Smyrna times., 1923-09-12
.TTl FARMING AND Better BETTER
| lIIIIIG III ON THE INCREASE
,rq,TION JUNIOR DAIRY
OHOa- Gibbs HAS IT'S EFFECT

.nN IA
o1TTIE eSTTIl CLUBS HAS IT'S EFFECT
, Fortified Seed Potatoes Shows
lSe OF o. t Advantage in Crops Being
Distinct 9Gis.iii.n.dLPoultry Poultry Industry Grows
SanDty Sal,'J Agent R. o. Bausman OF
u col5's Gs.tIe eSSo County and County S- Ag-
New D,,..alI Oas;l E, Wilson of Kent County
y p, '95 t5sir splendid cooperative or.
ila lions. '.i,l, the Farm Bureaus OF
I. .onnties, are doing effective
v . iu'brir IL bringing farming and dairy
u ~ - q bigh standard in Delaware
y !. y .asnts = are both forward looking
lS', .ro ~' ever ready to try anything
y Y. vii will belp better the working con-
..i,r. \. Of farmers and aid them in
..Sneing j better crops and better cat
1. The result is better farming and
Y 40, dairying are on the increase IN
n '.,' Kent and New Castle Counties.
D'-Dc ~ August, County Agent Baus-
..n took a keen interest in the Jun
I. nsirv Cattle Club. Pure bred
g.l,tein cattle are being introduced
/, m parts of the county and more
/. taking a more encouraging inter-
n than the boys on the farm, the
b,vs who, sOmeday, will be the lead
mo farmers of the county. John
nsvett. COOchs; John Knots, Town
rpnd. Robert R. Connell, Newark;
Herman Conner, Jr., and John Kirk,
Newark, all won prizes at the Farm
,s Day meeting at College Farm,
University Of Delaware. The Junior
Dairy Cattle judging team that will
represent Delaware at the National
Dairy Exposition at Syracuse Octo-
bu 5 to 13, will be composed OF
lawrence Wiley, Greenwood; Craw-
ford Sheldon, Glasgow, and Herman
Conner, Jr., Newark. The team j:
being coached by Prof. T. A. Baker
and the County Agent. The County
Agent will chaperon the team at tn,
Exposition. 1t is appreciated tha
The competition at the Exposition will
be very keen teams probably from Il
70 20 states will be in the contest. /
IS further appreciated that they will b
somewhat handicapped in training tn
Delaware team due to the lack o
funds. It is the intention to max
The best showing for the State pos
able at the Exposition, however, re
gardess Of the ranking of the tear
d the contest it is certain that tn
event will be Of real educational valu
8 this is the fundamental purpos
u sending the team to the Exposi
Ion. Robert COnnel of Newark, an
soOert Jaquette of Newark, compos
y Delaware Junior Dairy Team tina
'a' awarded the trip to the Easter
Sa'es Exposition at Springfield,
Nas
more Milk Production From Cows
an eight hour day may never /
possible for many dairy farmers, bl
onclals preparing exhibits for II
Aaaonal Dairy Show, which will I
asa On the State Fair Grounds
syracuse, N. Y, October 5-13, declat
great deal Of time and expense ca
Y saved by use of new and prov,
ls'hods which will be shown at Il
p0stlOn. Double the product,
V your cows" says w. E. Skinne
sa-ISl manager, "and you can C
y ,o- nefd down, for instance, fro
! % IL cows. Think of the savil
!. money, time and trouble, vet I
rl'1n' ry Of milk produced is the san
! SIu, y, practical, inexpensive metho
oalldlng up larger milk produ
~ ~ d are beng prepared in exhibit f
y. \. exposition. 1t will more tn
F'' every dairy farmer to see then
Boost to Certified Seed POtatoe
Istng demonstrations on fal
,5..' oVln f. Brackin, Marshallt,
oI.... o.ow The advantage to be attained
T,a. @ certified seed potatoes. T
Dloss 's d some varieties on two of I
H.. " were green when dug. The I
v. ~ u these varieties will doubtl,
ts,,,l make some growth. A later
TitI TitIia'lOn Of the yield will be ma
sbon.G avn Gne exception the certified :,
ovs, - ~, ! material increase in vi
q " Il. seed grown from certified :,
on M n. local G seed. The demonstrat It
lIs,,s.Ilaafm ~ lafm Of John F. Braclxin
Yields ,s % 1ile exception.
irs~ o' . ol certified and Seed oro
IL III" ,.. certified seed were practics so
q n zane Se. This might be expiai, T i,r,
q ,II sT pas, Oasis that there are excent;, p,,til
Russst 'oles' oa Last year the Ru
Green Np compared favorably with
Of the 'iPsuntain. Pglj This year the vi
p ts 70 hural Russet has not co y
yearS y ,,e expectations. From 80
dawn 'ssa work the conclusions ms misbt
stand sp m mat the Rural Russet '1lsn' 5asa
HoTsvaaIp y under adverse coUJiti, uJis
icisDyt' iy'er, J. two years work IS sOnoiu' nnt !
5snos,to..d1r S 70 draw final concIusians IS mot
Chester ,'ia'lOns ,ns in the region '1' '''oi of
nevsS, sl 10 loan, the soil SrOn tyOa CI u,
sn s.,, NJ nom Newark thru nh tSo WI. wi
ests5 s.Is ts.t Of New Castle &c Con1s,, s@s no
vsrs,, ~ mat the Green MoDUtniy Otnly' J