Milford chronicle., 1926-01-22
FARMERS SHORT COURSE
WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK
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will also have many good and prac-
tical suggestions to offer that may
be applied to our Delaware poultry
farms in our efforts to make them
more profitable.
Mr.. William Johnstone, owner and
operator of the Indian Head Poultry
Farm at Toms River, New Jersey,
is also scheduled to deliver his IA
nous lecture on the subject of feed
ing for high egg production. Those
poultrymen who attended the poul-
try convention at Atlantic City last
October we'll remember Mr.. john
stones paper which aroused consid-
cradle discussion among those pre-
sent at that meeting. On this farm
$50 acres are devoted exclusively to
the breeding and rearing of high
producing strains of white leghorn
chickens, so Mr.. tombstone comes to
Delaware with large supply of in
breeding which should demand the
interest of every poultry raiser who
formation on poultry feeding and
is in the business for profits.
Mr.. Elmer H. Wene, whom many
of our Delaware pOultrymen have
heard at other short course meet
ings in this state, will discuss the
points to consider in culling the
flock and in Matching and rearing
baby chicks. Mr.. Wene is both own
er and operator of the Wene Farmss
near Vineland, New Jersey, where
1000 white leghorns are bred for
high egg production, and was for
merly connected with the Vineland
Egg Laying Contest where he be-
came to be recognized as an author
ity on judging hens for egg produc-
ton.
Other speakers on the program
next week will be Mr.. H. S. Pal
mer, Extension Poultrymen of the
University of Delaware, who has
been working with the pOultrymen
winter months in the conducting of
culling and breeder selection dem
Onstrations and in the organization
of the statewide farm egg laying
contest in which over two hundred
poultry raisers have entered to keep
records of their daily egg production
of their respective focks, and DR..
G. G. Palmer of the Department of
Animal Husbandry of the Univer-
sity of Delaware who will discuss
the problems Of disease control
among chickens.
The program for Thursday after
noon will be devoted largely to hos
ticultural subjects which will appeal
to the fruit growers. Dean c. A.
McCue will discuss the question of
peach growing in Delaware, and DR..
J. F. Adams of the University of
Delaware will give a lecture on the
problems of disease control for our
principal orchard fruits. Orchard
fertilization will be the topic dis
cussed by Mr.. F. S. Lagassee who
is making some studies of this ma
ture in one of the large CONNER
cial apple orchards in Kent county
this year.
Friday and Saturday will be Civ
en- over to lectures on soil and pas4
ture improvement, and the feeding
and care Of dairy cattle and brood
sows. These subjects will be dis
cussed by Prof. George L. Schuster,
Prof. A. E. Tomhave and DR.. c. c.
Palmer of the University Of Della
ware, and Prof. ]. E. Metzgar of the
University of Maryland.
All sessions of this short course
will be held in the Court House at
Georgetown, with the exception of
the program on Friday, January 20,
which will be given in Ryon's The
ater. Lunch each day will be ser
we'd by the ladies of the Georgetown
Grange in their Grange Hall at a
nominal cost of fifty cents per plate.
This short course promises to be
very interesting and profitable
throughout the entire week, and all
farmers and their families that can
possibly arrange to attend should
plan to be present at as many of
these sessions as possible.