Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-15
FARMERS INSTITUTE

| ~ meeting OF the New Castle county
Farmers Institute was held in the hall
OF Harmony Grange at Mermaid on
Thursday last. The roads were rough
| and the air had keen, frosty edge,
! but the hall was comfortably filled
with the representative farmers OF the
| t.cinstN Just before the morning
session commenced word was passed
| around that the ladies would hold a
separate meeting at the home OF Mr..
James H. Walker, just over the way.
| They were entertained by Mrs. Caro-
| line A. M. Hall, director OF the do
mestic arts department of Drexel In
stitute, Philadelphia, on the subject
| OF dress and its making.
| She began her talk with the origin
| of dress and carried it along through
succeeding ages. Where the end was
| no one knew, as the men saw the lad.
les no more during the day except at
| lunch when a few of the members of
| Harmony Grange helped to serve some
| delicious sandwiches, furnished by that
| Grange. to which all present did full
| justice.
w. P. Naudain. master of Harmony
Grange, introduced Prof. c. A Nc
Cue as the first speaker OF the day,
the subject being Apple Growing as
applied to New Castle county. He
thought the nature of the soil and the
rolling slopes of the land, were, ii not
too steep for cultivation, preferable
to perfectly level area. Where there
was danger from frost a northwest
slope would be the first choice as it
did not force the buds SO soon in the
| spring. Spraying must be considered
a necessary part of fruit growing, just
as planting is part Oh corn-growing
The subject was carried through all
the successive phrases, the buying OF
trees, the best varieties for both home
and market, with the hood and bad
points OF each, and the general care
and method of culture required to OBJ
tain the best results.
Anyone who has seen the thrifty
young orchards on the experimental
farm can testify that the professor is
no novice in the science of fruit-grow-
| ihS, ppt q NSit pi dSliSdl HAL dS Wtli
as a theorist.
The afternoons session was opened
| by Professor Harry Hayward with a
talk on hog raising. This lecture was
illustrated by lantern slides, drawings
the leading breeds and also some or
and photos of various noted hogs, OF
the kind not known in this section OF
country. The Canadian and low
feeding experiments showed that the
rate OF gain proportional to feed con-
sumed varied but slightly in the hall
dozen leading breeds. sometimes in
favor OF one. sometimes another. The
effect of too much or too little pro-
TEN feed as compared with a bal
anced ration was strlkiugly shown by
|pigs from the same litter at succeed
ing periods OF growth. The Professor
is strong advocate OF protein feeds,
grown on the farm when possible, in
the form of soy beans, vetch, alfalfa
or other legumes. From the question
asked by those present it was evident
| the farmers are deeply interested i'll
the subject and are keenly alive to the
profit OF hog raising 1T present prices
The second speaker was DR.. Carl
w, Gay professor of animal hus-
bandry at the University OF Pennsyl-
vania, his subject being Horses.
He began his remarks by saying
that too many farmers when raising
colts are best defined by the we'll
known expression, 81 don't know
where I'm going, but I'm on my way
and to paraphrase another well-know,1
expression 'horses is horses" His
talk was also illustrated by photos oil
the leading breeds OF horses and also
by pictures Of what we might reason
ably expect to get from certain mat
ings. He divided horses into five
classes: draught, heavy carriage, light
carriage, saddle and ponies, with the
prea,yt and probable demand for
each class for some time to come
Too many farmers did not know how
to value horse-some being too high
and others too low, that horse was
never worth the owners price til
some other fellow was willing to pay
that price for it.
The Doctor held the interest of hi!
hearers from start to finish and they
were reluctant to drop the subjec
when it was necessary to do so.
The question box was opened by
Harvey Walker, the first question be
ing the home making of fertilizer ane
how much saving could be effected
thereby also how to obtain the neces
sary ingredients for desired formula
Professor Hayward was sent to TIL,
blackboard to show the way to deter
mine these questions. Other fertili
, ger questions were discussed till til,
lateness of the hour made adjourn
ment necessary 1t seemed to be TIL,
l. sentiment of those present that thi
meeting was one of the most instruc
tive and practical ever held here.
Other meetings have been asked 70
at Stanton and Hockessin, and thes,
| will be held soon
JOHN NIVIN,
Secretary