Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-12-05
SCIENTIFIC
PRINCIPLES
In FARMING
Educational Train Experts Tell
Soil TiIIerS Of Their
Opportunities
THINK THEY SHOULD
GET MORE FROM LAND

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SNOW HILL Md, Dec. why
wouldn't dairying, butter or beef pro-
duction pay on the lower end Of the
peninsula as well as in the north 2?
What is meant by inoculating? Ex-
plain how the fertility of the soil can
be maintained and state what it costs
our farmers to let the land lay bare
all winter2 Is it not just as possible
in your judgment to teach the scien-
tific principles of farming in our rue
raj schools as it is to teach history
geography and other things? These
and several hundred other equally inn
portant questions. both oral and
written, were put up to the lecturers
by the farmers in all parts of the
neutrality-suspicious. peninsula,
who have attended the talks on board
the travelling agricultural university
operated by the Pennsylvania railroad
during the past three days. This eX-
tensive questioning indicates beyond
the possibility of doubt that the
peninsula farmer is becoming more
and more interested in what the rail-
roads and the scientific men are doing
continually, to help him solve the
problem of making the la1d produce
more and better crops.
Despite the dOwnpour of rain on the
peninsula yesterday, record-breaking
crowds collected at all the stations
and towns visited by the train. The
lectures that commanded the greatest
attention of the audiences we're those
on poultry raising, strawberries. to-
matoes and apples. c. l.. Opperman,
the poultry expert, connected with the
Maryland Agricultural College, gave
some amazing facts with regard to
the production of eggs and poultry
He said i'm part Seven hundred
and twenty million dollars was the
value of poultry products in 1912, ac-
cording to the United States census
This vast amount of wealth is equal to
the value OF the hay crop of our vast
commonwealth. and also the wheat
crop. It is twice the value of the to-
bacco crop of the world and nine
times the value of the tobacco pro-
duced in the United States Practi-
cally ninety per cent of this vast
amount of eggs and poultry is pro-
duced on the general farm the bulk Of
which comes from the Mississippi
valley states. Our eastern farmers,
however. have even better opportuni-
ties and natural climatic and soil con-
ditions for poultry culture and there
is no reason why the farmers OF Della
ware and Maryland cannot receive
their just share of this enormous
wealth
at Pftsynfe, one OF the biggest
strawberry shipping ccnters on the
ueninsula. more than one hundred
and twenty-five persons awaited arri-
val of the train. Here, w. F. Allen, of
Salisbury, lectured on strawberries
.ouching on the essential factors of
soil preparation, planting time, hand
ling the plants. laying OFF the ground
length of time a patch should be
fruited sex in strawberries winter pro-
lection. cutting runners, varieties and
fmplemeuts of cultivation. and mar
keting the crop
At Whaleyville the attendance was
i3S as compared with l2O for last
year.
Az Hursley the crowd almost dou-
bled that of 1911. while at Snow Hill
where two illustrated lectures were
held i'm the town hall, there was q
goodly sized turn out considering the
Indictment Weather.
e. b. John, superintendent OF the
Delaware Division, joined the tram
yesterday afternoon at Berlin. The
other railroad men on the special
during the day included. NJ. {
Broughton. freight solicitor; f. n
White. assistant trainmaster; w. T.
Carter. supervising agent; A. G. Ben
nett manager demonstration farm OF
the Delaware division; w. u. Polk
superintendent NJ. ID. & V. Ry.; L
Murdoch, general freight and passen'
ger agent NJ. ID. & V. and B. c. a
A. Ry.; G.. f. Sharpley. trainmastei
d c. & A. Ry.; r. V. Massey, super
intendent n. Y, p. & n. r. r. w
s. NAPLES, freight solicitor and j.
J. Restein. trainmaster also OF the
n. Y, p & n. Ry.
Today the educational special vii
stop at Queponco, S25 a. m, Days
boro, 104O a. M, Coolspring. 1885,
D m, Milton, 3.05 p. M and George
town, 500 D. m.
The schedule for Friday is Ellen
dale. $50 a. m; Oakley 1910 a. m
Greenwood, 11.50 a. m; Hickman
$50 D. M; Tuckahoe. 3.15 p. m; anl
Delmar 500 D. m.