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or when allowed to mature. 
“Cortland" Tomatoes. Ripen a week earlier than 
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from cracks. Bear longer than any other early 
tomato. 
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TOBACCO GROWERS UNION, MURRAY, KY. 
Among the Farmers 
of New Jersey and Pennsylvania 
American Agriculturist, r eoruary 2, i<m 
W ITH the establishment of a wage 
scale for laborers of fifty cents per 
hour on public works, farmers in Somer¬ 
set County realize that no extensive farm 
operations can be safely undertaken in the 
present year. Many farmers have lost 
money during the last two years owing 
perhaps as much to unfavorable weather 
conditions as anything else. Many 
farmers who are playing a lone hand, are 
handicapped by fixed charges in the way 
of taxes, insurance, repairs, etc. Taxes 
are the most grievous of all charges to a 
lone farmer running a farm of from 50 to 
100 acres and perhaps cultivating only 
one-third of that and having from 140 to 
175 dollars taxes to pay. 
Corn has sold all fall for $25 a ton, not 
a bad price for new corn on the cob. Few 
farmers have enough hay for their own 
use. Dealers say they have to pay from 
$30 to 31.50 for baled hay in car lots. 
The late fall and favorable winter 
weather has spurred farmers to antici¬ 
pate all possible work for the coming 
spring.—G. E. S. 
urer, Dr. Frank App, Bridgeton; Secretary, 
L. A. Cooley, Trenton. The Trustees are: E. 
E. Logan, Mount Holly; Dr. W. H. Whiton, 
Neshanic; and Joseph Barton, Marlton. 
The Executive Committee for the com¬ 
ing year, one from each member county, 
is as follows: 
Atlantic, Henry Tapken, Egg Harbor City; 
Burlington, C. B. Lewis, Riverton; Camden, 
H. H. Bell, Mt. Ephraim; Cape May, Joseph 
Camp, Pierces; Cumberland, R. C. May, 
Vineland; Essex, L, G. Genung, Chatham; 
Gloucester, Alvin Gaventa, Swedesboro; Hun¬ 
terdon, John Tine, Lebanon; Mercer, J. C. 
Errickson, Pennington; Middlesex, D. J. 
Perrine, New Brunswick; Monmouth, George 
Roberts, Keyport; Morris, W. C. Spargo, 
Dover; Ocean, H. H. Ober, Lakewood; Salem, 
C. E. Moore, Daretown; Somerset, Dr. W. H. 
Whiton, Neshanic; Sussex, George W. 
Van Horn, Newton; Warren, E. S. Race, 
Belvidere; and Honorary, D. H. Agans, Three 
Bridges. 
MERCER WINS STATE 
COUNTY AWARD 
W. H. Bullock 
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
NOTES 
Oliver D. Schock 
T HE highest award given to any New 
Jersey county showing its products 
during Agricultural Week at Trenton, 
which closed on January 18th, went to 
Mercer County, N. J. The honor carried 
with it the sum of $100 awarded by the 
New Jersey State Bankers’ Association 
to the county which would show the best 
and largest display of agricultural prod¬ 
ucts during the week. This is the first 
year since Agricultural Week was started 
that Mercer Comity has received first 
prize. 
The New Jersey State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, which held its annual meeting in 
conjunction with the event, passed resolu¬ 
tions stressing further action to meet the 
enormous increase in Federal and State 
taxes and the multiplication of official 
positions created since the World War. 
The Board urged that no unnecessary 
offices be created during the coming 
year. 
Former United States Senator J. S. 
Frelinghuysen was unanimously re¬ 
elected as one of the eight members of the 
State Board. Dr. Clifford Snyder of 
Pittstown, N. J., was elected to succeed 
C. H. Brown of Sw'edesboro. 
Officers of the New Jersey State Federa¬ 
tion of County Boards of Agriculture for 
1924 were elected as follows: 
President, H. E. Taylor, Freehold; Vice- 
President, H. B. Hancock, Bridgeton; Treas- 
1 T appears that farmers will not feed as 
many cattle for slaughter this winter. 
This is undoubtedly due to the fact that 
general marketing conditions are unsatis¬ 
factory. Lancaster County is well known 
for its feeders and leads the other coun¬ 
ties in the State in the number of steers 
sold to farmers for fattening. 
Auctioneers state that their demands 
for their services at farm sales are almost 
unprecedented. They report that every 
day from now to April 1 has been en¬ 
gaged for one to two sales. Live stock 
in many localities averages about the 
same in price as before the war. 
Broom manufacturers in Berks County 
whose plants are quite extensive, import 
from Oklahoma all of the broom corn 
used in their manufacturing. They state 
that broom corn can be grown in this 
State to good advantage. 
The Pomona and subordinate granges 
in the State are rapidly increasing in 
their membership. One of the hardest 
workers in the membership campaign is 
State Master McSparran. 
Streams, springs and wells have been 
well replenished byitlie recent heavy rains, 
relieving farmers from serious water 
shortage. Until recently streams have 
been dry since last August. Hundreds of 
radios are now in eastern Pennsylvanian 
farm homes. In addition to furnishing 
amusement, they are most valuable as 
educators. The daily market reports are 
one of the valuable features that bring 
the condition of the city market immedi¬ 
ately to the farmer’s home. 
1899 
1904 
1909 
1914 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Sulky Plows. 
. 136,105 
138,899 
134,936 
108,232 
51,911 
28,741 
8,814 
Tractor Plows. 
. 257 
1,599 
2,355 
3,265 
143,542 
23,916 
44,287 
Walking Plows. 
. 819,022 
956,898 
1,110,006 
870,414 
717,310 
308,519 
287,006 
Binders and Headers. 
. 233,542 
108,810 
129,274 
215,386 
146,232 
77,830 
41,458 
Threshers. 
. 4,965 
10,187 
13,779 
13,548 
22,885 
14,053 
8,885 
Corn Planters. 
. 78,335 
90,929 
122,780 
114,657 
91,229 
58,736 
21,783 
Cotton Planters. . 
. 45,575 
127,052 
79,271 
101,256 
*128,642 
*42,900 
*17,874 
Cultivators (Wheel). 
. 295,799 
313,088 
435,429 
378,934 
253,843 
160,374 
87,633 
Mowers.. 
. 398,616 
273,358 
359,264 
274,521 
239,165 
103,826 
80,484 
Hay Loaders . 
... 7,273 
27,175 
34,705 
25,865 
33,337 
21,487 
15,891 
Sulky Rakes. 
. 216,345 
236,297 
266,260 
183,082 
84,495 
54,178 
30,019 
Husker-Shredders . 
1,294 
4,338 
4,953 
4,423 
2,911 
* Includes both Combination Corn and Cotton Planters and One-Row Cotton Planter,-. 
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I VERY farmer will be greatly interested in the above tabulation showing the production of 
farm machinery during several years since 1899. Notice especially the great decrease in the 
manufacture of most farm machines since 1914. This is in spite of the fact that machinery 
has been needed qn American farms as never before because of the shortage of labor. This 
decrease has come not because farm machinery has been too expensive for it has not been unduly 
so in comparison with other products. But farmers have not bought :t for the good reason that 
they have not had the money to buy with. 
For years now they have been getting along with and repairing their old machinery. But 
there is a limit to which' they can go and that limit must now be about reached. After all, 
American agriculture cannot be conducted on a hand basis. Machines are the one great essential 
and are becoming more necessary every year because of the shortage of labor. We believe that 
farmers are going to buy, in fact must buy shortly in fairly large quantities, and this belief is 
further supported by the fact that times on the farms are gradually improving so that there will 
be a little more money to buy with. 
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Built of selected tongue and 
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The result of many years of eilo 
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