Evening journal., 1913-12-16
SCIENTIFIC
FARMING PAYS
This GROWER
Rose Hill Granger Grows Spin
aCh Though Jack Frost
Is Nearby
GETS BEST RESULTS
FROM MILK HERD

Considerable interest centers in the
returns of the farms tenanted by
George Buris. near Rose Hill. He
has gotten away from the old style of
farming, believing after practical ex-
perience that modern ideas in scient-
fic farming pays the farmer Instead
lof having the corn in the crib and the
fodder ready for the farm hand to
work in the winter, Mr.. Burris finds
there is plenty Of work for six men
on 1SO acres. The land is on a
beautiful rolling section with the big
marsh of the DUPONT holdings stretch
ing to the Delaware river
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter
learning that this farmer brings
scores of barrels of produce to the
Wilmington markets weekly, decided
today to pay a visit to the farm. Be
fore going up to the house a stop was
made along Lambson's lane. where
there are 10000 stalks of celery ready
for market In the adjoining field
lare acres of spinach growing be-
meath a coating OF straw This crop
rs the farmers bank, because all he
has to do is to rake the straw on. cut
barrels of fresh tender spinach and
bring it into Wilmington. Spinach,
like celery, IS grown as a second crop.
land produces the greenbacks which
make a thrifty farmer smile.
Sixteen years ago, when Mr. Burris
went on one of the present holdings
he was without capital except plenty
OF grit, and he has been successful
ltle has grown $500 bushels of corn
on 81 acres. and instead Of selling
the corn he feeds the majority of the
crop to his stock.
With a $3.50 gasoline engine, he
cuts up his corn fodder, and the
stalks are in pieces only two inches
long. The cattle eat the fodder with
much relish. Mr. Burris grinds the
corn on the cob, and TO every 200
pounds of corn he adds 100 pounds
of brewery grains. These are damp
ened over night. and the mess in a
tight box swells considerably before
morning, when the milk COWS and
other stock get a good portion. On
such feed the COWS are giving twenty
quarts of milk a day. No hay rs
ed Holstein COWS. and part Hoistein
and Guernsey COWS are In this herd.
The stock bull is San Jose Pontiac
iCreamelle, No. 63.502, and Mr.. Burris
lnow has twenty-seven fine young
cattle.
What do your men work at now,
asked the reporter.
well" replied Mr.. Burris. Il have
f.I.
chine. IL requires some one to fee
stock and take milk to town. The
we have to prepare for market Their
Is always plenty TO be done Here ar
row OF frames which covered 1000
tomato plants last summer. Nov
they cover the salad plants. which
will sell at ten cents a head. TheI
the men VIII sort 10000 cabbage
plants. You can see them. Here are
10000 heads of cabbage covered so
that Jack Frost cannot nurl them.
Such is life in New Castle hundred,
where a farmer works his place by
scientific methods. The farm yard
rich, and big crops are the result. In
the evening, the Burris family spends
delightful hours listening to music
The market gardening proposition has
made it possible for Mr.. Burris to
come to King street market twice a
week with double teams loaded with
lproduce, including more than 40
dozen of eggs each week and many
six-pound fat chickens. The tele-
phone on the farm helps this pracu-
cal granger and farmer to have the
greater part of his supply ordered be-
fore he comes to market.