,000, Says
Secretary - Statement Gratifies
Ratepayers, Who Had Expect
ed Higher Figure.

GAME 6V1U6uC that Lu0T0 WOulu 10 q
tremendous crop of peaches through
out New Jersey, as well as in other
peach districts, the New Jersey Ex-
pertinent Station urged the Vineland
peach-growers to cooperate and ar
range for shipments in carload lots.
Clean fruit of high quality was adj
mitted to be an important factor in
order to secure good prices in a
| season of such a heavy crop. A
meeting of the growers was held early
in April at the time the trees were
in bloom and a thorough spraying
campaign started to insure fruit free
from disease at shipping time.
w. w. Obey, the extension special
list in fruit growing, offered to visit
the orchards at the time of each
spraying to criticise the quality of
the work and to assist with sugges-
tons as to methods and time of APP
plication if the growers would CO.
operate and furnish him t~ransporta-
ton from one orchard to another for
the work of inspection. This arrange
ment was enthusiastically adopted by
the growers. Later developments
proved this t o be of the greatest inn
| portance. The wet season has caused
peach diseases to flourish and only
well-sprayed orchards in the vicinity
of Vineland are free from disease.
The next important movement of
the growers was to secure new crates
so that the fruit could be packed in
an attractive name These were
purchased in car lots so that the low
est possible rate. Distinctive crate
labels were urged and adopted.
The real question of how co-opera-
tive shipments could best be man
aged was yet to be solved, however.
Numerous meetings were held at
which growers and experiment sta
ton men freely discussed methods.
A workable plan was finally drawn up
and adopted. Briefly, it consisted of
engaging a man to take charge of the
leading and shipping of the cars and
their distribution upon the market.
This mar Is given full power to refuse
shipments that r not properly
graded, packed and marked. He also
LAS Iu1l pOWCI W 0A1P 0AO
the fruit according to his best judg-
ment.
To make the venture successful,
however, it was necessary to have a
set of rules which each member
would agree to observe and which
would be enforced by the sales agent.
The following conditions were &C
copied by the growers:
The fruit to be practically free from
disease.
The fruit to be packed in new
Georgia carriers properly labeled.
A standard system Of marking as
suggested by the horticulturist of the
experiment station be adopted.
A minimum number of forty crates
to be accepted as a shipment.
The expenses of the sales agent, in
Guiding salary, to be borne pro rata
! by the members.
Expenses for loading and icing cars
to be charged on the basis of the
number of crates shipped by each
grower.
Each member to deposit his check
with the secretary-treasurer of the
association at the opening of the sea-
son to cover his share of the expenses
of the sales agent.
Each member to deposit a check
each week covering any charges
against him for loading and icing.
Monme 18th Tax Increases.
The tax rate in Monmouth County
the cohaing year will show an increase
Of II cents per $1,000 over the rate
for 1914 and will be fixed at $4.S3,
according to computations just com
pleted by Charles L. Stout, secretary
of the Monmouth County Board of
Taxation.
In spite of the fact that the rate
has gone up, the statement was graft
flying to the taxpayers in this city,
because when the city rate was fixed
recently 1t was anticipated it would
make the county rate figure 1892.
The rate in Asbury Park, according
to Mr.. Stout's computations, will
therefore be two cents higher than it
vas last year instead of eleven cents
greater.
The estimate of county valuation
is Sill, 900, 900 and the estimate OF
the county budget is $551,454.35. The
net amount to be raised by taxation,
however, is $535, 704.35, as from the
budget, the bank stock tax, $15,750
Is deductable.
Increase In Storage Eggs.
The State Health Board reports
that on July / there were 21.825,24C
dozen eggs held in storage as com
pared with 10, 1888, $50 dozen on April
1, and 10, 1896, O7O dozen on July l, 1914
The excess of eggs held in storage
at this time over those in storage
a year ago is due to the large croI
of eggs rather than storage for wal
supplies. The storage of eggs has
reached about the capacity of the