The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-08
new CASTLE COUNTY
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
James T. Shallcross Tells ofThe Work
ings Of The State Board of Agri-
culture Interesting Facts Dis
cussed About the Model
Dairy

ID clusion the cooperation OF you al
s. that this work MAY b ecarried for
+. ward along more extensive lines.
:. Mr.. Richard &. Buckingham stat
~ ed he bought trees three years as
d bearing Prot. Webb's card. Las
i. Spring he discovered that Their
was San Jose Scale on a pear aut
It apple tree.
DR.. Neale said that it was i'm
u possible at times to detect scale.
d Mr.. ShalIcross SAID it is hard /,
tell what a nurseymen sells.
| A neighbor Of his got u peculiar
g " mixed orchard that came tron
Hale Of Georgia aud he had some o
! the scale.
Mr.. IIossinger said that Gale is
often carried to trees.
Mr.. Walker IS the San Jose Scale
found on shade trees!
Mr.. S. Ii. Derby it has been found
that the scale has been found among
our fores. trees.
! The most vigilance must be
maintained and the Agricultural
Board has a hard job ahead OF it
to clean out ali these trees ani
keep the scale from spreading.
| Mr. Shallcross SAID he under
stood that a whole line Of osage
ledge had been affected in Sussex
and it had been grubbed out
Edward NanAlstvne, of New York
! who thn .p iSSip in, .bnr
of the model dairy, at the Pan Amer
lean Exposition, spoke on Food and
care of Il Dairy Herd, and Lessons
from the Model Dairy. lie said in
part that much depends from the
standpoint from which we look. At
the exposition there were tenherds of
COWS at the exposition. The canadian
furnished five herds and the Breeders
Associations, each herd had its man
in charge aud was the sole one in
charge.
Every morning they drew out on a
sheet what feed was required. Some
things did not suit his idea and did
not believe in the course they follow
ed.
The feed consisted of all kind, of
grain and each COW had her name on
a bucket 50 that she did not get the
other ones feed.
The course feed was weighed out in
bulk. The daily test, varied some
days and yctat the end OF u week they
averaged TO dot. In taking samples
there can be great deal of inaccu-
racr.
The milk q every herd one la, a
week had to be kept and churned.
Some of the things established were
that all tn: good cows were not in the =,
one herd.
The man who stands upand says he
has the hest breed Of COWS OH earth is
either very cgotislical or else very
poorly informed. The COW that Yields
the best is the COW.
The llolstens gave more milk and
produced more butter but The Guern-
eys did not cost as much and they
came out ahead.
The channel island cattle produces {
~ pouiiN VI DNlttl lut lpl lCoS lilull
other breeds Our profits must come
from multitude ofllttlc things ccon- {
n
The iIo!stcin cattle would make a e
quart Of milk for Il little less than one +,
cent. lie concluded that if 4 man =,
wanted to make butter economically c
then the farmer must take the chan. q
mel Island cattle, not necessarily the o
pure breeds. Then the Channel Is,
land cattle not necessarily the puro
breeds. Then the Channel Island
,attle's butter would srald for color.
The farmer can then have an article
ii for market. 1t does not necessarily =.
'ollow that registered COW with a :
pedigree is a good one. He illustrated :,
ii, address with picluras of two cows A
>nc was a registered COW with a yell f.
ow nose and Il lemon color with Il :,
'uol constitution and that was al! that =
on>titIted her qualities. -
'Mary Mar>llalI' wa, the crack -
ow Of the test. She gave $50 profit .,
n six months. The other one gave
- and both We're illustrated. When "
ic select our cows let It's do so OH ac-
cunt Of their individual excellence. a
lcrc is a COW that ate within - OF
lie other and wa, S3j behind in
roill. Size alone is Of little worth. &C
Meg weighed l4,,o ana u pro- 81
"'ta""d dairy type COW was 300 pound, III
.SS and she paid ST. for SIX mnltls "
lore than The big one. then where is IL
he economy to keep the big one 70. ~
* year, losing so Il year to havc5oO VI
uuiidS nI old COW meat to sell at ) :"
nnsa pound. ~.
The IloI>J"in> beat the short horns al
/ milk but not in flesh. We cannot e'
IT milk and butter with Il beef COW "s
. more than hunt for birds with Il sc
ulI dog. a.
Then again take Il Short horn steer oe
the same weight as Il iIol>toin an "
. will sell for or cent, pound y
orc because he lrls the meat in The ~
ght place. ~ y.
An abnormal lulnlty ofgrain does ~ y,
1t pay according 10 the test, mlie "
liiA Pan American Exposition Il
hey ware fee ling H. SIC what would ="
IN ont Of it. Tn. best f." WAS
an "'thgli'tnJl'tJ, suoplcm M.
hy ua', urcnt t'onsrrd m"Al or both
cow fed with a share Of oats give, NJ
Ir co" tlr proper nerve. 'h
We have to MAKE many allowauce,i w
III In hi, "p!!iom he did Mt think ls