Milford chronicle., 1914-10-30

home and made into wreaths and sofa s'
a fair price to the shippers, VINO are az
ways anxious to get them. Many pool
families, who otherwise would be WITH
out spending money at Christmas time
find themselves with ready money when
the season closes.
Many growers, preferring to dispose'ol
their crops of sweet potatoes at present
prices to 90 cents per hamper rather
than store them for higher prices TINS
winter, are shipping thousands of bushels
from this county. Several buyers are
operating from Seaford, taking the crop
of merchantable potatoes at about hity
cents per hamper, while the culls are
sold to the canneries.
John J. Darg, a special agent OF the
Bureau of Statistics, Department OF Ag-
riculture, was in Sussex county this week
making an investigation of the corn
Weld. Mr. Darg does this for the pur-
poses of government agricultural publi-
cation. After renewing the local field
and making the necessary estimates, Mr.
I Darg departed for the lower counties OF
4 the Peninsula
| Louis *. Warren, a prominent Miller
/ of Cambride, Md, and Mrs. Mahala No
/ bic, OK fredericksburg, Md, were married
at the home of the bride, Wednesday
morning. bv Rev. r. +. Terry, leaving
on the morning train for a wedding trip
/ to Philadelphia and other points. Mr..
Warren is a brother of Isaac c. Warren
of this town.
The Young people of the Sharptown
Methodist Episcopal Church will hold a
1 Hallowe en- Social in the Pvthian Hail,
Tla
ceeds of the entertainment Will be used
for the purchase of a piano for the sun
day School.
More notices, warning hunters against
trespassing with dog and gun, are being
posted by the farmers of this community
than in any previous year. Game IS
plentiful in all sections of the county,
but the owners of farms declare that they
will not permit hunting on their prop
erty.
Business has seldom been better among
the farmers in this section than 1t has
this fall in spite of the cries of hard
times Although many of the early
crops were practically failure, the later
ones have paid we'll The apple crop
has been the best in many years and the
farmer can not help realizing a fair
amount for his labor and the money in
vested, even though the prices are low.
In addition to revenue from fruits and
vegetables of various kinds, a goodly
sum viii be realized this fall from the
sale of hogs, prices for which are on the
increase every day, and there is not a
farmer in this part of the country who
has not raised a few porkers.
Chickens are selling well and eggs are
as good as money in the bank, as
there is a constant demand for them. In
recent years the farmers of this section
have awakened to the fact that the hen
is one of the best investments on the
farm, and more attention has been paid |
to her feed and care, and as a conse- |
quence the stock has been largely added |
to and a better grade of layers purchased |
from year to year.
Some farmers around here, who were |
barely able to make living out of the |
soil, having turned their attention to |
poultry raising, are now enjoying a |
steady monthly income instead of living |
on credit a greater part of the year and |
Settling up after harvest Taken as
whole the farmers in this section were
never more prosperous.