Milford chronicle., 1919-12-12
ANNUAL MEETING OF
SUSSEX FARM BUREAU
HELD IN The COURT HOUSE AT GEORGE
TOWN, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
DECEMBER 3RD.
REPRESENTATIVE FARMERS
OF LOWER DELAWARE WERE PRESENT
AND OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR THE
ENSUING YEAR.

County Farm Bureau was held in tn
Court House at Georgetown last weel
and representative farmers from al
parts of lower Delaware were present
The meeting proved to be a yer,
profitable and interesting one. Off
GERS for the ensuing year were chosel
as follows: President, Colonel Rober
G. Houston, Georgetown; vice presi
dent, Albert NJ. Tarr, Seaford; secre,
tary and treasurer, Andrew Marvel
Esq, Georgetown. The Board Of Di.
rectors chosen consists of the follow.
ing: V. r. Allen, Seaford; Isaac Nc
Cabe. Selbyville; Warren Newton
Bridgeville; Mrs. c. A. Colell, Milford
Mrs. H. NJ. Waller, Delmar; W. o.
Warrington, Harbeson; John Ponder,
Milton; John c. Green, Georgetown.
The meeting was called to order by
President John Ponder of Milton, and
after explaining the purposes and out
ling some of the plans that are to be
carried out for the coming year, Sec
retary Andrew Marvel gave the re-
port of the program of Work Commit
tee as follows mine communities
have already adopted the program of
work for the year of 1920, and the
county program of work includes the
program adopted by the communities
of Bridgeville, COolspring, Ocean
View, Nassau, Milton, Greenwood, Re-
hoboth, Glendale and Seaford. Each
of the communities have been organ
lied on a school district basis; that is
each community agreed to look after
the farm bureau program in a certain
number of school districts in the vic
unity of the community center. Al
chairman was appointed for each of
the communities who will have charge
of calling meetings for the consider
alton of Farm Bureau work. A COM
mttteeman has been named to have
charge of the different projects and to /
keep in touch with the Farm Bureau
office and assist in carrying on the
following projects:
1. That a poultry culling campaign
be carried on, and that the committee
man named to cooperate with the
State College in conducting this cam
paign during the months of July, Aug
lst and September
2. That a dairy exhibit be held
iome time during the month of Feb
'uary, the date to be the same as the
Farmers Institute in that community.
Nhe object of this exhibit will be to
how the value of milk and dairy
3. That the importation OF pure
red cattle be continued.
4. That hog cholera campaign be {
arried on during the early spring {
lonths for the purpose of eradicating
lis disease. The State Veterinarian .
i'll have charge of the supervising L
plannig this campaign. =
5. That the drainage demonstration Il
wen by C. I. Cohee of the dupont a
owder Company be followed up and q
demonstration be given of the trac-
r ditching ma, hine. p
D. That an orchard inspection tour "
arranged for the western section ~
Sussex county. az
l. That as many demonstrations as u
'ssible be arranged for showing the g
iue OF cover crops as soil improve p'
ent and to encourage the proper
wing Of barnyard manure. NJ
). That the Farm Bureau encour-
e a living plus profit movement,
to stimulate stronger organization
'oughout the county. Pc
;. That the growing of soy beans Ci
4 cowpeas be encouraged and that 10
market for them be found lnt
In extension of time until Febru- W.
, has been made in the drive for Pr
Y members at which time Colonel ert
uston and Mr.. Tarr, the opposing FIR
'tains Of the teams in the drive for ING
reased membership, will submit OF
If reports. The slogan for the past the
weeks has been: 1880 members U.
1920, and it is believed that the Coz
res will be reached before the ).
lpaign comes to a close. age
r. Charles II. Keene of Wilmington. Art
ID Agent of the Delaware Tubercu- per
s Commission, gave an interesting Pro
on the dreaded disease. Par
0. Connor, president of the Farm Wo
eau of Seneca county, New York, Pro
ressed the gathering for more than ND.
lour on the work of the Bureau in Dep
and pressed home the nee Fun
ty for cooperation on the part of Mar
! individual member of the Sussex Cue
nty Farm Bureau IN order TO make Rep
success. He urged the banding Cor.
ther of the farmers in order that Gro
might obtain better prices for Fari
: produce, and stated that 1t was ern
as essential that it should be ONE
in order to make their power W.
as the Federation of Labor and ance
Miners Union. In speaking of the Ine
cost of living he stated that reg
was desirous for 1t to be reduc- Coll'
md the retailers expressed a de- ANN
for reduction, but since neither ma
laborer, wholesaler and retailer
d make a cut there was little annu
ce of a reduction because the pen
ers can not sell any cheaper lnteI
every thing that they purchase etel
y high. The farmers, he stated, gro"
been asked to make the first eIs
, but he urged that the Farm NAM NAM
aus see to it that they did not e'aoi
the wishes since there Is no
e of them getting cheaper com
ies, because OF the refusal OF Aft
the consumers-drOpping in last
wage scale. ann
4. l. P. Whitehead, a prominent so 10
MA lawyer, who is Field Repre- ciosi,
tive Of the Federal Land Bank vacar
explained the workings nrda,
Farm Loan Association, and in Nafio
farmers who desired loans from given
Uy..tl.u ~ Inient 70 ehect an organlza- atten
as,iin thsa snort Time II is be- terest
\ ' an organization VIII De wortf
,;.,, - SUSSEX county, Following meeti
'ltn New Castle and Kent coun- given
this State. His explanation Of
redit system of the government
interesting and several Of the
rs are enthusiastic over the The
sition. ice or
schoo
Ladies Aid of Millwood will ing D