Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-04-01
FARM AGENTS TO
EXPLAIN SURVEYS
Public Meeting is Called at
Middletown Next Week
for the Purpose
PIGS AS PRIZES
FOR TOMATO GROWERS

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del. April THE work
OF taking the business records OF six
ty-iiNe farms in the vicinity OF Mid
dlotown, Odessa, Townsend Mt. Pleas
ant ana McDonough has been conf
Dleted. This work was done by county
agricultural agents. COoch. Pence and
PeltOn. from New Castle. Kent ana
Sussex counties respectively. with the
assistance and under the supervision
OF MIR. Brown and Mr.. Keyes. farm
management demonstrators from TIC
United States Department Of Agrlcul-
ture. These records consist of taking
an inventory OF the stock. crops and
equipment. together with the az
penses and receipts of each individual
farm.
In order that the results of this
work may he more clearly under
stood IL has been decided 10 hold q
public meeting in the Grange Hall at
MiddletOwn next Friday evening.
April .. The meeting Will be open
to not only landlords and tenants of
the farms surveyed, but 20 all far
mers who are interested in the pro-
iect.
Beginning on Sunday. April n, union
revival services win be held IN the New.
ark Presbyterian Church by the local
NJ. II. and Presbyterian churches. Misses
Mary and Ethel Closson. singing evan.
kelists, Of Independence Iowa, who with
IT. Joel 5. Gilfllan. have recently con.
Quoted successful royivals at Chosapeak,
City and Delaware City, will assist with
the services.
TO stimulate interest among local TO.
matO growers who have contracted t.
furnish their crops to the Ritter canning
factory, the Agriculture Department OF
Delaware College has offered regis
tered SOW pig, valued at S25. TO th,
grower who has the largest merchant.
able yield per acre, total acreage OF
not less than two acres. For the sec
ond largest yield the college will give q
pig valued nc 800, and for the third
largest trio OF pure bred White Wyan,
dotto chickens. The horticultural De
partment Of the college, on request, will
give advance to those IN the compete
ton as will also County Agent Cooch.
Residents in the vicinity OF tho
Welsh Tract School have organized
a Parent-Teachers' Association With
these officers: President, Mrs. vii.
liam Armstrong; vice-president, Mrs.
II. Saunders; secretary, Miss Sara
w. Boyce and treasurer, Miss Eliza
beth Plerson AT a recent meeting
of the association an address was
made by County superintendent 70
L. Cross.
AT the community meeting under
tho auspices of the Newark Higl
School Alumni Association next Tues
day night Professor c. A. McCue viii
talk on Trees Of the Community
and Or. W !. Rowan will talk about
the birds OF the Neighborhood."
The three-act comedy THE Jonah,
TO be presented for the benefit Of the
Delaware College Agricultural Clul
under the auspices OF Mrs. Herman r.
Tyson, in the Opera House on the
evening of April 1G. promises TO be
the best play ever presented by local
talent.
A cantata entitled "A Festival OF
Happy Days. will be given by the
Junior League of the NJ. T.. Church
tomorrow evening.
Instructors at the Women's College
are planning to spend their Easter
holiday in the following places; Miss
Mooscrop, in Boston; Miss BRADY
in Philadelphia; Professor Rich. IN
New York. and Professor Caudell, in
/ Washington.
I Miss Helen Steel, Of West Chester
/ Normal School. and Miss Edith Spen-
/ Ger, of Bryn Mawr. are visiting their
homes here for the Easter holidays.