Newark post., 1915-08-11
AS A PHILADELPHIA
SAW FARMERS DAY

| eral years experiments the col
lege had reached a point where it
would soon be able to announce
the most profitable variety of to-
mato for the state.
THAT is worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the farm
ers and the Gamers; no hit or
miss, no guesswork; no taking the
word of seed salesman.
$50, too, in time to come Della
ware College will select the most
profitable peas and beans and
beats and other vegetables, and
grains and fruits. 1t plans to
show every farmer how to raise
his crops.
"We are making many mistakes
here" said Professor Hayward in
his talk, "for that is our business
We are making mistakes that cost
a lot Of money, but we will save
you money because we will see to
it that you do not make the same
mistakes"
Cow Gives 500 Pounds of Butter
There is Guernsey COW on this
farm that will give $4,000 pounds
of milk this year and make SOC
pounds of butter. The cow is
worth $1,000. They have a bull
that is held at $4,000. The sister OF
this pet has the record of produc
ing in a year more that her owr
weight in butter. The state OF
Ohio purchased from Delaware re
Gently a pair of Ayrshire calves as
being the finest of their type ir
the country.
"Some of the men peeled theil
coats and went down into a fielC
to get glimpse of another angle OF
modern farming. This was where
the tractors were twork draw
ing plows. Now the tractor is {
recent thing in agricultural life
but it is verify a gasoline wonder
on broad wheels. The tractor does
nearly everything that horse car
do, and lot of things that woult
make the equine burst into tears
with shame and humiliation.
at pulls the plow, cutting two
or three burrows at once; it pulls
the mower and the reaper and the
binder and the cultivator and thu
pulverizer, and the harrow. 1t will
run the wood saw, pump water
shell corn, cut ensilage, haul logs
draw a wagon load of produce tt
market, and if the automobile
breaks down it will take the family
to church.
'In blowing it almost runs itself
Today the operator of one jumpet
from his seat and told the doggont
thing to plow along the side of the
hill by itself and the tractor obey
ed like a dog. More than that, i
plowed at the rate of three mile:
an hour, keeping in the furrov
without human hand touching ;
lever.
Talk about modern farming y!
Here is another matter tina
really ought to be at the top of th'
story. At The North American
egg-laying contest, which is bein,
conducted at the farm, there is ;
hen owned by a Philadelphian, A
A. Christian, that will, barring &C
cidents, break the worlds recort
for laying. 1t is White Leghorn
weighing only 3 $40 pounds, ant
since November l last, when tn
contest began with 500 birds, i
has laid 23l pearly eggs.
Nearing World Record Mark
"This hen will have swept pas
the 300 mark by the close of tn
contest year and will have made
record that will make it the mos
famous pullet in the world. 1t wa
raised on the Eastern Shore nea
Greensboro, Md.
"The egg-laying contest attract
ed an unusual amount of attention
> since Delaware is the home of tn
original yaller-legged chicken, s
highly indorsed by the clergy, an
the women folks watched thi
amazing egg factory in operatio
with the deepest interest. The
E asked questions of A. M. Pollard
the superintendent, and received
great deal of information relativ
to various breeds and the pecu