Middletown transcript., 1914-06-06
DELAWARE COLLEGE

made to make the 1914 Farmers Day 8
success. 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 q
horseshoe under a tent one hundred anc
twenty-five feet long and forty-five feet
wide,. By this plan between thirteen
and fourteen hundred people can be
comfortably 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
possible.
The program of the day has been ar
ranged with 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 10. 45, 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. Fulke of the
Civic Service Department Of Pennsyl-
vania. Mrs. Foulke is a niece of the
late Thomas F. Bayard and also of
Elisha Kent Kane, the explorer. She
is woman of national reputation as a
speaker upon civic problems, and her
address is certain to be interesting and
profitable. 1t is probable that there
will also be a round table discussion of
women's problems in Delaware, con-
Quoted 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 satisfactory that one of the ma
chimes which were at the farm last year
has been secured for another demon
stration, as well as tractor of entirely
different type from Syracuse, N. Y.
Both of these tractors will be able to
demonstrate their practicability on
farms that are comparatively level and
free from stones, and especially in or
chard work where so much of the culti-
walton must be done at the same time
and during six months of the year.
Luncheon will be served at noon very
much in the same way as it was served
last year. 1t is hoped, however, that as
many as can, will bring their lunches
with them. Ice cream will be served to
all by the College.
After lunch, a live stock parade,
under the management of the agricul-
tural students, will be held through the
tent. This will give all an opportunity
to see the animals out of doors, which
have made 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 pro-
1uced 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 containing. over %
per cent of the blood of the famous May
Rose I'd.
After the parade, the Governor will
introduce DR. Warren H. Wilson, who
will discuss some phase Of rural socio-
logy with special reference to the part
the country church should play in lead
ing movement looking toward the de-
velopment of satisfying social conditions
in the open country. DIR. Wilson will
be followed by Dr. Carver, who will
discuss some phase of his new Market
Bureau, of which he is the head. Della
ware farmers will welcome anything
that DR.. Carver may be able to say
that will help towards bringing the pro-
ducer and the consumer closer together
to the mutual benefit of both. Dr.
Carver will be followed by DR.. Hopkins,
Agricultural Chemist of the University
Of Illinois. DR.. Hopkins has been
studying rural conditions in Maryland
for the past year, and is thoroughly
conversant with the farming problems
that obtain in this peninsula. He is a
forceful, interesting speaker and will
appeal to all those who are interested
in the development of the agricultural
resources of our peninsula; The last
speaker of the day will be Judge Henry
G. Conrad. He is so we'll known that
it is unnecessary to say that we all
shall be glad to hear from one who
know US so well and who is in such
hearty sympathy with the best of Della
wares institutions and ideals. His
subject will be Sussex, the Old and
the New
A cordial invitation is extended to
every one in southeastern Pennsylvania,
Western Jersey and eastern boundary
Of Maryland, as well as of Delaware to
come and be the guests of the College
on June Is.
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