Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-29

promises 10 aid materially in restoring
a profitable peach industry to Della
ware
while the scientific experimental
data that Prof. McCue has gathered
are Of the utmost importance and are
worth many times the cost, neverthe-
less the $500 that the fruit sold for
last year did not detract from the
value of the experiment and il did a
great deal to help out the treasury.
$500 goes a long way toward paying
for the labor, the fertilizer, the spray
ing materials, and other expenses in
cident TO conducting such research
work.
What has been said of the orch
ards will apply with equal force TO
the experiments that are being carried
on with the live stock AT present the
State owns herd OF cattle and pigs
that would sell at public auction for
about $4,000 and for which and upon
which the State has not spent penny.
Our herd of cattle although but four
years old, has almost paid for itself
through the sale OF surplus stock.
In addition TO this an income is re-.
/ ceived from the sale of milk and
cream.
THE sales from the farm for our
last fiscal year. which closed the last
1 day Of June, amounted TO almost
$4,000 This money goes back into
the treasury and is used over again
in the maintenance of the work we
are doing.
There may not be any connection
between the two. but it is a fact that
as the farm has developed. the mum
Der Of students coming TO Delaware
College to take the courses in agricul-
ture, has increased, Just before the
farm was purchased there were no
students in agriculture Last years
catalogue gave the number Of men in
attendance as 60. Il seems to me that
the college farm has served a most
excellent purpose in bringing the
people OF the State and the college in
closer touch and that it has made our
relations much more sympathetic
than would have been possible with
out il.
I'VE all regret that the college farm
is not typical of the soil of the entire
state. On this account il has been
impossible to do work with certain
crops that are grown so extensively
in Kent and Sussex. We hope the time
viii soon come when we viii have a
sufficient income TO enable us 10 have
three or four trial fields in the south
ern part of the State and that we can
! meet you half way with every crop
that can be produced in Delaware.
Il am especially glad 70 acknowl-
edge the cooperation of the State
Board Of Agriculture which has made
Il possible TO bring TO Delaware
College the International Egg Laying
Competition
we are all watching the egg lawn <
competition with more than casual
interest. ! presume that Mr.. Pollard
has told many Of you that II is quite
probable that one or two hens in the
competition bid fair TO break the
wofld's record OF 500 eggs in a year.
Had It not been for the interest mani
tested by Governor Miller, Senator
Newton, Professor Wesley Webb and
other members OF the State board. IL
/, would not have been possible for US
20 have added this new department to
. our equipment
Il cannot close my remarks without
! referring 70 the splendid spirit of CO.
J operation which exists between the
farmers Of the State and the college
We appreciate the Opportunities vou
J have given us TO carry out demonstra-
ton experiments on your farms In