Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-06-26


an Important Branch OF Agriculture.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
Laurel, June Att now develops
that the copious rain of last week.
which was hailed with joy by the
farmers, was not altogether an unmixed
blessing. Their gratitude for the bene
fits to blackberries and general crops
is slightly olouded by the fact that
large part Of the earliest planted white
potatoes had partly matured during
the dry spell, and since wet weather
has set in has begun to show second
growth. " This condition will compel
growers to dig and market the crop at
once, without allowing the small tubeH
to grow and mature, or to have the
larger tubers ruined by tsecond
GROWTH while in the ground waiting
for the smaller and later onas TO attain
marketable size. In either case the
grower would only have about one hall
a crop of merchantable potatoes and
the question now under discsissinn Is
whether tho half now ready iorSmarlet
| will bring better prices than the half
| that will be in condition about two
weeks later. Last year later PRICES were
better, and many growers will allow
that to control their time of digging
The area of land now under culture
| in patermelons is tho largest ever
/ known in Sussex, and the prospect
never was better for an abundant crop
/, The growers are nov giving the vines
their last cultivation for the season,
and in week tho vines will almost
hide the ground The dry weather was
favorable to their growth at that stage,
and the showers this week, coming as
they did at blessoming time, we're also
favorable. Nothing from this time on
but very excessive rain or hail could
blight the crop. The first shipment Of
melons will be made from Launl.a about
August I'd or 4th.
Encouraged by the demand and good
prices OF last year, the growers have
put out an increased acreage OIL sweet
potatoes, and the demand for plants
has far exceeded tho supply. A new
pest, in the form of louse, has
appeared in the Accomac and North.
ampton potato districts Of Maryland,
whore it is destroying large areas OF
plants; but there has been no indica
tion CT its presence in Sussex, and local
growers have great hopes for the results
4 of this sensan's crop.
, Wheat il heing cut, and is q light
:, crop. This will nave no material effect
4 on tho prosperity of the farmers in
/ Sussex as a class, for it is an unlnl'
portant crop in this county.
Corn is a much mora general crop,
\ and is now looking we'll.
The growing Of tomatoes is every
y year becoming more important brancl
/ of agriculture IN Sussex. The produe
has heretofore been grown exolusiyel!
: for canning This season, however
q several growers are testing tho tomat
q as an carly market crop, and this hc
that one grover has been otfeTnd sly
q per acre for his crop, delivered on tn
& cars for the Baltimore market, eiM
a ample ground for tho belief tina
d tomatoes will become u remunerativ
i market garden crop to tho SUISSE
4 growers at no distant day.
m Tho tendency in agriculture is rapid
growing toward smaller farms, MOI
h advanced ideas and better cultivation
IN Tho general farm crops are givir
70 place to small fruits and mark
m garden crops, and the result is
almost every instance m increase
revenue on decreased area Of land.
The town fathers have given ii
=, stroot corners city appearance by IL
placing of neat namu plates, indicatil
the names of the various streets al
m avenues
a. The sickness prevalent in Laurel b
Il, somewhat aIated. Mr.. Black, freig
~ agent, is again able to attend TO b
= duties William F. King and his siste
a. Mrs. Parker, are both conyalescor
al Mrs. @. A. Hastings is slightly il
he proved. Mrs. Levin IEoarn is quite i
nc Mrs. Margaret Moore, wife of Villa
~ S. Moore, known for years as :
- strawberry king of Sussex, was buri
- Saturday in tho Methodist Protesta
nc cemetery. the Revs Warfield and NJ
" Ready officiating. Tho deceased was
!, sister of Mrs. w. w. Dashiells and Z
ali Hon. s. J. Wheatly, and was one
ba tho leading workers OF the Method
ut Protestant Church.
IN . The farm of w. j. Windsor, an ag
he farmer of Little Creek, which was sc
' n by Sheriff Hart Saturday, was pl
Ia chased by Capt. Thomas Cannon, t
ia holder of the mortgage upon the far
III The foreclosure Of the mortgage
,ra Capt. Cannon was understood to be
nd act to save his old friend from
annoyance Of other creditors, and 1t
ia reported that the captain has protfeI
~. Mr. Windsor free tenure of the fa
~ for the remainder of his life.
~ Tho citizens of Brooklyn, the Bro
nSS Creek suburb of Laurel, are agitati
49, the project of erecting q punipl
sas station and tank to furnish q wa
ne s supply for the village Some favo
200 separate plant, whilo others advocat
nc jointure with Laurel ard propose pip
'A' water under Laurel River from the c
40 plant Tor Brooklyn's uso
no Premiums for Gold Dollars.
lg, Philadelphia Times.
the Tho United Statos gold dollar is
ity scarce that dealers in old and II
it coins are advertising everywhere
cid them, offering 81. % to 81 apiece for
100. many as they can get. Since 1889
md United States Mints have not coil
200 any gold dollars. Since thon th
ore value has increased steadily. In
the mint in this city, whore the dies
Ugh all United States currency arc madt
the reporter for tho Philadelphia Iii
at was Monday given tine present Va
ist. of the gold dollar of 1880: III
ris- marked G. Carson City are %o