The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-17
Farm Bureau Actiuities

The monthly news letter of the Bur
lington County Board of Agriculture
and Farm Bureau, Just issued, tells Of
the activities of the organization for
the time specified. Extracts from the
letter are given below:
On June 8th, the following COM
munlty committee was organized at
Pemberton; Mrs. T. G. Shreys. chair
man; Mrs. Clifford Emmons, delegate
to the county council; Mrs. Frank
Chambers, Mrs. J. Chester Gauntt.
Miss Florence Plat, Mrs. J. Howard
Burr, Mrs. Harold Budd, and Miss
Kate Mascher, members,
On Wednesday, July 20, the dele
gates from the different community
committees met at this Office to con-
slider with Miss Hauser, extension
specialist in home economics of the
New Jersey State Agricultural College,
the question OF woman county agent
lor Burlington county. Miss Hauser
stated That there is q woman available
Tor Burlington county as soon as the
new appropriation passes, provided the
women OF the county want such
worker and would be willing to finance
the county's share of the work. Most
of the delegates think that their COM
munities would do their share toward
raising the expense necessary to have
the woman county agent. The duties
OF such woman would be giving DEM
onstrations in canning, preserving.
drying, and cooking; dissemination of
information along other lines OF home
economics and the solving of all house
hold tangles. Monmouth, Mercer, and
Bergen Counties already have such a
woman worker, and it is hoped that
our women will see that Burlington
county is in the forefront in this
movement.
During the past month labor CEN
sus has been estimated by the differ
ent community committees for the
townships of Pemberton. Eyesham,
southampton, Mansfield, Chester, Mt,
Laurel, and parts of Bordentown,
Florence, Delran and Willingboro
This estimate shows that at the pres
ent time there is a shortage of $50
farm hands in the sections named and
That these communities expect to be
short from 400 to 800 men throughout
the season. Almost every farmer was
reported as being short one man, some
OF them need two or three. These
figures will be turned over to the De-
partment of Labor, which expects to
be able to furnish some experienced
farm help this summer.
Cooperating with the Vincentown
community over so men were secured
on "a hours notice from the Psnnsyl-
vania Department of Labor to help
with the pea picking in the last of
June. Over one-half of these did not
remain on the farm, but the 40 per
cent that did remain undoubtedly
saved good many baskets of peas
from wasting, and this percentage is
as large as could be expected, consider
ing the class OF men that are available
for farm labor at this time.
SOIL IMPROVEMENT.
Because Of the seriousness of the fer
tilizer situation it is advisable that
more land be seeded to leguminous
cover crops this season than ever be-
fore. The high price of cowpea, soy
bean and hairy vetch seed should not
be the cause OF less acreage being seed.
ed with these crops. Crimson clover
seed will be very high and scarce, and
1T is feared that large amount Of old
seed will be used, much Of which will
not terminate. Because of the price
and shortage of these seeds the rate OF
seeding can be cut one third and still
secure fair stand
When corn fields are to be plowed
next season, it is urged that at the last
cultivation THAT is, about the time the
corn is tasseling) some legume be seed
ed. For seeding in the fall, hairy vetch
is about the only legume that will sue
coed.
The coming events named are the
following: July "A, Pomona Grange at
Crosswicks; July %, summer meeting
OF the County Board of Agriculture al
the home Of A. ]. Pedley, Moorestown;
August 9Th, summer meeting of the
State horticultural Society at Minch
Brothers farm, Bridgeton; August IA
and 10, Pomona Grange picnic at Ran
cOcas Park.