Evening journal., 1919-02-01
INSPECT
fine DAIRY Herds
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OF Paul B. Messlck, who like Mr.. Moore
has almost discarded his grade cattle
and Is installing in their place a herd
OF the finest pure bred cattle obtain
able. Mr.. Messick has several In his
herd Of pure breds that have made
butter fat records Of from % to "a
pounds in a seven-day test. He is ais,
the owner Of King Pontiac Veemaz
Beets, Son Of the King Of the Pontiac.
who, IL is claimed by all Holsteif
breeders, to the greatest sire in tho
world.
From the Messick farm the tourists
were taken TO the College Farm at
| Newark, where they were received by
Dean Harry Hayward, of Delaware Col
leges After a tour Of inspection Of the
barns, etc, the Guernsey herd Of the
farm was shown to the visitors. and
the individual history Of each COW
was explained by Dean Hayward.
After the inspection OF the college
herd, the tourists were again hustled
into the waiting automobiles and taken
to The Commons, at the college. where
luncheon was served by Miss Stewart
in charge Of The Commons, and at
which the college students assisted in
the serving of the luncheon.
After the luncheon, Chairman Moore
spoke for a few minutes explaining the
part which the Farm Bureau, is TAX
ing. and expects to take In the matter
Of securing legislation, at the present
session Of the State Legislature which
will be Of benefit to the farmer and
dairyman. At the close Of his remarks
he introduced Frank A. Carroll, County
Farm Agent Of Mercer county, N. j..
formerly Of Delaware College, who was
the first promoter Of the Cow Testing
industry in this county and who should
b. given credit for the wonderful boost.
which the pure bred COW industry has
taken In the county. Mr.. Carroll, ex-
planned about the great work which Is
being done in this county, and was fol-
lowed by County Farm Agent Bausman
who made a few remarks.
County Farm Agent A. D. Kolb. Of
Kent county, was the next speaker, and
thanked the members Of the New Cas-
tie Farm Bureau for their courtesy In
inviting his constituents to the tour.
Vaughan. Of Sussex county. who spoke
at length in a humorous vein. The
speaking was closed by remarks Of It.
NJ. Brown. State Dairy Agent, who ex-
planned at length the benefits TO be de-
rived from the Cow Testing Associa-
tlons, and advised his hearers 10 be-
come members OF some one OF them.
The i07 tourists who had partaken
OF luncheon, entered 35 automobiles,
and were taken TO the farm Of ]. Irv-
ing Dayett, of Cooch's Bridge, where
another herd Of pure bred Holsteins
were inspected, after which they were
driven to the Winterthur Farms OF
Henry F. dupont Here they found
the real treat Of the day The entire
plant was thrown open for the free in
spectiOn OF the visitors, and more than
two hours was spent there. The work
ing Of the wonderful farms was ex-
planned by the superintendent 10
charge, and some Of the greatest cows
in the world were shown. The visi-
tors were taken from there TO the
station in Wilmington. where they
boarded the southbound train for their
homes in the lower part Of the State
Among those present on the tour
were: w. D. Belts. E. B. Belts. II. L.
J. L. Hatfield, L. w Richards,
OF Greenwood: Clarence Cubbage, H.
NJ. Deputy, w. K. Brown. Milford; Olin
5. Davis, A. Lindale Beaston, Holt
w ~ Walters. Galena, Md;
Miles A. Farber. J. II. Skervis, A. z.
Nunn. w. D. Pearce. Milford: J. Har-
old Shabinger. VIM. Schabinger, Fell
ton; A. NJ. Farr, II. ]. Oekek, Seaford:
]. w. Banks. Stanton: Herman Cook,
Calvin Dickey. Stanton; John
3. Mitchell, A. T. Macklln. VIM. p
Sharpless. Ralph sharpless, J. Clarence
Zoe. Taylor s. Finn, Herman Beider-
nan. c. NJ. Gebhart, II. P. Dennison,
oliver w. Eastbhrn, Hockessin. Del;
Reuben Ford, John w. Morris, Thom-
Is ]. Hodgson. Howard Jones, H. Lloyd
Iones. of Smyrna; James Powell. Caleb
l. Maris, FELTON,: Gilbert Pratt. Frank
Pratt. Smyrna; w. D. Hudson, w Bate
nan Cullen. Clayton; Thomas C. vii
ION. ]. D. Thompson/ Lewes; Edward
:. Phillips. RehOboth Beach: Harry b.
lark. II. Clifford Clark. Kenton: Frank
q Kitchens. Theodore T. Martin, Her
nan Wollast0n, II. w Cook, Newark;
Thomas D. Garrison, Harry Ross. Ches-
void: William w. Cannon, Porter:
Herbert w. Insolo Townsend: Grover
7ush. Charles P. Bradley, w. S. Ryan,
tllford: Dan NJ. Cochran, Mt. Pleasant;
ferman D. Conner Alvin G. Schrader.
William Green. Harry Sinex, w. Lee
James s. Moore, Robert B.
ones, Fred Roberts, Arthur Roberts.
v. H. Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ.
,roadwater. Middletown; Mrs. w. A.
.ayfleld, Meadowsweet Farms, Del: z.
. Kratz. Greenwood: Frank Simpson,
" A. Gray. Bridgeville; G. w. Beck, a.,
luther Williamson. Harrington; Rob
rt Poss, A. j.. Collision, Pennington.