Milford chronicle., 1927-09-09
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Beginning with this issue the
editor of this column will be pleas
ed to receive questions and re-
quests for information about agrl-
culture, marketing, and related
subjects as they touch the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula. The question will be
printed from week to week togeth-
er with the replies which will also
be forwarded direct to the person
making the inquiry. Such COM
munications should be addressed to
the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore AS
sociation, Salisbury, Maryland.
Farmers of the future will be
largely dependent upon science and
labors of research students, de-
clares DR.. Austin H. Clark, biolo-
gist of the Smithsonian Institute.
The agricultural war being waged
against the pest of the farms is a
war in which chemistry and science
are playing an important role. In
their present day knowledge of how
to meet and fight these foes, the
husbandmen of the world are three
hundred years behind the times,
and science has only just begun
the task of furnishing assistance to
which the farmers are entitled.
The largest eXportable surplus of
wheat since 1924 is expected in 1928,
if farmers carry out their intentions
to increase winter wheat acreage
1877 per cent, as indicated in the re-
ports of August 1, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Due to the
tendency to expand acreage in i'm
portant foreign producing countries
the u S. supply is expected to
meet a well supplied market, unless
yields fall below average.
Do we'll grown and graded can
taIoupes bring a larger net return
to farmers of the Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula is the subject of field inves-
legations and market studies now
being conducted by the Marketing
Bureau of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association under the super
vision of DR.. Franklin B. Bomberger
director of the Associations Market
ing activities.
Under the auspices of the Talbot
County Chamber of Commerce, the
Northern Nut Growers Association
will convene in Eastern, Maryland
on September 18th, for a two day
session. 1t is understood that the
visitors will inspect parts of the
Peninsula for the purpose of as
certaining the adaptability of Del
Mar-Va climate and soil to the
growing of nuts.
Seed Notification Service become
affective September first, as a part
of the program of the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics. This service
will aid further in protecting the
American farmer from the purchase
of seed not adapted to his use.
Seedsmen may issue vertificatiOn
certificates under authorization
given by the federal inspector if
they are able to confirm to the
standards of the Bureau. Buyers
of alfalfa, red clover, and other
seeds will be able to purchase seeds
bearing U. S. Certificates of
Origin.
During the session of 1925, 1928
loads nf cNunof T,nfofnnc
shipped from the Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula. This represents 81 per cent
of the total carlOt shipments of
sweet potatoes in the u. S. In the
same year no state in the union
shipped even One-half of this amount
with the exception of Virginia, and
in this case, the two Eastern Shore
counties alone shipped 4,468 car
loads. For the purpose of compari-
son, during one crop year, the PEN
insula planted 3.9per cent of the
total acrage of the country and
produced per cent of the crop,
shipping by car loads 48.3 per cent
of the U. S. movement by rail, in
1924.
Of interest to farmers should be
the facts brought out by the Forest
Service of the Department of Agri-
culture, in its recent report stating
that soils in forested areas will
absorb more water and will hold it
longer than the soils open and un-
protected by any kind of vegetat-
ion.
To guarantee price or prices
which will assure certain profit
for farm products, naturally would
have a tendency to stimulate the
production of food commodity, says
Mr.. S. d Sanders, President of the
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry Association. Applying this