Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24

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Farmers Busy
Farmers are not only busy in get
ting ready to harvest wheat and
cultiVating corn but they are very
busy setting tomato plants and
sweet potato sprouts. We under
/ stand that the growers will this
year depend on the open market.
The outlook is not very promising
but the farmers have to try to grow
some crops and take a chance in
making some money. The sweet po-
tato crop up to last year has always
been a money making crop. What it
will be this year remains to be seen.
The hard times seem to affect every
thing, and the farmers find that
grow what crops they may, they
Will not make any money as the
people at large have no money to
buy, be the price ever so low.
1t will be a happy time in this
country of ours, if the time ever
comes, when all men or women can
obtain employment and the business
of the country at large will show an
upward tendency and the depression
now existing will be ended.
Warming to Parents
The public schools have closed for
the season, and the smaller boys if
not checked will roam at will and
perhaps be engaged in doing things
which they should not be permitted
to do. Boys of tender years have
been caught with matches in their
possession and some have started
fires around homes which is a dam
gerous practice. Let parents watch
their boys and examine their pock-
cts when they are asleep to see if
they have any matches in their pos
session, and by all means keep the
matches safe and secure. This warn
ing if adhered to will save some
parents from serious trouble. There |
is nothing more disgusting to see
than the smaller boys smoking ciga-
rettes and some with their parents |
approval. Many fires have occurred /
in the past by boys dropping mat
ches when lighting cigarettes. Bet
ter look after your boys and see that
they are in their homes at an early
hour on each night.
Real Estate and Personal
Property Sold Low
The sale of real estate and per-
sonal property of Samuel Warren
the past week brought very low
prices. Much of the personal prop
erty which was good sold for al
most a song-peOple didn't seem to
have any money and could not buy.
The real estate was composed of
two lots, a comfortable home, in
fair condition, outbuilding, and sold
to the highest bidder for five hun
dred dOllars-such a home and out
could not be built today
for less than fifteen hundred TO two
thousand dollars. This shows the
of the country today. Peo-
pie are loaded with real estate,
which will not bring today, half
value. Farm lands are drug ON the
market.
Low Price for Chickens and Eggs
The farmers are now receiving
about the lowest price for chickens
and eggs since before the World
War. The price of fowls are about
fifteen cents per pound and broilers
if large enough will bring eighteen
cents; smaller sizes at less prices.
LeghOrn broilers are selling as low
as twelve to fourteen cents. The
lower grades of chicken there seems
10 be no sale at any reasonable
price. Eggs are selling at eleven
cents per dozen. The farmers and
poultry raisers say there is moth
ing in it for them at these prices.
Yet we think more people are en-
gagged in the poultry business today
han was ever known.
The trucks of N. E. Prettyman
and Harold Beebe are kept busy
)uying the poultry and carrying it
% New York and Philadelphia mar
Iets.
Some Things You Should
Know and Do
The huckleberry crop this year
will be large.
'ecent rains, will be larger than
Usual.
The cherry trees are loaded with
ruit.
Strawberries will soon be gone.
Wheat harvest is near at hand.
The yield of peaches will be
greater this season and no doubt
ike other fruit will be lower in
rice.
Have you seen the rambler rose
'ushes blooming along the highway.
t is magnificent sight.
Raspberries are coming into mar
let. Next week they will be more
lentiful and cheaper.
'erSOnal
Mrs. Alva Wells accompanied by
riends spent several days in New
'ork the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Short and
hild of Philadelphia have moved
ere and are occupying the Whitney
roperty owned by H. w. Jester on
Vest Main street.
Mrs. Lawrence Warren, accom-
anied by her sister, Miss Myrtle
effersOn of Georgetown, spent last
lednesday in Wilmington on a
hopping tour.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Smith accom-
anied by friends spent one day last
eek in Wilmington.
Mrs. Robert A. Wood and Mrs.
Iva Wells spent Wednesday in
'yoming visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ril-
Y Brown.
Mrs. c. A. Timmons and son AL
IN spent several days last week in
isiting relatives and friends of
laVmOnt and Phi1ada1nhia