American Agriculturist, May 5,1923 
Spring Fires Severe in New 
Jersey 
W. H. BULLOCK 
N early every section of New 
Jersey suffered from spring forest 
fires in late April. Some of the more 
heavily wooded sections have a damage 
estimated into the many thousands. In 
Atlantic and Ocean Counties the forest 
fire damage was particularly severe, 
destroying not only scrub pine growth, 
but wiping out some farm houses and 
seriously threatening a number of the 
small towns. Through the general farm¬ 
ing and dairy sections of Somerset 
and Morris Counties considerable loss 
was reported. On both sides of the 
Delaware River in Warren and Sussex 
Counties, N. J., and adjacent counties 
in Pennsylvania, the fires were very 
severe. Even in Burlington County, 
considerable damage was suffered. 
Lack of State Protection 
The more than usual attention which 
was focused on fires in New Jersey 
this spring has occasioned considerable 
comment upon the lack of forest fire 
protection in that State, as compared 
to the quite generally adequate pro¬ 
tection to forest and farm lands in 
adjacent States. The New Jersey 
State Department of Conservation and 
Development has been badly handi¬ 
capped for years by lack of sufficient 
state funds for fire prevention, but the 
funds have not been forthcoming and 
the State has come in for considerable 
criticism in this regard during the 
past few weeks. 
Newark Market Building Completed 
A splendid marketing building, which 
is one of the best in the country, has 
just been completed in Newark, N. J. 
It will offer farmers and dealers a 
type of retail distributing service 
which has been badly needed in northern 
New Jersey for years. On the ground 
floor of the new building are accommo¬ 
dations for regular merchants’ stands 
for handling all sorts of food commod¬ 
ities, while the second floor is turned 
into a municipal parking place for auto¬ 
mobiles and farmers’ trucks. A large 
refrigerating plant is located in the 
basement. _ The market will be open 
for operation early in the summer. 
Advocating Standardized Coritainers 
The question of standardized con¬ 
tainers for fruits and vegetables has 
been given serious consideration at 
various farmers’ meetings in New 
Jersey during recent weeks and senti¬ 
ment is gaining for a standard size 
which will come into general use in all 
of the markets. The New Jersey State 
Department of Agriculture is working 
closely with the United States Bureau 
of Markets on this matter. The pro¬ 
posed containers which are larger 
than 1 quart would include the follow¬ 
ing sizes: 2-quart, 4-quart, 8-quart, 16- 
quart, 24-quart and 32-quart or bushel. 
This matter is extremely important to 
New Jersey growers since they buy 
wntainers^ in very large quantities. 
One association alone, in the southern 
part of the State, has placed one order 
for over 100 cars. 
Famous Guernsey Cows 
399 
P Clara Bella, fifth in Class 
IK year old division, produced 
i5,709 pounds of milk, 85G pounds 
in a year. She is owned by 
D. Mahony of Averill Park, N. Y. 
We purchased her from Mr. Buckley of 
Valley Falls, N. Y. In commenting on 
“TL Performance Mr. Mahony states, 
rhat at no time during her test did 
She go off her feed or was she in any 
iridisposed. She finished her test 
in better condition than when she 
started. 
For the Man Who Is Buying 
His First Tractor 
D on T underpower yourself when you 
start tractor farming. Our dealers 
^ can sell you a 10-20 h. p. McCormick- 
Deering Tractor, but more than likely it will 
be far more practical to invest in*the husky 
15-30 h. p. size. Underpowering is a com¬ 
mon mistake made on the farms today. If 
you could take a general canvass among 
tractor owners you would be surprised at 
the number who admit, “I ought to be pull¬ 
ing another bottom,” or, “I can’t touch that 
size belt machine,” or, “I didn’t realize how 
many more jobs I could have handled with 
a little extra power.” 
Don’t make that mistake. Remember 
that when it is a McCormick-Deering Tractor 
you take home you are making a power 
investment to hold good for fifteen or twenty 
years, if you give it just ordinary good care. 
Be ready for all sorts of drawbar and belt 
power demands that will come along from 
now on. The extra power will pay for itself 
over and over again. 
McCormick-Deering 15-30 — the 1923 
standard of farm power, developed by the 
HarvesterCompany’s engineers—is a 3-plow 
tractor with liberal power in proportion for 
all-year-round farm work. . 
McCormick-Deering 1S-3X) Features 
Ball and Roller Bearings at 28 points. Alemite lubricating system. Throttle governor. 
All wearing parts, including cylinder walls, Large belt pulley. Adjustable drawbar. 
rep acea ^ ^ Three forward speeds. Water air cleaner. 
Entire mai. frame m one rturdy umt and safety features, such as plat- 
A weann* parts enclosed, running in oil. f adjustable seat and 
All parts easily accessible, easily removed. foot levers. 
All these details and other features are built into the up-to-date tractor pictured above, 
and it IS backed by McCormick-Deering quality assurance. You will agree that here is a 
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