Milford chronicle., 1940-05-03
FACTS FOR FARMERS

ago to remove bushes OF currants
and gooseberries, 2,583 bushes have
been destroyed. Carried on under
the direction OF the .. s. Department
of Agriculture, the bush removal
campaign was started because cur
rant and gooseberry plants are car
riers of a disease known as white
pine blister rust which IS capable Of
running individual trees or entire
stands of white pines. Federal and
State agents doing the work say that
farmers have shown fine cooperation
when the reason for destroying the
bush fruits Is explained to them.
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/ Although cold weather two weeks
ago caused a good deal Of damage In
beach Sections OF the south, good
crop III the Carolinas Is still IN
prospect due to an exceptionally
Heavy set Of fruit. Certain varieties
lih other southern sections we're hit
hard, though, and the prospective
1910 crop from this section may be
considerably under April I estimates.
Damage to Delaware peaches by the
cold spell vas spotted, mostly in
hSussex and Kcnt counties, and TOTAL
CROP prospecta remain unchanged.
Last year, Sussex county agFicul
tural agents arranged with Is farm
ers for ADMINISTRATIONS Of four
strains Of hybrid corn in comparison
with corn from local seed Heavy
wind and rain storms IN August left
/ hybrid corn Standing in the demon
strations while that from local seed
was fiat on the ground. Yields from
the hybrid corn fields harvested by
December / averaged about IS bush
els per acre more than local corn
on the same farms.
Experienced poultrymen find that
four to six inches OF dry, absorbent
litter is best for young chicks. Sand
is unsanitaTy because It will not
take up moisture In which poultry
parasites and diseases may exist.
To many a Delaware farmer who
/ has wondered what damage was
caused to developing fruit buds by
1.-THE recent unreasonable cold wea-
ther, recent survey by University
Of Delaware plant pathologist, DR..
X, j. Kadow, will prove of inter-
est. He reports that Elberta and
Golden Jubilee peach buds suffered
from five to 25 per cent killing in
Sussex and Kent counties with most
OF the damage occurring in Sussex
county In some locations, as many
as half the buds Of Golden East and
Golden GLOBE peaches were killed,
but damage generally was not this
severe. Early blooming apples like
Lily Of Kent, Early Ripe and Nero
suffered considerable bud killing in
Sussex county and some injury in
Kent county. DR.. Kadow says that
for the fruit sections of Delaware,
value Of the potential commercial
fruit production has not been de-
creased, that there are stlRl plenty
OF buds left for good crops.
Into the, Methodist Church at New
ark last Thursday went more than !
400 rural homemakers to attend the
Twelfth Annual Achievement Day Of
New Castle County Home Demon
stration Clubs, where they displayed |
hooked rugs, heard talks on club |
Accomplishments and ratings, sang
songs and saluted Delaware's poul-
try Industry when they lunched on
Delaware-produced turkey.
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What amounts to its greatest
membership total was reached by
All Club work last year when more
than 1881, 500 boys and girls enroll
ed in some 79,50O All clubs in the 4S
states. Alaska. Hawaii and Puerto
Rico This high enrolment total is
an increase of more than $4,000 i
members over the 1888 membership. 4
Although generally intense farm
ing has been followed in this coun-
try for only about 100 years, farm
land which has been destroyed, SER
iously damaged or threatened With
makes up a total area
almost equal to all the land from
which crops ere normally harvested.
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