Milford chronicle., 1946-06-07
Delaware S Farm
Front

Delaware farmers prOcttdln"
" ith the harvest OF crimson clover
for hay are reminded by local
Agricultural Conservation Program
committeeman that under the CON
strVatiOn program this year pay
mtntS will be made at the rate O1
81 80 an acre for clover harvested
tUr seed
Supplies of legune seed are short
and any farmers who have more
crimson clover than they care to
the crop for seed.
The acreage payment Is limited
to ten acres on any one farm. The
rates are payable for any number
OF pounds Il farmer may have,
cleaned and sold to Il regular deal
er December 81, 1916.
Delmar j. Young. University OF
Delaware Extension Dairymen says
that there are four ways in which
Delaware dairymen can prevent a
summer slump IN milk production.
First. keep daily records of the
herd milk production, Second, feed
supplemental feeds or change pas
lures on decline in production.
I lird. change the protein content
Ot grain mixture when grasses he
come more mature. Fourth. feed
each COW according to her milk
pI oduction
Farmers with alfalfa hay to har
vest this season have one Of the
best hays for their dairy herd ac-
CurdinS to Claude f.. Phillips, eX
tension aSrOnOmiSt.
But, Phillips adds that Hay is
What You Make It," For good al
talta hay he suggests that moving
fer the first cutting start when the
alfalfa is III about one-tenth bloom
II cutting is delayed much beyond
this stage of bloom, the hay is
stcmmy and leatless.
Avoid cutting before blossoms
form Early cutting usually hurts
the stand. decreases the yield. and
let's weeds get a start.
Rake alfalfa after 4 or hours of
willing in the swath, but before the
leaves get brittle. Haul the hay
when the stems are dry and spread
the hay evenly in the NOV to avoid
excessive heating.
Daniel Harris. dairyman near
Newark has installed NOV hay
dryer 10 cure his alfalfa this
spring. All dairymen. who are in
terested III this method of curing
THIS new equipment.
Extension dairymen. Delmar J.
Young, plans to collect data on the
operation of this system and the re-
SUITS i'll the quality of hay and milk
production.
Reports from county agricultural
Extension agents indicate lively
interest throughout the State in the
barley production contest sponsor
ed by the Delaware crop Improve
ment Association.
All farmers who wish to enter
the yield contest are urged TO send
Ill their entry Immediately. Com
plete details may be gotten from
YOUR county agricultural agent.
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|. ). farmers are proving what
the Department of Agriculture
points out is their ability to pro-
duce for war and famine relief
without recklessly plowing up land
a. of h, -.
soil resources. During the recent
war years. only two or three mil
lion acres of land unsuited to
cultivation are estimated to have
been broken up. During the last
war and immediately afterward.
the plOW-up amounted to about 80
million acres
DR.. X. o. Bausman. associate
economist for the University of
Delaware reports that in Delaware
the percentage of land brought
into cultivation was somewhat
higher than the average for the
nation. Agricultural statistics on
Delaware agriculture show that in
1910. BIS, AS acres of land were
under cultivation In 1945 this
acreage had been increased to
415,0S4 acres, an increase Of over
81 900 acres.
Even with the record grain and
other crops that have been produc-
ed year after year, conservation
officials believe that the net harm
done has been small so far in com
parison to the damage in the World
War | period
In many sections of Delaware. il
is a time honOred practice to plant