Middletown transcript., 1909-02-20
MIDDIETOwE, DEL. FEB. 20, 1903
A SUSSEX FARMFRs, NSTrTUTE


tended. These institutes are
supported by the State and any
farmer desiring to keep abreast
Of the times should attend them
Probably the bad roads in Sussex
prevented a larger attendance.
If the roads about Georgetown
are as muddy and disreputab'e
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 in
stitute 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 utter
ed. 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 markets and
elsewhere because they are
cheap. Bat a cheap horse for
work on the farm is not profit
able investment, and the Pro
fessor says that such horses will
bring disease with them.
Here and there in the lower
counties are found farmers who
have good stock-good horses,
good COWS and good poultry
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 it is to
raise scrubs. The cost of keep
ing is just as much. At the be-
ginning the expense may be
more but the outlay is justified
by the results. There is no
reason why Delaware should not
bscome noted for fine stock. A
farther who breeds such stock,
even as a side line, is sure to reap
profit that will pay him for his
trouble.
Professor Hayward also took
up the subject of State College
for women. This question has
been agitated now and then, in
fact, ever since co-education was
abandoned at Delaware College,
but no progress has been made.
It is a fact that Delaware College
is not 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 a
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 instruct
ors.
Mr.. Hayward thinks that at a
State College in Delaware the
young women could be taught
home nursing. dressmaking,
millinery, music and various
other things that pertain to home
life. The idea is undoubtedly
good, but the objection may
occur that the State cannot af..
ford such university.
Then, again, until the farmers
pasronize Delaware College more
largely than they do, it is unlike
ly that the scope eofits educational
facilities will be enlarged. Most
young men and young women
from the farms are still disposed
to seek education at the Com.
mercial Colleges and at present
even if such an institution as
Professor Hayward outlines were
established, it is doubtful whether
it would be Datronized to any
large extent. = EUeRiRg Journal
Not every boy can be rich
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