The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-04
With CHANGERS
AND FARMERS.
Correspondence on all
Subjects Pertaining to
Farms and Live Stock
Solicited From all
Parts of the State

the REPUBLICAN extends its greet.
inys for happy aud prosperous
year May the crops be large and
the prices good and may good
health bless the farmers aud their
families.
The story was told recently OF
lady in Wilmington who went to
Philadelphia and bought vase Tor
10 cents. In showing 1t 10 friend
She remarked that the same vase
cost $l.05 in n Wilmington store.
Her friend drew hsr attention to
the fact that she spent half dav
and 81 extra Tor her fare. Then
tine lady discovered her mistake,
s. II. Derby OF Woolsde the
worthy Master of Delaware state
Grange saws:
"This is the time ol the year that
the tree peddler is around with its
wonderful pictures OF Impossible
fruit, and often with impossible
attached. Tine old yarns are worn
thread bare but still thar work Tor
d new set OF 'grccnles appear
every year, but for the benefit of
those who have been caught too Of
ten there are new tales One that
has just come TO my notice is that
OF an a.cut offering ke'ffer pear
trees guaranteed 10 bear fruit that
would ripen all the way through
alike and claiming that only his
suo,ll IN IL hnI -
ing very high price for them.
"rliey come aroInd with peach
trees Of wonderful quality and sure
TO produce trees from seed true to
name. Usually they do come true
10 the name scrub but nothing more
valuable. 10 illustrate how the
tree man talks them in. nearby
farmer bought trees 10 set a large
orchard paying Is cent per tree
when the nurservman only asked
Is cents for equally good trees,
The comments OF some OF his
neighbors were that he would not
have done so had he belonged to
the Grange.
''Now the man WAS one oi the so.
called best farmers aud by no
means an ignorant mau, but he h ad
let slip an opportunity which the
Grange affords TO Uniform himself
OF the facts There are tree di-
scases and insect pests, and GER
tam methods OF raising trees that
all sht 10 avoid. Take care that
the trees furnished a'c tree from
scab aud blight and the roots clean
and free the from knots. Don't
pay fancy prIccs ior peach trees on
plum roots when trees on peach
roots are better. The Grange is an
org an'zation for the farmer 1t is
only valuable 10 him as lie uses it
and it is hardly too much 10 say
that the foolish money that he pays
in one year for uces in Delaware
woud support a grange organiza-
ton in every district in the State
for year. The tree business is
only one feature Of farm life and
Grange only one OF the means Tor
the farmer to acquire Information
bat it is the best one. The College
Professor talks one year in seven
to study 10 order 10 keep informed
in his special work--what shall be
SAID Of the farmer who cant take !
u few days out Of the comparative
" idle months to study hir busi-
ness.
Pomona Grange OF Kent County
Il a rrNtn auf trf
and The following officers
were elected:
Master, {. S. Baker, Milford: over
seer, J. Brown, Wyoming; lecturer.
II, p. Lee. Milford, Harvard grad
uate; ste ward, +. NJ. Soper, Mag
nolia; assistant steward, c. Hug ghes
FELTON,; chaplain, G. M. Bastian,
Woodside; secretary. II. c. Rich.
ardson; treasurer, e. II. Bancroft,
Camden; G gate.keeper, ]. NJ. Huntiy,
Dover; pomona, Mrs. c. S. Barker,
Milford; flora; Mrs. J. NJ. HuntIv,
Dover; ceres, Mrs. r. NJ. Soper,
Mag aolia; lady steward, Mrs. j. w, /,
Killon, FELTON,.
Or. Neale of Delaware College
addresses the Grange on the cere.
spin al meningitis scare, which is the
broadcast through Kent county, be.
cause ot,the loss Of a number Of val
uable horses. DR.. NeaIe said that
it is form Of paralysis resulting
from eating decayed vegetation, and
would first be detected in watering
the animals from a bucket, when It
would seem that they were unable
10 drink, though apparently making
every effort to do SO. Keep the
horses alive he said, on, milk and
" whiskey, quart Of the former to a
tablespoonful OF the latter, until the
paroxysm had. passed of, when
recovery would result.
This is The season of the year
When the farmer should be maxim
needy repairs.
James S. Harris Of Kent County,
Nd. 10 the American Agricultural.
st says;
"In Maryland, Delaware aud
New Jersey. the Bartlett, Howell
md Duchesss were the leading prot.
table market pears, bringing from
Bl0O to $500 per acre, until Kelff
appeared in quantities on the mar
tets. Since then the Howell aud
Duchessc have not been profitable
nd ka;uc s.,IloJ 80. |