Smyrna times., 1911-08-23
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF
KEEPING THE BOY ON FARM
EXTENSION WORK IN AcRlc,u
TURE ON THE STATE FARM
An Aggressive Program Mapped Out
BY The Faculty of Delaware COL,
lege-SmYrna Boys to Attend

BY The Faculty of Delaware Coll
lege-SmYrna Boys to Attend
The problem of keeping the bows
on the farm is being studied with
care under the extension work now
going on at the State farm at Della
ware College. Effort in the future
will be made to interest the sons of
farmers more in scientific farming
and thereby keep many of them from
leaving for the cities as soon as thew
become of age and in many instances
earlier, which has become a serious
problem throughout the State. Prof
Harry Hayward, director at the
State farm, and his staff are making
some elaborate arrangement for the
fall work, and especially for putting
into effect some ideas in connection
with agricultural extension, under a
bill passed by the last Legislature.
DR.. Hayward also announces that the
date for farmer boys day" at the
State farm, has been fixed for Sep
tember %. This is one of the first
moves in the extension plans, so far
as the work of getting the boys in
terested in scientific farming is con-
cerned. The county school superin-
tendents will cooperate to make the
plans for farmer boys day success.
In addition to hundreds of boys.
many of the public school teachers
from all parts of the State will also
be present, as it is desired to get
them interested, as the State Board
of Agriculture plans to have agri-
culture taught more in the schools
in the future. Prof. Charles Tuck
of Cornell University will be the
principal speaker and prizes will be
offered for the best essay on agricul-
ture.
Other Extension Plans Carried Out
Other extension plans are also be-
ing carried out. A. E. Grantham,
pdpfessor of agronomy, has sent out
oNeW - tons of inoculated alfalfa
dirtS - the farmers, who want to
grow Agfalfa, with which to inoculate
their fields. He has also sent out
over "a bushels of alfalfa seed to
about 40 farmers throughout the
State in the cooperative experiment
plan in growing alfalfa. Charles
A. McCue, professor of horticulture,
is preparing an extension bulletin
entitled, Packing Apples. anC
Prof, Grantham is preparing one OF
wheat culture, which will be dis
tributed within ten days The col
lege farm has just purchased three
head of Aberdeen Angus heifers
These are cattle Of the beef type ant
are to be used entirely for elias
room work and for judgment. The.
were purchased from a wsllknowl
herd in southwestern Pennsylvania
The college exhibit of cattle, shee
and hog attracted much attention a
the Salisbury. Md, fair, this week
and they will be shown at Easton
Md, next week and at Wilmingto
the week following. Professor Nc
Cue will Judge the fruit at tn
Trenton fair, September 25th to 29th
and the college farm may show II
cattle, hog and horses there in con
petition.
Three Students Going to Chicago
Prof. Hayward is planning to tax
three of the students to Chicago
ILL.,, the last of October to enter tf
intercollegiate contest in judgln
dairy cattle. Students will be thel
from all of the western colleges
we'll as some of those from the Eas
In speaking of the prospects for u
coming year at Delaware College,
is stated that the indication are th'
there will be at least 20 tresnm'
students in agriculture. There al
about Is of the old students to r
turn and this will make the large
number, according to populatio
that any agricultural college IN u
country has. 1t is reported that
number from Smyrna will matric
late this Fall.