Evening journal., 1913-07-09
GAIN SUCCESS
And
in PUBLIC LIFE
Three Members Of State Board
Of Agriculture Become
Prominent in State
Affairs
THEIR FARMS AMONG
BEST IN DELAWARE
Special to THE EvENlNc journal.

BEST In DELAWARE
Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. July Solver a. New
ton, Newton l.. Grubb and Edward W
Jenkins, the three members of the STATE
Board OF Agriculture. are not only slN
cessful farmers. but they are business
men OF ability and have shown a dcel
interest IN public affairs. Oliver 4. New
! ton. the president OF the board, has
I twice been a member Of the Legislature
and was member OF the Taxation ant
Revenue Commission during its cXis
tcncc
he has one of the best iarms in Sus.
sex county. located near Bfidgesille
After having had experience la farming
I in New Castle county and Virginia. ht
] bought small place and from time to
time has added 20 it by purchasing ad.
/ Joining land His buildings are commO.
diou- and very conveniently arranged
aud his dwelling is equipped with all
modern couvcnienccs. His stables are
supplied with running water and are
fitted up with all soits oi labor saving
I devices.
Last fall hc built poultry plant. large
enough for several thousand hcns. built
bungalow for the foreman, and eel.
lar for mammoth incuhators: also laying
houses colony houses and broOdcr houscs
lie was one of the first farmers OF Della.
ware TO grow small fruits on CONNER
cia scale. especially strawbeirie-. black
berries and dowberrcs and these have
been his most profitable crops. he is sys.
teniatic and cAact IN an his farm opera
lions, doing everything in the most thor.
oueh and painstaking manner, giving his
crops intensive cultivation. high fcrtili'
zation and expert and scientific treat.
mcnt in every particular.
As an example of his thoroughncss he
has large field planted To candy straw.
berries. the land being somewhat low and
having clay subsol. was first well
drained and then puVcrized BY dynamite
At the present time the field Is absolute.
" free from weeds, s kept iriablc hy ire.
qucnt cultivation 10 preserve the mulch
ON top and thc long straight rows are
already an indication of what the patch
VIII be- when II comes To iruitmg next
spring Mr. Newton practices di,ersi.
fed farming. growing apples. peaches
pears, POTATOES. sweet POTATOES. soy.
beams, row peas. buckwhcat wheat aud
corn, and keeps moderate sized dairy
srndlne milk to the creamery at Bridge.
vile. Financially Mr.. Newton has sue.
cccded h"yond his expectation.
Newton l.. Gruhh. vice president ol tn,
board. lives ON farm m Bandtwn,
hundred that ha. hccn in the t,rtibb fam
ily almost since the country was settled
4 Upon The place are substantial stone
house hirns and other buildings wei
ndaptcd to The needs ot the farm
Nh 1ruhha leading speciality
dailymg and hr has a line her,
fof thoroughbred and Grade Hol
stem COWS an of which are ted
cnreflly balanced and full ration %
grain and forage Mr.. Gnbb viii kcc,
no COW that does not Weld a libernl How
OF milk and does not pay handsome
profit. He is also engaged in the poultry
business, which. however in reality Il
Nlrs crubb's specially.
His fields are all thoroughly TILED
and have been brought to a high state
OF cultivation by the wise use of all
manure that has been made on the
farm supplemented by the use O a lib
eral supply Of high grade fertilizer.
Mr.. GrGbb has adopted q four year ro-
tation, wheat hay. pasture. corn. Fol-
loving the suggestion of Asronomist
Grantham of the Experiment Station.
he had adopted the plan of spreading
his stable, manure on the wheat
stubble, which substantially in
creases the crop OF hay, and this fed
to his dairy cows increases the quan-
tity of stable manire AID also i'm
proves the pasture and l,avcs the
ground in good condition for corn
which follows the pasture. CONNER
cial fertilizer is applied to the corn.
also the potato crop which is grown
upon a moderate area.
Naturally many interestin. histori-
cal events cluster about this old
home. In the house is a family Bible
printed in London in 173S that has
been In the Grubh family during all
this time Mr.. Grubb also had an ac-
count book )f some local. merchant
whose name, however has been lost
as the first two pages Of the book are
missing. The accounts are with lead
ire families of Brandywine hundred
and late back to l74O. This book is
OF unusual interest and reveals much
of the customs Of those carly days.
+. W. Jenkin-. secretary OF the
board. has a truck farm close to Do.
yer and il Is a model of it's kind Mr.
jenkins spends mrch of his time In
Suffolk. Virginia. near his extensiv,
fertilizer factory and trucking land. a,
those interests require lar portion
Of his time. He had wide cxperienc.
In the fertilizer business and in grow
Ing market gardening crops. and is
close student of current events ans
public questions