Smyrna times., 1928-07-18
HI HARVEST N Delaware 4. WARE
|%' ||F%IIFI SET BACK By RAINS
| ,,Dc AND CLOUDBURSTS
w rr'U WHEAT FIELDS HARD

THE WHEAT fihL'' ~
,o.o Part of the Crop as
", Ilt Cen Generally Speaking Crop
4 y Fl Heavy But Quality Good
= s,rest is now on and while
ba' .. aa.'' have cut, the copious
lna'i, .5orers Of the past week
bay srad ~ considerably from
n''iiSgr lIanv in this vicinity feel
9. IL suffered greatly and
'.'' .,ses u almost annihiliated
.osets y there we're, because OF
l..3g' u snd floods Of rain. The
vi ,o .tored his wheat has his
i. Nm bpt where wheat lies on low
\ n IL ii water, there will be 9
a = Il what extent this dam
In not be determined until
s.,t5er and the drying process
chance to render the wheat
.,lftion to thresh. Reports gen
!. ,5,rt wheat in Delaware, are
ID, ~ Weld is not 50 heavy,
n -.i.r L much better. Some
n rorDtv farmers who have
reDort 30 bushels to the acre.
,srv rains also did more Of less
H. 4 tomatoes, especially those
4 lsnd. But generally speaking
"A, md warm weather has help
.~,toes and there is every reason
Frp The crop will be a good one.
T.,tber and showers Of the last
a LII have caused corn to grow
If il stated that a stalk Of
4 FT grow an inch during a hot
Now Moving in Big Quantities
ments Of early apples have got
rir way BY the truck and car
While The crop will not BE-
heavy as in a normal year,
movers believe that the quality
trit will be better. The price
NJ been AZ encouraging as iast
AvpIes are bringing in the
fom 81 To Site a bushel
" Those, who 20 in for raising
extensively are again using eX-
4 Vi packers from South Caro-
These men because they move
State to State during the apple
starting in the middle of the
sh The south and moving north
from time to time are said to be
pack apples much more effici-
nd more quickly than the local
One cannery X putting TIP
fox use in the large restaur-
nd hotels during the winter
and some apple cause is also
Et up, but there il no general
d EARLY apples. Eighteen gov
n Inspectors are at work in
I tlzen towns in the apple sec-
Fell as State inspectors. The
landing law for apples which
1io effect year ago Is being
nATed, according to reports
a Y. 4. Derickson, director of
-sau Of Markets Of the State
d Agriculture.
asrs and CantalOupes Moving
-naeE started to market this
Ai the price is not at all sat
growers say. Buyers are
lf0n sixty to seventy-fve
hamper. Last year the price
A Sl.5O a hamper and then
llny-hve cents and even as
El cents. The cucumbers are
year and the yield is nominal.
I-4lolpe crop in Delaware is
w ana many Of the growers
Aag mat they will be able to
Z lalr profit on the fruit this
lne'e + a move by many look
alS shipment Of cantaloupes
~ carriers than has been the
Y % this time. A carrier
W Ten or fifteen cantaIoupes
b U quicker seller than those
'To dozen Or three dozen
seed Wheat for Smut
Y. ~ q the fact that the stink
N \, U O1nt" as it is often call
= ~. prevalent in the wheat crop
y, ,.,.' ~cuons Of the state, neces-
s.tes 's.S3 for the control of this
5ula II be considered by those
! 'ao \, are experiencing this
s.. 1 .is years crop, is the
y, -at a Is being sent out at this
+ Tae Ti1 by Kent County Agent
"llson who has been work
4, y = Wheat smut control bro
d, 'i,, ,9e past three years in CO.
81. ''9 2 Dr. J. F. Adams. Plant
= y Of the University of nj nj
lls..S u state Board Of AgricuI.
"a n,5a M" every possible effort
ut demo,a:ym. - means Of seed
Nblieitv = aIions and news
'nen : ! = cal the attention Of
IA, % the Importance d
ns4 'Jed se wheat to control
= ai, :. n,..i. q the growers are
na.,. practice p with the Re.