The sun., 1916-09-10
STATE EXPERIMENT STATION.
Why New Jersey Farmers should
Aid IL.

NNtN Jersey experiment St8s
ton AT New brunswick is doing every
thing possible to aid the farmers.
gardeners n fruit growers OF the
state. No station anywhere makes a
greater effort to render prompt SER
vice. but the station IL doing only
about one-quarter Of what II should
and what II could do II supplied with
sufficient funds to operate with. With
out money to operate on, the horti-
culturists and agriculturists in charge
are tied fast. and while they sympa-
thize with the growers and do their
very tmo to aid them. often maxi
ing great personal sacrifices in the
interest Of those In trouble. the station
Is able only to render n small per-
centage OF the service II Is capable Of
supplying.
Not long ago the new State Depart
ment Of Conservation and Develop
ment was created. which opened its
campaign with the announcement OF
the fact that there were 1000. 900
acres Of land available for farming
within a sixty miles radius OF Trenton.
Western farmers were TO be made
acquainted with the neglected agri-
cultural opportunities Of the State.
The aim of this new department was
to bring 800, 600 settlers into New
Jersey in the next ten years. That
is on an average of so 1000 settlers a
year. A year has elapsed since the
new department was put In operation
with such loud blasts OF newspaper
trumpets. Where are the 10000 farm
crs that were brought in this first
WAR nr 2 0nl nv EOn ar zoo Has fha
work Of this new department brought
in even so many as five new farm
families. and IL so what are the names
and the addresses and what has been
the expense OF operating the bureau
the first year? Show just what the
cost il of securing each new settler
or would that be too much OF a settler
for the department?
In the Garden Department OF THE
SUN September 10, 1915, II was stated:
IL New Jersey really wants to
do something for New Jersey the
farmers believe the way to COM
mence is with the farmers already
located in the state. whose farms are
not paying or payii.E as well as they
should. and there are hundreds of
them. The State only can afford re-
lief. and State aid should be extended
to the farmers already in the State
before an effort is made to bring in a
half million more"
The quickest and cheapest way to
develop the farms of New Jersey and
all uncultiyated lands Is 10y making
the land now under cultivation profit.
able. Where a farmer il making
money some M is sure to locate next
10 him and try the same methods.
Nothing succeeds like success. and
nothing travels so fast and with so
little effort as the story OF the man
who Is making money. Where there
are two farmers prospecting a third
will be drawn. n as the number Of
crease will multiply.
As an illustration Of tho way tho
matter works. take the case Of farm
lands around Rochester, y. Y. A
comparatively few years ago farm
lands Just north Of the city around
Irondequoit Bay and Rarnard's CROSS
ing in the town Of Greece could be
bought for $50 to $50 an acre. They
were used then for growing wheat,
rye. corn, hay and oats. and yielded
only ordinary farm crops. 1t was
discovered that properly fortified this
soil would grow the very finest ege
tables and flowers. One after an
other went into the new line and made
money. Quick, t.cre was "a demand
for land and values rose rapidly. The
section is now built mp and he oper-
ators are making money.
There IL much LAM within nifty miles
Of New York in beautiful New Jersey
country on which tho farmers are
barely making "a living. No one eX-
Cept the city man having an income
from his business to cNpcnd on a
country home. IL attracted by sue
places. Iiut help the farmer To make
money 81 he can keep his place in
good repair and make something more
than his expenses every wear to put
IN the bank and there will be almost
immediate inquiry regarding. n de-
mand for the adjoining place.
There is no better way 10 accomplish
this most desirable result than through
the efforts Of the New JERSEY state
experiment station. and supplying tha
station with sufficient money to operate
on Is the cheapest way to de- il,
Farmers aye urged to take this mat
ter VI with State Senators Hud MEM
bers OF the Assembly and keep at them
until the result IL accomplished
Northern Ncio jersey Farmer.