Milford chronicle., 1947-02-14
DELAWARE FARM
BUREAU NEWS

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To acuuaint Delaware farmers
with the provisions OF the l941 i
oriculture conservation Program
prior to the period of completing
farm pIans. c. T.. Ocheltree. state +
director of the Production and Mar
ketine administration is presenting
each Thursday at ! p. M. on the
Delaware Farm and Home Hour
summaries of the practices included
in the Delaware program.
These reports are part of the
farm and home program broadcast
direct from the office OF the AGri-
cultural Extension Editor at the
University Of Delaware over Station
WDEI..
Water is the most important and
cheapest ingredient hen needs to
manufacture eggs. For each pound
of feed. laying birds consume two
hounds of water. Add the fact that
an egg contains 65 per cent moist
IRE and YOU have the answer to why
Law inc hens should be deprived OF
water because Of cold winter frOSts.
Where possible. pOultrymen arc
advised to use water heaters in lay
ing houses to remove the chill. The
more times water is left frozen in
having house. the more egg prOduc-
ton will 60 down with the thermo-
meter.
among the key practices in the
1947 Agricultural Conservation
PROGRAM for Delaware farms is the
? applications of lime.
Claude T. Phillips. extension
aeOnOmist points out that the pur-
rose of q soil conservation practice
: 1iliiV. Spreading lime he saws serves
a dual purpose because il helms 10
: maintain the soil and helps 10 in
/. crease soil fertility.
The application of fertilizer Ia
soil cOnservin2 will again be one OF
the conservation features Of TIC
I947 Agricultural Conservation
/, PROGRAM in Delaware according &c
G.. f.. 0cheltree, state director ol
the Production and Marketing Al
n ministratiOn.
There will be credits paid fol
!. both the application OF phosphate
:. and potash. These materials may be
;, applied for credit only TO the fol
lowing crops: permanent pastures
established hay crops or rotation
pastures. leGumes and grassc:
., seeded alone in the fall of 1916 OF
during the 1917 program year, OI
seeded with a small grain nurse
crop, and winter legumes or rye
Grass seeded after June 50. l94'
with or without nurse crop.
The credit rate for phosphate vii
:, hc so cents per hundred pounds o
:. 90 per cent superphOspEat or it
:. equivalent.
:, For the application Of pOtasl
- - alone, there will be Il credit rate O
" 80 per hundred pounds Of &
per cent muriatc of potash.
In only five of the past fifty year
iI las the harvested acreage of cor
!" leen smaller than in 1916. says tn
t. S. Department Of Agriculture
~ The harvested acreage was lower i
It 1898. 1929. 1910, 1871, and. 1915.
! record yield averaging 81 bushcl
To the acre on relatively Smal
1t acreage produced the Nations lar2
s' est corn crop. The average yiel
per acre was nearly 2 bushcl
he ;bOve the previous high point {
r. II, l.
Hybrids planted on little nor
ne than two-thirds of the total acreae
It, and on more than nine-tCnthS of tn
ls, high yielding Corn Belt acrea o
were a ma iOr factor influencing III
ne higher yields.
Ct
;. DelaWare'S l9I7 allotment
h" Of funds for payments to farmel
CT, participating in the Aericultm;
he reports {. +. Ocheltree. state dire,
is tor of the Production and Markc
ry ihg Administration.
p This allotment is based on Il
he rumher of farms in the State, Il
~ number of crOpland acres. the nun
ell Der of farms under 40 acres, IL
needs for conservation materia
he and the amount OF other cOnscrv;
ct. ton practices needed.
rd. The 1917 fund will be used
provide conservation materials III
he nished farmers in their cOnSery
ct. ton pactices and for payments f,
rc all other conservation practic
la that may be performed during Il
year.
he
ct The dC&dline for filing Ec
Ia Torrance reports of agricululr
conservation practices carried o
ho by Delaware farmers IS part
- The Agricultural Conservation Pr
al. &lam is February II.
Reports of practices completed
.ho 1916 may be made direct to Il
- county ACp offices or to local AZ
committeeman.
49,, Home gardens will again play ;
important Part in Delaware's 10
ho lood program, according to f..
90, RlaShcr, extension hOrticulturi
Delaware Extension Service.
,ho Not only are gardens a means
n reducing family costs, saws rra /.
or, hrt they are source of hctt
A. nutrition.
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