Smyrna times., 1899-01-18

80. a. 'He shlpplng point. IT,
placing Of produce into lauJ.,t ne
10 sell IS simply licensing tb. .'-'''
sion men to rob us, and the s,,l.,
10 such wrongs Is mortga,i,....
our rights forever. Iala..
buyer to come to you. IF ,... HE
duce IS Of the right kind. nic4.,. .l'.' .,o'
'ated and properly packed. n. l..
VIII ma 1t out and they will c.,..''..
offer You a price. Ge-+bDr.-+ ''1
you can and sell at the sLi, Din, .'..' ..'.1
lou thus escape the worrv a,..I' ...'.. .'''''
oi contending with the tra,,r......
companies, and the anxiety ~ ......
them to early market, Hi-.j-
lorcble address was folIa,..il... ~. '..l
E!Sey, E1morc, Va: ". p ''
WASHINGTON; CharIe- baker 1r,.D
". +. Iaber, Pouheep,ie. y VII.
eit j.. GuIick, East New Na,k.,. r'.
Il. ,. Emory, Chestertov5. c....
Wesley Webb, Dover: 4 \ p.F
wyoming, and A. ". SIar.....
T. II. Bancroft, Camden. A.....,
earnestly into the discu.>.o. "
them agreed with Mr.. K4gr ai...
ing at the shipping point. wli......
coA'ended that if tie goods w.l.,...
erly packed, carefully culeI AL
sorted there would be no ....,.....
hndlng a market demand. E....'.
WItA the commission men a.l...-...[
kno" your quality Of .oor- ...r ..'"
nave ready sale for then. ...-. .....
custom trade. Mr. Kerr c.,,..f.i
that produce prepared As al....,....
TONED. could be just as reall..-..f o..
the shipping point. There i,..r.
pendence upon the transporta...a ...-
panles. Sometimes hey will 70. ,.r,
irult to early markets, and otl.5 ,.....
they will fail. Sell at tie ,.:n....
point, even if other combination. ,...7
against You. - bird in tl.}5,5:
worth two in the bush" al. If ,rs
time
Following the above di-ca,,..., .
very Interesting PAPER Oh "Fac.....
and Implements" was read bra1r
>. Harris Of Still Pond. Nd. H..r..
commended the square or recta,.,,.-..
package IN preference to the rarr.i ,.r
shipping, and said il lis experience. to
found It was the best Fruit k-p. ;.+
ter, and would stand the test Of r.r.I.
handling. Impliments, lie ,sI
should always be purchased with IL.
idea Of facility and durability.
In front Of the stage was srn.aio
long table containing specimen, of
fruit grown on the Peninsula brought
from the cold storage plant at WI.
mington. Mr.. Roberts, who repre.4r.
ted the plant, spoke Of the system u,al
and showed the horticulturists the ben.
fits 10 be derived from it.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
In the afternoon before takip, nm
he program, the annual electio. of
'ficers was held and resulted Il, fol.
ows; President, Capt. r. 5. Emorv.of
1hestertown, Nd; vice-presideDt Jo-
eph Z. Garter, Smyrna. Del: secra-
AIRY and treas surer, Prof. Wesley Wabb
Dover, Del; vice-presidents. New
,astle county, DR.. J. J. Black. New
.astle, Del; Kent county, S. H.
Derby, Woodside, Del; Sussex conn.
Y, Charles Wright. Seaford. Del
'ecli county, Geo. BiddIe. Elktop.
Id, Kent county. James ). Harris
tlllpond, Nd; Queen Anne's county.
r.. 4. Emory, Centreyille. Nd: Caro-
ne county, J. ". Kerr, Denton. Ma.
abbot county, A. J. Wilson. Fas+np
Id; Wicomico county, Thomas
erry, Salisbury, Nd; Worcester
ounty, Orlando Harrison. Berlin.
ID; Somerset county. J. ". Hall
larion Station, Nd; Accomac county
E. Vandeman, Parkslev. Va.
orthampton county, W. L. Elzev. .Ex-
lore. Executive committee. Capt. r.
Emory, Chestertown, Md: James
J. Harris, Stillpond, Md. and John
Rosa, Milford, Del. Chief of bu-
'au OF infOrmatian and statistics.
rof. Wesley Webb, Dover, Del.
On motion, President r. 5. Emory.
Chestertown, and S. H. Derby. of
oodslde, were elected delegates TO
tend the meeting of the MARYLAND
ortlcultural Society which meets at
agerstown, Nd, this week.
The program was then taken up and
e hrst speaker of the afternoon was
larles H. Wright, of Seaford. who
ok for his subject plum Culture"
e gave a brief talk on the long ex-
rlence he had with this fruit. and
emed to give the preference to the
panese plum over other varieties.
lis subject seemed to call m special
terest among the fruit growers in
vicinity of Smyrna and before the
Scusslon was over Messrs. L. f. An
ony, Walter 7. Massey, C. R. Mas
Y, OF this vicinity, and Prof Powell.
Delaware College, who has been ex.
with our plum trees. were
led to their feet.
CARLET GLOVER AS A FERTILIZER.
The next paper read was on the sub
t OF Fertilizers" and was handled
Mr.. +. ii. Bancroft, of Camden
SAID the subject was not worth con- II
ering unless the effect of clorine on
MT life could be properly explained. a
went into the history of fertilizers
advocated that consumers sbould
their own fertilizers. Right here 4
lie IN the interesting subject of 1
rlet clover as a fertilizer. and Prof 4
Harold Powell, of Delaware Col \
, undertook to explain from chart A
experiment made by turning over
'e crops of clover in given field in 4
lparison with another field of the 4
e soil along side of it that had not A
a tertilized in such manner. The 4
'riment showed an increased quan- 4
OF water, nitrogen, humus and 1
Sphorlc acid to considerable de- 4
J. Mr.. Powell claimed it an excel 4
and cheap mode of improving the 4
iltlon of the soil. and for an bour 4