Milford chronicle., 1949-04-22
News OF Importance
For State Farmers


Farmers have to be good driv-
ers. Nearly one and one-half mill
lion trucks, equal to 300 of all
privately owned trucks in the Uni
ted States, are owned by farmers.
More farm people are killed in
motor vehicle casualties than any
other class of accident. According
to a study made by the National
Safety Council, the seven thousand
three hundred farm residents kill
ed in motor vehicle accidents dur
ing 1947 represented 279o in
crease over 1916.
All owners are urged to have
their trucks checked at least twice
year by safety inspection sta
ton or dependable garage. An ex-
/ cellent slogan to keep in mind is
Lives May Be Spared, BY A Truck
4 Kept Repaired" The following
suggestions are recommended by
the National Safety Council:
Know the signs and road rules
anu always ODCy luSAlA-
i Keep lights, brakes, steering me-
chanisms and windshield wipers in
perfect working order.
Be on the lookout for pedestrians
and never drive while under the
influence of liquor.
Weather Forecast Service
Weather forecasts for Sussex
! County specifically, are available
) every day after 800 a. m. at the
(. county agents Office, Georgetown,
, telephone Georgetown 21; Laurel
63S, Bridgeville 2511 and Milton
] 5562.
Anyone desiring this report may
: contact any of the above places.
| The report is made specifically for
| the use of farmers and includes the
: forecast for the day and the out
r look for the following day. 1t is
!. hoped that this will be of tremend-
/ Gus help to farmers during the
4 growing and harvesting season.
Y Milford ID. p. /. A. Local To Meet
J, The Milford Local of the Della
n ware Poultry improvement Associ
r alton will meet on Monday, Apri
e 25, at the Milford High School a
t 500 D. m. All poultrymen ant
y others interested are invited to at
/ tend
Sussex Extension Service
l. On The Air
it The Sussex County Extension
It Staff is participating in a program
a entitled Sussex Extension News
a which is being broadcast by WBOC
st Salisbury on the Seaford hour a
at 4:s0 p. m. every Wednesday after
as noon-so be sure to listen to pic
in up the latest on farm and hom
so news.
at Tomato Production
'FactOrs Influencing TOmat
Production in Delaware" is the It'll
= of a new bulletin of the Delawar
4 Agricultural Experiment Station
:, prepared by E. P. Brasher, head {
e+lth e Horticulture Departmen
; Among topics covered in this pui
= lication are fertilizer applicatio
e methods, tomato varieties, seedin
h- starter solutions, plant spacin
az waxing, and number of days r,
az auired to develop ripe tomatoc
q from blossoms. The data presentt
~ are drawn from experiments COZ
- Quoted at Wyoming, Housto
- GEORGETOWN and Newark, from 49,
III u to 1947. Single copies of this bull
'lll tin, No. 277, may be obtained fro
the Agricultural Experiment St
lg ton Library, Newark, Delaware.
d. 395 Pounds of Butterfat
p During the last test year, the 2
81 COW herd of registered Holster
Friesians owned by the Universe
eft of Delaware produced an averai
as Of Sg5 pounds of butterfat and Il
IL OO9 pounds, of 40 milk, as report
is in the official Herd Improveme
it'll Registry program of the HOLSTER
On, Friesian Association Of AmeriC
Wis MILKING was done twice daily.
ey- Vegetable Growers
no Delaware vegetable growers W
ga have little trouble with bugs if tn
keep the vegetable Insect Cont
en- Chart for Delaware tackled up
of a barn or shed door. Just publish
are by the Delaware Agricultural Z
Sc tension Service, this chart makes
handy reference when you wopc
its how to combat the cucumber bee
: 1, or the squash bug. 1t not only n
en- ommends the right sprays for ma
ln- vegetables; it gives the formu
iii for making sprays. describes
ter insects common to each vegetat
the and the type of damage they
me Copies of this chart, informant
Del Card No. 5S. are available at col
in ty agents Offices in Newark, Do
nal and Georgetown or from the AZ
for cultural Extension Service, Nc
ark, Del,