Milford chronicle., 1920-02-06
FARMERS INSTITUTE
VERY INSTRUCTIVE
A TWO-DAY MEETING OF THE FARMERS
INSTITUTE WAS HELD In GRANGE
HALL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS
ADDRESSES ABOVE THE ORDINARY AND
LOCAL AGRICULTURISTS RECEIVED
BENEFICIAL INSTRUCTION.

The Farmers Institute in Milford
last Friday and Saturday was well at
tended but if all the people who
should have been there had been pres
ent the Grange hall would not have
held half of them. The day sessions
were full of good things for the farm
er and the evening sessions were en-
tertainments of the highest order. The
readings in the afternoons and on
Friday night by Mrs. Salo Friedewald
were among the finest that were ever
given in Milford. Mrs. Friedewald
was at her best, in the most beautiful
and appropriate costumes and her
readings of the End of the Rainbow
and of 1.-The Bluebird," were most ex-
quisitely done. This Interpretation OF
the Bluebird was a marvellous reve-
lation to the Milford high school class
in English literature as they are Just
now reading the book as a part OF
their work.
The first discussion on Friday was
of the subject, Rich Farms MAKE
Rich Farmers" It was made plain
that the farmers of Delaware VINO
are making any money are those who
are living on good, productive, well
titled farms. The relative cost of dif-
ferent methods of making the farms
productive were discussed with great
interest by those present The cost
of manures and fertilizers, of various
kinds, of corn crops and the beneflts
of live stock keeping were all brought
out clearly.
DR.. F. L. Gallagher, who is en-
plOyed by the State Board of Agricul-
ture in the elimination of tuberculosis
from the dairy herds of the state ex-
planned the nature Of the disease and
the losses from it, and stated that by
the cooperation of the State and Ma
tional governments any farmer may
have his cows tested with tuberculin
free of charge by applying to the State
Board of Agriculture.
Mrs. Ina ]. n. Perkins represented
the Delaware Reconstruction Com
mission in its child welfare work and
explained that Delaware took us very
actively all the activities that the
National Women's Council of Defense
suggested for the several states, and
out of this work grew the Reconstruc-
tion Commission. This commission is
doing an intensive piece of work to
demonstrate what can be done to
save children from disease from minor |
defects and improper feeding and |
care. 1t is now known that most chill |
dren suffer permanent disability in /
some degree from common ailments |
that develop into chonic conditions.
Adenoids, often unnOticed; poor, de-
caying teeth, imperfect vision all Of
ten unnoticed may impair the health
and usefulness of the child This
fact was made evident when young
men were examined for entrance into
the army. Large numbers were re-
jected because of troubles that start
ed i'll childhood, and which might have
been corrected by little attention at
the start. Mrs. Perkins made very
favorable impression and there is no
answer to her argument in favor of
a State Agency to continue child well
fare work when the Commission goes
out of existence which it will at the
close of this year.
Dr. Chas. H. Keene explained what
the Delaware tuberculosis Commiss-
ion is doing, and at night gave a gen
eral talk on health. DR.. Keene is !
clear and forceful speaker
Hog Cholera
The control of hog cholera in Del :
aware was discussed by DR.. NJ. l.. !
zurkow who is employed by the U. S. \
of Agriculture and has
leen here for the past two years. DR.. =
zurkow said that it is possible to q
practice sanitary measures in such /
yay that they will be little danger of i
having hog cholera. The premises
must be kept clean and disinfected.
Dogs and buzzards and the neighbors
must all be kept out of the hog lots +
# else the disease will be brought in. q
70 prevent the possibility of the Ii
rouble it is a simple matter to inject "
erum and vicus and your hogs are o
immune for life and you need not .
worry about hog cholera. q
Potato Growing and Dairying a
Mr.. C. M. White of Maine made sew 81
raj interesting talks, one of special
alue was a comparison of potato p
rowing and dairying in Maine, where II
is possible TO grow iUv barrels G: ;
rhite potatoes per acre, and to sell to
hose potatoes for from 80 to So per ol
arrel. 1t is a great business. But
airying with its sure, steady income. 10
nd its ability to improve the fertil- OF
OF LQe IdTm Is DcltSA DuoAhCoo -
ian the more speculative and spec Vi
cular potato-growing. OF
Mr. White also spoke on the value on
good seeds and recommended that
rmers grow all their own seeds by
e most careful selection methods,
herever it is possible to do it. One Of
n grow his alfalfa seed, and it may Of
better to get northern grown pota- ic,
es but corn and wheat, tomatoes and M,
many other crops can be greatly Re
Iproved by selecting the best plants 90,
r seed. III,
The address of DR.. Richard Cooper
Friday night was a thrilling ap- i'm
al for the boys and girls of the tbt
ate. ali
Mrs. Salo Friedewald of Scranton,
., is employed by the Service Citi- No
IS to give readings and interpreta- he
MS of the best English literature 80,
d it was agreed by all that the cr
ney is we'll expended. Mrs. Friede- Gin
Id is popular everywhere. wo
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