Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-10-24

KENT COUNTY FARMERS IN SESSION.

KENT COUNTY FARMERS IN SESSION.
Meeting of the Pomona Grange at Dover Last
Thursday Full of Intrrest-SeveraI Re-
solutions Adopted by the Changers.
Farmers from all sections of Della
ware including a number from Smyrna |
and vicinity met at Dover, Thursday |
and discussed agricultural subjects.
The convention was held in conjunc-
ton with the quarterly session of the
Kent County Pomona Grange. Jacob
H. Rosa, of Milford, the master of the
grange, presided. The address of well
come was made by Fred c. Phillips, of
the Dover Grange, and Mr.. Rosa re-
sponded. The reports from the sub
ordinate oranges showed that all eight
Of the oranges were in a fourishing
condition and doing much good work.
The Delaware College trustees sent "a
committee escorting and introducing
the new head of the Delaware expert
ment station, DIR. H. H. Haywood.
There was never any trouble between
the vigorous young man. who is at the
head of Delaware's new experiments
for better farming and better crops;
but there was lively quarrel between
the farmers and the college trustees.
over the removal as director of the ex-
perimantai station of DIR. Neale.
To-day all hands made peace. Even
DIR. Neale, who is at the head of
another department now, wasthere and
fraternized with the farmers.
New Chief Experiment Director Introduced.
Delaware College was represented at
the love feast by Hon. G. G. Kerr of
Newark, chairman of the committee
on agriculture ;and by Manlove Hayes,
vice. president of the college board.
Mr.. Hayes, the polished Doverite of
four score and more, made one of his
usual happy and forceful speeches IN
presenting DR.. Haywood. ''The highest
type of manhood to-day" he said, we
always find in an organized body of
farmers. Notwithstanding the disad-
vantages of the low prices of products,
which of course takes away the large
profits of farming, there can be no
safer investment than in the fertile
farm and no man surer of success
than the pains taking farmer. 1 be
: lieve the farmers enjoy life better and
are freer to go and come as they please
: than those pursuing, industriously,
mean, any other avocation. Ken
a county, will say, has undergone such
/ advancement at your hands since
S ommenced farming in 1843, that tn
o whole fabric has been changed and i
r is not like the same land we are livin,
Il in. Through the whole course of M
e life 1 have watched this growth il
/ amazement. In ord er to keep, IF pos
IS sible, little ahead of the thoughts G
L the working farmer, the trustees c
d your college have secured DIR. Hay
If wood, diligent,~ experienced and sue
If cussfnl, to dig and drive for the ne,
s things and continue our remarkabl
re advancement and l now introduc
!, him."
Is Initiative and Referendum Question DISGUISE
Dr. Haywood made a remarkable fay
: orable impression. He pleaded fo
D. close cooperation on the part of th
Is working farmers for a new exper
,e mental farm to be located near Del
20 ware College. The farmers lahore
to for sometime and the convention roo
w was crowded during the argumen
r over initiative aud referendum. The
es were not prepared to say that it ws
st all right or all wrong. State Grane
90 Master Hervey Walker was presel
of and urged it's endorsement, ar
ne Colonel Frank w. Spear of Kentoi
Gil took the floor and vigorously cor
ew mended and explained it. FINAL
ng the convention took hold and held fla
ed to the modern idea and advised the il
dy mense agricultural vote of Delawal
be to support it by voting eyes" with Il
ed crossmark under eyes" on the ball
at in November opposite the questio
nd "Shall the General Assembly of Del
ed ware provide the system of advisor
it initiative and advisory referendum
lid The Grange also adopted resolutio
asking the Legislature to, either pu
chase the corporation interest in De
ware College or sell the States int
I'D est and to provide for an education
institution that shall be fully und
Hon the control of the state.
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