Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21
STUDENTS MADE INSPECTION
5f. McCue Gave ~
ing Addresses

STUDENTS MADE INSPECTION
The class of 1918 Of the Women,
College has elected the followingoficers
J Ruth Clendaniel, president: Lila,
Groves, vice-president; Anne Gallaber
secretary; Isabelle Stott, treasurer
Margaret Cook has been elected Wo
mems College editor of the Junior An.
nual of the two colleges-the Blue Hen.
CHAPEL TALKS AT DELAWARE cOLLEeT
At the chapel exercises of Saturday
November IA, Mr.. F. C. Clark, a gradu-
ate of the class of 1903 of Delaware
College, spoke to the students about the
government Bureau of Standards at
Washington, in which bureau he holds
the position of superintendent of the
paper testing laboratory. He explained
the purpose of the bureau, its methods
of work, and the results attained bv it
He strongly advised all students of
Delaware College who expect to do
scientific Investigation in any subject to
secure, if poseible, places in the Bureau
after their graduation.
PRO. MCCUE ADDRESSES SOCIETY
Pro. CA. McCue, of the horticultural
department of Delaware College, gave
two addresses before the Maine Pomo-
logical Society at Bangor, Maine. on
November 18 and 19. His subjects were
Fertilizers for the Young Apple Or
chard'' and Pedigree Fruits. "
In the first paper Professor McCue
endeavored to show that in many cases
it was good business policy and even
necessary to use commercial fertilizers
in the apple orchard, but that before
doing so the fruit grower should make
sure that all other limiting factors of
fruit production had been eliminated.
He should make certain that the humus
content of his soil was up to the stan
dard, that the moisture content was
properly regulated, and that his spray
ing, pruning and cultivating were PROP
erly done. If after these things had
been accomplished, the orchard should
prove unproductive, it would be reason
ably certain that the use of commercial
fertilizers would be beneficial. In proof
of these statements, Prof. McCue re-
viewed the work of several experiment
stations where long time fertilizer ex-
periments on apple orchards had been
conducted. He endeavored to reconcile
the differences of opinion between vari-
GUS horticulturists of the United States
the use of commercial fertili-
zers. In conclusion, he said that in his
own experience he had found that in
most cases nitrogen and proper moisture
were the two principal fac
tors most often neglected in fruit pro
1uction.
In the address on Pedigree Fruits,,'
Prof. McCue stated that his position in
the matter of improving varieties of
fruit of bud selecting was as follows:
He did not believe that there was any
virtue in the practice of selling buds for
purposes from trees that
lad been unusually heavy bearers in the
orchard. Neither did he believe that
here was anything to be gained by
1ropagating nursery stock from bearing
,rees. In defense of his position he
,ffered two kinds of proof, one from OBJ
ervation and one from Fermentation.
lie claimed that as yet there was def
lite proof by the experimental method
hat chance bud variations in the or
hard were hereditacy and that many
had been shown that where
10Th heavy and low-yielding strains of
ruit had been propagated there was
practically no difference in the yield of
he offspring. He cited many expert
nents that had been carried on in the
United States in this connection, and
tated that they had all been absolute
allure as far as they offered any proof
or the practice of raising pedigree
ursery stock. Referring to geDetics
e said that if there were any virtue in
edigree nursery stock, we should have
chaotic condition in all our fruit varie- a
les. In conclusion, he warned frui
rowers to beware of so-called pedigrd
ursery stock and cautioned them that
he term pedigree" had no particular
irtue ip it that nurseryman was un-
lstifed in charging higher prices for
lch stock
STUDENTS ON INSPECTION TRIP
On Tuesday, November II, the Senior
ass in civil engineering at Delaware
ollege made an inspection trip to Bal
more, to examine the sewage disposal
ANTS of that city. The class first
sited the Back River Plant, which is
a excellent example of the percoIatlng
ter type. The visit to this plant was
even greater interest to the students
ian usual, for in addition to seeing the
orking of the system of sewage dis
,sal they were able to inspect several
nhof tanks and units of the filters in
urse of construction. The Intermit-
nt4Sand Filter Plant at Roland Park
as also visited. The studednts were
charge of Professor C. A. Short.
Received $1,000
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