Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
INSPECTION OF
COUNTY CATTLE
* kcnt and Sussex Farmers Make
Tour OF Dairy Farms in
New Cast le.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

N4lUufeIOWn. ep. - bttt tiit
of lower Delaware are awakening 10 the
fact that they can enhance the pro-
ductve value of their farms by the addi-
ton of cattle on a larger and better scale,
was evidenced today, when about seventy.
Eve of the leading farmers of kcnt and
Sussex counties made n tour OF New
Castle county for the purpose oi looking
over a few OF the choice herds oi cattle,
which are being kept here by the wide
awake dairymen Of the county. The trip
was planned by the different county
agents, and was made upon the invitation
of James : Moore, chairman of the stock
division of the New Castle County Farm
Bureau Every minute of the day was
spent in action, and from the expressions
OF many OF the farmers of the lower part
of the State on leaving their hosts at the
T.. Il. d w Railroad depot III Whining
ton. where the trip ended, the day was
most profitablv spent by them. aud much
good should result from il
The guests arrived here on the Q ~
northbound train, and were met by the
farmers of this vicinity, and. in fact. by
many from the extreme northern part Of
the county in automobiles. and were first
taken to The dairy farm Of James Moore,
two miles west Of this town Mr. Moore
who last year sold out his entire herd Of
grade cattle and purchased herd OF
pure bred Ilolsteins in Livingston county.
Mich, through the plan which was pro
NOTED hv the Farmers Trust Go. vi New
ark and the New Castle County National
Bank of Odessa and which was promoted
bv County Farm Agent Bausman, had
his cattle in the pink of condition, and
the eyes Of the visitors opened IN wonder
at the records Of some of the COWS. in the
line of milk production Among the
Ill 81 r.
Moore was a heifcr. now three wears old.
which, with its first calf. made an Of
ficlal record of II pounds Of butter fat.
III a seven-dav official test, giving 1872
pounds of milk IN the seven days.
The visitors we're next taken TO tho
farm of John REYNOLDS. south Of Middle
town. where the cattle of Mir Reynolds
we're looked over The farm IS owned Ivy
Walter Staats Of Camden. \ J.. who is the
chief auditor Of the Victor Talking Ma
chine Co. MIR, Staats has under construc-
ton a cow barn, which when completed
will be one Of the most complete plants in
the State. 1t will cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000
The next stop was at the dairy farm Of
Paul B. Messick who like Mir Moore
has almost discarded his grade cattle and
Is installing In their place a herd Of the
finest pure bred cattle ohtanable Mir
Aiessick has several in his herd Of pure
breds that have made butter fat records
of from - to Is pounds in a seven day
test. He Is also the owner Of Hing Pontiac
Neeman Beets, a son of the King of the
Pontiacs, who, Il Is claimed by al llol-
stein breeders, is the greatest sire IN the
world
From the Messick farm the tourists
were taken 20 the College Farm. at New
.t
Dean Hayward OF Delaware College.
After a tour of inspection OF tho harms.
etc the Guernsey herd Of the farm was
shown to the visitors and the Individual
history of each cow was explalned bV
Prof. HAYWARD. After the Inspection of
the college herd. the tourists were again
hustled into the waiting automobiles, and
taken to the banquet room IN tic dormi-
tory of the college, where a beautiful
luncheon was served by Superintendent
Stewart of the Commons, and at which
the college students assisted in the serving
Of the luncheon After the luncheon
Chairman Moore spoke for few minutes,
explaining tho part which the Farm Bureau
is taking and expects to take in the
matter OF securing legislation, Al the pres
ent session of the State Legislature which
will be Of benefit 10 the farmer and
dairvnlan. AZ the close Of his remarks
he introduced Frank A. Carroll, county
farm agent Of Mercer county, New
JERSEY who was the first promoter Of the
COW testing industry IN this county and
who is in reality TO be gwen credit for the
wonderful boost which the pure bred
COW industry has taken IN the county
Mir Carroll explained about the great
work which is being done ID his county,
and was followed by County Farm Agent
BaIsman of this county.
County Farm Agent A, ID. koIb Of
Kent county was the next speaker He
thanked the members Of the New Castle !
Farm Bureau for their courtesy ia inviting
his constituents TO The tour. lie was fol-
lowed by County Farm Agent II. "
Vaughn oi Sussex county, who spoke Al
length In 4 humorous VEN. The speaking
was closed by remarks Of r. NJ, Brown /
state dairy agent, who explained a.
length the benefits to be derived from
The Cow Testing Associations and ad- /
viscd his hearers to become members OF |
some one of them.
Tho l07 tourists who had parts.ken Of !
luncheon then boarded the 35 waiting
automobiles and were taken to the .
farm of J. Irving Dayctt, at Cooch +
Bridge, where another herd Of beautiful /
pure bred Holsteirfs were Inspected, after /
which they were driven TO the Nlnterthur /
Farms Of Col. Henry A. du Pont Here |
was found the real treat of the day. The /
entire plant was thrown open for the free +
inspection of the visitors and more than
two hours was spent here The working
Of the wonderful farms was explained by
the superintendent in charge, and some
OF the greatcsb cows in the world were
shown. The visitors were taken from here
10 the station III Wilmington, where they
boarded the southbound evening train
for their homes In the lower part of the
State. Among those cn the tour were "
d. Belts, Il. B. Belts. II J.. Tatman. ]. u.
Hatfield, L. w Richards. Of Greenwood
Clarence Cubbage, II. NJ Deputy, ". X.
Brown, Milford; Otn : Davis. A. Lindalc
Beaston, Holt Woodall ". y. Walters
Galena, Md; Miles A Farber. J. II. .Sker-
Wis, A. L. Num-, W ID Pcarce. Milford.
J. Harold Shabinger William Schabingcr.
FELTON,; A. NJ. Farr. II. J. Ockek. Seafortl:
J. W. Banks, Stanton. Herman Cook.
Newark; Calvin Dickcy. Stanton: John
G. Mitchell, A. I. Macklin, William p.
Sharpless, Ralph Sharpless J. Clarence
Coe, Taylor ;. Finn, Herman Beiderman.