Milford chronicle., 1907-02-01
!. LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.

I'LL InlIIIlLIIu IuUIIIUIL.
The Farmers Institute held in Armorv
Hall on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week was atteded by the largest
audieRce Of farmers ever gathered in
Milford for the purpose of discussing
agricultural and horticultural prob.
lens, and the speakers have been IN.
to-date, earnest men, OF great practical
experience.
On wednesday morning the consid.
Grafton of Peach Fellows and San Jose
Scale occupied about two hours, and
the discussion was extremely spirited
as well as instructive.
With few exceptions all those present
were in favor Of using the lime. sulphur
wash, made by boiling together 20 to
|iAP pounds Of lime, Is pounds of sulphur
AID 90 gallons OF wash. The most con-
ve2ient way for the average farmer is |
to Use a large iron kettle, place in it
about s gallans Of water, then moisten
Athe sulphur and add that to the water.
and as soon as it is hot add the lime
using only the best recently burned
stone Nme. The Stacking of the lime
Will give strong heat and if a hot fire
lis KEEP under the kettle and hot water
Is added to make the so gallons, the
polling may be continuous until the
snd q an hour when it may be drawn
on ~ % the spray-barrel and used while ,
still Aot. This should be applied before
the buds start in the spring. A. Sey-
idell, CHARLES Barker, Professor McCue !
OF Michigan and others strongly rec
commended this wash. It is not quite 1
90 satisfactory on apples and pears as {
on peaches and plums. Il
I Oil emulsiOns have been used exten. a
slvely in fighting the scale, and often o
with satisfactory results, but up to the
present time can hardly be recon-
mended for general use on peach and
apple orchards, but for pear trees moth q,
rag is better. Professor Penny, chemist nc
of the Delaware Agricultural Expert !
meht Station, has been working upon n
the problem of making oils mix with av
water, and has succeeded in such a way ~.
That very efficient emulsion for the
troll of insect pests has been secured. -,
no Delaware farmer need henceforth
Ny the soluble oils now on the market 70
Sscale destroyers.
Ne Institute decided, after discus Pr
ioA,Nthat the State should provide a 20
argsf contingent fund for the suppress ea'
ion OF animal diseases, and everybody eX
eemed to assent to the proposition that /
should buy farm for the use of Della me
ware College and Experiment Station. pls
Professor Penny gave an intensely OF
PRACTICAL talk upon soils showing the LIE
effects Of crops like scarlet me
lover, this crop sometimes containing Tn
8 much as $50 pounds Of nitrogen per sin
ere, large part of which has been de- arr
wed from the inert nitrogen Of the air
nd worth to the soil SIS or $50 per acre.
Professor McCue Of Michigan told n
Ow the best peach growers of that 5oH
tate manage their orchards, their the
.9thOds not differing widely from the fov,
est methods in use in Delaware. Obi
Professor Jarvis Of Connecticut gave toe
valuable talk also upon general or tror
lard management. VIC;
Mrs. Lyons of New York City is a d.
ny pleasing and instructive speaker 49,
"a gave an admirable address upon Ian
s. for
Ijhe corn talk by Professor Hayward
as a clear presentation of what may
expected by improved methods of IN,
lage and CORD breeding. Delaware
w produces about six million bushels 4D'''
corn per year on about 2OO,O 900 acres
land, and every bushel per acre , W.
,ans $50, 900 to 100000 per year, so ~,
At If the yield of grain is increased by us :
? bushel per acre it means an in 49,
ased income to the farmers of this ~
ge amount Of money. 1t is believed 49,
- Ioaa4 - -. l-' 80 have
years, making them an annual in
ase by that time of nearly a million
lars per year above the present Sta
cunt. Ito Te
TO DE-