Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-16
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
Inspection OF Ocean City Bank Phi

Last Saturday President r. b.. Sites,
Cashier H. S. Mowrer and the County
Agent inspected the pigs put out last
April by the First National Bank OF
Ocean City. For the past three years
this bank has been encouraging swine
raising in the northern part of the
county by creating an interest in the
pig club. AS prizes are offered for the
person showing the best results in
growing pigs, building proper pens
and keeping records of the cost of
each pound of pork grown, it is neces-
sary each year for an inspection tour
to Judge the outcome of the movement.
This year there were fewer pigs in
the club, but they were of better quail
ity and in better condition than those
of the year before. All of the pigs
were grades, except one herd, and here
they were pure-bred Duroc Jerseys.
The swine population of the county
has been greatly depleted in the last
two years, but at the present time the
number is increasing and will soon
be back to normal.
The winners in the pig club this
year are the following:
First Premium-Washington Van
Glider, Petersburg.
Second Premium-George Walter,
Cold Spring.
Third Premium-Judson Corson,
Palermo.
AS the animals were of exceptional
quality all the way through, it was
very difficult for the judges to arrive
at the decision.
Poultry Meeting
Last Friday evening, at Cape May
Court House, Poultry Specialist Allen,
from New Brunswick, met fifteen MEM
bers of the poultry record club "a
branch organization of the local poul-
try association, and made a detailed
study of records kept by the poultry
men during the month of November.
AS costs and cost accounting were
discussed from every angle, it was not
difficult to see that the methods or
poultry keeping in Cape May County
permit of a very great variance in re-
suits. In some instances too much
grain in relation to the amount or
mash was being fed. Feed costs for
grain anu mdSA Fd1lCU oo NS -
$1.OO per hundred pounds. OF course,
percentages of egg yields varied, and
the returns per bird above feed cost
ranged from nothing to 80 cents for
the month of November. All agreed
that this was just the kind of meeting
needed for men who are considering
poultry keeping as a business.
The next meeting will probably be
on the evening of January 5, 1872.
At this time the poultry record club
will be held before the entire poultry
association, and any others who are
interested in poultry keeping. Notices
will be sent to the poultry association
members.
Cane Nav County Wins Prizes in Two
Shows
Cape May County has shown OFF her
agriculture to a good advantage IN the
State Horticultural Society's Annual
Meeting. held in Atlantic City, and the
Newark Poultry Show, held at Newark.
Both meetings were concluded during
the last week, and results are the fol-
lowing:
First Prize-12 specimens of red
sweet potatoes, E.. E. Madara, Palermo
First Prize-12 specimens of yellow
sweet potatoes, E. E. Madara, Palermo.
Second Prizes heads lettuce, Chas.
Crosse, Rio Grande.
Second Prize-One-half dozen car
rots, Jacob Lintner, Woodbine.
First Prize stalks celery, ID. Z.
Tudor, Mayville.
Second Prize-Best Collection Vege-
tables, Cape May County Pomona
Grange.
First Prize-Best % apples, John G.
Elliott, Cold Spring.
First Prize-Plate Opalscent ap-
ples. John C. Elliott, Cold Spring.
Second Prize-Best 25 apples, A
Carlton Hildreth, Rio Grande.
First Prize-Utility Poultry (Pen).
A. B. Faure, Belleplain.
First Prize-Pullet, cock and hen
A. B. Faure, Belleplain.
The winning of these prizes is al
the more interesting because compe'
tition was keen and from all parts o.
the state.
: ANY person interested in seeing
some of the exhibits and the premiums
y can do so at the annual meeting, hell
y in the Court House, December II
T where an effort will be made to "shoV
- the bacon"
.u j. A. STACKHOUSE,
IN Country Agricultural Agent.
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