Smyrna times., 1915-12-29
HIGH PRODUCTION FROM
HERD OF COWS At COLLEGE
euRNsEY GIVES Is.seI POUNDS
MILK ANo 500 LBS. OF BUTTER
Experiments at Delaware College Farm
Show That Peat Humus is Bene-
ficiaI- Delaware College Notes

fciaI- Delaware College Notes
Seventeen COWS in the Delaware
College herd have completed records
over a period of one year with an
average production of 9, S54. pounds
of milk and All. u pounds of fat, the
equivalent of $50 pounds of butter.
OF the seventeen cows. seven we're
over FIVE years of age, two between
four and five. four between three and
four and four between two and three.
Three two year old daughters Of the
herd bull average 8. 434. Al pounds of
milk and 4g1. 76 pounds Of butter fat
or about SIS pounds Of butter a piece.
The imported Guernsey cow Yena'
dizzs's Flora produced in the year
13, S61. pounds of milk and 6SS. %
pounds Of butter fat. equivalent to
over 800 pounds of butter. This is
the highest Guernsey record made at
the College Farm and the highest of
all the breeds with the exception Of
the record completed BY the Holstein
COW, Maud II ends Lass. in February
1914. She produced 20. 166. 8 pounds
Of milk and 1918 pounds of butter
fat. the equivalent of over $50 pounds
of butter. The highest Jersey record
made at the College was that Of the
COW Rose Of Greenway. who made
1885, pounds of milk and 524. 5
pounds of fat or about 629 pounds
butter.
Peat Humus Efficient in Compost
DR.. 7. F. Manns. head of the de-
partment Of Soil Bacteriology makes
the following announcement: 1.-The
Department conducted through an
industrial fellowship. a series of ex-
periments showing the value of peat
humus as a means Of carrying bene-
fetal soil organisms In this series
of cOmposts there were twenty-three
different combinations tried out, in
many of which after three weeks of
composing. q very rich bacterial fora
was found. The beneficial organisms
we're present TO the number of four
hundred billions per pound of moist
compost and different legumes grown
upon the compost shrwed incubation
within one month. The work ind.-
Gates that various organic matter
may be placed in compost, and when
reinforced with proper mineral con-
stituents and incoulated with soil con-
tanning the bacteria Of different le-
gume incubation. together with the
organisms which make Up the bene-
fetal fora. that it is possible. in the
one compost. to carry all the bene-
ficial soil organisms. IL has long
been known that manure or other
organic matter does not make the best
fertilizer or fertilizing material until
properly balanced white lime. potash
end phosphate acid. In this series
of experiments, we have taken the raw
peat and reinforced it with various
mineral constituents which not only
balances the material for valuable
plant food. but makes il ideal for the
growth Of the various beneficial bac-
terra, including the legume inocula
ting organisms.
Professors to Give Addresses
Several men from Delaware Col
lege Experiment Station will 20 L
Columbus. Ohio, during the last weel
Of December to attend the annua
meeting Of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Professor c. A. MeCue will presen
a paper before the Society Of Horti
cultural Science on The Effect q
Certain Mineral Fertilizers on Ii
Strength Of the Wood Of Peach Trees.
Professor A. Z. Grantham will al
dress the Botanical Section on "Ol
servations on the Occurrence OF Steri
Spikolets in Wheat" DR.. 7.
Manns will present before the Bota
ical section papers on three subject
FIRST, MEDIA for Cumulative Stu
les Of Azotobactor and Nitrifers
second, "Peat Organisms that Slo
ly Liquify Agar; third, "RaI
Methods in the Study Of Soil Flora
Dr. Tauhenhaus will press
bef.- Botanical Society, a paI
on "Anthraenose, Colletotridi
LsgenariUm. a Serious Disease
Cucurbits" He will present bef
the Phytopathological Society
papers. one on the control Of Stor
Rots of Sweet Potatoes. and the ot
on a Wilt Disease Of the Columbi
Items of interest Concerning Coll
Miss Cora E. Beckwith, Of the
partment of zoology of Vassar
lege. was the guest Of Dean RobiT
for the week end.
Dean Robinson Of the Wom
College gave an illustrated lee
at Chrisitana on Friday, Decor