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being used primarily for expert
mental and educational purposes.
The personal property or work
ing capital on the farm is large in
quantity and first class in quality.
To say the least, it compares fav-
orably with the similar equipment
in other states. You may justly
take pride in the College herd, con-
tanning as it does animals that are
not only a credit to the State of
Delaware but which are creditable
to the breeds which they represent
as well. To support this statement
| have only to mention a few Of
the official records that have recent
ly been completed. One Guernsey
COW has made, within a year, 557
pounds Of butter; one Jersey heif-
er starting her years work at the
age OF three years and seven
months, has produced 443 pounds.
Her half sister Of practically the
same age has a record of 9656 lbs.
Of milk and 613 pounds Of better.
A Holstein COW in nine months has
given over $4,000 pounds Of milk
and 662 pounds Of butter. We feel
that il nothing unforeseen occurs
this COW will make what will be an
unusual record for Delaware, 19,
600 pounds Of milk and 800
pounds of butter in a year. Of
course the value Of the farm equip
ment is increasing each year and it
is probable that if the State were
to realize on its investment in the
State Farm it would take out dol
lar for dollar that has been put in
to this magnificent equipment aside
from having the benefits that have
been derived from it.
In regard to dividends the Col
lege can point with pride to the
large number of young men in the
Agricultural Department and to
the success attained by those who
have gone out after having finished
one Of it's courses Of study. Present
appearances would indicate that in
another year or two at least half
of the students of Delaware Col
lege would be in the Agricultural
Department.
For more dividends the College
is glad to refer to the work Of the
Division of Agricultural Exten-
sion. Since its beginning two and
a half years ago there have been
carried on through this agency
something like $50 cooperative ex-
periments on farms all over the
State besides consultations by in
dividuals on their own farms in re-
gard to the solution of specific
problems. 1t is probably that
through the agency Of the Exten-
sion Division, Delaware College is
getting into closer and more help
full touch with a much larger pro-
rortion of the union. If, therefore,
service Of this kind can be looked
upon as dividends from money in
vested, it is not too much to say
that, according to the books, your
College is paying as large a rate Of
interest on your investments as any
other state is receiving from similar
investments, and that the Grange
can we'll be proud Of the part it has
played in bringing about a new
epoch in the history Of agricult-
ural development in Delaware.
The College is not satisfied, how
ever, and you should not be, with
what has been done. We should
be concerned with any improve
ment that can be made in the re-
lations that should exist between
the College and the State. After
all the State has done and is do
ing, the College should be looked
upon as an institution of public
service and the State has an inher-
ent right to look for material aid
in more ways than it is now receiv-
ing; ways that have for their OBJ
Jective better citizenship and in
creased efficiency. Other states look
upon their State Colleges as effec-
tive agents in the development of
the States resources. Why con-
not we expect the same degree of
usefulness from our State College?
There is no denying the fact that
many Delawareans do not have the
respect for our College and it's
work that it should command. Just
why this is so is difficult to under
stand. 1t may be because the Col
lege as a whole is not doing the
kind of work that it should or per-
haps it is because its constituents
are either unfamiliar with what a