Smyrna times., 1895-02-06
Cheswold Farmers Meet
GENERAL FARM CONDITIONS AND coon
ROADS ABLY DISCUSSED.

ROADS ABLY DISCUSSED.
Special Correspondence to the Smyrna Times.
The Kent County Farmers Institute
held quite an interesting meeting in
CheswOld Wednesday afternoon iast
About thirty-five farmers were present
nearly all representative farmers of the
vicinity. r. NJ. Cooper was made
Chairman and Prof. Wesley Webb Sec
retary. r. H. Bancroft, of Camden.
Del, was the speaker of the hour on
General Farm Conditions"
He said he would not say word
that would further increase the appre.
nehslon OF the American farmer of to-
DAY. He would not harrow feelings bv
| uraWlnS pictures of dark future. The
| pare IacJ however remains that the
conditions OF to-day are brought about
| Oy continuous low prices, and cOnse.
| quent shrnkage of land values. To-
matoes nave sold for $25 per ton. OnIv
lew years back the price of wheat
uhuer normal conditions rated about
SI.Zo per bushel. For many wears. the
American farmer had a moEoDolv in
! WneaJ growing. The improvements in
Iarm machinery now enable one man
10 grow about as many bushels as ten
Formerly. Add to this the vast acrea0e |
OF Verdant lands of the Dakotas and |
other western States, coming in culti |
uVatlon and still add the great exDor. |
tatlOn OF our improved machinery to |
Argentina and other cheap labor conn
Irles, you readily see with what we
m"VI 10 compete at TINS time. The
speaker thought there was poor pros.
pect OF our staple crops ever bringing
much better prices. Some thought
shorter crops would be cure. He
thought It tame Legislation on the mart
oI our government in protecting the
manufacturer, with heavy eXportation
vi our improved agricultural machinery
10 cheaper labor countries and Thus
nave them come in serious competition
with US. He said we have got to cling
10 wheat and corn yet, and could not
tell What we could do toward relieving
.he present situation. Over production
mas also caused failure in tomatoes
grapes, cabbage and other things.
Inc speaker strongly indorsrd Grim
son, better known as scarlet cI.ver a. /
a leItIlizer. Thought if properly taken
hoId OF by our farmers, il might vet ha
lhelr salvation. Scarlet clover s,InnIi.s
us with nitrogen, one of the most vain.
lDle and costly of fertilizers which II
axes up from the air aud imparts IN
ne growing crops, besides it keens tho
ground loose and pliable He nlacad c
ne real value Of scarlet clover AT sos '
Der bushel He instanrcd a case oC
Door land in North Carolina tbat o,I,, /;
Produced four or five bushels of corn 0
'cr acre, which Was made bv succeesiya n
ropplng with corn in the spring and Ia
own III scarlet clover in the an nr G.
ach year, to produce from fortv r. Y
Itty bushels of corn per acre ms B
vas accomplished by an exn4rimant Sc
'alIon; Inc speaker, however, did Z
oI luIiy accept the fact Tor teach that II
D much could be done win scariat ia
lover alone. II occupies the land dnr-
x 'Ie idIe season ready for spring 81
Sc II you miss catch the first time ~
le third trial. - as
The speaker said the dairy had grown e1
'nslueraoly with scarlet clover which al
USED IN sllos. He classed il in tbis IN
ay, better feed than fodder. and 6ext pa
COW peas. Cow peas are richer in
'roReh than scarlet clover. tbercfor4 re
more value a. IA land fertilizer but te
uch more expensive All leoumin- to
- pants are rich in nitroern H. to
ia FOUND COW peas as en-ilape fed vi
u corn Iodder most excellent feed
la would save half Of the prsin ~ tn
lich COWS. II should be the aim ~ tn
cry farmer TO bring his land up to A. tn
'orabIe conditions as possible viii en-
eaphess. lie thought scarlet clover
'uld soon dlsplace red clover in onr res
MN = In answer to question he II
d when In most bloom wa, b,,st Tina ash
cut scarlet clover, but for sllos q H. pa
later NJ
ne road question was also brop,bt
lore the Institute by Prof Wehh
10 III few remarks advocated uid.
es ana non-tracking wheels touard sUC
them. He thouoht ,ba
sent system of repairing was expen. spc,
q ana ialled to improve. He called :
Mr Bancroft, who said good roads bn,
; rlght IN line with scarlet clover as a.
saving to the farmer. He tbonoLt i
cademlzng too expensive sar,
io1u u'rI roads are really Cheapest f
pest Only two requisites ar. we,
esSary 10 make our roaGs good frst mo,
lraln, next to smooth and nack ia IN
ught every hundred ought to have clos
cam roller that packs with ten tima. tho
iorce OF common roller. TLe M
CT OF wide tires is to pack AS tbev his
"ide tires are always much better q
The farm. oe''er "
l. ID. Learned found objection to is 10
e t'res because they increased tho O.
IT. Tor example you put forty bushels then
sorn on your farm roller and two the
3es won't pull it. W. ~ tno
heodore F. Johnson. who has tho ster.
ulre manure spreaders. said he Is
"a 'hey had always improved the vioir
Is where he had used them. and
,,oi' Webb offered the foIlowin, bono
luton which was adopted NOT scor1
ever by full vote. because many men.
not prepared to vote either woy The
out more natural thought. ten.
's.otUed, That this Institute is thor Tn
lly convinced that with proner catch
rage, and use of wider tires with as tn
tracking wheels will solve the prvi
lem OF good roads in this county w.
we hereby petition our legislatEe the c
act such law as will encourage Ch,
use wero
other meeting of the Institute was Lei
Tor Cheswold and small fruitsn
named as the topic, the date and
'ers vet to be named. -