Milford chronicle., 1914-06-05
FARMERS DAY AT DELAWARE
COLLEGE JUNE Fifteenth

Extensive preparations have been mad,
] to make the 1914 Farmers Day a sue
, cess. Instead of having the raised seats
on the north side Of the mansion house
as heretofore, the College has purchased
number of circus seats which will be
arranged in the shape of a horse shoe
under tent rs feet long and forty-five
feet wide, BY this plan between thirteen
and fourteen hundred people can be COM
fortably seated. BY having the tent over
the seats, the guests Of the day will be
able TO hear the speakers much more
distinctly than has heretofore been pos
sible.
The program Of the day has been ar
ranged with a great deal of care. Every
effort has been made to get the best
speakers on their respective subjects in
the land. In the forenoon, the ladies
will gather at l0:4S, under the direction
Of Dean Robinson of the new Women s
! College. The Dean will discuss briefly
the proposed work Of the college, giving
in detail some of the plans of the build
ings and of the courses Of study that
| have recently been mapped out. She
will then introduce Mrs. Foulke of the
] Civic Service Department of Pennsyl-
vania. Mrs. Foulke is a neice Of the
/ late Thomas +. Bayard and also of Elisha
| Kent Kane, the explorer She is a wo-
man of national reputation as a speaker
on civic problems, and her address is
certain to be interesting and profitable
II is probable that there will also be a
round-table discussion of women's pro-
blems in Delaware, conducted by Mrs
Foulke, Dean Robinson and Mrs. A. d.
Warner.
Plans have been made for another farm
tractor demonstration to be held during
the forenoon. The work with the tractor
on the College farm has been so salts
factory that one of the machines which
were at the farm last year has been Sc
cured for another demonstration as well
as a tractor of entirely different type
from Syracuse, y. Y. Both of these 1
tractors will be able to demonstrate their /
practicablity on farms that are compare /
lively level and free from stones, and |
especially in orchard work where so 1
much of the cultivation must be done at /
the same time and during six months Of 4
the year.
Luncheon will be served at noon very /
much in the same way as it was served /
last year. It is hoped, however, that as |
many as can, Will bring their lunches 1
with them. Ice cream will be served to .
to all by the College.
After lunch, a live stock parade, under
the management of the agricultural stu
dents, will be thru the tent. This will
give ali an opportunity to see the ami
mails out of doors, which have made I
some of the largest records at the College
farm during the past year. Among the
animals to be shown will be the Holstein
COW that has produced over ten tons of
milk and over nine hundred pounds of
butter and one OF the most valuable
Guernsey calves in the country a calf
over 2SE of the blood of the
famous May Rose 3D.
After the parade. the Governor will
introduce DR.. Warren II. Wilson who
will discuss some phase of rural sociology
with special reference to the part the
country church should play in leading a
movement looking toward the develop
nent of satisfying social conditions in
he open country. Dr. Wilson will be
followed by DR.. Carver, who will discuss
some phase of his new Market Bureau,
II which he is the head. Delaware far
ners will welcome anything that DR.. ,
carver may be able to say that will help
owards bringing the producer and the
closer together, to the mutual /
benefit of both DR.. Carver will be fol-
owed by DR.. Hopkins, Agricultural
chemist of the University of Illinois
)r. Hopkins has been studying rural q
in Maryland for the past wear.
nd is thoroughly conversant with the =
arming problems that obtain in this
He is forceiul interesting :
peaker and will appeal to all those who
re interested in the development of the +
gricultural resources of our peninsula.
The last speaker of the day will be Judge r
Henry c. Conrad. He is so well known
hat It is unnecessary to say that we all r
hall be glad to hear from one who g
nows us so well and who is in such
earty sympathy with the best of Della y
iare's institutions and ideals. His sub
ect will be e. Sussex, the Old and the e
lew"
A cordial invitation is extended to
very one in southeastern Pennsylvania,
Western Jersey and eastern boundary of
laryland, as well as of Delaware to come
nd be the guests of the College Oh
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