Milford chronicle., 1923-10-05
Live Budget of News Communicated
From the Historic Town of Lewes

MT. ana Mrs. William C., Payntel
and son Bayard, spent the weekend
with their son, NAPLES Paynter, in
Wilmington.
John r. Baylis, treasurer of the
Diamond State Fish Products Com
pany, met with a very painful acci-
dent last week when an automobile
llre exploded which he was initiating
1t exploded in his face and left one of
his eyes in a serious condition.
Mrs. Millie F. Carey, of Philadelphia,
formerly of this town, is spending a
few days with friends here.
James E. Magee who is employed at
the Lewes Fertilizer Company plant
here, was suddenly taken i'll with kid
ney collie last week. He was rushed to
the Beebe Hospital, here, where he is
slowly recovering.
The Whistle Bottling Company
which has been operating here for
several years and distributing their
product from the lower part of Sus-
sex county to the upper part of Kent
county, expect to move their plant
from here to Georgetown which will
be more central location, from a
distributing point of view Harry E.
Francis, of this town, is the manager
Of the plant here.
Work has begun on the large dwell
ling house of Captain Eugene C. KEEL
ly, of this town, on the lot next to the
new school building. Contractor Ralph
D. Poynter, of Rehoboth Beach, has
the contract. Several new buildings
are going up in town now, the great
est building boon that Lewes has seen
for many years. One new garage on
Lewes Beach has just been complet-
ed for William E. Walsh and another
large one on South street is now un-
der construction for Paul F. Carpen-
ter, the local Ford dealer.
Local fishermen are still making
large catches of fine crokers; the
largest that have been caught here
for years. Some of them weigh more
than a pound. One lone fisherman
caught over five hundred in "a few
hours with a net.
Farm Tour
The first farm tour ever held in
sussex county, was held here on last |
Thursday in this section, backed by {
he banks and business men Of Lewes, !
When seven selected farms were visit ]
ID and their methods studied. County /
agricultural Agent Malloy C. Vaughn, &
4 Sussex county, who lives near t
,oolspring, made all the arrange E
1ents. Among the speakers were: M. L
}. Pence, State Farm Agent; Dean C. t
!. McCue, of the University of Della a
ARE; c. I. Cohee and A. D. Allen v
ach, of the Interstate Milk Produc- o
rs Association, of Philadelphia. The il
urpose of the tour was the ascertain Il
lg of how to make more profit from il
lrm1ng. The tourists assembled on o.
thursday morning at the William H. "
irden farm, managed by Ernest e. fl
egee, near Five Points, and The fol- fl
wing farms were visited: n
10 A. M. Virden farm, where a dem b.
lstration of practical control of the p,
)ud worm" was shown, as well as
falfa seeded in wheat, and start pI
the dairy business with pure bred G.
olstein cattle. 1t also was explained cl
1w early potatoes can be produced m
a cash crop. 81
II A. M. Nassau Orchard Company, d
here the superintendent, Mr.. L. G. bC
napp, told about the management of
e orchard, which is a remunerative cl
and what he thought of 70
e prospects of the eastern part of El
Essex county as an apple region. 70
11:45 A. M. Edward T. Vaughan he
rn, where a study was made of the al
st type of poultry houses, feeding ST
d egg production; range required y
r birds and other practical points
poultry culture.
1890 P. M. Lunch was held at the
ange Hall, after which M. o. Pence
We a talk on a Summary of the
rm Survey of the Lewes Farms"
dresses were also made by c. A.
Cue, G. I. Cohee and A. D. Allen
III.
P. M. James W. Hopkins farm,
If Grange Hall, where the selec-
4 of seed corn was shown, varieties
nted and explanation of tillage. He
o told the tourists how he culti-
ed tomatoes so as to get twelve
S per acre and the methods used in
wing alfalfa and soy beans.
P. M. T. Cullen Donovan farm,
ere a demonstration was given on
practical points in selecting a
ry COW and what feeds to grow for
ry cattle.
P. M. Edward c. Phillip farm,
IRE alfalfa is successfully grown
large numbers Of hogs are pro-
ed for the markets and poultry is
nsively grown.
As P. M. William E. Thompson
4, where a good type of poultry
ses were seen. On this farm there
modern dairy barn with silo, and
ying will be the chief source of
me from this farm with the es-
shing of a cooling station at Mas