Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-15
SUSSEX FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Farm Management Discussed in
Various Phases.

An Interesting Paper Read by tho Rev.
j. S. wiiiis---Requisites to Successful
Farming---scarlet CloYcr and Other
Topics.
Special Correspondence Of tiazetteand journal
MILFORD Feb. o-'rhe Farmers Institute
Of Sussex county met in Firemen's Hall
here. Yesterday afternoon, for the discus
sion of Farm Management" The attend
ance was large. President Paynter Frame
presided.
Among some of those present were Rev.
j. S. Willis, Charles Barker, s. IL. Mes
sick. Charles Pepper. NJ. Van Lenvan, Col.
N. II. Davis. George y. Smealle, J. i.
Gichrist, II. II. Davis. D. b. Nailor, H. L,
Hynson. Samuel Kinder. DR.. William
Marshall, A. D. Davis, 4. i. smith, .. +.
j. Woodall. George Titus. S. John Abbott,
Theo. Townsend, John w. Herring, Zack
Deputy, J. II. Chapman, w. L. Hopkins
and others.
J. 3. Gllchrist of near Milford. read an
interesting paper on "The Requisites to
Successful Farming" He SAID ii part;
The first requisite for successful farming
is: The farmer must have been brought
up on farm; the second, he should.have
sufficient capital; third, wise selection of
n farm; fourth, the farmer must stick to
the farm selected; fifth be must adhere to
q selected kind or kinds of farming sixth.
industry; seventh, promptness; eighth,
thoroughness; last but not least, keeping
farm accounts. Mr.. Gilchrist took up
each requisite separately and treated it as
only practicable farmer of his experience
and knowledge can.
The paper was endorsed by all present
and the speaker was rendered vote of
thanks.
Mr.. Willis asked if there was any land so
poor that it could not be improved sufti
GENTLY to make Il living.
Mr.. Barker replied that he never had
seen any but once, and that was near
Rochester, n. Y. Sandy land with good
sub-soil can be improved, but If 1t has also
a sandy sub.soi there is nothing to build
on and the land is almost worthless.
Mr.. s. II. Messck asked if it pays to
keep changing from one branch of
farming to another. Considerable discus.
sion followed his question, but the general
| opinion was to stick to one thing. II you
grow small fruits and have an off year do
| not be discouraged and try dairying, as in
all branches low prices will prevail at
| times. 1t is the man who changes each
| year from one branch to another that
never makes the successful farmer.
The Rev. J. S. Willis read paper on
Farm Management" and said:
Il preparing my ideas of farm manage
ment may arrange them under heads
the first of which will take Is Defence
|
shelter for the family. There should be
competent arrangements for cooking and
ample woodpie driven well should fur
nish water for the family and dug well for
| the stock. No animal should be on the
premises for which there is not good shell
ter. That man is less than a man who
abuses the dumb creatures SO utterly de-
| pendent upon his care.
The second head will call Supplies. AS
| far as such thing is practicable good
farm management must include ample
stores of food for man and beast. Life
| must be sustained and health promoted.
Profits and Economics comprised the third
| topic and it was treated in the same
| mastery manner as were the two preced-
ing ones. The manure pile the speaker
termed the farmers savings bank-the
larger it is the richer he is.
Rotation of crops is another prerequisite
| to the life of farm. You can only draw
out of it what there is in it.
Good farm management requires fore
| sight, system, early rising, attention, dill
gence and temperance. The subject OF
grasses was brought and freely discussed.
Mr. Barker thought clover and Timothy
were the best for poor land. b. i. Il.
Woodall advocated scarlet clover and spoke
earnestly in its favor. He had tried il
largely with good results.
Samuel Kinder was called upon to read
paper and responded with u general
discussion OF the subject, Farm Manage
ment." He divided 1t into two topics
First, to secure and maintain the fertility
of the soil; second, by some means or Other
TO make the receipts exceed the expenses.
A. d. Davis asked when was the proper
time to SOW scarlet clover, and was told in
August, though it could be planted sue
cessfully from July to October.
Mr.. Woodall offered the following reso'
luton, which he called memorial &c
| tenants:
Rssolref, That we acknowledge and fully ap,
| preciRto he untlring effort OF our tenants and
their families in the saving of the peach croI
| of 1898
II was unanimously adopted,
S. John Abbott asked the best fertilizer
to be used in the growth of sweet potatoes
After half an hours debate OH the subject
it was almost unanimously agreed that
one-half manure and one-half truck phos
phate produce the best results on SUSSEX
soil.
The meeting then adjourned.