The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-03-20
Farm Bureau Affairs.

During the past month four COM
munity committees have been organ
lied and are working according to the
bylaws Of the County Board of Agri-i
culture On February 10th, the first
community committee was organized
at Crosswicks. A meeting of few of
the best farmers of that locality with
Mr.. Logan. president of the County
Board OF Agriculture, Mr.. Hankinson,
state leader Of farm demonstration,
and Mr.. Reid the farm demonstrators, |
was called to meet at the home of |
Benjamin Stiles. Mr.. Hankinson out |
lined the work of such q committee, |
telling what had been done in other
counties which had been organized
along the same lines. Mr.. Stiles was
elected chairman of the committee and
Harry Middleton . director to the
County Board of Agriculture. The
committee then considefed the demon
STATIONS as outlined by the farm dem
onstrtor and selected the following
projects and co-operators to carry them
on for their community. "A corn var
| iety test to be conducted by Benja-
min Stiles; Better seed potato DEM
onstration" to be carried on by Harry
Middleton, and a project on the
economical production Of milk" to be
conducted by William Black.
| Later the same afternoon, the board
officers met with similar committee
at Jacksonville. Alfred Parker was
elected chairman and Albert Haines
was elected director to the county
board Of agriculture. The committee
selected Albert Haines to conduct q
demonstration on economical produc
ton Of pork by the use offorage crops
and the self-feeder.
i On February II. the president of the
|county board OF agriculture and the
farm demonstration met with COM
mittee at the home Of A. C. Hutchin-
lson, near Jacobstown. A. c. Hutch
iinson was elected chairman OF the
lcommittse and d. s. Croshaw direc-
tor to the county board Of agriculture.
1.-THE committee selected s. Casperson
to conduct demonstration on "econo-
lmical milk production, Mr.. Hutchin-
Ison to cooperate in corn variety
: test and D. s. Croshaw to conduct .
. demonstration on raising dairy
iheifsrs'' by using home-mixed calf
3meal as substitute for milk. The
Icommittse asked for some time to con-
lfer with other farmers, after which
they would select q co-operator to con-
duct demonstration on economical
pork production. y and report to this
Ioffice.
On February %. the president OF the
county board Of agriculture and the
demonstrator met with committee in
A. M. Haines' store at Tabernacle. r..
T. Bowker was elected chairman and
: Carleton Haines as director Of the
county board of agriculture. The COM
mittee requested the farm demonstra-
: tor whenever he should visit any DEM
Ionstrations in that community, to
send the chairman word so that he
he would be able to notify other MEM
bers of the committee in order that
they might be present to see the re-
: suits of the demonstration. The com
mittee selected Mark Montgomery to
cooperate in demonstration on ''best
methodsof managing peach orchard, ;"
land "A. ". Hughes to conduct corn
variety test The committee would
later choose co-operator for demon
Istration on the economical production
Iof pork. By the organizations in
these communities, the demonstration
Ia better able to come into touch with
the farmers and their problems where
he was not formerly acquainted. In
spite OF this, however, there was an
Iaverage attendance Of more than 81
farmers Much interest was taken by
those present and 1t seems certain that
each community will take forward
steps in agriculture during this COM
ling year.
SPRING SEEDING OF FORAGE CROPS.
Owing to the extreme draught last
summer and fall many farmers failed
to get good stand OF grass or hay.
Following are some Of the crops which
should give good results if sown this
spring.
Oats and Canada field peas seeded |
at the rate Of one and one-half bushels |
| of each per acre should give a good
yield OF hay Of high feeding value for
either cows or horses. These are cool
weather plants and should be seeded
as early in the spring as possible to
secure good results. IT sown after the
middle OF April poor results may be
obtained, unless we nave cool and
wet spring. Where possible they may
be seeded in March. No aftermath is
secured.
Sweet clover is promising hay and
forage crop on soils that are not tool
sour or wet. Two cuttings may be ex-
pected the first and second year, after
which it dies out. Sweet clover is
legume and should be inocuiated
unless alfalfa has been previously
grown. 1t may be seeded either alone,
with oats OF in growing grain early in
the spring. When seeded in grain a
crop Of hay may be cut about five
weeks after the grain is harvested. In
moving sweet clover, the cutter should
be set as high as possible, as close
will kill the plants. Sow 10I
to Is pounds Of scarified seed per acre.
Sudan grass will give good yield Of
forage or hay if seeded at 20 to 25
pounds per acre after the soil has be-
come warm, or about corn planting
time. This will produce hay of higher
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