Milford chronicle., 1914-08-21
1FVONSTRATION FARMS
'-FI far KENT And SUSSEX

,,,5arstood that Delaware College
I is ulSr IN $40 900 a year from the
Fill f5Cs'' f5CStatas Government by the action |
Inlysu asuar1or Miller, who desigInates thls
q 1-s ~, as the agency to use tne aPpro-
'o.sE 'o...er nnder the Smith-Lever Dill. A
lna''f. his his fund. in fact a large part
PsIl o. .;1 i'i, he nsed to pay for the services
Of IT, ..-erses ",l5 of county agents, one IN
sll sAFv+ IF,T+r These agents are supposed
ssil 'g,' s.,rS farm to farm to give farm
% y i,.;ca Zoe about how to manage their
efs a1,'1-.otions and raise better crops.
isill oPe- slso supposed to call farmers
me! as az in GROUPS to give them general
W.sst,notions about farm condltlohs IN
ilst,Is.te l.:. senarate and individual nelgnoor-
5. usg II is true that some OF the
lu1-', 9ars that is to say some of the best
ialllelstt ialI1st ssnccessful farmers, have solved
all -l iiY1f; ~ tbe problems that are peculiar
l'l! ~ Jifferent parts of the State, and
Y 9la 'iis farm arm agents will be able to take
.ae'1 w ,assaqe sss of the good farmers to the
Is lI.-o ~ az ne moor farmers and explain to
~. ~ ;ts y meaning. This message with the
-,aner -,rl ' Interpretation of its meaning
sbo5Id help the poor farmer to become
Ike the good farmer. ~ 49,
i.ioi DIr nroblems in Kent and Sussex coun-
~. g.ei bsve been solved. The farms cons
~, .sstsd with the Experiment Stations IN
.ssrsrious ~, states of the Union have been
ro-tb my hundreds of dollars to the practl-
'.I agricultlre of the various States IN
-s;o5 tbev are located. The State farm
Newark has already been worth many
esonsands of dollars to the farmers of
1oIaware. Some of the problems OF the
Kent and Sussex County farmers can be
.oived ,air,s AT Newark. Many of their prob
Ems must be solved on the farms of
Tent and Sussex. Just as farm at
Newark is of value to farmers who have
conditions like those at Newark, so a
demonstration farm in Kent and Sussex
Counties will be Cf value to farmers IN
these counties who have peculiar local
conditions.
Some of the peculiar problems in Kent
and Sussex counties pertain to every
Dbsse of growing such crops as canta-
ouDes. .watermelOns, strawberries. early
white potatoes, sweet potatoes and
many other market gardening crops.
Tbe lower half of Delaware is rapidly
becoming the kitchen garden of Phila-
5ejDbia and other Eastern cities, and
there is no reason why our farms should
moi double and treble in production. and
even more than that. A prominent busi-
ness man of Sussex County stated re-
Gently that with proper development
Kent and Sussex counties may easily
produce ten fold as much as they are
producing at this time in fruit and IN
vegetables, and with ten fold of protlt
that the farmers are now making. These
twocounties probably average an annual
production Of $2,O0O,O00 worth of fruits
and vegetables. With anything like
proper development they should very
soon produce 5000, 900, and if we may
believe our business friend, in few years
they will produce 10000, 900 worth Of
these products. Such possibility Is
sufficient argument to warrant the I'M
mediate establishment of two or three
demonstration farms in these counties