Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-21
AGRICULTURAL FIELD
DAY AT UNIVERSITY
Students From Various High
Schools of State to Visit
Newark Monday.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Newark. Oct. 21.-"vocational Az
ricultural Field Day." will bring in the
neighoorhood OF two hundred vo-
cational agricultural students from
the various high schools of the State
70 Newark on Monday.
This trip will give them an oppor-
tuni,y to see personally just what the
School of Agriculture of the University
Of Delaware has TO offer to the boy
Who desires to take a scientific course
in agriculture after he graduates from
the high school. The Agricultural
Club of the University will act as
hosts 10 the visitors.
The program for the day will be ae
follows: 10 to IL o'clock. tour OF the
farm: 1890 O'Clock, lunch; 100 o'clock
meeting. when short addresses will be
made by Dean Charles A. McCue, Dr.
II. V. Holloway. State Superintendent
Of Public instruction and others;
TO 3 o'clock. judging contests in
poultry. cattle and hogs; $50 O'Clock
inspection of Wolf Hall; 4 o'clock.
welcome address by DR.. Walter Hulli-
hen, PRESIDENT OF the University on
the steps OF Old College: AIS o'clock
inspection OF Commons and Frazer
Field
The work OF the various depart
ments Of the farm will be explained
by members Of the teaching staff as
follows: Agronomy plots. Professor
George l.. Schuster; dairy barn. FRO
fessor T. A. Baker; hog barn. Prof.
Tomhave; poultry plant. Mr.. Num-
ford: orchard, Prof. Louis R., Det1en.
The young students will be divided In
TO groups and will make the inspec-
tions OF the various departments In
charge Of members Of the Agricultural
Club.
The Judging contests will be In
charge of various instructors. This
will be the largest group OF high
school boys who have ever visited the
institution at one time and It will
probably be made an annual affair
r. L. Hamaker Of the National Lime
Association of Washington. d. c.,
called on several members OF the agri-
cultural staff Of the University and OF
the extension force yesterday to dis
cuss the matter of lime demonstrations
in the state and other cooperative
work with his association. This 10 an
educational organization fostered by
the lime companies OF the country.
Members Of the extension service,
including the county agents and club
agents. will hold their annual meeting
at the University on November and
3 TO discuss work done this year and
make tentative plans for the program
for work in the state next year.
County Agent Leader NJ. o. Pence,
conferred with County Agent Rus
this week relative to plans for a
couple of county corn shows to be held
in Kent county this fall. One Will
probably be held at Clayton and the
other at Harrington. leading up to
the state show which will be held in
Dover in January.
Professor l. W. Tarr chemist at
the University Experiment Station
attended a meeting Of the Whining
ton Section OF the American Chemical
Society in that city Wednesday night
and Thursday night he attended a
meeting Of the Philadelphia Section o.
the same society.
DR.. ]. F. Adams associate plant pa
thologist OF the Experiment Station
was in the lower part OF the state
near Delmar this week inspecting ex
perimental work there In sweet potatt
growing.
County Agent r. o. Bausnan ha
been notified OF rally OF milk pro
'ducers to be held at Kennett Square
Pa. on October %. The program VII
include addresses by Professors Ras
mussen and Morley Of the Pennsyl
vania State Board of Agriculture an
the presentation Of a health play b.
school children. The rally will b
under the auspices OF the Inter-Stat
Milk Producers Association an
many dairymen from Delaware wi
attend.
Business Administrator A. @. WI
kinson Of the University has receive
letter from Miss Edith A McDouEl
OF Washington. president OF tn