Middletown transcript., 1915-10-30
DELAWARE COLLEGE
High Grade Poultry Stock is Now
Being Added
BREEDS ARE in COMPETITION

BREEDS AXE lin CUMfEllIlUN
The Delaware College Experiment
Station in cooperation with the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and the Bureau of
Plant Industry has been testing different
varieties of cabbage to ascertain their
relative resistance to wilt" or ''yel-
lows". Of sixty-sight varieties grown
on the Dean Farm, near Newark, dur
ing the last season five have been
selected and sent to Florida for the pro-
duction of seed The selected varieties
were: "Large Early Jersey Wakefield,
every Early Jersey Wakefield, early
Copenhagen Market, "M ark e t
Gardener, "All Seasons.
HIGH GRADE POULTRY STOCK
The Delaware College Farm is inn
porting from Mr.. Tom Barren of
England twelve Buff Plymouth Rock
pullets, which Nr. Barren had reserved
for his own use. In addition to these,
representative pens of six other breeds
have been secured. Honorable O. A
Newton, of Bridgeville, whose pen OF
birds in the Fourth Egg-Laying Compe-
tition now closing, leads all delaware
entries, donated some White Plymouth
Rocks. From Captain Ward Daisy, of
Frankfort, Delaware were secured "A
number of Brown Ieghorns. Rhode
Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons We're
given by Mr.. Barr, of Lancaster His
enthusiasm in promoting the develop
ment of these two breeds has pushed
them TO the front in egg-laying compe-
titioners. Mr.. A. A. Christian, the
owner of Byzantine Farms, Greensboro,
Md, has given tWent-fve white Leg
horn Pullets of the same breeding as
his wonderful hen, Lady Byzantine,
which now has record of 80 eggs in
1853 days, in the Fourth Competition. 1t
is the purpose of the College to import
a Cockere from the flock of MIR. Tom
Barren to mate with these high class
pulets. The College has in the present
Competition a pen of Buff Plymouth
Rocks and is to have in the next compe-
titon a pen of Black Langshans bred
by Myer & Sons of Missouri. Mr.
Pollard is mating up pens of these
various breeds with the idea of supply
ing Matching eggs from them. The
College has purchased for its own use
eight Buckeye Colony Houses for ac-
comodating this breeding stock and the
birds will be used for class room and
experimental work as wei as for the
production of eggs for Matching pur-
poses.
DELAWARE BREEDERS IN COMPETITION
Thirteen poultry breeders from the
State of Delaware, will have pens of
birds entered in the Fifth Philadelphia
North American international Egg Lay
ing Competition, which closes on Novem-
ber l, 1915. The competition, which
closes on October 81, has created a
statewide interest The work of Mr..
Pollard, Superintendent of the competi-
ton at Delaware College, in giving in
formation to the breeders of the State,
has given a great impetus to the devel-
opment of Delaware poultry interests.
The complete list of the Delaware en-
tries in the Fifth Competition follows:
White Plymouth Rocks, o: A. Newton,
Bridgeville, Del. Buff Plymouth Rocks,
Delaware College, Newark, Del. White
Wyandottes, James Spiers, Newark,
DEL; Thomas Hutt, Delaware City,
Del: S. C. R. l. Reds, M. G. Price,
Delaware City. Del; Black Langshans,
Delaware College, Newark, DEL, S. C.
White Leghorns, Parkview Egg Farm,
Dover Del; Jacob Kesselring, Dover,
Del; Diamond Egg & Poultry Farm,
278 du Pont Building, Wilmington, Del;
A. e. Grantham, Newark, Del, J. NJ.
McVaugh, Hockessin, Del. E. H. Ban
croft & Son, ,AWyoming, Del.