Milford chronicle., 1934-09-14
FARMERS DAY
HELD AT NEWARK
Francis A. Flood, DIR. p. V. Kepner
OF Federal AAA Explains Relief

Baker. 1t was explained that pc,
tin has many uses both the hon
and the commercial world; in tn
home it is used in the making {
jellies, jams, cheese, candy and in
Vulnerable other ways; in the CON
'mercial field its uses are man!
The manufacturing of rubber prod
ucts, tree sprays and disinfectant
are few of the uses of pectin.
The soy bean exhibit was also tn
center of interest nearly all day
1t included samples of soya flou
and products made with it such a
cookies. rolls. bread and cake. whicl
were declared delicious by all wh'
tasted them. These products wer'
made under the supervision of Misi
Mcdonald. nutrition expert, of the
university.
A. f. Tomhave had a large fol.
lowing when he conducted a tOul
of the poultry plant. explaining the
experiment that is being carried on
showing the effects of different
protein levels OF ratiOns in feeding
of growing chicks.
The chickens which were display
ed were 90 weeks old so that visi-
tors were able to see the results cf
the experiment so far. II was ex-
planned that the chickens that were
fed IS per cent protein for all the
20 weeks give the best results as to
growth.
There were also tours of the dairy
plant. conducted by T. A Baker; of
the orchards. conducted by DR.. T.
F.. Manns;; the plots of ground
where experiments with fertilizers
are carried ON, explained by Mr.
Shuster.
All during the day there was a
of horse shoe pitching.
For making the best scores W. l..
Mowlds, State Supervisor of Aeri-
culture at Dover and n. w. Taylor,
a farmer, living near Dover. each
was presented with a HOlstein bull
calf.
After the box lunches brought by
the visitors and the coffee and milk
furnished by the committee had
been consumed, everyone gathered
under the shade trees at the home
of Dean McCue to listen To the
speakers, who were: Francis Flood,
of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
in Washington: DR.. +.
V. Kepner. Extension Economist OF
the Extension Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, and A.
ID. Cobb, Rural Rehabilitation Ad-
visor for the Eastern States under
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministratiOn.
Dean McCue opened the meeting
by presenting DR.. Walter Hullihen,
president of the University. who
made the address of welcome in
which he said that 40 per cent of
the members of the staff of the Uni
versity are connected with the De-
partment of Agriculture; that 30
men are engaged in working on
problems of interest to the farming
people of the State. DR.. Hullihen
said he believed the farmers life
vas the best life and that to him
he farmers seem to be the happiest
,eople. He declared that at present I
he farmer has a new position in I
he minds of the general public. ev-
ryOne is thinking of the farmer I
VOW. and that farming is as vital ,
nd essential a problem to the Am Z
rican people as any other industry. /
Francis A. Flood, of the Agricul- .
ural Adjustment Administration.
poke on Some Fundamentals OF
he AAA." He declared that since
lis boyhood on a Nebraska farm he
ad been interested in the struggles
f the farmer to unite for their
Ommon good. He said the Exten-
iorf Service has provide that CO.
peratiOn and has now offered its
ssistance 90 the greatest cOopera-
i've effort ever undertaken. the pro-
rams OF the AAA. in which more
nan three million farmers are act
ally uniting and an effort that has
rought results. II
He described the situation that ex-
,ted in 1893, when the country suf-
cred from a surplus of farm pro-
ucts, and then reverted to the pre-
ar period from 1904 to 1914. when
lrmers received a reasonable share
+ manufactured goods in exchange
,r their products, and then of the
citation in 1921. when farm mort
ages, contracted at a high level,
aused the failure of many banks
nd millions of persons migrated
ON farms to cities to obtain work.
e said that while the United States
ime out of the World War a cred
or nation, it failed to make
lange in its adjustment program to
I'll to debtor nations, which pre-
.nted them paying their debts in
,ods. Their failure TO buy. he said,
FUSED a surplus here with the re-
III that sales of farm products fell
(. The answer to the problem, he
id, was to reduce the surplus but
first see that the general idea of
'oductiOn control is economically
und.
DR.. p. V. Kepner, Extension Eco
mist, declared that the adjustment
production and reduction Of mar
ting the costs are the fields in
hich the AAA is centering its ac-
rites to hasten the return of pros
rity to the farmer. He said that
rough marketing agreements,
rm returns may be increased in
any instances through the reduc-
IN of certain distributing and pro-
ssing costs, and through removing i
and unfair trade prac-
.es.
He said that although the effec-
e operation of marketing agree
,nts may be difficult in an area