Smyrna times., 1918-04-10
RECORD CROPS EXPECTED
FROM TOMATOES AND PEAS
FARMERS IN KENT COUNTY ARE
PLANTING MORE THAN EVER

Tomato Growers are Slow to Contract
and Seem Willing to Take Chances
on Market Even at SOC a Basket
The tomato and pea growers of Kent
county are now putting in their
crops, and there is every indica-
tion that the acreage planted in these
two crops this year will break all
previous records. The canning estah-
lishments are supplying tomato and
pea seed to their contracted growers,
and they report larger demand for
seed than ever before. Some of the
canneries have experienced consider
able difficulty in securing the seed,
owing to the unsatisfactory transpor-
tation facilities, but most of them
have received a sufficient supply to
accommodate the growers who have
contracted with them. Many cf the
growers have decided not to contract
this year, believing that they can
realize larger prices for their crops by
waiting and selling at market quota
tiOns. Fruit growers of this county
are praying thar there will be no
more freezes this year, for fruit trees
are already beginning to blossom, es-
pecially the peach trees, and a serious
freeze at this time would spell ruin
to many orchards Plum trees are
also III blossom. in fact the foliage on
the trees in this county resembles
May rather than early April.
Delaware IOOg a Farm Agent State
Under date of Topeka, Kansas, a
dispatch appeared in recent issue of
the Christian Science Monitor stating
that kansas stands at the top of all
the States in the number of farm
agents appointed and actively at work
in the State. Kansas has 80 per cent.
nf her counties completely organized
with a county farm bureau actively
engaged in helping in the production
of larger crops Of all kinds. There
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of these have farm agents. While
it may be true that Kansas stands at
the top of the list in the point of
number of farm agents employed, and,
based on numbers, Delaware would
probably Ptand at the foot of the list,
yet on percentage basis Delaware
ranks far ahead Of Kansas and all
other States, for Delaware is 100
per cent. farm agent State - There
are only three counties in this State,
but each county has a county farm
agent, supplied by the Government,
so thst Delaware goes Kansas, with
its 81 per cent. county organization,
just 20 per cent. better.
II. H. ZimmerleY Doing Good Work
r o. Bausman ia the county agent
in New Castle county; H. H. Zim-
merley in Kent, and d. M. Kaufman
in Sussex. while there is also a State
Agricultural Director, M. o. Pence,
formerly county agent in Kent county.
AS these agents serve in addition to
the State Board of Agriculture, Della
Ware is very we'll organized for agri-
cultural development. Like Kansas,
Delaware also has a county farm bu-
reau that is doing excellent work in
the way of increasing important crops
in this State. All the agricultural
workers of Delaware are to make g
concerted effort this year to make the
1913 crop in Delaware a record
breaker. The State Board of Agri-
culture has already announced that il
will award four additional prizes in
cash this year for the best corn grown
in the State, and it is expected that
other prizes will be awarded to stim.
ulate interest in other crops,