Milford chronicle., 1910-02-25

All Of this poultry was of a very fine
type, but the Barred Plymouth Rock ex-
hibited by William L Morris, Jr., de.
serves especial mention. At the evening
session a vote Of thanks was extended TO
Mr.. Hires for bis successful efforts in
gettizg up this exhibit, composed ofsuch
a wide range Of articles, and all displayed
in a very attractive manner. There we're
at least 100 exhibitors in all, and they
all deserve credit for their work.
The big bail was fairly well filled With
farmers and their wives and children
when the meeting was called to order by
Mr. Charles Barker, President Of the
Sussex County Institute Wesley Webb
was the first speaker and gave some ac-
count Of the National Corn Show at Omaha
where Delaware corn compared very
fayorablv with that from other States.
The next National Corn Show will pro-
badly be held in Coiumous Ohio, and
liberal premiums will be offered for Della
ware corn This State should take the
lead in winning prizes offered in the
Eastern Zone, and there is no reason why
a Delaware boy shall not capture the big
prize offered to the juniors for the best
acre Of corn. Prizes will also be offered
for Delaware corn exhibited at the New
England Corn Show: $40 for the best
single ear, and $40 for the best ten
ears. It is probable that many other
prizes will also be awarded 10 Delaware.
Professor Hayward gave a very inter
esting talk on the value Of the corn crop,
the multitude Of uses made OF the grain,
leaves and stalks, and stated that it
would be comparatively easy to raise the
average yield Of corn in Delaware from
80 bushels 20 60, or even so bushels per
acre, if sll the farmers would unite in an
effort 10 do so. This can be done by
careful selection or breeding Of the seed I
by testing the seed corn 20 make sure Of /
a good stand, and by good cultivation, +
and proper fertilization.
Everett C. Johnson, Of Newark, Del, a 4
Sussex County boy, who was compelled .
to give up bis studies and live out Of
doors, told how be improved a sinai.
farm near Newark. so that the yield Of
hay was increased from 500 pounds 70 4
tons per acre and the yield Of corn from
is bushels TO IS bushels per acre, and
gave ia detail his method of growing
lnions and cabbage. For onions, the
soil must be worked until it is exceed h
ngIy fine and mellow, made rich with
table manure, and re-worked, then fert-
lized with 3 high grade fertilizer made
Up OF nitrate Of soda, dissolved South
CAROLINA rock and muriate Of potash,
200 pounds TO the acre. The best seed
6 then planted early in drills a foot
part, the onions afterward thinned TO ,
hree inches apart in the row, A great (
leal Of hand work is necessary in thin
ling and wedding and the patch must
,e kept constantly cultivated. The re-
ult will be yield Of 1900 baskets per {
ere. and Mr.. johnson has never sold :
.nions for less than thirty. i've cents per
Dasket and often for sixty cents. The :
lew culture consists in starting q plant {
nder or in a hOthouse in January and
.lanting them out in 8 field as early as
ossible. In this case the early thinning
nd wedding are avoided, the onions q
ipen earlier and make better yield, }
nd what is still more important, they ,
re much larger and finer and sell for a !
igher price. Mr. johnson visited man
D New Jersey, who had six acres grown b
y this method that yielded 900 bushels
er acre and sold in the field atSI.OO
er bushei. Cabbages are also grown ,
retty close together on yery fertile land
nd yield a good profit. Il is possible
nat after the onions are removed from
be ground TO grow spinach at little cost, ! '
nd the yield is large and the profits
pod.