Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-30
-rrcu INTEREST MANIFESTED IN
INNUAL MEETING OF COUNTY
pOARD OF AGRICULTURE

The largest and most successful
-oot;ng of the County Board of Agri-
D'1ture in recent years was held at
curt House on Saturday, December
s1.b The object of the meeting was
-.;marily to review the things ac-
pomplished by the Farm Bureau Fed
osotion. but educational and entertain
80 features also played a leading part.
rvbibits were present and the quality
g the products that were shown in the
Horticultural Society exhibit in Allan
tic CITY could be seen. The following
avbibits and their owners are given:
Red Skin, Peach Blow, Superba and
cnalding Rose potatoes grown by
palnh Schellinger, Green Creek; Para
CON apples grown by A. c. Hildreth,
Bio Grande; Winesap apples grown
bv Milton Godfrey, Tuckahoe; carrots
crown by Jacob Lintner, Woodbine; 10
varieties of sweet potatoes grown by
n e. Madara, Palermo; johnson
County white corn grown by w. S.
thompson, Goshen; pigeon peas, NAM
moth yellow soy beans and Brabham
compeas grown by Charles E. Rice,
S%wainton.
In the morning session, reports were
oiyen by B. Tronnem, Court House, as
delegate to farmers committee meet
ings in Trenton; A. B. Faure, Belle
plain. as chairman of the Cape May
County Poultry Association and the
County Agricultural Agent as repre-
senting extension work in Cape May
County.
In view of the good work done and
increasing interests displayed in the
County Board of Agriculture, the old
officers were reelected, as follows:
President, Joseph Camp; vice presi-
dent, w. S. Thompson; secretary,
Ralph Schellinger; treasurer, ]. R.
Chambers.
To represent the Board of Agricul-
ture at State Agricultural Week,
Trenton (January 10th to 18th, Will
liam H. Powell, of Swainton, was
chosen for a two-year period, Joseph
H. Cohen, Woodbine, being the hold
over delegate for this year.
The talks of DR.. Frank App and
Charles E. Gunnel on the subjects of
Farm Organization were fine, and all
who heard them felt that their three
dollar membership dues in the County
Board Of Agriculture was well placed
and working every minute for the
farmer and agricultural development
in general. DR.. App is secretary of
the New Jersey Federation of County
Boards of Agriculture.
DR.. Florence Powdermaker and
Irwin Owen gave talks along the lines
Of extension work that showed that
the people all over the state, as we'll
as in Cape May County were taking
such a hold on community work in the
home and on the farm that in the near
tutRre great strides in developing
country life will be evident to the least
observing mind. DR.. Powdermaker is
a specialist in nutrition and is one
Of the speakers sent out by the State
College of Agriculture.
The entertainment at the meeting
was of the highest quality and was
recognized as such by the ncore
called for after each number in the
singing program. Single and double
mixed quartettes were given between
speeches. The sopranos were Mrs. J.
A. Stackhouse and Mrs. Beatrice
Shields, altos were Mrs. William
Hand and Mrs. Haynes, tenors were
DR.. William G.. Hand and Clement
Foster, and BASES were Harry Nc
Pherson and William Powell.
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