The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-05
CROPS GOING TO
WASTE IN JERSEY
Suggestion Made That state
Aid Farmers in Findin.
Market for Products.
POTATO GROWERS LOSE

TrEHroN. Aug THE state - New
Jersey * spending about Sioo.ooN ,..
nually In an effort TO Improve f,ru.-s
to enable the agriculturists and 'orr
'ulturis;s to raise larger AVID bette.
crops For the next fiscal Year Ne
appropriations to tho state Agricultural
College. Experiment Station, state Board
nf Agriculture for short and long cour-as
IN agriculture, fighting insect ps-'- and
improving the breeds of ho'sr- a.,
cattle amount to more than -'-.uUu
Half 4 dozen agencies are ,uprol'rl
by the state, yet there Is trccIN Il year
that suggestion Is not made tNdi o. i,N
job be created III the interests ui tie
farmers, whom the politicians ar.
candidates for public uttcc are pa
ticularly anxious to cultivate At this
season of the year It ha- bt,r -f-
gested now that what Il required most
is a course of instruction IA bow {" =
the farmers products into the h.,.. {
the Coi.SuIncIs.
Thousands Of tons of vegetables.
fruits and berries are going 6" vast" on.
the farms OF south Jersey. while t.rJe
are thousands Of families an the ,is
of the state an in New York and lN.t.
delphia who are suffering from laos o!
food. though able and willing to lu> 'i
reasonable prices the farm truck that
Is rUttlng ~ the fields.
Last year teaches, pears. llIlus
+ cherries, Strawberries and blachh'rrics
were ungatheted because they Were ~'
plentiful that II did not pay To- gather
them. This yea conditions are dbo.t
The same a. to berries. but much woI,s
IN respect to potatoes, onions. peas
cabbages and other vegetables.
: - I..-1H-t -
picking peas. great quantities of wh',d
are raised in Burlington. Giouccst'r
Salem, Atlantic and other soutlerH
counties. ON several occasions thi- year
the markets Were So glutted that pes
sold at 10 cents a basket wholesale, ana
the growers became 50 disguised Tia.
they began to plough under their VINES
IN order To put in more profitable crops
Last .,atr day Ia Salem the lr.c" (
peas " : / cents a basket, or : vents
less than the cost of picking.
Last year there was a great demand
for onions. which sold freely a. - 30
Il basket. Now they viii not hrI- b"
cents a bushel and the demand -
light that farmers are letting them OF
In the fields rather than add go '3e'r
losses.
Cabbages are sold by the pound JOS
. the city retailer. and sometime e. se
head will bring from - 90 90 .,s
On some OF the south Jerses far p
crates containing ten heads Of ctu..s.s
hdv. been sold AT I cents II ihr .H..
sunIer could get the benefit ut 'a,., i."
prices perhaps the growrr. WuIl0 a.'
mind SO much. but the pcllors cog H..e-
STEERS charge > cents a head. uts.'- a
profit of - cents on Al .uy,,t1.e.' I
I cents.
Probably the potato grower ,'.
the most serious predicameu'. g." pn-
tatocs have been selling A. 90 .'.'. %
81 a barrel of three bushels A. IS
more than that to raise thruf-.iH'" 81"
10 10 cents "A bushel. II is ~a'd D., ','H.
ers h keep careful ecouu'-
The %graugcr~ Of Mouufou'. s
GloucrStc' counties hay, wur.,. n.' a
system by which they ar, Ih!, 'a . ~.
ket their crops at a profit. ACCT 10.
rect the shipment of carload I.'- .'
tttocS. peaches. toUato,-. melon t'f
other farm produce a. ihl '.s'
Boston. aud west I" hgntl. I.''..r-
and thiCaGo-whervNcT Tho, b. t GOD
market for them.
+ Not all farmers ana tru KEYS .,0's
- the grange, and thty must t.H tr-
> kets wherever they rau Mos ~ '"t
r depend on Philadelphia. candle t.i
other nearby cities. and .
: stances fruits aud vcscr 30. '.' .'
raised near one city Will - 90
Philadelphia to a coWuls-.u. ... t'
, and then reShippod hack L. tno' D.,
! mission merchant near tie point .' proc
: duction Resides two profits '' ''. .
= dlcnan Their" D. the cog ui 't e.
. tlOG 10y rail or boat hp'1 VI'. ''
cost of hauling