Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
issue AGRICULTURAL
OUTLOOK REPORT FOR
DELAWARE FOR 1929
ICeHfinmed from frst paael

LCoHfrHsed from fTst pageJ
supply of good corn on Delaware
farms is below normal due to the
unfavorable season of 1928 and this
will tend to help support the price
until the 1929 crop is on the market.
Corn acreage should be planned to
support local needs for feeding pur-
poses. Under local farm labor con-
( ditions the growing of corn for a
cash grain crop will not prove gen.
orally profitable in view of pos
sible lower price for the 1929 crop
due to national and worldwide con-
ditions. Competition from other
growing centers, and the possibility
of Mexican Beetle invasion should
influence Sussex county soy bean
growers to avoid any increased ac-
reage if satisfactory return is to
be expected.
The fluid milk industry continues
profitable for sections already en-
gagged in dairy production. No in
crease in feed prices is anticipated
and our milk market is well stabil-
lied. Present high prices for dairy
GUNS III COAlAlluC III al ACoob IhO
years, after which a period of de-
Ginning prices may be expected.
The number of horses and mules
on Delaware farms has decreased
81. per cent since 1919, and the de-
cline is likely to continue due to
increased use of modern farm ma
chinery. Farmers who are in po-
sition to raise colts when prices
justify may we'll consider the ad-
visibility of replacing older work
stock with young mares.
The poultry business, after a per-
led of rapid expansion in the state,
is apparently now at the cross
roads. Quality eggs properly iden-
titled will continue to be of increas-
ing Importance to Delaware egg
producers if they expect to continue
to realize on their favorable loca-
ton in relation to important mar
kets. The possibility of the further
expansion of the comparatively new !
business of broiler production de- |
ponds large on the building up of a |
popular demand for poultry meat. |
A movement to increase the con-
of poultry meats by means
of advertising and publicity has
been started. Poultry prices are eX-
pected to be somewhat higher than
in 1928, while egg prices this spring
will be lower, with fall egg prices
a more favorable ratio to
spring prices than in 1928.
If potato growers will live up to
their present determination to re-
1uce acreage, indications point to
better prices for the 1929 crop. A
slight increase in sweet potato ac-
reage is anticipated throughout the
sweet potato growing territory of
he south. Delaware growers will
not be justified in any increase of
acreage.
The acreage of crops produced for
or other manufacture is
expected to be larger than last year.
Farmers who maintain fairly uni
orm acreage of these specialized
,rops over a period of years will be
n a position to receive a fair re-
urn. Marginal growers who only
liant these crops when they guess"
he price will be good, only tend to
freak the market to the ultimate
of themselves and other
,rowers. Farmers planning to :
row these crops should strive for
higher yields per acre on fewer
.cres, and should only market pro- !
luce of the best quality in varieties
'est suited to the demands of the
rade. !,
Future paintings of apple and :
each trees should be restricted to d,
eplacement paintings. Only varie- !,
les suited to the growing conditions ;
+ the locality and the demands of I
markets should be includ-
d in new paintings. :
Strawberry acreage must be re- :
uced if prices are to be restored r
} the favorable prices of several =
ears ago. Further paintings of a
rapes in Delaware should be re- \
tricted until the present over-prO- :,
uction in competing states is re- Z
uced. n