Milford chronicle., 1912-02-16
Interesting SESSIONS OF farmers
INSTITUTE And Large ATTENDANCE

strations in Kent County last year. The
first spraying is made ten days after the
blossoms fall, using 2 pounds of arsenate
of lead to so gallons of water the second
spraying is made two weeks later, using
the same quantity of arsenate of lead in
so gallons of the self-boiled lime sulphur,
and the third spraying is made about a
month before the fruit is ripening, using
the self-boiled lime sulphur alone. This
treatment will insure a crop of fine,
handsome fruit, if the buds live through
the winter and the orchards are given
the proper pruning, tilling and manuring.
Prot. Scott advised the planting of
Carman, Hiley, Champion, Bell and
Elberta. These all come in after the
Georgia crop has been marketed and be-
fore the northern crop has come into
market, just at times when prices have
been good for several years past.
Prof. w. R. Beattie spoke of the home
vegetable garden, saying that the inn
pOrtant things are to get good soil and
fill it full of stable manure, get good
seed of whatever vegetables are to be
grown, and then give thorough cultiva-
tion.
Tuesday morning session opened with
an address by DIR. C. W. BrOdhed, of
Montrose, Pa. on Breeding the horses,
advising the farmers to use pure bred
sires for the mares they now have and
thus breed up a type of a fine farm
horse. He also advised using crippled
mares from the cities for raising mules,
thus saving the large sums that go every
year to Western mule growers.
Prof. Beattie prefaced his discussion
of sweet potato growing by telling how
to build up the soil by the use of crops
such as crimson clover, COW peas, soy
and other plants of this class, by
drainage, the use af lime and making
the best use of all farm manures. He
advised more extended planting of
sweet potatoes of the soft, watery sweet
varieties resembling the southern yam.
He advised slip seed and careful treat
ment of seed beds to prevent the disease
common to sweet potatoes.
F. C. Bancroft gave in more detail {
MS method of producing apples. He
yellow Transparents,
Fourth of July, William Early Red, for
early, and Stayman, Nero, Rome Beauty
and Paragon for the late varieties, He +;
las not tried Early Ripe, which is popular /
With those who have it.
In the afternoon Prof. A. E. Grantham
described the soy bean as it grows at
Newark where some of those varieties
lave been tested. Prof. Grantham stated r
hat the Soy Bean will produce more
lay, more seed, and more soil fertilize
han can be secured by the use of COW !
,eas. The Wilson, Peking, HollybrOok, :
10 San, and medium Green are good r
-arieties for this state and will produce 7
wo or three tons of hay per acre, or if
-rown for seed will yield 20 to 25 bushels ;,
f seed for acre on good soil.
LIT. DEOuHSu gave a aCSONu tain aDOeS 7
he horse, explaining the cause of crooked b
eet and ankles, advising that owners r
ee that the hoofs of the colts are pared :,
own in the spring before they are r
urned out to pasture. DR.. BrOdhed q
tated that the cause of interfering are
arious and that these causes should be
emoved. Sometimes the britchman
the harness is too low, sometimes de-
ective teeth cause a wrong gait, some Z
mes a horse will interfer from being in 81
weakened condition, andi 25 per cent
the cases the causes is improper shoe II
g. a
Tuesday evening, illustrated latern b
ide talks were given by Prof. Beattie a.
I'd Prof. w. NJ. Scott, which were M
ghly enjoyed. Thus closed the most "
Farmers Institute ever held IN
Milford. 70