Daily Republican., 1882-05-29
FIFTH EDITION
FAhMhRs AEElISG AT NeW1.,
FORMING an Agricultural In.r,.
for Delaware.
NEWARK, Nav 81 zoe

At the call of ]. A. Reinhart nO's aO0s'
sor OF Agriculture of Della ware CpU' Cpinle' 9
ana a committee of local farmers 0ieg ~ 3
30 In number, convened on n i's, q aool
of Delaware College, to estah,;.t tolatot
to be:called the "Farmu.saan, Farm % 3 :
stltute OF Delaware" Prof, VIII. VIII Y
Hazard, of West Chester, was i,,is ~ y
side over the meeting, but beina elm" 10 10, p,I
to be present, sent in his placas uaao|
and distinguished agricultnrlisatt st
Albert Sharpless, alias "John b.
SHARE of West Chester A riel
At 10 45 Prof. Reinhart ,on., Il
meeting to order, and after brisSH Uu \
ing the object of the series of mes.iu y
to be held in the State, which il 1a to ~
mote the interest of Delaware farmpa w ~
he read several letters from '"dl.s dinea
guished farmers from different no.s a.sl
the State, stating their inabilitpp p"ts ~
present. He then introduced P,os
b. Haiges, of York, Pa, Lecture.
physical science in Lincoln Un;na.a. U0s
Prof. Heiges spoke on wheat cn,tnsa
He first spoke OF the nature of !.
soil and the different kinds of soiI NJ
adapted to wheat raising Hs r1 ~
gave a nsw plan Or way Of snsi
wheat. In the year of 1874, his bro,hI @
with common hoe, about incbsa
width, dug up and leveled off II " os
acre of ground. Then taking th,s 4
he drew it across this ground from
side to the other, thus making st,;,
inches wide, then allowing 4 inches
cultivation. he again drew il ac,,
and SO on. Then in the cleared snacs.
sowed his wheat in Noyemhs,
about the first of April he pavs
hoeing and again in May and from f \
4 acre the average yield was "a
bushels. In the year 1877 he invn,
q drill, 70 inches in width, in suci @
way thai it would drop three str;
each IA inches wide and leave th
each 10 inches wide. And siuoa H
time they have been planting n
wheat in that way. They also Invs
ed a patent cultivator to cultivats
He said the average depth spl
wheat Is about Il inches and the an
tity is about 3 pecks per acre. Bit
said he should regulate the ouant|
by the condition of the soil. lltht
requiring more than heavy soil
acre.
He said a farmer should be educat
to use his fertilizers and should 4
know what they are composed Of
said in applying lime he only III
about 80 bushel per acre. But
more Vegetable the more lime was
quired and the less vegetable he
lime.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 2.ij p. M, the meeting was call
to order by William H. Purneil, prd
dent of Delaware College. Mr.. Sha
less was introduced and spoke on
raj education" His general theme
the better education of farmers.
said SO years ago, farmer only
quired a common education, and eV
one could plow or till grain in Sd
way, but since that time, thank q
| farmers have begun to look at thi
in better light. He also said in tr
elling through a country in those til
before the railroads we're establish
we saw small clearings of ground vi
log cabins, old and dilapidated bal
half filled with grain, but now we
fine residences, large and commod
barns filled with all kinds of grain
animals of fine quality. And this
brought about by close communicat
and mutual work. He said alvho
Delaware was but small in compari
to some States yet she stood forth
bright star in agricultural pursuits
bids fair to become one Of the lead
States.
He said in ancient times tlllet
the soil was regarded as a slave, bs
continually under subjection, and
now in this time he is sometimes spo
of with contempt. But thank hea
his is one OF the noblest Of m
works. He said that it should
taught as one of the chief branchs
all schools.
President Purnell then made a
remarks on this topic. He SAD
| farmer should be educated as weI
any other class of men. He also
the community must have good scl
teachers ard good farmers to be OF
account, and when you hn1 Suc
community you may be sure 1t is on
road to progress, and that is why
have established this institute.
Mr.. Heiges was then asked
practical questions: How to keep,w
from bending over and falling ao
In answer TO this he said, spt,I
about 300 pounds of common Sae
acre on the falling wheat
How to raise a crop OF corn
stalk bearing two ears. From q
of green corn pull up all Ine -. :,
cared corn, and mark the ear a1Ss
veloped on the stalk Of two ealsu
and choose this for the seed cotn'
the next year. He also maae 10
remarks on the precautions 10 Nh III
served in the use of lime as a lel"
This gentleman's two addresses ~,
! particularly acceptable to the !ai laa
present. and it is to be hoped 'N1
will again appear before them ,a
j. A. Reinhart was the neAS a,tg op
and spoke on farm experimVpsII moIa
fertilizers, urging farmers OF y p0aS s,
TO mite in a general system Oh sa ~
meuts. and described the plan revJ III
mended by Prof. AtWatel' NJ
director of the Conneclcu' thaf n
mental Station. He stated ,'"' q,
agriculture depart nent OF tns ~ y
would shortly issue a clrcu.a', h" .rhl r
the essential features OF 1n' siy w
| He said that there were pu. a.s s'N ii
| foods about which farmers oonl N
concern themselves in ,oa@n| Svu
cial fertilizers, namely, an .u'
sulphuric acid, lime, nltroES0Ith .,S ths
phoric acid and potash anu
three were most important . neriu
Tn general, the results Of ekPol, 81 m
made on any soil are applioa.Ih,ss .hs ID d
that particular soil, hence eererims .r
tance of each farmer = OK nnapouirsn
carefully himself as to the rea 'vas "a a
of his soil. The institute war sia . h
az SUCCESS n.s s and no doubt those heiu
1 c,ralu AGLtuupN'
There will be another tha fall
for New Castle county III 'u tsst al
the prizes in the corn c,,,io eons9v, ops sss
lKent and Sussex. .o If than
After returning a Vq@ Sad f. spoken,
the gentlemen. who o. aan y Il.
maat;ng adjourned at 4'lo'