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Manure with Planer Shavings 
Every year 1 use many carloads of 
horse manure, bought in New York City 
and delivered on cars to our station. In 
Spring, 191S, there was a scarcity of the 
New York horse manure of grade we had 
been buying for years. We could get 
plenty of horse manure from Camp Meade 
and at a lower price, so I concluded to 
try a few cars of the Camp Meade pro¬ 
duct. When the cars began to arrive I 
found that shavings had been used liber¬ 
ally in bedding in place of straw. 1 did 
not think much of the shavings for ma¬ 
nure. so used only the first five cars that 
I had ordered and stopped. I used the 
manure on land where cantaloupes and 
cucumbers were to be grown. Notwith¬ 
standing that a good supply of high-grade 
fertilizer was used in addition, where 
this Camp Meade manure was used, the 
crops were an entire failure. After the 
best cultivation we could give them they 
failed to respond. Where we left off 
with the old standard horse manure bed¬ 
ded with straw, our crops were good. 
After the crops were off the land was 
plowed and seeded to Crimson clover. 
Where the Camp Meade raanue went we 
have no clover; land seems perfectly dead, 
and where the strawy manure went we 
never had finer set of clover. I feel sure, 
that it will take several years to get the 
land back in shape that it was before this 
Camp Meade manure was applied, and 
also take much lime, as I feel sure that it 
was the great amount of acid in the shav¬ 
ings that caused the results. I would not 
advise using manure' with shavings on 
any kind of soil for any use whatever. 
These five cars proved very costly to us, 
and taught us a lesson that will not be 
forgotten. E. W. TOWNSEND. 
We have had several reports like this, 
and still others where the shavings seem 
to have given fair results. The facts 
seem to be that the shavings when fresh, 
contain large quantities of acid which 
will injure the soil unless there is lime 
enough present to neutralize it. When 
the shavings are fully mixed with the ma¬ 
nure and have fully absorbed the stable 
liquids they are not injurious, since the 
ammonia in these liquids will neutralize 
the acids. The manure from the camps 
was mostly shavings, and probably very 
acid. It makes a difference, too, what 
crops are grown. The melons and clover 
both prefer an alkaline or neutral soil, 
and the large amount of acid hurt them. 
Corn or potatoes or strawberries could 
have made a better use of them. A good 
dose of burnt lime will help. 
United States Food Administrator for 
New Jersey, and Senator James E. Wat¬ 
son of Indiana. There were reports of 
the work of the State Department of 
Agriculture made by Secretary Agee and 
and Bureau chiefs. The interest of the 
day centers upon the election of members 
of the State Board of Agriculture to fill 
vacancies, as membership in this Board 
is esteemed a high honor. II. AY. Jeffers, 
of the Walker-Gordon Farms, was re¬ 
elected for four years. Fred Uppincott 
of Burlington County was elected to suc¬ 
ceed Edward A. Meebling. who felt com¬ 
pelled by the pressure of business in¬ 
terests to retire at the end of his term, 
and Charles Brown of Gloucester County 
was selected to fill the vacancy caused by 
the death of his father, Theodore Brown. 
The State Poultry Association held 
sessions through two days and had a great 
exhibit in the Armory under the direction 
of Carrol II. Iloagland. The poultry in¬ 
terests have a strong department in the 
State College of Agriculture under the 
direction of Professor II. R. Lewis, and 
this has been a big factor in building up 
a strong State association. The follow¬ 
ing officers were elected for the coming 
year: President, Carrol II. Iloagland, 
221 Maple Avenue, Trenton; first vice- 
president, Charles D. Cleveland, Eaton- 
town; second vice-president, Herman E. 
White, Vineland ; secretary, William I/. 
Ilundertmark, Passaic; treasurer, Benja¬ 
min II. Lackey, Haddonfield. 
Within the last two years a strong 
State Dairymen’s Association has been 
organized and it held a well-attended 
meeting. The matter of producers’ and 
consumers’ prices of milk and methods of 
distribution came in for full discussion, 
and likewise the matters of production 
and tuberculosis control. Dr. J. H. Mc¬ 
Neil, chief of the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry, is one of the widely known veter¬ 
inarians of the country, and he is seeking 
the highest degree of efficiency consistent 
with a sympathetic consideration of pro¬ 
ducers’ interests. Emphasis is placed 
especially upon the barring of diseased 
cattle from the State and assistance to 
every herd owner in the State that wants 
to better his conditions. The following 
officers were elected for the coming year: 
President, Robert V. Armstrong. Augusta ; 
vice-president, Walter Shute, Bridgeton; 
treasurer, I). Y. Lewis, Woodelifl Lake; 
secretary, John W. Bartlett, specialist in 
dairying at the State Agricultural Col¬ 
lege* at New Brunswick. The following 
members of the Board of Directors were 
elected : William R. Hackett, Quinton ; 
Frank Torbett, Paterson: Charles II. 
Hires. Salem, and Prof. W. M. Regan, 
dairy husbandman at the State College, 
ex-officio. 
Agricultural Week at Trenton 
The fourth annual meeting of the New 
Jersey Agricultural Convention was held 
at Trenton January 14. 1.?, 1(5 and li. 
The New Jersey law calls for a meeting 
of delegates from county boards of agri¬ 
culture. Pomona Granges and State asso¬ 
ciations to fill vacancies in the State 
Board of Agriculture. This official con¬ 
vention each year is held on Wednesday, 
and then adjourns until Friday afternoon 
for consideration of resolutions. The 
greater part of the week is taken up by 
annual meetings of State associations that 
become the guests of the State Board in 
respect to provision of halls, programs, 
etc. The State associations prefer to 
hold either annual or adjourned meetings 
in a single week so that their, members 
may meet leading farmers, horticulturists 
and stockmen from all sections of. the 
State, and they wish to be at the State 
Capitol on account of the official Agri¬ 
cultural Convention. 
January 14 was largely “Market Day. 
Representatives of 20 co-operative asso¬ 
ciations in the State were asked for four- 
minute reports of their work and this 
afforded some evidence of the great head¬ 
way that has been made in co-operation 
by New Jersey producers. An interest¬ 
ing feature of the program was direct 
discussion between leading representatives 
of commission merchants of New York 
and Philadelphia with prominent pro¬ 
ducers and shippers of New Jersey. The 
result sought was a clearer and better 
understanding between two interests that 
are essential to each other. The Bureau 
of Markets in the State Department has 
secured the co-operation of transportation 
lines with shippers, and one pleasing fea¬ 
ture was the recognition given by the 
farmers to the work of Mr. II. B. Barn- 
ford. who is the Bureau of Markets 
transportation specialist. The chief of 
the Bureau, A. L. Clark, presented a 
State-wide marketing program. Each 
leading association of the State has 
named a representative as a member of 
an advisory committee to the Bureau of 
Markets, and this will add to the effective¬ 
ness of the Bureau. The attendance of 
men interested in marketing fruits, vege¬ 
tables and other staple products taxed 
the capacity of the large room in the 
Armory, while another room was filled 
with dairymen, who took up the prob¬ 
lems in the marketing of milk. The 
National Bureau of Markets rendered 
helpful service through its representatives 
on the program. . , 
The official session of the Agricultural 
Convention was addressed by Governor 
Edge; President Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, 
United States Senator from New Jersey; 
Dr. J. G. Lipman, of the Experiment 
Station ; W. II. Havens, Master of the 
State Grange.; Hon, William S. Tyler, 
‘Ibe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A new State organization that has 
come into wide usefulness is the Potato 
Association, which held an all-day ses¬ 
sion. Emphasis was placed upon seed 
production. There is a sentiment that 
New Jersey should furnish the greater 
part of the seed used, as the Southern 
end of the State can grow a late-planted, 
immature crop that gives as excellent re¬ 
sults as seed grown farther north. The 
potato crop of the State is a most im¬ 
portant one. The subject of grading was 
a live one and the sentiment of the asso¬ 
ciation was in favor of the observance 
of fixed grades by shippers. Frank P. 
Jones, of Freehold, was elected president, 
and \V. B. Duryee, of Trenton, secretary. 
Walter L. Minch of Bridgeton was 
elected treasurer, . 
One of the best meetings of ‘Agricul¬ 
tural Week” was that of the Central 
Jersey Hog Growers’ Association. The 
swine industry is receiving attention by 
many of the most, progressive stockmen 
of the State, and the most up-to-date 
methods in use of forage crops and proper 
grain mixtures are employed by many 
members of the Association. Feeding 
problems was discussed by Prof. Tomliave 
of State College, Pennsylvania, and the 
round table talk brought out the best 
points in the experience of Jerseymen. 
Ilog cholera stands in the road of the 
swine industry, and Dr. J. IT. McNeil of 
the State Bureau of Animal Industry told 
the members of the practical co-operation 
that the Bureau gives to growers and 
pointed out the necessity of self help on 
the part of herd owners. 
Another State association of recent 
formation in New Jersey is in the interest 
of Alfalfa, and within two years it has 
made great development. Last year the 
State Department sent Prof. Frank App, 
secretary of the association, into the 
Northwest to locate dependable sources 
of Alfalfa seed for the State. George T. 
Reid, president of the association, opened 
the session with a talk on. “Alfalfa in 
New Jersey,” in which he pointed out the 
value to which the crop may come, and he 
was followed by Prof. C. G. M illiams of 
the Ohio Experiment Station, who gave 
the results of a long term of experiments 
on methods of seeding, amount of seed 
per acre, etc., and presented valuable 
data respecting the comparative value of 
Alfalfa and corn, which is America’s 
great feeding stuff. The discussion was 
opened by II. IV. Jeffers of the Plains- 
boro Farms, who grows six or seven hun¬ 
dred acres of Alfalfa annually. Profit¬ 
able corn growing was presented by Prof. 
Nicholas Schmitz of State College. In 
the election of officers George T. Reid, 
of Mount Hollv, was made president; J. 
V. D. Bergen of Belle Mead, vice-presi- 
February 1, 1919 
dent, and the services of Prof. Frank 
App, who has been instrumental in 
building up the association, were retained 
as secretary-treasurer. 
The New Jersey Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association held its annual meeting in 
the Senate Chamber, with Vice-President 
E. T. Gill, of Haddonfield, in the chair; 
and the New Jersey Holstein-Friesian 
Breeders’ Association held its annual 
meeting in the Chamber of Commerce, 
L. H. Schenck, president of the associa¬ 
tion, presiding. These two associations 
number in their membership some of the 
leading breeders of the United States. 
The program of the State Beekeepers’ 
Association held the close interest of its 
large membership for two days, and had 
among its speakers Morley Pettit of 
Georgetown, Ontario, who is an authority 
in his line. This association owes much 
to the efficient work of E. G. Carr, of 
New Egypt, who is inspector of apiaries 
in the State Department of Agriculture 
and is an enthusiastic promoter of the 
interests of beekeepers in the State. The 
following officers were elected for the 
coming year: President. R. D. Barclay, 
Riverton ; first vice-president, C. H. Root, 
Red Bank; second vice-president, C. D. 
Cheney, Lyndhurst; third vice-president, 
II. Ilornor, Mount Holly, and E. G. Carr 
of New Egypt, secretary-treasurer. 
The State Horticultural Society held 
its annual meeting in Atlantic City. This 
is one of the oldest societies in the State 
and has the leading horticulturists in its 
membership. The meeting during “Agri¬ 
cultural Week” is only an adjourned ses¬ 
sion, which is held to show co-operation 
with the State Department of Agriculture 
and' also to attract the interest of its 
leading members to other meetings of the 
week. The program for this adjourned 
session dealt with practical problems in 
the growing of both fruits and vegetables. 
The extension forces in home economics 
at the State Agricultural College held an 
all-day session in the Normal School audi¬ 
torium in Trenton that attracted women 
from all sections of the State. Mrs. 
Frank App, State leader in home econo¬ 
mics work, was in general charge. 
The spectacular feature of “Agricul¬ 
tural Week” was the exhibit in the 
Armorv. The poultry exhibit was spe¬ 
cially attractive, but necessarily divided 
interest with the remarkable display of 
corn and many other outstanding fea¬ 
tures. A lively contest was made by the 
counties for the silver cup donated by 
Senator Frelinghuysen for the best corn 
display. The Armory exhibit has grown 
into an exposition and repays days of 
study by residents of the city as well as 
by producers. A - 
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