The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-16
Report Of Farm Demonstration.

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The following is report of the work
accomplished from April 70 to May 10
inclusive: Seventy-four farmers have
been visited on their farms and IS de-
monstrations have taken place. Forty
eight have called at this office in person
and 81 by telephone. Six meetings have
been addressed with total attendance
of 721. In accomplishing this, 528 miles
have been travelled by auto 100 by rail.
One hundred and one letters have been
written and 447 circulars mailed. Two
articles have been written and published
by the papers in the county. Fifteen
bulletins have been distributed on re-
quest. Our monthly News Letter was
mailed to 298 different addresses. Fiji
teen persons have become members of
the Farm Bureau since our last meet
ing.
Following is some of the demonstra
| ton work which has been carried on
this month";
STRAWBERRY wEEvIL
| About 300 lbs. of arsenate of lead
mixedI with sulphur, and the busting
machine to apply it with has been fur
nished free for the busting of strawber-
ries to prevent the damage done by the
strawberry nippers. Demonstration
plots have been busted on the following
| FARMS John Dudley and Ellis Rud-
derow Of Moorestown; Charles Day and
HI. J. Oft of Marlton. Owing to the
rains washing it off, three applications
have been put on to date. The straw
berry nippers are numerous and have
done quite some damage already.
ASPARAGUS RoOTs.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture has given us 200 roots of a
rust resistant variety of asparagus and
this in comparison with other varieties
has been planted by the following men
<. A. Mechling and Irving w. Clark, o
Moorestown; Howard G. Taylor and
Nathan Conrow, OF Riverton.
SWEET CLOVER
Sweet clover has been sown by the fol
lowing farmers: /. C.. Haines, o
Columbus; j. A. Atkinson, of Noun
Holly, Frank Haywood, of Pointville
Culture for incubation donated by thu
III. K Milford Co., of Philadelphia wal
furnished Mr.. Haywood and part o.
the field sown with the treated seed.
CORN VARIETY TEst.
Five different kinds of seed corn hav,
been furnished to the following farmer
for trial, to determine which variety i
best adapted to the different section
anu VI blAo I<OWdl'
Rogers, OF Medford; Robert Evans, 0
Masonville; William Stevenson, 0
J Pointville; E. X. Clark, of Mount Holly
and John V. Bishop, of Columbus
} This seed was donated by Edwar'
} Rogers, E. f. Logan, w. l.. Reeder AM
|. Captain Z. A. Smith.
al SPINACH
On Mr.. Paul Burk's farm at Bridge
boro on 900 square feet, nitrate Of sod
was applied at the rate of $50 lbs. pc
acre on the 5th of April to determine b
comparison whether or not this woul
! lproftably effect the earliness or increas
= the yield.
SALT DEMONSTRATION
b On the farm of Edward Logan an
e John Black 200 lbs. of salt were mike
y with 800 lbs Of fertilizer and applied [
approximately { of an acre by tn
II planter, the same method as the othI
d fertilizer was applied, to determir
e whether or not salt would, in measur
,r take the place of potash in potato fel
l. tiliZer.
e. Some of the work for the comir
n month will be as follows: Applyir
4 nitrate of soda to sweet corn to haste
Of maturity as well as increase the yisl
er the spraying of apples and peaches; Il
i, application of salt on corn and alfalt
is incubation and sowing cowpeas; al
e. continuing the demonstrations alreat
started.