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COMMITTEES oN AGRiCUtrURE.
Notwithstanding the Importance of
the poultry INDUSTRY according Ia the
,eport oi the committee on poultry,
Delaware College, for financial reasons,
has no poultry plant offers no instruction
"a poultry huSbandrv 20 college students
and Is unable Ia do constructive eNtcn-
slnn work IA poultry growing " the
present time We have a small poultry
plant on the farm that IS run and hnauced
hy the funds received through the Federal
Roard for Vocational Education Ihis
plant - used exclusively IN training
disabled soldiers Tho plant should be
enlarged AMI hc FULLY equipped for in
structlnnal and experimental work
This ~ An age ot machinery IN farming.
More and morr tho American farmer Is
forced to depend upon machinery. The
ability ~ cthclcatlv operate farm ma
ch,ncrv, understand Its construction and
carr ~ a necessary part OF the modern
farmers qualifications Notwithstanding
NV importance ~ ltiiN NhhItii ~
culture, the college has not been able TO
give adequate instruction along this line.
There ~ ~ suitable building.
"Thc DAIRY interests oi the state have
increased amazingly durirg The past five
wears The college Is greatly IN need OF
well equipped dairy laboratory, whero
students can learn tho proper care and
handling II mix and its products
There should he provided suitable
heated and lIghtcd room on the farm Tor
handling livestock hy students
The apple orchard is rapidly increasing
m productlon and w have no suitable
parking house for handling tho fruit ~ for
storing DuruE the past few years We
have had great deal Of trouble from
thievrs IN nur orchards NauN Of the
experiments hciug CARVED on have on
tailed the expenditure of n large sum Of
money and the value o. this work "a dc
pendent upoa accurate records " pro
ductiou oi the tree under cNTcrlmCnto-
tion l'n'css some means can hc taken e
safeguard the ochards from petty thlevIng
the work ~ wears ~ experimentation may
be nulhhcd would recommend that .
non -cllmah'c fence hc erected about tho
orchards
"Onr of 'hc greatest drawbacks 70 the
proper handling of the farm - the lack OF
enough land "a uln a suitable crop TO
tatiou
~ Tho present timc there are hrt three
tenant houses available for usc on tho
farm Trouble could 30 greatly leSsened
4 Two or three small cottages could he
erected on tho farm
n he present appropriation Of $4,000
per wear made bv the state has been in
adequate duung the past few wears Of
high prccs Needed repairs 10 the build
ms. and equipment have not been made
On account Of stripgrncv of funds II the
farm buildings and equipment are 10 he
kept up 20 standard tins yearly appropTIa-
zion should he doubled. or total Of 500
100 year he made available At present
We have q deficit Of about $1,000 even
after practcing rIgd economy in much
needed expenditures
The offset ~ the Smith-Iover funds
should be provided for the next two years.
Just what this amount will be cannot he
told nt present as now appCrtIonment
must he made. based on rural population
scoordrng 20 tho last censIe This In
formation viii undoubtedly I've available
before January Tho amount for this
wear Is 5000 20 In addition 70 this
supplementary appropriation Of $1,000.
600 was made bN Congress - which Della
eare received So los - The sst legIs-
laturc failed 20 offse. tins amount and the
Service Cliirens 81 Dclav arc came 70 our
rescue The total state offset funds for
EXTENSION work for this Year ls 50 109 ~
" tho state hss accepted tho terms ~ the
~mith-Iover ACT the regular offset should
he met bv the Legislature