Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1909-02-17
Wednesday, February II, 1909
A SUSSEX FARMERS INSTITUTE

a TWO-DAYS' session OF the Sussex Coun-
\ ty Farmers Institute was held recently,
but according TO the Sussex Journal, the meet
ings were not wel-attended These Institutes
are supported by the State and any farmer de-
string to keep abreast of the times should at
tend them. Probably the bad roads in Sussex
prevented larger attendance. If the roads
about Georgetown are muddy and disreputa-
bic as they are in some other parts of the lower
counties, travelling by vehicle is by no means
pleasant
The lecturer at one of the institute meetings
was Professor Hayward, of Delaware College.
In his address he declared that unless Delaware
farmers stop the inflow of inferior horses into
their State and start to raise their own breed,
this State will soon have only the most common
breeds and diseases will be rampant among their
horses
Truer words were never uttered We are glad
that Professor Hayward has called attention to
this matter Why should not the farmers Of the
lower counties have fine breeds of horses and
cows and poultry? That question is often
asked by persons from other states who travel
through Delaware. Inferior horses are picked up
by many farmers who get them in the city mar
Scts and elsewhere because they are cheap. But
cheap horse for work on the farm is not
profitable investment, and the Professor says
that such horses will bring disease with them.
iiere and there in the lower counties are
Wound Farmers who have good stock-good horses
good cows and good poutry-but they are the
exception rather than the rule. Many of the
farmers who come from other places and settle
in Delaware usually taking up small tracts Of
land appreciate the value of good stock.
1t IS really no more expensive to raise good
animals than II is TO raise scrubs. The cost Of
keeping is Just as much. At the beginning the
expense may be more but the outlay is justified
by the results There is no reason why Della
ware should not become noted for fine stock
A farmer who breeds such stock even as a side
line, IS sure to reap a profit that will pay him
for his trouble
Professor Hayward also took up the subject
OF a State College for women. This question has
been agitated now and then, in fact. ever since
eo-eduoation was abandoned at Delaware Col
lege, but no progress has been made II is fact
that Delaware College is no; occupying the field
that it should fill as a State College. The large
universities of the Western States especially, are
co-educational institutions and the subjects to
which Professor Hayward referred are studied
in those institutions Probably model State
University is that of Wisconsin but it is an
immense institution in a large State. About
Everything under the sun is taught there by able
instructors.
Mr. Hayward thinks that a State College
in Delaware the young women could be taught
home nursing, dressmaking, millinery, music
and various other things that pertain to home
lie The idea is undoubtedly good but the
objection may occur that the State cannot az
ford such a university.
Then, again, until the farmers patronize Della
ware College more largely than they do, it is I'M
likely that the scope Of its educational facilities
Will be enlarged. Most young men and Young
women from the farms are still disposed to seek
education at the Commercial Colleges and al
present even if such an institution as Professor
Hayward outlines were established, il is doubt
Jul whether it would be patronzed to any large
extent