Smyrna times., 1922-07-19
[IFl THAN FIFTY PERCENT
1VITl N CROP IS PROSPECT
,cr AROUND SMYRNA is
u 70 RE NEARLY NORMAL

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..,.I Society Members On
Ita,, 'a,n Shore Reports 500 of
,s'lu ~ Acreage Planted This Year
81. Indications are good for a
a' ,rou around Smyrna, in the
=" ,syt of the state and on the
y Shore of Maryland the acre
f'ia .I.rted is better than fifty per
While there have been many
r.infaIls in the past week, the
y W.. seem to have been little af-
% = ;: the fields in most instances
= 5-sined and there was no hot
rmpdiately following to scald
i,lit [ now in the making. Della
J. canning Houses are busy putt
.asir plants in order. At Clayton
b the entering into of co-Opera-
T. aiming thru the Farm Bureau
.,,Sers, capicity of plants are being
lived. The Maryland State and
,-rula Horticultural Society met
TatOn, Nd, Thursday and discuss
- tomato situation at the morn
session after making a trip
.,,ch Talbot county, as guests of
/, TpIs Community Club. At the
;,7.,ou of the tomato situation ex-
!, on the subject took exception to
,i,1ar which has been issued by a
a York firm to wholesalers and can
i throughout the country, advising
IN that 100 per cent of the tomato
r,ge was planted in tomatoes, and
\ 5uving therefore could be de-
~ until the growers would be will
! % accept any price. The lectur-
4ated that only about so per cent.
he tomato acreage of Maryland
b planted in tomatoes.
Cpps in General Are Promising
& striking contrast with the low
wage yield of grain crops last year
haware and the almost total
tan Of the fruit crop, entailing a
Ii loss on Delaware farmers, this
r; fruit and grain prospects are
b good general yield, which, il
! pperly speaking bumper crops
Lhe well above the average. Kent
mF apple trees are bending be-
Fh the weight of their fruit, the
p crop in New Castle county
znss to be bumper crop if M
zsaS are had, wheat is yielding
sHlsltly, peaches, grapes, small
rs will bear bountiful harvests
Eaoes and potatoes are outdoing
s1Rlves, truck patches are in ex
zat shape-and all in all, the Del
'n farmer is facing a harvest sea
Ad prosperity as compared to las
EU dismal showing Corn in mar
1af, is in the best of shape, and ;
elila crop is looked for. No de
Ssang storms have laid the fodde
here has been a splendid mix
Of lots of rain and hot nights
"a has caused the fodder to grow
IVY, and if nothing untoward hap
the cribs will be bursting thi
lpe Above the 10 Year Average
%n1asted !, with the aspect of affair
ngland, where the apple crop j
-ad'ed as 40 per cent. of a full
ne apple crop of Delaware j
Fsent estimated by government
rH as 70 per cent. of a full crot
\ spro5able production of 764. 90
EA as against $1,000 bushels las
'ld 407, 900 bushels, the averag
HHactlOn for the last ten wear.
Mlaercial crop of 10000 barrel
! .agf' Peaches, owing to tn
saost will rank about II per CEN
! lsl " crop, and a probable produC
!. " 1o1S sSS,OOO bushels as compare
y" last year, and a ten-yea
IA \ sNerage of $4,000. Wheat
y. s 3 fatner unevenly through tn
uS 'nsfe the crop has been thresh
j aaeh Of it is still in the field o
] ,.. aae to the abundant rains a
ss... itlty Of threshing rigs, man
A. Oelng obliged to wait in lin
' "heat TO be threshed