Milford chronicle., 1931-08-07
GLENDALE
Crops In General

The wheat crop which has beer
abundant has been threshed and is
now safe within the bins. The price
is so low that the farmer will lose
money on every bushel grown. Fifty
cents per bushel is about the best
offered for this crop, and some buy
ers are Offering less than the above
price.
The farmers can in a measure
remedy the existing circumstances
by feeding the wheat to stock and
poultry and in this way make their
loss less burdensome.
The fields of corn in some sections
are looking fine; while in other sec
tions the early corn is badly in need
of rain and unless it comes soon the
damage will be heavy, and the crop
short. The farmers can not afford to
| lose this crop. Corn is a staple ar
ticle and generally finds a ready
sale and brings to the farmer some
cash when most needed.
String beans grown for the can
neries have proved a good crop TO
grow. While the beetles have made
some inroads in the crop, yet by
spraying the growers have been
able to make the damage light, and
the farmers have been able to lay
aside a little cash received from
this crop.
Lima beans also grown by the
farmers for the canneries are now
on. With sufficient rain to make
them mature at the proper time,
they will produce abundantly, bring
to the pockets of the growers, cash,
and will go a ong way in helping the
farmer to pay his bills.
Soy beans are needing rain, but
with the advent of cOpious showers
should produce satisfactory crops.
The soy bean crop has in the past
been a money making crop, but Of
late has not been so profitable, and
the amount planted this year was
much less than in former seasons.
The fields planted in tomatoes are
looking fine. The demand is not so
great as formerly and in conse-
quence less acreage was planted this
year. The packers find that they
cannot pay the farmers living
price for their goods, owing to the
home markets being filled with for
eign goods-packed by cheap labor.
Many of our farmers have made
good money in growing sweet pota-
toes and some have grown quite
wealthy in growing this crop alone
but it takes a soil particularly
adapted to raise this crop success !
fully. While around Glendale some
soil suits splendidly to grow this
crop, but the land around Laurel
and Seaford, being of a sandy ma
ture, makes growing of sweet pota-
toes a success.
Some farmers have for few years |
been growing cucumbers, and in the
past have made some money. More |
of the farmers have in the past year
turned their attention to the culti- |
Vation of this fruit. The prices have
been low this season, and we doubt
very much if the growers have any
money left after paying the eXpen-
.ses of growing this crop.
Peppers, this is a new industry /
and many of our farmers are engag-
ed in growing this plant, both for
seed and picking. The crop seems
promising and with sufficient rain |
should produce an abundant crop,
which should make some money for
the growers.
WatermelOns and cantaloupes will
soon be in the market. Our farmers
are not deeply interested in growing
these melons-it seems that they
cannot compete successfully with
other sections where the soil seems
so well suited in maturing these
melons The South seems to produce
them in abundance, and by the time
our melons are ready for market,
the price has become so low, it does
not pay to ship.
Sugar corn is here and mixed with
lima beans makes a very tOothsome
dish. A dish which is liked by most
people.
While the farmer has hard time
to get along; yet in some ways he
is to be enVied. In these times of
depression, when so many people
are seeking employment and some
walking the streets asking for bread
the farmer should raise all he needs
for himself and family and be able
to sell enough to provide sufficient
groceries which his family must
have.
There are plenty of vacant farms
in Delaware which could be Occu-
pied by some of the unemployed,
which could be made to produce a
living for many. {
1t takes work and push to make
hings go. Those who have the nee
sssary requirements are assured of
/ living. No doubt if times get worse
many who left the farm years ago
md sought the higher wages which
lave been paid by the manufactur-
srs of the country, will be glad to l
get back to the farm. {
We can point with pride at some {
If our farmers who have been able
o lay aside dollar for rainy day i
md the depression now existing. 1t t
axes push and unceasing labor to i
accomplish this.
Big Thursday, Slaughter Beach
The largest gathering of people at \
Slaughter Beach occurs on Big v
or the third Thursday i'll
august This year it will be August 2
0 t
Fo, TIE past seventy-fva years at
east people from all sections of the 9
Ountry make their annual pilgrim c
ge to the old bay side resort. a
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