Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

Every farmer in this section and
throughout Delaware, who has gotten
away from the old time methods and
believes in scientific farming as the
only progressive and up-t o-date way
will be glad to learn that Delaware
through it's State Experiment Station
is to receive mole aid from the United
States Government. This will not only
enable more thorough interest in our
farm lands but will help to treat aud
exterminate diseases with more vigi-
lance than ever. Delaware College
Agricultural Experiment Station at
Newark will receive an increased APP
preparation as the result of the passage
of the Adams bill by Congress on
Thursday afternoon. Agricultural ex-
pertinent stations were established by
the Hatch act of.1Ss7, under the opera
ton of which AS States and Territories
are at the present time each receiving
5000 annually for their agricultural
experiments. The Adams act provides
for an increase of S., 600 to each station
for the year ending June 30, 1906, and
an ANIMAL increase of the amount for
five years by an additional sum of
$4,000 over the preceding year until
the total increase shall amount to
$4,000 annually to each station. In
other words at the end of five years
each of these stations will be getting
so BOO -sSsually instead of $3.50
The total additional appropriation re-
qui1ed for the first year will be S24O,
600. The bill provides specifically
that the additional amount appropri-
ated shall be spent in the work of ex-
perimenting only, except that per
cent may be applied to the rental or
purchase of land or the construction of
buildings. Ample provision is made
for the supervision of the expenditures
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
DR.. A. R. Neale of Delaware College
Experimenting Station at Newark
said: Representative Adams has me-
elected to bring out one point which is
of vital interest to our station. Della
ware does not make any appropriation
towards the experiment station, conse-
queutly, there is little available cash
for the work. The big colleges are
always on the lookout for men in
charge of experiment stations and Of
fer them salary inducements to go else.
where. In this State men are trained
IN the work of the station for years,
they become acquainted with progress
sive and intelligent farmers of the
State and then they are offered large
salaries by the big colleges, SO that
those who are so well fitted to handle
the great problems for the farmers are
soon enticed to other states. This has
happened here in several instances.
Delaware has fields of research so diff
ferent from other states that the prac.
tical men trained by actual experience
are much in demand. Among the re-
searches there is none more important
than that regarding the San Jose scale
This pest has grown so bad that every
plant and tree is affected. Even the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
recognized this evil and now is spray
ing its hedges between Baltimore ano
Philadelphia. If plant life is to be
protected, people generally must take
up spraying and the trees and plant,
IN town lots, parks and other place.
must be sprayed. Should the presen
condition of things long prevail it will
be only few years until the appl,
crop of Delaware will be very small
The big grower who sprays his tree
will be the only one TO have any fruit
Fungus growth on trees must b
studied and conlbatsed. The produc
tion of milk is another important fiei
for scientific investigation. .Forag
poisons' cause greater loss among til
horses of the State than any disease
1t is evident that time and heavy ex
expense in the long run will be lusti
fed by the advantages derived to thi
commonwealth. The fact that not
dollar is appropriated by the Stat
shough most OF the advantages fror
the work of the Station will inure +
Hs dement, has, in the past, great
hampered this Station. There ia
large field in our State here for tn