Milford chronicle., 1927-08-26

A dispatch from Chicago states
that watermelons are coming on the
market at the rate of a carload
every minute and a half day and
night. The bureau of Agriculture
Economics added that shipments
had reached the highest point in the
season, and that car-lots could be
had there and at nearby cities at 80
to 40 cents per mellon wholesale.
It is also pointed out that prices are
liable to advance as the mid-season
is past. More than half the present
supply is coming from Georgia.
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The Del-Mar-Va Sweet potato was
thoroughly discussed from its bed
ding time ii it's consumption, at a
Conference of Farmers, Buyers and
Bankers of Delaware and the East
ern Shores of Maryland and Vir-
ginia and officials of the u S. De-
partment of Agriculture, and the
State Marketing Officials of Della
ware. Maryland and Virginia, held
at Pocomoke City, Maryland on
August 8.
More than fifty per cent of the
production of sweet potatoes in the
United States are grown on the De-
Mar-Va Peninsula.
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AS a result of organized efforts,
$500 families have been located in
the State of Oregon on unoccupied
farm lands. The new settlers have
brought about $12,OOO,000 of new
capital into the state and have prob
ably increased the annual buying
power of the farm population by
So, 100000; it is reported by the
Bureau of Reclamation Of the De-
partment of the Interior.
This work was carried out by the
land settlement departments of the
Portland and the Oregon States
Chamber of Commerce, and was
financed by the Statewide Oregon
Development Fund raiser especially
for this purpose. This indicates the
trend of population from the cities
to the country. While the total
number of new families is not
enormous, the total of such trans
fers for the United States might
show an increasing tendency of
city folks to move to the country.
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A recent report of the U. S.
Board of Indian Commissioners
states ahat the Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina are cultivating
patches or fields that slant at an
angle of so to 60 degrees, and ac-
complish much of their farming
with hoes or with small hillside
plOw. When these Indians were
first seen by white men they were
living in huts in the mountain val
leys, supplying their need by hunt
ing, fishing and by raising corn,
beans and other produce on small
patches. No Fords or radios are
reported.
Export of FOodstuff from the
United States in the last fiscal year
to One Hundred Dollars
over the previous year totaling
Eight Hundred Three Millions of
Dollars. Nearly half of this amount
was accounted for by grain and
grain products.
Vetch, winter legume, is a de-
sirable cover crop, well adapted to |
many sections of Maryland, and |
WIN planted in combination with |
some other winter growing plant |
such as rye or wheat, will provide |
good pasture in early spring or hay
If cut later in the season, says F.
W. Gutenberg, specialist in agron-
1my for the University of Mary
and Extension Service.
Five Hundred All boys and girls
who attended Club Week at the
of Maryland from August
to 9, listened to Walter Johnson,
IF the Washington American League
Team, tell some of his ex-
Deriences on the farm and on base
ball diamond. He emphasized the
of knowing how to work
ind Of keeping physically fit to
work. He particularly warned his
1oung hearers against the tempta-
ions open in "being a good fellow.