Milford chronicle., 1924-02-08
ANNUAL MEETING OF SUSSEX
COUNTY FARM BUREAU AT
GEORGETOWN, JANUARY 30
J. d. THOMPSON AGAIN
TO PILOT ORGANI.
ZATION

+ Mr.. Joseph d. Thompson of Lewe
n who led the Sussex County Fari
t Bureau throughout the year of 1872
:. was unanimously elected at the an
? nual meeting in Georgetown, Januar
= 29th. ''-- '''-
= Mr.. I. S. Smott of Seaford succeed
Mr. Geo. Hill as Vice President an,
Mr. Bryon Pepper of Georgetown wal
elected Secretary and Treasurer.
Excellent Reports BY Club Girls
Under the supervision of Miss Anna
b. Moore, County Club Leader, the
club work of. this county has made ex.
cellent progress, especially the girls
clothing clubs.
Two of the second year club girls
spoke at the meeting telling of tbe
work and showing some of their work.
marguerite Wilson displayed a num-
per OF the articles that had been made
In the club work and stated that the
club girls do all of their mending dur
ing the hour of the meeting of the
club which meets on Saturday after
noon.
Miss Mary Jones reported the trip
OF the Sussex County Club Girls to the
Springfield Exposition. This trim serv-
ed as training school as she met
with many girls and boys from other
states and exchanged ideas. Miss
Jones said that this trip was made
possible by Mr.. Moses of the Strath-
more Paper Company. After the dis
cIssion the boys and girls were taken
to visit the most modern farms in that
vicinity On this trip Miss Jones said
that she visited the offices of the Eas-
tern States Farmers Exchange and
the Federal Farm Loan Bank.
Dean c. A. McCue gave an interest
ing talk on Cooperative Commodity
Marketing, stating that there are sew
eral different methods of organization !
other than the one advocated by Mr.. |
Sapiro who emphasized the necessity |
Of strong contract. Dean McCue said |
that the sweet potatoes seemed to lend |
themselves to cooperative marketing
more readily than any other product
N this State.
MI. Remsburg who addressed the
Meeting, said that Maryland had three
projects for the year namely: Coon
9ratlVe Marketing of eggs, co-opera-
i've canneries for tomatoes and sweet
'orn and marketing of live stock. In
out the plan for tomatoes and
Weet corn, Maryland hoped to work
With Delaware in order that both
tates might be benefited Delaware
las done more along this line than
laryland and their plan might be ac-
epted as the best one at this time.
In adopting their resolutions the
arm Bureau went on record as fav-
ring the establishment of a counter
quarantine for the Japanese Beetle.
assage of Purnell Bill, and the build
lg Of road of shell or Stag after the
resent program Of the State High
ay is finished.
Mr.. ThOs. N. Rawlins, chairman of
'ogram of work committee, announc-
the following program: Continued
'owth of soy beans of black Wilson
lriety and cooperative marketing of
me; careful study of varieties of
Veet potatoes for Sussex County in
der that crop may be standardized,
AIDED and marketed to better advan-
ge; encouragement of cooperative
close cooperation between
lrm Bureau, Grange and other far
ers organizations, encouragement of
oduction Of high grade milk, en-
of careful attention of
provement of soils by use of le-
mes and other cover crops; and CO.
erative marketing of our crop of
tits and vegetables wherever posi-
;. The above program was unani-
'usly received by all present.