The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-08

Sastle County was largely attend
y the farmers Of nor thern New Ca
tie County yesterday when the NEE
ing was held in the G range Hall
Mermaid. The meeting was cale
to o rider by James Hosslnger, Pres
dent of the Institute.
| Mr.. James +. Shallcross said tn;
the State Board Of Agriculture wa
one year old Yesterday. Since the
there was considerable work 10 do an
very little to do it. It seemed yer
strang that when the agriculture
interests are hefore the Legislator
there Is very little to come to th
Agricultural people for some reaso
Or another.
At the last session Of the Genera
Assembly there was an Amendmen
passed to the law creating / Boart
OF Agriculture. After the pass ag.
, OF the Amendment the Governor a p
! pointed three persons that constitute
said board, one from each OF th,
three counties Of the State. The
said Board has been in existence fol
one year, The law in question pro
vIded Il sum for their per diem anG
expenses that amount should not be
over $500. 90 for tie three, not more
than twenty Gays pay 10 any one
year. Nappropriated to said Board
81, 900, for doing the work. There
was also an appropriation Of $1,000
to make an exhibit at the Pan Amer.
ican Exhibition at Buffalo. A large
portion Of this was expended in fit.
ting up u building that was designa-
ted as the Delaware building, the
buying Of fruit, pay for young lady
to attend to the fruits, put them on
exhibition and otherwise take charge
OF the room, express charges &c. We
we're awarded by the Committee three
gold medals, five silver medals. eigh-
teen bronze medals. and fourteen
honorable mention, Last year being
very poor fruit year in our State it
was 1u!tc Il task To get such fruit as
wc wished to send out for exhibition
There was quite considerable
amount OF complaint made through
the press about the exhibits. Com
pare them with the large fruit States
OF this Union, think we are about
sixth on the list in preminms award.
ed as published. That Is five States
received more prizes than we did
Some Of these States had thousands
OF dollars at their command, whilst
we had only $1,000 90 and 'stii' have a
small balance OF Slo to so IN nand.
We will not 60 to the next Lsgsla-
ture with any bills to 90 before the
Committee on claims as was.done at
the Worlds Fair held u few years
prior at Chicago, when the State ex.
pended over $20. 600 %.
would like The pres, If our State To
tell the farmer, and others that are
alike Interested along this line how
much Farm plnduce Of the orchard,
garden or field wason cXhibitsOn. and
how many medal, were awarded to
fara"g> 'Ad fruit growers in Della
ware. our work for the past year
has ''''n working up the insect pests
on li.r i.uit trees in the State. The
W. no''. '..'' '''H''. c'e,''' " ifoll trees IS
''',i ,'.c ',a', '''I a'a'c' We 'o''h' va'uapIc
t'o''a."s ,',.a,l ~ Ne''C a''u SUSSEX Co"''''"S
threatened 10y tile Scale. MANY of
these trees hayeh had treatment applied
TO them in the shape Of cmusions
mi on " il IA Snrnv niunny ia ,,rnr,ni |
w.. va WIN 'P'", P'"'l'' l" prevent
lu'. ..'el HP'cau vi the S't'c. All the
""''c1, ',' VI S,'c'' o.c''ar'' are working
"'"'s NV '.''t Vi eA'er'hll'aling Tue
le>,' II, ','iS work everything is
"'.Nn's ,a'l's satisfactory, we nave
VI '''c % nc''e u io"ef Ne" CAstlc
'o"'l'l! me o"sl"iS Oh lne>c Trees
,Np.', ~ ''Ne t'''''' an OUT ana
'', '9'" .'r',' a. 'o''l as l''e whether
WI, ~ permit III t'!c spring
,,.', " ''>"eu 1t c!'e"'ar lo'i'iea | ne
= ! ''''al'or,'''o'' Io'npallics hu1 u de-
''r' "'' '''r' ~ any one lll'leS> lhtv
''ao P''''ea chf1 Oh the hoX, bale.
" P''"'St ''la' I'ie sam" tlt'i been
ny l''r proper authorities L
''''' N''''i |
'"'i WIS lo''hu Tree IRON san Jose
'ta'c' Inc transportation Com
patt'es nave compiled Wit'iolr request. {
ma nave materially helped 'lH along
|'''S me we Published tie law on I
-i''H SUBJECT ana senl it to the differ. |
'lIl lrahSi"flh'lo ION Companies, an
|" "''cf, growing nlrSrry trees for /
'a'e. We nave sent out clr,llar let i
|rrH about san Josr S''a'r a1d peach Il
''!l"wS: That trees affected with the [
'ca'r must Il" treated or destroyed. $
each trees with yniIows mus b. cut ,.p
l""l' or dug up All mas, bt done c
N on before the fist Of April 0, there
about. il
We issued a pamphlet OF lO,OOo q
opies, had then distributed at the il
'an.A merIcau Exposition; setting |,
orth the opportunities, ia our own
'la!c. and inviting parsons wishing o
o purchase farming land, 10 come. Ii
nspec, and be convinced oi lts n
many advantages We appointed ri
'ol, Nes'e! "eoo' OF Dover, In
'eetor ol oleharos ana Nurseries. n
H., ' - us uu'y 20 80 10 any part OF a,
"u ,,ns ,,'a'e = u!'on ~, oe'nS no,lnea oy 1