Milford chronicle., 1912-02-09

Hummer, Brandywine and Matchless as
the principle ones. OF the four he pre-
ierred the MatChless or Hummer If the
farmer desires to use water in setting his
plants, he advised the use of one pound
of nitrate OF soda to Is gallons of water,
which he claimed wOnld give them an
early start The plants according 10 his
theory will thrive better if set about four
feet apart A much better yield will be
obtained if the crop is preceded with
crimson clover each year.
Mrs Snyder and Mr. Kern followed
with talks on poultry culture, and many
: interesting points of chickendOm we're
given.
Col. Robert G. Houston, owing 10 the
absence of Professor Webb, presided at
the night meeting.
w. r Tubbs, of Selbyvile, one of the
most successful berry growers in the
county, tod of the culture of Strawberries
around SelbyN lille, which is recognized to
be one Of the leauing berry points of the
country. Among the list Of early berries
grown at Selbyville he gave the Roadside,
Climax, Excelsior and Halfway. The
last named seems to bring better results.
The middle varirties includes SUPERIOR.
Parsons and Dunkin; while the two late
groths are the Candy and Mascot. He
described at length the preparation of the
soil, tillage, picking, packing and market.
ing, and strongly urged the farmers to
have their packages marked so as to iden-
THY their fruit, calming that they would
get better prices thereby if their names
were placed on the crates and the fruit
was found 20 be irst:c ass. Nearly all the
growers in that section have adopted this
plan.
Mr.. Shallcross gave a talk on apple
growing. For commercial purposes ne
recommended the Early Ripe, Nero, Will
liams Early Red, Paragon, Staymen's
Winesop aud York Imperial In planting
the trees are usually placed 20x20 feet, and
the filler system has been employed by
him. At certain age every other tree
is taken from the orchard in order to
make way for those to develop from which
he expects to make profits. The orchard
is plowed in the spring and thoroughly
worked until the middle of July when It
is cropped with crimson clover. Some
Orchardists SOW COW peas or soy beans in
place of clover The fertilizer used is a
2K 10 composition and about 400 lbs
are used yearly to the acre A solution
of gallon of lime sulphur to 10 gallons
of water is used in spraying foI scale, and
is usually put on as soon as the leaves
have fallen and is continued until the
buds begin to burst forth in the spring
The preparation is used just after the
blossoms have fallen to prevent cOtalin
moth. A second spraying is given just
before the caylix closes, possibly two
weeks, and is composed of three pounds
arsenic of lead to fifty gallons OF water, or
what is commonly called the bordeaux
mixtHre The commercial spraying mix
ture is used by him because it has BEEN
found just as satisfactory and can be OBJ
tanned as cheap, counting the time and
labor.
Professor Hayward closed the institute
BY giving a short talk on the educational
of the country boy and girl as
compared to that of the town and city
children. When the farmer accumulates
a few hundreds of dollars, he said, there
seems to be a tendency to get away from
the farm so that the boy and girl may have |
the advantage Of a better education and |
social training He gave the present day |
methods employed in the rural schools a
"black eve" and expressed his desire that |
the day would not be far distant when !
Sussex county would have consolidated |
school system where the country children !
may be able to acquire as good training |
as could be gi en- them in the town and |
citv schools The moral standard and |
Influences of the country churches, 10 his |
opinion, have greatly deteriOrated, con-
trbuted largely to the fact that the 'cir
,ut rider" because of poor attendance, I
g not thrown in contact with the people,
md because of the several denominations
hat have arisen in the country as well as
he towns.