Middletown transcript., 1914-06-20
IT WAS FARMERS DAY

All roads led to the Delaware College
Experiment Farm Monday morning, the
occasion being the annual Farmers Day,
which is now one of the features of
commencement week. From the arrival
of the first train, until noon visitors
were arriving at the rate of several
hundred every hour and all records for
attendance established last year were
broken. This day has grown in popu-
larity among the Delaware farmers
until it now resembles a county fair
and has resulted in much benefit for
both the grangers and the college.
Professor Harry Hayward, director of
the Experiment Station, the station
staff and the agriculture students, who
number 80 per cent of the entire enroll
ment at the college, had made the ar
rangements for looking after and enter
tanning the visitors more perfectly than
ever before. As the visitors arrived
they were taken on inspection trips in
groups wherever they desired to go.
All three counties were well represented
and there were many visitors in the
crowd from the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, Western New Jersey and South
eastern Pennsylvania. Hundreds ar
rived in automobiles and there were
several hundred teams on the large lawn
and grounds around the farmhouse.
Most of the morning was taken up in
inspecting the many things on the farm
that are of especial interest to the far
mer. The hundreds of experiment plots
were inspected and the members of the
station staff and students explained to
the visitors just what is being done
along this line. The orchards attracted
the attention of many and especially the
young peach orchard that has produced
such excellent results during the past
several years Every visitor was made
to feel at home as far as this was possi-
BILE as they were the guests of the col
lege on this occasion, and the college
authorities are anxious that the people
of the State in general become familiar
with the work that is being carried on
at the farm and Experiment Station.
There were many persons in the crowd
who had never visited the farm before
and to them the trip was especially in
teresting A demonstration of two farm
tractors attracted the attention of many
of the visitors. The practicability of
the tractors on farms was clearly DEM
onstrated and especially for work in
orchards.
The buildings and modern equipment
were Of interest to many persons and
everything was open for inspection.
There have been number of improve
ments and some additions to the build
ings since the last Farmers Day.
Dairymen spent busy morning in
specting the college dairy herd. Many
of the cows in this herd have made re-
markable records during the past year
and hundreds of questions were asked
about their feed, care, &C., by those in
terested. The other thoroughbred stock
also attracted much attention and hun
dreds of visitors were in the stables
looking at the animals from early morn
ing until afternoon. After luncheon
there was a parade of the college live
stock under the management of the
agricultural students to give the visitors
an opportunity to see the animals out of
the buildings. The Holstein COW that |
has produced over 10 tons of milk and
over 900 pounds of butter was greatly |
by the expert dairymen pres
ent. The record was made during the
year ending about two months ago.