Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
DELAWARE COLLEGE
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given for two years, there will be
class in American literature. In this
course will be studied the authors and
works best suited to pupils in the grades
as well as the authors and works which
are representative of oar literature as a
whole. The close relation which has
existed since the beginning between our
literature and our life and ideals will
also be carefully considered. In addition
to this course, the English Department
will so offer courses in Elementary
Grammar, Advanced Grammar Gncud-
ing the simplest forms of oral and
written composition), and Advanced
Composition. Courses offered by other
Departments will be announced in the
papers from time to time.
EXPERIMENTS IN PLANT PATHOLOGY
I For the psst three years the Depart
ment of Plant Pathology las carried on
extensive Investigations on the sweet
potato diseases. Much has already been
ACCOMPLISHED in establishing the exact
causes of the different troubles and in
determining the most effective method
of treatment. Further work Is now in
progress on the 'pox" or "pit" disease,
a trouble which has not been cleared up.
In last years work it was found that
the application of lime to soils greatly
favors ''pox', and indicated a certain
similarity to the scab of the white po-
tato. The Department is now carrying
on experiments in the greenhouse to
determine whether or not ''pox" of the
sweat potato is the same as the scab of
of the white potato. Should this be
established, a remedy for ''pox" could
perhaps be readily found. Greenhouse
experiments are also being carried out
to determine how long sweet potato
seed can be treated with corrosive sub
Innate without injury.
| AGRICULTURAL NOTES
The three County Agents of Della
ware, working in cooperation with Mr..
F. A.. Brown and Mr.. H. F. Keyes,
farm demonstrators of the Bureau of
Farm Management of the United States
Department of Agriculture, are making
farm survey of Delaware. This work
is carried on in the following manner.
A business record of the farm is first
made. This includes a record of all re-
ceipts and expenses, crops grown,
stock raised, amount of crops and stock
sold, and capital invested, and enough
data to figure out the farmers labor in
come per year. The labor income is the
amount of money the farmer gets for
his years work, in addition to his home
and comfortable living for himself and
his family. This work has been started
around Middletcwn, where the records
of between sixty and seventy farms
4 have already been taken.
After the records have been taken, a
business analysis of the record for each
farm is made and the average income
and stock and crop results are figured
for the average farm in the community.
Then each individual farm is compared
with the average farm and with the
best farm. A copy of the record is
taken back to the farmer by the demon
strator or county agent, and his years
business ta' ed over with him, with the
idea of poin ag out to him any weak.
ness and of making recommendations
for the improvement of the farms or.
ganization. The County Agent oil
Kent and Sussex counties are now TAX.
ing up the work in their counties with
the same purpose in view.
WELL REPRESENTED AT INSTITUTES
At the farmers institute held al
Middletown, on March 10th, large
part of the program was filled by mem
bers of the Delaware College faculty
and the Experiment Station staff.
President Mitchell spoke on "Educa-
; tion," Prof. Myrtle Caudell, of the
Women's College, on "The Home, -
Prof. Grantham, on Corn and Fertili-
zers"; Prof. Short, on Rural Santa.
ton; Mr.. PAilthorpe, on Peaches
Mr.. POLAND, Poultry. At the far
mer's institute held at Delaware City,
t on March II, Prof. Mary F. Rich, OF
5 the Women's College, on Education ,;
| Prof. Grantham' on Corn; Mr.. Pol
lard, on Poultry; Mrs. Hayward,
. Mr.. Pailthorpe, on "Home Grounds and
, Their 0rnamentation"-
7 CONCERT BY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
On April 8 the Delaware College Or.
ebestra will give concert in the College
Oratory. The program will consist Of
Rellini's overature to Norma, Thay
q dus Second Symphony, number by {
: vocalist whose name will be ANNOUNCED
g later, and selection from one of thu
0 better comic operas. Dancing in til.
gymnasium will follow the CONCERT,
: Trains leave Wilmington, at a42 OF
: the p Psnnsylvania Railroadi at 6.54 OF
r the B. & 0. Return, leave Newark
: $40 on the Pennsylvania Railroad anc
: lO.17 on the B. q. G. Rairosd.
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