Milford chronicle., 1925-01-02

WHAT EVIDENCE CAN BE STRONGER thai
unusual prosperity prevails with farmers than
the fact that farmers and growers of corn in
lower Delaware are refusing to sell corn at any
market price quoted, to buyers locally or abroad
This fact was stated to the writer by a man who
has been advertising for corn to fill large com
mercial cribs for the month of December, with
out being able to purchase any corn on the cob
in quantity. The question was asked him, "Are
farmers and growers able to hold their crop in
their home cribs, without borrowing money!
The reply was prompt, that they certainly are
and are Independent generally all over Kent and
Sussex counties. This clearly shows that the
farmers of lower Delaware, as a Glass; have been
prosperous and have had larger cash returns
from the products of the farm than ever before.
This statement is corrOberated by totals of the
deposits as shown in the banking institutions of
Delaware the deposits are larger than ever
known in all the banks and the farmers accounts
form the great bulk of the deposits in most Sec
tOns. Yet there are farmers who have failed to
make a success after the crops were grown.
They lacked business ability to sell to advan-
tage Others had not the brains or energy to
think out new crops, substite crops, for those
that unfavorable season conditions destroyed.
The successful men and women went ahead,
tried new crops and found them more profitable
than the old routine of grain, tomatoes, potatoes
or others. The lazy men or women will tell you
that there is no profit in poultry, while their
next door neighbor is living far better than they
with only poultry to get any revenue from. In a
case near Georgetown, young man has turned
a farm of his ancestors, which gave them liv-
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that not only is successful, but is earning for
him and paying for large plant to carry on
poultry breeding and egg production, on large
scale. His plant is managed on business prin-
ciples and the little details necessary to make
success, are applied without hesitation His
plant at present represents an Investment ap-
oroximating forty thousand dolIars-and it is
paying a fair profit on the amount This is a
'lain Sussex county bred and raised man, who
las accomplished success without any especial
splay of effort and without capital to waste in
experiments He has printed and circulates
trough the mails each season a high grade of
Illustrated booklets telling of what he has for
he people to select from; but above all, he has
ever hesitated to apply all tests required for
ertifcation of his hocks, as to breeding, health
nd other qualifications. This is one of the i'm
ortant parts of successful management of any
usiness enterprise. Sell yourself to the public
'r reliability and the rest will follow. These
ases are only a small part of what can be cited
5 to the general prosperity in 1924 among the
sricultural parts of Delaware. Education,
'mmon business sense and the active incIina-
on are the requirements for success in our
ate, as it is in others. More work and less
umbling will help the farmer who in 1924 has
It had his share of success, to have the balance
the right side at the end of 1925.