Newark post., 1911-06-21

age cow produces in year. The herd
of the herd is a son of the famous i'm
ported sire "Mayrose King" a bull that
has done as much to improve the MD
ern guernsey as any other animal that
was ever imported. The grand dam of
the bull has an official record Of f0,6OO
pounds of milk in year, and consider
able over 500 pounds of butter in the
same time. 1t is the plan of the trus-
tees to increase the herd by the pur-
chase of additional animals at an early
date. The herd will aid in upbuilding
the fertility of the land, consume large
amount Of roufaze that would otherwise
be untnarketable and afford material for
class room work in husbandry aud in
dairying.
VALUE OF THE STOCK.
Professor Hayward gives the value of
the stock now on the farm as follows:
Sheep, 20 in the herd, $500; 40 pigs.
$1,000; 80 cattle, $4,000; horses, s2,50o:
mules, s2,4O0; s hackneys, $1,000; total
value, S11,3OO.
ORCHARDS INTEREST VISITORS.
Another feature of the farm that in
terests most visitors is the orchards
At the present time there are ABS varie-
ties of currants, gooseberries, peaches,
nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries,
ounces, grapes, apples and pears. Some
of these Of course are only Represented
by few trees, just enough to give an
idea o? their value in Delaware and
Serve in class room demonstrations.
These piaStings include quite a large
commercial peach and apple orchard. AS
good an authority ssss The Hon, oliver
Newton, president Of the State Bor~- =,
Agriculture, has said that the college
peach orchard was the oest locking or
chard that he has ever seen Most OF
the trees were set in the spring Of 1893
and in spite of the dry weather last fall,
quite few of them will bear peaches
this year.
WHAT CRIMSON CLOVER HAS DONE.
DR.. Hayward, in speaking OF Delaware 3
part in regard to Crimson clover stated
as follows: THE Delaware Station has
done more to develop crimson clover crop
in the South Atlantic States than y
other Experiment Station. Dr.. Neale
the former director, began to investigate
| crimson clover, soon after the station
was organized in 1887 and early in 1888.
| published, presumably, the first bulletin
ever written upon this important sub
| ject The edition has bee nexhausted fol
some time, but has created d great N.
terest in this member of the clover ;uu.
lily, which has done more than any othe.
I single crop to improve the light, sandy
soil, which is so common in the South
erp wo-thirds of the State, By aeouain.
| ting the formers Of the State with Grim
son clover they have been able IN mani
instances to increase the yield of corr
from 10 to 50 bushels per acre, and
great many farmers particularly In Ken
and Sussex counties, attribute their ste
cess in farming very largely to the US,
| OF Crimson Glover, crop which wa
Introduced very largely through the eff
forts OF the Experiment Station. Alto
sether three bulletins have been pub
lished on tMc subject by this station an,
the station is now looked on as an au
thority, as to the value OF the crop as
| liIiuSeu SdSuSr ana lCS re
quirements."
INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTHRAX.
Another very important work tha
the Station has done is the part that /
has played in the control of anthrax il
the State. Without the studies made b,
DR.. Neale and Professor Chset"~ m
loss to the live stock owners of Deios
ware would have been inestimabls
These two members of the station stat
| tcr number of years carried OF :m
portaut investigations and made it pos
sible for the owners of live stock t.
protect their animals with scarcely an
cost against this fatal and infectious dis
ease. If the Delaware Experiment Sta
tion had never done anything else TO
the farmers of the State, its work OF
Crimson clover and anthrax is sufficien