Milford chronicle., 1927-10-28
POULTRYMEN WERE
SURPRISED AT EXTENT
OF SUSSEX INDUSTRY
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feet.
2. Along Social Lines. (a) By
means of the tours and conventions
the poultrymen are better acquaint-
ed, more open-minded and public
spirited than any other group of
| farmers in the state. 1t is these So
cial contracts that make life really
worth while.
3. Along Legislative Lines. (a) The
association members did not become
fully awake in time to get their
just dues from the last Legislature.
A request of Dean McCue for an
additional 100000 per year was not
granted. AS a result the Dean will
not have money to trap birds for
use in the Poultry Judging Schools
next summer.
The request of the State Board of
Agriculture for 100000 with which
to continue the International Egg
Laying Competition at Milford was
denied. This is certainly a back
ward step to the poultry breeders of
Delaware.
Scanty funds were appropriated
for conducting the valuable work of
Disease Control, and Flock Stand
ardization that is being carried on
by the State Board of Agriculture.
The Legislative committee of the
Delaware State Poultry Association
did all it could to get these appro-
priations. A few legislators also did
their best. Most of the failure to
get results can be laid at the doors
of the poultrymen of the state who
evidently believe in letting George
Do It." While we now condemn the
legislature for not acting on our re-
quests, the fact remains that we did
nothing as individuals to help our
cause.
4. Along Business Lines. (a) Sue
ceded in it's effort to get the Daily
New York quotations on poultry and
eggs published in all the Philadel-
phia and Wilmington daily news
papers. (b) Cooperated with the Ma
tional Poultry Council by purchas-
ing and distributing 500 national
egg-week posters to boost the con-
sumption of eggs in the United
States. (c) Attracted many visitors
from outside the state which result
ed in the sale of many thousand
baby chicks by the hatchermen of
Delaware. (d) Is gradually putting
Delaware on the map as state
where high grade, market eggs, baby
chicks and breeding stock can be
purchased.
New officers for the association
were elected as follows: President,
w. C. Mathews, Hockessin; Vice
President, w. C. Newton, Bridge
vile; Secretary, H. S. Palmer. New
ark; Treasurer, H. r. LemeX, Mil
ford. Committeeman at large: w.
V. Steen, Dagsboro; Gus Swanson,
Milford; and Byron Pepper, George
town.
The chief speaker for the evening
was DR.. Jamees E. Ackert, Parasit-
ologist at the Kansas Agricultural
College, who gave an illustrated
lecture on the Control of Internal
Parasites" DR.. Ackert showed how
difficult it is to rid birds of these
parasites once they are infested. He
advised the use of double yards to
control round and the elimination of
flies on the poultry plant to control
tape worms. About 300 pOultrymen
heard DR.. Ackert's address. The
discussion that followed the lecture
proved very instructive and continu-
ed until almost midnight.
Delaware was hOnored by having
on the tour and at the meeting, DR..
M. A. JUL, Senior Poultryman, and
Mr.. H. L. Shrader, Poultry Special
list, both of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. DR.. JUL gave talk in
which he showed that Delaware has
marketing advantages over the mid
west and far west which it is not
fully using, because of lack of uni
form grading.
Dean o. A. McCue of the Univer- !
sity of Delaware made few re-
marks in which he expressed much
interest in the future growth of the
Delaware State Poultry Association. |
He sees much important work ahead |
of the association and predicts that
it will grow steadily in size and i'm
portance.