Evening journal., 1911-06-20
SUCCESSFUL
FARMERS DAY
Visitors Spend Day Examin-
ing States Fine Live
Stock and Barns
GOVERNOR MAKES
ADDRESS TO VISITORS
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del. June 2o.--"Farmers'
Day" yesterday at the Delaware Col
lege farm, just outside Newark. which
lift the agricultural interests of Della
ware, was the most successful ever
held at the farm or college. More than
three thousand persons from all parts
of the State, some farmers and some
city folk, gathered at the farm, hob
nobbed, talked learnedly of the rela-
ton of the indentations of kernels TO
the composition of corn, discussed the
scale" and other blights of fruit
trees, and incidentally slipped in a
few words of a political nature.
1t was a gathering representative Of
Delaware, and some Of the foremost
residents of the State we're in the as
semblage. Governor Pennwill was
there and made an address, and form
er Governor Preston Lea and former
Governor John HUM were among the
visitors. Former Congressman Hiram
r. Burton also was there, but SEN
ators dupont and Richardson and Con-
gresham Head we're in Washington.
devoted by the visitors to examining
the various exhibits in the barns and
about the farm II is a farm in every
sense of the word, not mere show.
Everything is conducted as 9 model
farm should be The blooded stock and
the other practical exhibits, the charts
and the experiment and culture beds,
all were of the greatest interest
Some Speechmaking.
The speechmaking in the afternoon
of course, was one of the features,
but many persons seemed more in
terested in the exhibits and condi-
tions about the farm than in the
speeches. Governor Pennewill con-
graduated the college and farm au-
thorities on the success they are
achieving He particularly complf-
mented Director Harry Hayward and
his assistants. Professors Hayward,
Grantham and McCue also made ad-
dresses dealing with the scope of the
farm and experimental station work
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Professor F. A. Waugh, Of
Amherst, Mass.
The members Of the Junior Class
we're on hand with the Blue Hen"
for sale and many visitors gladly pur-
chased copy of the best year book
in the Blue and Gold history.
In the afternoon a large crowd wit
messed a demonstration of farming
with dynamite given at the Kerr farm
by representatives Of the E. I. dupont
de Nemours Powder Company. In
cluded in the demonstration were:
Flowing. ditch digging, sub-soiling
and stump-blowing The farmers
were greatly interested in the modern
method of agriculture. and the demon
stration was declared to be a great
success in every way.
Some in the Crowd.
Many members Of the Legislature,
as well as State and county officials,
we're in the gathering az the College
Farm. The Assemblymen present in
cluded Senator Miller. OF Wilmington;
Senator Ellison. of the Fifth district;
Senator Marshall, of Milford: Senator
Finn, Of the Fourth district: Senator
Walls, Of Smyrna, and Representa-
tiyes Alexander and Moore. of Will
mington; White, of Christiana hun
dred; Buckingham. of Mill Creek:
Fisher. Of White Clay: Johnson, Of
Pencader; Pool, of St. Georges; Hart.
Of Townsend; Marvel and Tebo. Of
Dover; Evans. OF Cheswold; Beswick,
of near Milford, and Morris, of Farm
ington
Others in the gathering included
Lieutenant-G Governor John NJ. Mem
dinhall. State Auditor Theodore
Townsend. Judge Herbert L. Rice,
Willard Salisbury, J. Harvey White
man, Charles B. Evans, Clerk of the
Peace H. A. Brown. Clerk of Orphans
Court J. c. Jolls, Levy Courtmen
Thompson, Dennison and Dayett, f.
W. Jenkins. Oliver A. Newton and
Newton l.. Grubb. of the State Board
of Agriculture, State Veterinarian J.
r. Kirkus, of Dover; Professor Wesley
Webb. Horace L. Dilworth. ]. Atwood
Weldin, Alfred Raughley. NJ. L. Tay-
lor, n. n. White, Harrington; J. P.
Emerson. Rising Sun; n. N. Johnson,
Pennington; ]. ~ Ennis, Dover; Mr..
and Mrs. c. G. Kidd. Wilmington;
Daniel Cochran, Middletown; J. A. n.