The daily gazette., 1882-05-29
FARMERS MEETING AT NEWARK.
An Intelligent Discussion on Matters Per-
tanning to Crops and the Growing OI
Crops-A Successful Event.
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tanning to Crops and the Growing of
CrOps-A Successful Event.
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NEWARK, May 27.-At the call of j. A.
Reinhart, professor Of agriculture, in Della
| ware College, and committee of local
| farmers, about 100 farmers convened to-day
in the oratOry of Delaware College TO cs
tablish an association TO be called the
Farmers Institute Of Delaware. Prof
Willis p. Hazard of West Chester, was to
preside over the meeting, but was unable to
be present. At 1045 this morning Prof.
Reinhart called the meeting to order, and
after briefly stating the object of the series Of
meetings to be held in the State, which is to
promote the interest of Delaware farmers.
he introduced Prof S. B. Heiges, lecturer on
physical science in Lincoln Universary.
Prof. Heiges spoke on the cultivation of
wheat, and explained series Of expert
ments, of which he had charge, in which
| the wheat was so sown as to be cultivated
both in fall and spring. In one case the
| yield was 73 bushels per acre, and the aver
age yield in his experiment, extending over
several years. was 43 bushels per acre. His
| remarks on this subject excited much com
ment and we're partially well received. The
meeting then adjourned to meet at p. III.
EVENING SESSION.
At2 p m. the meeting was called to order
by William II. Purnell, president of Della
ware College. Albert Sharpless, alias
"John Plowshare," of West Chester, Pa,
was introduced and spoke ON "Rural Educa-
ton" His general theme was the better
education of farmers. He said 80 years age
farmer only required common education
and every one could plow and till grain il
e some way, but since that day farmers have
begun to look at things in better light
, He also said before we used to travel by raj
we saw on farms log cabins, old and de
lapdated barns, and now you may see fin
7 farm residences, barns filled with grain and
{ animals of fine stock.
+ After Mr.. Sharpless, Prof s. B. Heige
: was again introduced and spoke ON tn
effects of common salt as preventive q
lodging and falling in wheat, and also tn
c precautions to be observed in the use o
: lime as a fertilizer. This gentleman's two
;, addresses We're particularly acceptable t
the farmers present, and it is to be hope
), that he will again appear before ou
70 farmers
Prof. ]. A. Reinhart was the next speake
and talked of farm experiments with ferti
IS, izers, urging farmers of Delaware to uni
nd in general system of experiments, and d
:. scribcd the plan recommended by Pro
= Atwater, former director Of Connectici
~ | Experimental Station. lie also stated thi
|
he would shortly issue circular, giving I'll
he essential features of the scheme. He r
u marked that there were but six plant-fod
~ about which farmers need concern theI
'lS selves in commercial fertilizers, namel
an magnesia, sulphuric acid, lime, nitrog,
ay phosphoric acid and potash and that Il
!" last three were mott important, because
: their scarcity in our soils and their cos
%" The conclusions reached in Europe on mar
lu subjects are shown to be applicable to o.
mt soils and climate. In general, the results
experiments made on any soil are applicab
only to that particular soil, hence the in
ror portance of each farmer experimenting cai
~. fully himself as to the requirements of /
ny soil. Ask the soil, In what are you delicie
Ia on the crop what it wants.
rO- The institute was, on the whole, mC
Bile decided success, and no doubt those held
10 the future will be largely attended
- There will probably be another mcetii
JUS held for New Castle county in the fall, VIII
an the prizes in the corn contest are announce
tor and previously one each in Kent a
M, Sussex.
y The institute adjourned sine die late in t
:, afternoon