Evening journal., 1914-01-27

ing numbers asking for such course
in response to the demand in the !
business world"
Feeling that our work is seriously
interefered with by the Interruptions
caused by too long vacations during
the school year. the faculty recon-
mended that the college shall open
the third Tuesday in September and
shall close the second Wednesday In
June. The Christmas vacation shall
begin December % and end January
2. Thanksgiving Day and Decor
alton Day will be observed and col
lege exercises will be suspended for
those days only. On Washington's
Birthday a lecture will be given by a
speaker Of note; otherwise college
exercises will be regularly held It
will be found that by this arrange
ment a saving of two weeks will be
brought about
Agricultural Committee.
That the agricultural department
OF Delaware College has been maxi
ing rapid progress during the past
year is shown In a report submitted
to the Board OF Trustees today by
Joseph H. Hoasinger. chairman Of
the Agricultural Committee. The re-
port said in part:
"The number of students in attend
ance in the Agricultural department
is growing rapidly: practically half
Of the entering class elected one OF
the two courses in agriculture and
the total registration for the year
Will be somewhat over forty, or
about 25 per cent Of the total col
lege enrolment. Under normal con-
dihons, the number OF students in
agriculture should increase from
year to year for some time
I'VE again wish to repeat what has
been stated in a number Of the more
recent reports Of this committee,
that the department is badly ham
pered for want of suitable class
rooms and student laboratories. IL
is impossible to offer courses in
agricultural engineering, even If we
had an instructor, as there r. no
room available for such a course.
IL Is also impossible to do so much
in Judging live stock. as ought TO be
done on account OF not having a
laboratory adapted TO courses in an
imal husbandry. It is the unquai-
D
| n the college is TO maintain the high
standard that Il has set for the De-
partment of Agriculture, II is iinper-
ative that a building with modern
equinmen; be provided. that will
suitably house all Of its activities
and to make it possible for the De-
pariment TO grow in usefulness and
efficiency rather than to oblge us
TO keep II clrcumscribed by the lack
of adequate facilities for the most
effective work"
The work of the experiment station
is progressing satisfactorily. the com
mittee said. The activities in the di-
vision OF agricultural extension are rap
/ idly increasing. To show the extent OF
the work. a few leading facts may be
mentioned at this time. During the past
two years the extension division mas CO.
operated with 1870 farmers in growing
alfalfa; a few of these men are now
growing as much ns ten TO fifteen acres.
( This work has fully demonstrated that
alfalfa can. be grown successfully on any
we'll drained soil in Delaware During
the past three years we have co-operat-
ed with 325 farmers in the culture of
coy beans. The result from the co-ope-
rative rk in wheat culture has been
most satisfactory. As a result of this
work, farmers throughout the State are
I favorirg the bearded type Of wheat as
being more dependable from year to
year than the smooth types Consider
able work has been done by the exten-
sion division in cooperative corn grow
ing.
"The value OF the state Farm for
demonstration as we'll as to furnish
an attractive feature Of the work of
the college. is increasing year by
year. The results that are there con-
tanned do more than any other agency
could, to impress upon the taxpayer
practical value of college work. Col
llege farm peaches have become so
popular that a number Of buyers
have wanted to contract for the out
lput OF the orchard for from one to
1--we years. The crop Of 1914 has been
: sold for Sl.05 per basket orchard
, run.
The committee adds:
"1he dairy herd az the farm while
established for the purposo Of fur
/ ,nishing material for the idy OF
some of the problems Of Animal Hus-
handry. and for class room work, has
made and ls making some Oihcial mlh
, and butter records that are quite oui
5 of the ordinary. One of the younl
! Jersey cows has produced in one year
2 1850 pounds of milk and 6l7 pound!
/ of butter. Three Jersey COWS viii
= average nearly SEQ pounds OF but
ter in year. Guernsey heifer hal
! a record OF 557 pounds of butter in Z
o year and q Holstein has made the un
usual record of over 10000 pounds o
milk and over 500 pounds Of butte
! in eleven months. II nothing unfor
seen happens to mar the last montl
> of this cows work. IL is fully expecte,
that she will produce aproximatel.
y 10000 pounds of milk and considcra
4 bly, over $50 pounds of butter. Ou
= OF the thirteen cows that have been II
/. the herd for the year 1918. ten hav
a average records Of S2l9 pounds O
Ie milk and 454 pounds of butter. You
le committee feels that the State Farr
D. is fulfilling its mission in a most sat
" isfactory manner
o. lid pCT AND CECOND