Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-10-14
ROADS MODEL FARM.
Pennsylvania Line to Conduct
One at Bacon, Del.
AN EXPERT PUT IN CHARGE.
In Addition to Showing Possibilities Of
the Soil, He Will Lecture at Oranges
and Farmers Institutes - immense
Market Near.

the Soil, He Will Lecture at Oranges
Market Near.
In line with the endeavors of the
railroads east and west to develop the
resources of the territory lying along
and near their rights of way is the
establishment of model farm by the
Pennsylvania railroad at Bacon, near
Seaford. Del, on the Delaware rail
road. The company recently purchas-
ed there Il farm of fifty acres and will
conduct it as an experimental station
for the benefit of the farmers of the
Maryland Delaware Virginia peninsula.
1t is believed that by exploiting the
advantages Of that section there will
be Il marked increase in the number
of those who desire to pursue the work
of farming
In the fall of 1908 James McCrea.
president of the Pennsylvania. made
three days trip over the railroad lines
on the peninsula. lie saw thousands
of acres in one of the richest agricul-
| tural districts in the world idle. with
, adjoining farms Aourislinc ana their
products in great demand in all of the
large markets of the middle and east
ern states
Success 60 Long Island Road
Knowing the success attained by the
Long Island railroad With its two ex-
perimental farms. which have been in
operation about four years. Mr.. Me
Crea suggested that committee look
into the matter of establishing an ex-
perimental farm on the peninsula,
where the railroad could show the
agricultural possibilities of the land.
The committees report was favorable,
and the railroad bought the farm at
Bacon.
According to the last census. there
are 3,916SO0 acres of land on the pen
insula. OF which 2,05S, 900 acres are
under cultivation. There are 2S,355
farms on the peninsula, and it has Il
total population of about $4,000. To
induce more farmers to cultivate the
1858, sol acres Of idle land is one of
the reasons for which the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is to undertake the op-
Grafton of the experimental farm. The
cooperation of the farmers is already
assured, and the state agricultural col
leges, agricultural boards and horticul-
tural societies are enthusiastic sup
porters of the project
1t is argued that points on the penin-
sula 100 miles south of Wilmington4
are in point of transportation facili-
ties. as close to the markets of Bati-
more, Philadelphia. Wilmington and
| New York rs the Long Island farms
are to New York city. The railroad
officials say it is possible for the farm
ers to get their products into the large
markets in excellent condition. De
! liveries are made in one day in central
! Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Farmers Immense Market.
| An immense market is enjoyed by
| farmers of Maryland and Delaware. 1t
includes practically all Of the country
east of the Mississippi river, made pos
| sible by a preference freight train
service that has created wide de-
/ mand for fruits and vegetables grown
on the Delaware Maryland Virginia
| peninsula. This demand is greater now
! than can be met. and the railroad is
! taking steps to aid in increasing the
number of farmers to supply it. :
To develop its experiment station
! the railroad has appointed as superin-
tendent II. S. Lippincott. a graduate
| Of the Agricultural college at Cornell
4 university. He has done practical
I farming at his home in Burlington
! county, n. J.. and in North Carolina.
Superintendent Lippincott has taken
an interest for years in experimental
work. and he intends to visit the
oranges and farmers institutes on tn"
peninsula. that he may become person
ally acquainted with the farmers from
Wilmington to Cape Charles. He will
be prepared to make addresses. visit
fairs and make exhibits of some OF the
| products raised on the farm and thus
demonstrate the interest which the
! railroad is taking.
The Cynics.
Cynics was the name applied to
school of philosophers founded by An
tisthenes, pupil Of Socrates. The
main tenet of the extreme cynics was
that civilization is curse. and true
happiness can be obtained only by
gratifying the most primary physical
appetites which man has in common
with hrutes. The general attitude OF
the cynics as distinguished from that
of the stoics, who regarded everything
In the external world with indifer-
ence, was one of contempt. They We're
not an important philosophical school
numerically, but attracted attention
largely by their eccentricities and inso-
lence on account of their contempt
for refinemtnt their name came subse-
quently to be applied to any one who
takes d mean view of human life