The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-13

''The English pheasant is the princi-
pal game bird we have. We also raise
quail, wild turkey and deer We carry
over each year 800 pheasant hens for
breeders, set approximately u 900 Eggs
and raise an average of $3.50 pleas
ants a year.
In the six years that we have been
raising pheasants we have raised about
10000 For the last two years we have
nor raised any quail, as we have not
had any breeders, but we are trying to
buy some for this year. We have lib
Grated 1900 hand reared quail since
the farm started, and, while that does
not sound like many. it is a very large
number when you try TO do it,
"There are some that say that quail
can never be raised successfully in
large numbers, but l take the stand
that if we are able to raise 800 in a
year as a side issue what is the reason
We cannot raise three or four times
that number when you would make ii
the main issue?
"The wild turkeys are doing very
well on the game farm, and. while we
have not liberated any as yet through
the state, there We're two hens that got
away from the farm and were seen at
different times with about a dozen
| young ones half grown I am sorry to
! say that they all disappeared, and !
am inclined to think that there were
some who had turkey for their Thanks
giving dinner last year We We're very
much disappointed with the disappear
ance of these birds. for it would have
made a fine start for the wild turkey
| in the state.
| 1--WE are almost afraid to mention
the deer down our way, as there is so
much kick about them destroying farm
ers' crops. | might say. however. that
we have liberated 40 head since the
| farm started and sold nine this year to
the Atlantic County Game Preserve,
/ and there are nice lot still in the
park on the farm.
"The sportsmen of this state should
be proud of their Fish and Game Com
mission, as this state is recognized as
1 one of the leaders, if not the leader, in
the propagation of fish and game. and
their fish hatchery and game farm are
| looked upon as models on which other
states establish their plants after"
Fine Gift to Jersey.
Farm equipment in the country g
first and biggest army war garden, the
one at Camp Dix, will be presented to
the State Agricultural College in New
Brunswick the second week in June by
Charles Lathrop Pack of Lakewood,
the president of the National War Gar
den Commission, of Washington. There
will be big celebration, for the date
is the time of meeting of the Boys and
Girls Clubs of the state, and hundreds
from all over the state will see the ma
chinery of the most famous war garden
in the United States.
The machinery will be presented by
Mr.. Pack to William H. Demarest
president of Rutgers College, and tt
Jacob G. Lipman, dean and director Of
the state agricultural experiment sta
ton. After serving its purpose al
Camp Dix the equipment was turned
back to the National War Garden Com,
mission by Major General Hugh l.
Scott and Lieutenant Colonel Carl A
Harding. subdepot quartermaster.
To transport the machinery three
army trucks were used. The garden
marked an epoch in war making his
I tory, as it was the first farming opera
ton on a large scale by the United
States army and showed what could be
done in using land adjacent to army
camps. In 1918 the crop value was
more than $4,000 through labor OF
men physically unfit for overseas duty.
Plans were under way for bigger work
at all the camps when the arnistice
was signed
Shuts Door on Red Cross.
Considerable resentment has been
aroused because of the action of the
Old Barracks ssociation in notifying
the Trenton Chapter of the Red Cross
that it will be unable to use the quar-
tiers in the barracks in prosecution OF
Red Cross war work. Since the wal
started the Red Cross has been allowed
to use a portion of the barracks. The
property is owned by the state, and
about $1,000 a year is expended by the
state in maintaining it. Last year inn
provements were made to the extent OF
about 5000, and the property is heat
ed by the state directly from the state
house.
The criticism is due to the fact that
the Old Barracks Association Is a prl
vate organization, which the state al
lows to manage the barracks because
of it's historical object. II may be that
the whole matter will be presented tC
the State House Commission, and that
the Old Barracks Association will be
forced to permit the use of the building
for Red Cross purposes. Arrangement;
have been made by the Red Cross tC
seek other quarters, for which it viii
have to pay rent ---'F'
Explains Trenton Gathering.
Because of criticism that has ariser
in regard to the purposes back of the
proposed state convention o. mass
meeting in Trenton June p, former
Governor Edward C. Stokes, as chair
man of the Republican State Commit
tee, found it necessary To issue a state
ment explaining the real reason fol
the holding of the convention and as
sorting that it is not being held in the
interests of any individuals candi
dacy.
Questions raised by William H. See