Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-12
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A Direction in Which Peninsula
Farmers Can Make so Per Gent
ON Eheir Investments.
While patiently awaiting Thursday after
noon, the long. promised cattle premium
| awards number of Delaware cattle
breeders got into conversation upon the
subject, naturally uppermost IN their
minds, OF the Improvement OF the strain OF
stock IN this State. Some favored the
| Jersey breed, others the Ayrshires
| aud still others the Holsteln Friesian.
The judge of the aforementioned class,
| AloDzo Bradley of Massachusetts con-
sidered the exhibit OF Holstein Fsieslans
| by Delaware cattle men at this fair as
| highly cJmmendgble. He spoke very COM
| pitmentary to the reporter OF the splendid
Hoetein bull Delaware In the exhibit Of
| Nelson warren. Mr. Bradley saw no reason
why this State would not be most favorable
| to the development of that class Of cattle.
Judge" the reporter inquired, what IL
| the correct name for those animals, Hol-
| steins or dolstein- Fdesians2 | notice that
the breeders use the two names lndiffer-
entIy.''
Common usage allows either. Although
the term aolstein ts undoubtedly wrong
and the compound word only partially SO.
| FHesian IL the proper name II people
J would only use 1t. Holstein IL many mites
away from the place where these cattle are
obtained which Is IN Holland, | was IN
IL
stables there saT l25 cattle. They were
, IF all colors. The truth Is the Holstetn Is
not the uniform black and white as we LOOK
for under that name bere.'
The reporter suggested In view OF the
recent common complaints OF New Castle
farmers that they cannot make living at
agricultural business, this In addition to
the further conpialnt Of peach growers OF
tho increasing deterioration OF peach
richards and the prospect accortling to
Ptof. Smith OF Dover Of the RrG iual ex-
t!nction OF peach growing on the D4la ware
Peninsula--that IL would be well for tue
growers and farmers to turn taeir attention
. fne cutie breeding II that could be
| hown to pay.
Nelson Warren Of Newark, said In his
sEiIion Hoistein breeding Is the best for
Delaware. Any farmer cnn cleB7 30 per
'eut on his Investment In that class OF fine
cutie. He claims that ths Holstetua are
epactnE grade Guernsevs and Jerseys In
many directions. Holhteina do wall IN all
l'mates. They thrive la ArahAnEel in
Northern Russia on the confines of the
srettc circle, and are the standard cattle In
he zone St. Petersburg. In Texas they
Withstand tho Texas fever and ace growing
rapidly In favor there. This have proved a
success In the sub.ttopiGal Argentine Rs
ublic Only month age large ship
nent OF them was sent there from Chat.
luRua, N, Y.
| 'But now 90 you PROVE tDH reporter
4Rset, "that snch rich possibilities a. q
margin Of 50 per cent IN invastm INT offer
. the Delaware farmer.
Here's the proof. / have given my
attention fer the past fne years 10 this par
lcular strain OF Holate Friesian. paid
$500 cash for MarchioDess, daughter of
| Valley Beauty I'd. | made exactly S2Gl IN
milk. butter and calf from her leat year |
What do you think Of that2 Ga my i'm
nOtted COW, Algrci4 Arthur, which cost ne
$3.50 as a 2Sears old, | was repaid for IL
months, up to July last, by exact record OF
II income en- her, The sum Of S24l,5 80 for
ntlk, butter aud calf r
II want to know why" continued MIR.
Warren, "ourigrmets don't breed fine stock.
Z They need not statye or i've 10 fine hand
to.mouth way many OF them do II they
would only make the effort 10 help them.
y elves. To still further prove my 80 per
ent on investment statement would sell
\ none OF my holstein- Frle-ian calves (of
4 " weeks oin) tor less thar $50. I'd ask
fSa for retue OF them. And | get my
prices, too"
ouUk7 Bradley remarked TO the reporter
that he cons ders when Mr.. Harper's brood
" young thoroughbred caves mature hi
~ possess one Of the finest herds in ths
country.
The above was considered conclusive
argument az opening new path for tbs
i i'ctet New Castle farmer by which ht
: AN hope 70 make good living instead Of
wasting his tins and substance In tbs
Promethean task Of attempting 10 compete
> With western farmers In raising corn and
S ;rgln ard starving and tuTying himself
\ 1oad and ears In debt at that. 1t was
y bought thatcsttls breeding would be 8
;noi business for the peach orchard men
vho are almost pauparized by the yellows
Their position Is somewhat Of parallel tc
the Irish pJtato growers whose misfortunei
,nlminnied In the terrible famine OF 1917
For q long Succession OF years they RAISED
l1thtng but potatoes on their farms until
he black rot, like the Fellows appeared
iue to the poverty of the land fol
ne purposes Of that particular crop
RE aame natural visitation unda
, ,lmilar logic, is visiting tho peach grove
'n5 his violation Of natural laws aud nov
Delaware Il rhreatsned with me extinction
. VI the peach bEslncsa.