Milford chronicle., 1931-09-11
GLENDALE
CrOns In General

The wheat crop which has been
harvested is a sore disappointment
TO the farmers who expended SO
much for fertilizers and then to only
be offered scarcely fifty cents a bush
Ell; is enough to discourage the far
mers from growing any more, which
if they do and the price does not ad-
vance they will suffer greater
loss than they have this season
when the price is much lower than
the cost to grow it.
Corn, generally, a most staple ar
ticle, has for some reason been go
ing down in price. Corn which SOLD
in September of last year at one dol
lar ten cents per bushel, is at the
present time hardly worth seventy
cents per bushel; so the poor 1ar-
mer gets hit from all sides.
Those farmers who grew toma-
toes this year are certainly losing
money when tomatoes are selling as
low as ten cents per five-eighths
basket-there can be only one out
come from such sales and the loss
of money will fall as it generally
does on the farmer.
Bush or small beans for factory
uses. The early crop has not been
prolific; the drought effected them
severely and caused them to wilt
and not fill-the outcome is scarce
ly a half crop. The later crop OF
beans owing to the recent rains bids
fair to yield an enormous crop
which will in a measure help TO
make up the loss to the growers,
which they suffered on the early
beans.
Peppers heretofore have been
money making crop, but the drought
affected them badly, causing them
to rot and those who grew them for
the open market, seem to have all
lost money.
The early potato crop was hne,
but the market is overstocked ana
the price is simply prohibitive, so
that the growers cannot ship with
out loss. The late potato crop prom
ises to be large but what dispOsi-
tion the grower will make of them
after the yare matured is more than
can now be seen.
Sweet potatoes have generally
been to the successful grower
paying crop. But the market seems
to be going to that point, they will
scarcely pay. This is year where
the farmers may be able to live; but
he will scarcely be able to save any
money.
Peaches, while an abundant crop,
there ic virtually no sale for them.
The markets are Overstocked to
that extent it does not pay the grow
er to either pick or ship them. Some
of the farmers with large orchards
are Offering to give away to any
who will take them, one of the fin
est crops of Elberta peaches that
some parts of Sussex have ever
grown.
Apples grown this year are
failure. The early crop while fine,
could find no sale, only at loss.
One gentleman who owns one of the
best apple farms in Sussex county,
said that he shipped two carloads OF
fine Transparent apples to a nearby
market which the commission men
COulu HOI SELL anu III NOAAoSAUOASN
they were forced to unload and
dump overheard In this case the
owner had the freight to pay and
lose the apples as well. The later
crop which will soon be ready to
harvest, doesn't seem to give the
grower any hopes for better prices
in the future.
Soy beans are looking good as the
crop will be less than in former
years, the farmers will have to
make his surplus cash on other
crops if he can.
The watermelon and cantaloupe
did not make any money this year
for the large growers. Those who
had small patches could by ped
ding them out themselves, could in
that way make a little money.
There are other crops which the
farmer grows, but not one of them
has yielded him any money this
year or has enabled him to pass one
dollar to help swell his bank ac-
count.
But as we have said the farmer
lives, while hard luck often comes
his way. He has the advantage over
those who live in the cities for he
raises wheat, corn and vegetables
which goes a long way in giving him
a comfortable living.
He raises hogs and the chickens |
on the farm generally lays sufficient
eggs to pay for the food he has to
buy for them, and also provides |
groceries for the family needs and
a dress or suit of clothes for the
different ones who reside at the old
homestead.
We must say, taking all things in
consideration, that the farmer is the
most Independent of any class of
people we have today. He generally
owns his automobile and goes and !
comes at will. How much better off 1,
is he with his comfortable living to |
the millions of the unemployed peo-
pie in the world today; thousands !
of which are walking the streets of
the different cities begging for
bread.
Giving Away Peaches
When Layton & Owens, fruit J,
brokers, ex-senator Newton, farm
er, and Harry L. Cannon, Gamer,
and other growers of peaces, gave
notice through the daily newspa-
pers of Wilmington that they were
prepared to give away to all comers
one hundred thousand baskets of AL
bertas peaches. That this notice