Evening journal., 1920-12-01

tom OF farming. and from the unpaid
labor OF the farmer his wife and
his children.
NO one 5. don Of the country can
hold Itself aloof or Independent OF
other sections. For instance. there is
n the drainage area Of the Mississippi
river about 20 per cent Of the farm
acreage OF the country. This ar I
produces 76 per cent Of our whea' ,
per cent OF the corn. % per cent or
The clover, IS per cent Of the oats, 81
per csnt Of The hogs. "a pr cent Of
the cattle, 30 per cent Of the WOO, and
other products in like proportion.
The eleven northeastern states. OF
which Delaware Is one. has 30 per
cent OF the population Of the country,
only about 10 per cent OF the FARMS
and s per cent OF the farm acreage .
Is % not thea quite necessary that
you. here In this great industrial re-
gion, populated largely by persons
who produce little in the line OF food
products should be kept In the right
relationship with those who live just
west Of YOU in the Mississippi valley
The prosperity Of the nation de-
pends on the conditions existing on
I the 6.O000O0 farms Of this country
and the prosperity OF the farmer on
these farms in The last analysis rests
on the productive power OF his farm
soil fertility"
To Grow American Prines.
Professor I. r. Detien. of Dslaware
| College made the announcement ye-
lerday afternoon concerning the per
| feet prunes' He said the fruit would
] Ia nNnNFHrH FnanH N|lrinfW Of nIfIfU
| known as the Milton" and lh at II
would be the first time an American
variety has been adapted 10 prln'
purposes. the output Of prunes
/ hitherto having been grown from tn
European varieties
The Milton" plum. Professor nst.
/ len continued while of no commercial
value now. viii be carefully bred unit
| 10 becomes the ancestor ~ an Ameri
can prune arIsiocracy which he said
Will he the breeding stock for a new
and harder race OF prunes for eastern
America"
Would Jail Pronieers.
A. y Brown ~ GEORGETOWN
manager OF two orch ards Of 40
acres In Sussex county. Del. anl
Worcester county Md. declared him
self in favor of municipal market
where proflieering would be a Grim
punishable with a jail sentence i
case Of conviction. Mr. Brown sal
the marketing end OF growing frul
was the most difficult In the bushes.
The gap between the producer an
| consumer was too wide and could b
bridged only when city auihOritie
bring the wholesaler and consume
together.
Mr.. Brown believed the great Amer
] loon aInfrsn. % D..
| cider. and as such there will neVe
be a falling market for secondar
/ apple products he advocated the dl
hydrai on NJ fruits. saying this w0ul
, he the most popular way in a FEY
gears to preserve fruits.
Handling a Thousand-acre Orchar
In Delaware" was the subject OF Nj
Browns address.
In reality however, Mr.. Brown
Z man3glng ii00 acres NJ Orchard-iif
I Of which has just come in bearin
and his company Is planting 100 acre
Z 90 200 acres year additional.
/ Mr.. Brown has nine tractors an
: eighteen mules and horses. with a
3 necessary orchard tools. with flftee
Z power spray rigs. He cultivates Nv
six or seven times. He sprays thrl
p TO five times. fertilizes with CONNIE
ID
r crops. and said he believed in
= proper combination OF mineral ar
: organic matter in orchards
: prunes so sun can hit every leaf an
\ Do keep his trees low 90 facilita
/. picking and spraying. lie lhoug
:. crimson clover and cowpeas be
r cover crops.
Marketing Most Difficult.
= He has twenty-five families livii
b on the orchards. which gives him
regular equipment OF thirty me
When needed he calls in outside labi
- Mr. Brown said he had ideals. b
T. these must be based on fundament
o that 30 succeed one must recognl
n the individuality OF the tree a
q place 70 In an environment conduct
z 10 rs best development. He declar
d that his policy is f0rceful, progressi
r. and aggressive - that no doubtf
n vacillating policy can be entertanl
n The market end Of the growing
'- the fruit is the most dinicult, he sa