Milford chronicle., 1927-06-17
WEEKLY FARM NEWS

] cannot, De pIOSpSiOuo uAASSS No-~
culture is also prosperous is contra
dicted by agricultural figures com
1piled by the Department of Agrlcul-
Iture on the basis of an investigation
Iimade into the relationship that has
II lIexisted in the past between urban
\ and agricultural conditions. L. IL.
\ Bean, the reporter, stated that low
agricultural prices in the past have
accompanied industrial expansion
\ and that high agricultural prices
stand in the way of industrial pro-
gress. The last five or six years are
| the most outstanding example of a
period in which industrial prosper
ity has not been accompanied by ag-
ricultural prosperity. 1888, 1875,
1867, 1914-15, and 1922 show the
similar condition to have existed.
These periods of relatively low crops
were followed by industrial recoV-
cry. The only apparent exceptions
to the rule occurred in 19O4-5 and
190S-9.
According to the latest crop re-
ports the strawberry crop for the
second early states has been reduced
about thirty-four million quarts as a
result of low temperatures, heavy
rains and floods in some places and
dry weather in other sections. In
the face of this report for the coun-
try at large, John S. Dennee, Agri-
cultural Statistician for Maryland
reports that strawberries will be
late, some blossoms having been
killed by frost. "The prospects for
strawberries are still regarded as
good to very good" Strawberries be-
gan moving from Northampton
County on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
on May 9 and brought $3.50 per 81
quart crate at the block.
First shipments of early peaches
from Georgia were expected to have
been made last week but no move
ment of material volume will occur
until later in the month. Only 43eper
cent of a full crop was estimated On
May l, compared with 81 per cent
of a. year ago and SO per cent in
1925
| According to the report of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
| the amount of milk and cream con-
sumed per person last year was 55.S
gallons, showing a marked increase
! in the consumption of milk and
cream from 1920 when 4S gallons
was the average. The figures are
based upon a survey of 373 cities
having a total population of about
thirty-nine million people supple
mented by reports from many of the
| large milk contributors and from
cooperative milk producers associa-
! tions. Only a few farms reported a
decrease in consumption.
The report shows further that the
daily per capita consumption OF milk
and cream on farms was LAT pints
last year and in cities the consump-
ton was .967 pints per capita.
In many farming sections the far
mers do not see fit to have family
COW but depend upon canned cream
and canned milk.
The County Agent can quickly
show the farmer methods by which
he can have fresh milk for his fam
lily and make a profit on the balance
produced.
i The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula is fast
becoming the poultry center OF the
East. Its hatcheries are producing
more than a million and half day
old chicks every three weeks in sea-
son, in 1919 producing nearly nine
million dozens of eggs and in 1924
nearly fourteen millions, an increase
of nearly million eggs a year for
the last five years. Chickens raised
in 1919 amounted to over 100000
while in 1924 the figure amounts to
over 4,500,000.
According to the latest estimate
the total flooded area along the Mis-
sissippi River will run around ten
million square miles. Seed and feed
requirements for probably one mil
lion acres in the area exclusive of
Louisiana will have to be financed
by the Red Cross or other RELIEF
agencies. 1t has been suggested to
the Red Cross that $250,000 be set
aside at once for the purpose of fl
nancing seed and feed.
The following announcement has
been made by Acting First Assistant
Postmaster General, Charles f. Trot-
ter: Referring to notice appearing
in bulletin of April %, 1927, direct
ing postmasters not to accept baby
chick shipments addressed to points
on either side of the Mississippi
River south of Cape Girardeau, Mis-
souri,, the Department is in receipt
of advice that shipments of baby
chicks may be resumed to points in
certain counties of Mississippi and
Arkansas.
Weather conditions during the
week ending May were favorable
in most of the central and southern
Great Plains except in the Mississ-
ippi Valley and parts of the north
western Cotton Belt, according to
the weekly crop bulletin of the Wea-
ther Bureau. Rain is reported as ur-
gently needed in the Southeast and
in southern and western Texas,
southwestern Oklahoma and sections
to the westward.
The keeping of flock of poultry
by the home gardener is usually ad-
visible, according to the United