Newark post., 1913-04-23

decrease the cost OF production
. The horticulturist in conjunction
with the plant pathologist will
! make a somewhat similar study in
refrcnce to food requirements of
sweet potatoes, the pathologist
studying the results with reference
to influence Of fertilizers and the
horticulturist studying results with
refrence to yield and quality Of po-
tato as affected by different kinds
Of fertilizer under otherwise equal
conditions.
Ever since the large crop last
year on the peach orchard at the
college farm some Of the former
peach growers in the former peach
belt OF Delaware have been keenly
interested III the orchard Some
Of these former growers have said
that the college orchard is the fin
est in the state and the crop last
year was such as to attract much
attention from those interested III
! tree fruits. Professor McCue is
firm is his belief that the peach can
again be grown satisfactorily in
. Delaware when modern methods
are used and in order to demon
Strate the correctness of his opin-
ion he has undertaken to recon-
mend tue methods to be employed
III caring for an old orchard near
Odessa. lis plan is to employ diff
fercnt fertilizers to ascertain the
fertilizer requirements for that
particular soil and then by proper
spraying, wor1ning, pruning and
tilling, to see if a profitable crop
cannot be grown on the orchard.
This work is only made possible by
the state appropriation for agricul-
tural extension.
1.-The agronomist, Professor Ar
thur f. Grantham and his assist
ant, Mr.. Litner. have also planned
IA series Of extension studies for the
season. Owing to the fact that
corn and wheat are the largest
money crops Of the state, Professor
Grantham has confined his energies
TO the Improvement Of these two
staple crops. Last fall IA number
of cooperating farmers were sup
piled with quantities Of the most
improved varieties OF seed wheat.
enough to SOW and secure all the
seed wheat they will require for the
coming year. Professor Grantham
has made thorough study and f.
tests at the college farm for the .
last four or five years and in some .
cases indications go to show that
by choosing variety adapted to
the soil the yield can be increased
from 2 to 10 bushels OH an acre. IT .
is well known that several culns or
stocks Of wheat are produced from
a single grain and Professor
Grantham found that this was va
rietal attribute or that some varie-
ties produced many more culmS un-
der same conditions than others.
and this Of course has a marked in
liuence upon the yield Of wheat.
Professor Grantham S purpose is
to find these varieties which under
given conditions will produce max
munn number OF culnS. thus YIELD
ing greater amount Of wheat.
Possibly no investigator in the
country has done so much funda-
mental work looking towards the
increasing of the yield of wheat
per acre as Professor Grantham
has in Delaware. and it is his pur-
pose TO apply the result of the
scientific researches carried ON at
the college farm to the various
wheat growing sections Of the state.
Professor Grantham $ other
lines Of effort will be to encourage
a more careful selection of the best
variety of corn and a better pre-
paration Of the ground for the
Of the corn crop. He has
carried Oh an extensive experiment
at the college farm for the past six
years with corn grown, not only
but with types Of kerrel
within the same variety. The result
IF these studies, while still unpub,
ished, for the most part give prom
Sc Of material aid in determining
type Of kernel to select for seed,
which will produce the most hearty
plant and yielding the largest