Evening journal., 1913-06-14
ALFALFA
YIELDS WELL
in SUSSEX
Lower Delaware Farmers Also
Make Money on Berry
Crop
FARMERS WILL
RAISE MORE CATTLE


GEORGETOWN. Del. June A.
william Pennewill made his first cut
ling OF alfalfa last week from his two
acres near Georgetown, on the Lewes
coad. He secured five tons OF fine
nav. Already the alfalfa is up near
ly foot. and in two or three more
weeks MI. Pennewill expects to make
another cutting. Last year four crops
we're taken from the one field 50
enthusiastic has he become over the
crop and the feeding quality OF the
hav that he is now preparing the land
for eight more acres to be inoculated
this year His experiment has shown
that alfalfa will grow in Delaware.
Proof that there is money IN straw
berries Is being shown by George w.
Hatfield of Georgetown, who TINS
year brought Just one-half an acre Of
land into bearing strawberries. The
field is IN Candy berries and already
Mr.. Hatfield has picked S157 worth OF
berries and has another weeks pick
Ing ahead OF him az good prices lie
declared yesterday that he would
clear 5000 on the half acre and would
still have the berries for next years
,rop No special attention was given
the berries beyond giving them plenty
Of fertilizer, composed IN a great part
Of FISH scrap shipped TO him from
Lewes, a haul of less than sixteen
miles. Although he was offered $500
an acre for the land this week, Hat
deld refuses TO sell, and intends
more than make that price back In
one year.
John Jerman, a former berry grow
err OF Baltimore hundred who moved
10 Georgetown a year ago and bought
q farm here. Is a successful berry
grower who declares II is the best
crop he raises. This year six acres
uf berries paid for one-third OF his
farm. and with the good season that
comes some years Mr. Jerman de-
clares that he could pay for his farm
in one years picking The wonder
full crop this man has raised and the
steady demand for berries from the
biz preserving and fruit juice fac
tory at Georgetown has aroused the
interest of every farmer around
Georgetown. and the acreage of bei
ries Will be doubled next year.
BridgeyiIle Suffers From Cold.
Weather that has contradicted all
previous records for Delaware has
kept the farmers In such a state OF
mind that Just at present It IS impos-
rAlIt l0l An' ~ NlN aAN u ANh -
around Bridgeville to give the faint
est idea of the result On May 10
the most disastrous frost that Della
ware has seen in many years laid
low q great portion of the berry
crop. killed theIearly truck and with
cred away the Young potatoes and the
fruit Replantng was made. and
hopes ran high again until this week
when on Sunday and Monday nights
another freeze struck the section ano
light frost spread over the sur
rounding country How seriously the
crops have been injured is a ques-
ton. That injury has resulted is cer-
tain but the crop Is not yet show
INK the exact result. A sure thing is
he fact that truck has been set back
and even corn has been given a
weeks delay by the cold
Bridgeville is claimed TO be the
largest shipping point for strawber-
ries in the world but fell back badly
This year. Although berries brought
good prices and those who had any
to sell made money, the crop was
badly touched and The shipments
have fallen off a third. The expert
ence has not discouraged the grow
ers. however. and plans are already
being made for a large acreage next
year
Milford Prices Rise.
The jump in prices for white pota.
toes has brought money in the pock.
cts Of the man who had faith in his
crop and held for the rise unfortu.
natelv many of the farmers sold las
month. when but thirty and fort,
cents a bushei was offered and wher
indication pointed TO an early crol
49,
aside all calculations and with thl
partial failure OF the early crol
through frost. the price of old pota
toes has jumped 10 seventy an,
eighty cents q hushel and even nov
many of the farmers are holdini
for a higher price, which they claiu
.. is sure TO come.
Christopher Slaugh and Harrl
Rogers are the champion berry grow
ers in this section. and have beer
having the best prices and the bes
pickines. Slaugh had one of th'
largest crops of the neighborhood an,
attributes his success to the fact tha
he kept his berry vines mulched lat
IN the year so that they escaped th'
frosts Rogers picked as crates il
one day from an acre of late berries
and has been picking in proportion
all the season. With prices ranginl
around 81 a crate. Rogers is point
ing with pride TO. nice bank accoun
from the berry.
SelhyVille Turns 10 Cattle.
Convinced that the only salvation
Of Sussex farmms is the enriching o.
the soil by stable manure farmers
are now turning their attention tc
creating a market for milk in all of
the towns and in this way give the
farmer a chance to raise the proper
amount of COWS on the farms The
method Of doing so is by the erection
of creameries. and so successful have
heen the cooperative creameries
erected last year at Greenwood. ~
oming FELTON,, Frederica and Lewe.
thai this year other towns are takinl
the matter up. At Milford the planl
are an laid. the stock subscribed. tn
land purchased and the erection o
The creamery there is a certainty
while at Selbyviiie a creamery is al
most an assured fact
The berry growers are finding tha
stable manure from the cities is no
only expensive. but many time
brings down many parasites into III
soil, while the home manure will b
less expensive and will contain n
seed that is not wanted in the com
munity. The creamery is the solutio
and with fifty-fve farmers who vii
all promise to keep at least fiv
head Of cattle for the creamery wi
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