The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-12
Rye for a Forage Crop,

In a short ride through Brandywine
Hundred, few days ago we found that
the farmers in that section were using rye
as forage crop much more generally than
we had supposed. Along the Foulk road
1t seemed that nearly every farmer had
prepared patch of this cereal and ration
of 1t was being furnished at proper inter.
walls TO the horses and COWS, thus prevent.
ing the exhaustion of the grass crop be-
fore 1t had made much growth. Through
the putting in Of an acre or two of rye and
sowing OF corn for fodder. the stock on
farm may be doubled, and the fertility of
the land may DO greatly increased by the
application of the increased quantity of
manure made. For instance we are in
formed that an energetic farmer last sea-
son grew crop of potatoes on piece of
land, and on taking up the same, he sowed
he put in rye, which he has been feeding
for the past three weeks to his cows,
greatly augmenting the supply of butter
while saving his hay for purchaser in the
nearest town. By little foresight the
farmers may increase their sales Of pro.
duce aud render nugatory the saying that
farming does not pay. The tillers Of the
soil formerly made money, and they may
do 80 again If they will exercise the same
foresight and practice, the same industry
and economy as did their predecessors.
REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS has introduced
bill to tax Investments. The purpose of
the bill is to raise increased revenue The
county treasury requires retilling and
nearly all of the other resources have been
exhausted to rob the people of New Castle
county and the tax payers OF Wilmington
under guise of raising increased revenue
The purpose is to make mortgages, bonds
and stocks pay certain per centage into
the State Treasury. The next thing we
Know we will be taxed for breathing or
blowing our nose. We are in favor of
anything that viii decrease the burdens
OF the poor man. The rich can well afford
to pay their proportion of the taxes and il
they consider purchasing securities with
Their money as being the least troublesome
then they should be made to contribute to
the support of our local government in
proportion to their fixed income. This
Dill Is similar to the one which has made
'es appearance at nearly every session of
the Legislature for the last ten years or
more 1t don't appear to us as if 1t had n
very good chance of passing this year
The bill has some good features and some
very poor ones engrafted in it.
WHEN Senator Fennimore says our jails
are in good condition, he certainly does
not know what he Is talking about To
use slang phrase che is talking through
his hat" There never was time when
our county jails needed romodaling or re-
building more than now. They are old
buildings, inadequate at times to hold all
the prisoners confined in them in separate
cells. The old Jail at Georgetown is GER
tainly disgrace to CIVILIZED and onlight.
ened community, but still it suits tho Sus-
sex people. That is one reason why the
workhouse bill, backed by Chief Justice
Lore and Judge j. Frank Ball was defeat.
ed in the House. The down country
members do not care anything for tho
needs Of the city Of Wilmington. THOUGH
the city of Wilmington pays over two.
thirds OF the taxes that go into the State
Treasury, it gets less than any of the 9th
or two counties. Without Wilmington,
the State would be worse than bnnkrunt