Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-02-09
AGRICULTURAL t
Cooperative Association at Rio Grande
Is Now Complete


take charge of laying a concrete floor
in the Cooperative Association Build
ing on the Reading Railway siding at
Rio Grande. The committee chosen
was William Kimble, Frank Corson
and John Hendee. The committee
worked and accomplished something
and others took up the spirit and
plunged into the mixing pit as they
were called upon, while Charles
Crosse, with his heavy truck, kept a
of gratis gravel coming from
Carl Hildreth's pit. 1t was only a
few days before a five-inch concrete
floor rested upon a we'll packed bed
of cinders. This c%reditable piece of
work having been done so quickly
and enthusiastically has led others to
quicken their interest in ordering fer
t~ilizers, spray materials, feeds and
seed potatoes. 1t looks as though the
farmers would now buy much of their
goods from the Association even
though it might cost them as much as
it does from outside of the county
firms, for they are beginning to feel
that this building is theirs, and what
is our very own is always the best.
o. e. Lehman is urging the farmers
to get busy and send in their requests
in materials before they go up any
L.. A. Paige, of Moorestown Grange,
Burlington County, visited Cape May
County last week and reported that
the farmers have ordered three times
as many late grown Cobbler and Maine
seed as was done last year. Certified
seed is the only seed ordered. Certi-
fed seed potato men from Salem and
Counties state that their
heavy supply is rapidly being ordered
for spring delivery. The price of GER
titled seed seems to be running at 8
cents per pound, while uncertifed is
holding at 2 cents per pound. Some
has already been done by Cape
May County farmers, but in general
the bulk of the orders are not yet
placed. When ordering make your
Cooperative Association or your
dealer bring you certified seed. The
best is none too good. The Office of
Farm Demonstration, Cape May Court
House, will furnish you a list of GER
titled seed growers upon request.
Prune Your Trees Now
The broadcast notification sent to
fruit growers asking them to bring
their shears and do some actual work
found many fruit growers ready to
meet the challenge. The meetings
were attended by 60 people. Charles
Howell's peach orchard at Dias Creek
was the first orchard tackled. A tree
in this orchard was pruned last year
by the Fruit Specialist and Mr.. Howell
said he took IL baskets of fine peaches
from it, as against Z baskets from his
adjoining trees. At Jacob Lintner's
vineyard at Woodbine the double-arm
Kniffen system was used on his
grapes. If those who were not fortu-
note enough to see this work done
would go to the Lintner vineyard they
can get first hand information by OBJ
.serVation. John Anholt's apple or
chard was mex in line and since
very little wood had been taken from
llCCo III lllC ldot lew ySdlO oil per
sons handling the pruning shears took
special delight in seeing how he could
change the appearance of the trees.
Anholt's orchard is a promising one
of good varieties. 1t, like others in
the county, needs fertilizer, cultiva-
ton and thorough spraying.
Pomona Grange at Cold Spring
MI I'D 1900
was held last week in the grange
hall at Cold Spring. The attendance
in the evening was such as to fill even
standing room in the hall. The pro-
gram was Is well balanced as vas the
splendid repast prepared and served
by the ladies of the Cold Spring
Grange. Senator David H. Agans,
State Worthy Master, and w. F.
Knowles, assistant to the Director of
were the leading speakers
of the evening.
The program arranged from local
talent was the following:
Song-Cold Spring Young Folks
Choir.
Piano Solo-Irene Mcpherson.
Vocal Solo-Martha Tell.
Dialogue-"A Slight Misunderstand-
Reading-Mrs. David Mcpherson.
Vocal Solo-Margaret Griffith.
Recitation-Mrs. Ernest Corson.
Cornet and Piano-Mrs. Strang and
son.
Violin Solo-Frances Douglass.
Sketch-"Physical Torture" Eva
and Julia Hoffman, Edgar Mcpherson
and Russell Taylor.
The high type of entertainment al
ways given at Pomona Grange meet
ings is such as to be commended for
all those who would build up family
ties and community spirit. Here old
and young play and work together.
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