Smyrna times., 1911-08-30
STATE BOARD DOING MUCH
TO AID DELAWARE FARMERS
ENDEAV ORING TO BRING STATE
UNDER HIGHER CULTIVATION
Will Appeal in Future to Public Schools
With the Idea of Installing a Deep
er Study ofAgricuIture

er otuoY otAgrculture
The State Board of Agriculture is
busy these. days looking after the in
terest of the Delaware farmers. Last
week many of our prominent agri-
culturists attended the Horticultural
Society meeting at the magnificent
home of j. G. Harrison and sons at
Berlin, Md, and learned much from
their days outing. Monday the
State Board spent the Gay at Bacon,
this State, with Superintendent E. B.
John of the Delaware railroad and
W. T. Carter, special agent of that
division, inspecting the experimental
farm under the management OF H.
S. Lippincott, Cornell graduate in
agriculture. 1t is the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's experimental
farm on sandy soil, probably the
most uninviting to some agricultur-
lists. The State authorities were
highly pleased with the results
shown by Mr.. Eippincott, who, how
ever has everything at his command
in the way of proper fertilizer,
active labor, selected seeds and
farming facilities. The most wond-
erfuI feature of his work for the
yeariis that by constant system
of deep tillage, he has conserved the
educated agriculturists have always
contended could be accomplished if
the soil were so deeply stirred that
it could get plenty of night air and
dew. The moisture is there in store
and, consequently, the crops are
there. The farm shows growing
crops of string beans. lima beans,
asparagus, sect corn of several plant
ings, white and sweet potatoes,
onions, leeks, peppers, Chinese cab
bage resembling white lettuce, cot
ton in blossom, sugar beets, mngel
Vurtgels, satisfy and, of course, the
p1ovender crops and some tomatoes.
III these seemed to have fourished
in the sand, while farmers who have
NOT the book and chemical knowledge
were coming to town and complaining
that their crops were burned up.
State Board Appeals to Teachers
The State Board Of Agriculture il
sending letters to the school teacher
I'M the State in which it says: GAS
sJming that you will teach in Della
ware again this year the State Boart
of Agriculture asks for your activ'
cooperation in making Boys Da.
Saturday September %, 1911, at tn,
Delaware Experimental Station a
Newark great success by arousini
an interest in the day among you
pupils ard the people in your schoo
district. 1t will be an interesting
day, not only for boys but for men
W omen and girs, and school teacher
slhsuld be especially interested
Upon their arrival at Newark tn
boys will be divided into companie
aild placed in charge of the variou
professors and members of tn
station staff. In theforenoon, Pre-
fessor Hayward, director of the sta
ton, will show the live stock equip
ment of the farm and conduct clas
in.judging dairy cattle, horses an
mules.
Ex erimental Farming To Be Show
FINDER the guidance of ProfessC
Nd Cue a study will be,made of til
cor Amercial orchards; the results oil
ia ed from different methods of ii
LAM, fertilizers and pruning; stud
of rhe different varieties of potatoC
anh tomatoes. There are A95 var
eties of fruit on the college farm
Professor Grantham will explain ii
work that is being done on $50 pla
in, the agronomy field, devoted
testing varieties of corn, soy BEN
alfalfa and cIovers; and to stud
of the effect Of fertilizers and diffe
emit rotations. In these and oth'
ways the whole forenoon will be fu
Of valuable and interesting exercise
A lunch will be served about OF
o'click and then there will be a
dresses by some of the most prom
nent men in the country who wi
discuss the advancement of agricu
tire, it's possibilities, its inhuen
upon the boys, and the need of train'
farmers. 1t is hoped that larl
delegation will be present from eve
school in the State This should
2 great day for Delaware agricultur
. mt Delaware College and the Sta
~ Board OF Agriculture and the teac
ers of the State working together
that END should give agriculture
Impetus that will result in bett
omes, a better rural life, bett
chools, better churches, mo
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