Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-06-23


wildwood is not of an interesting ma
ture, but there is a very picturesque
route from the city to Wildwood If the
autoist will come through Salem and
Cumberland Counties. In these two
COMMITTEES are some of the most fertile
grain and dairy farms in the United
States. If the autOist will take the
map and plan the route through Glass
boro. Elmer. Shirley and Deerfield, 1t
will take him through about 80 miles
of this kind of country, which at this
time of year is especially beautiful
The Journal suggests that some OF its
readers who have never been over this
route try it some day on trip 10
wildwood. On this route just before
reaching Bridgeton the autoist Will
mass the Seabrook farms, description
of which follows, being taken from the
Bridgeton Pioneer of June 8, 1922:
"Eyery member of the Bridgeton
Rotary Club yesterday afternoon were
farmers for a day, farmers intensive
and energetic, joining with their fell
low member, Charles F. Seabrook, in
an inspection at first hand of some OF
the remarkable achievements which
are a part of the daily routine at the
Seabrook farms, the greatest agricul-
tural enterprise in the world.
1t was a beautiful afternoon when
the Rotarians left Bridgeton and mo-
tored out to Upper Deerfield Town
ship, large part of which comprises
these remarkably fertile fields and
thriving orchards.
At the spacious offices the Rotarians
were greeted by Mr.. Seabrook and an
other of their fellows, Fred Rockwell,
and after a little visit at the Seabrook
home the party motored over the
many miles of roadway traversing
through the farms. 1t was wonder
full inspection from the fact that the
members had the benefit of Mr. Sea-
brooks personal guidance and he gave
hours to explaining some of the many
operations In this he was assisted by
Mr.. Rockwell, who knows all of the
details of the enterprise.
Acres and acres of growing pota-
toes, miles of lettuce, great fields OF
cabbage, second crops of beets, acres
Of romaine, acres and acres of straw
berries, the most luscious of fruit, |
many of them growing as inter-crops |
in the orchards, vast quantities OF
peas and growing lima beans,
L,v of tho IN |
he motors.
The first stop was made at the P, NJ.
Roster nurseries, where there is re-
development of floral and
shrubbery culture, practically all of it
being done as it is done in far off |
where the most marvellous
bulbs and plants have been produced. |
All about these growing operations
One finds the Holland ideas being
worked out with American enterprise,
and the methods of grating are es-
pecially interesting. Three Holland
built hot houses filled with various
seedlings provided an interesting
study for the visitors, and the Holland
made tools were especially novel and
differ wholly from American manufac-
ture.
The big harvesting operations now
proceeding upon the farms are cutting
cabbage, picking strawberries, cutting
lettuce and gathering fields of peas
with horse rakes.
The strawberry culture upon the
Seabrook farms is great enterprise
and this year is even more remarkable
from the fact that much of the crop
is being cold packed in barrels for
the big city market, making it possible
for the people to have fresh strawber-
ries all through the winter. In the
two packing plants 40 barrels of the
cold pack are put up daily, and the
operation is an interesting one. Two
pounds of the fresh, ripe Strawberries
require a pound of sugar. The berries
are frozen as they pass through the
tank and sweetened in pulp, and when
packed in barrels are put in cold stor-
age and kept at temperature of 10
degrees until the stock is shipped in
cold storage cars to the market.
Another operation interesting the
Rotarians was in the plant where
acres of peas are taken from the
vines, shelled and screened by ma
chinery. 1t is a remarkable operation
and the screens provide four sizes of
fresh, green peas, which when finally
cleaned are shipped in packing boxes
to Glassboro where they are canned
by the New York Canning Company.
The trip over the place carried the
Rotarians through the thousand acres
of growing peach and apple trees, and
there is in prospect remarkable crop
of splendid peaches. The orchard de-
velopment is one of the most satisfac-
tory of the Seabrook efforts.
Despite the fact that the swift NOV
ing motors were operating for hours,
the visitors were enabled to catch but
a glimpse of the thousands of details
which are being worked out under the
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