Smyrna times., 1920-08-25
|FERCRDPS IN STATE
OFFICIAL REPORTS SHOW
|.,ro YIELD is ENORMOUS
T. Way NOT BE HARVESTED
r,ou Likely To Be Greatest i'll
Peaches 40 Per Cent Bet
Wheat Crop Above Average

Crop Likely 10 Be Greatest III
r.,r-Peaches 40 Per Cent Bet
Wheat Crop Above Average
!. delaware farmers have raised
..:ou what promises to be the
~ erop of all bumper crops ever
i 4 N this State, is the opinion of
.,.or Wesley Webb, secterary of
d S,te Board of Agriculture. Prof.
/ 4 bases his opinion on the crops
4 hr harvested, and on the favor
] ,rect of crops in course of
~, He is careful to distinguish
,s a bumper crop, however, and
4 NJ Delaware farmer is likely to
i !; his share of the bounties of
n as it is well known that an
IT. Of produce wrecks the mar
4 nd drives the income from crops
1 tbe cost of production. Profess
] Fs5b says: From present indi-
/ Delaware will not only have a
T. year in crops, but will quite
/ vt up a high water mark-in
his seems destined to be the
H. year of all Delaware crop |
Dean McCue, of Delaware Col
vas Of similar opinion, although
Like Of the likelihood of "gluts"
would make farming unproft-
h fact everything that has been
| b The ground this year in Della
ig seemed to grow like magic.
hat deal of the increase may be
4 attributed to the splendid grow
|Eather as a result of the abund-
a1iaI. Of course there is such
y as too much rain, and if con-
may cause crops to deterio-
Considerable cabbage in Kent
sEax has rOtted in the field, it
sa
Crop Promises To Be Best Ever
! ON crop is the crop which is
R1aIe Of all eyes at present, and
Enates vary from "the best
/ nzn years" to the "best crop
x for corn that Delware has
! n Prof. Webb says that corn
larger yield than ever be- ..
y State, as the weather has =
1aly favorable for the past ,
aN, The crop has grown :
and early-planted corn is E
alu1lg in excellent condition.
&lnated yield for the United =
ssS9OOOO,OO0 bushels as COM I
Elh a fve-year average of
MllOO bushels. y
. tr0p May Not Be Harvested
anatO crop is enormous and
oppressed that the crop NAV t,
arrested. 1t is said that can c.
y not prepared to operate d
Sl0res J to full capacities ow- d
ne low prices of canned toma- 81
y / that the present prices Of "
. not pay the farmers for d
picking and delivering the II
l2lng the shipments over the Il
: !, railroad and branches as a q
ile | as to the production of the al
DelaWare, it is found that the d
y " 4lS year Is nearly 80 per ST
~ Ihan last year. This ap- ii
!! . early apples, but the late it
'lSn y as Jonathan, Stayman at
, ! iork Imperial and Winesap ne
/, la' the crop will be verv fo
a TAU apples. Many new Della al
!ls \. orchards are coming into ae
this year. '--'0 g1
Ifop is 40 Per Cent Better WI
'aca al.a. crop shows a 40 per cent te
\ o'sr last year, and the mid 81
-I r5 season has been scarcely 10.
- "lllle n this percentage NAV re
NJ N me 1 end, the prospects are "A.
~ ,l...1 0e increased. Prices are ma n
'sulg ssl. De higher if the trans III. 1e
!. .aGlhtles Y We're better for WI
! ~ bot both apples and peaches 6r
, y: SSsaanIy' and will command
5DsI / sIpipments of Keifer pears. MI
y sr u. ..aflety grown in this
: ~ a0I !, yet begun, but the in Lii,
= ~ :. mat the crop will "a
j. i. iOf many years past and
r E.is islgest crop ever harvest G
r ''uei aaa. pear is of excellent pm
,i.+;s saung as fresh fruit me
't''ss # Is Of pears show good @ ele.
sto ecOrd crops. The early 0T Cne
= !" ,SD9 siOp was good, and the "a od'
\ s. sVod. y The prospects for pul
i .IsSt y the late paintings IS wa.
Olan.'.an s' and quite a fair acre sun
sttiirat sirn'ea despite the cost of wei
I i,ss s5iussas as to cantaloupes
.,al ap@ents do not indicate DIS
az olJp pa as last year, vet the
s for raslng !. trouble to secure Bdi
thew 'ae a'. crop. 1t has been
escb are being offered at r
y Indicate a bio o,' ,OcaiiOies' plal
Top Is Abovo a. 0.Op' up
mated ~, '"e average is b
er acre 'elu a OF wheat is II will
{ less tboe ainst a ten-year mer
n that tL;. sixteen bushels. site
e acre ! esllmate of II teri