Milford chronicle., 1960-02-19

Mr.. Fisher emphasized that
swine growers must become more
conscious of the need to select
breeding stock on the basis of in
herited growth factors-espec
rate of gain and feed conversion.
While the hog selected for feeding
by conventional criteria might pro-
duce 100 pounds of pork from $50
pounds of feed, the hog selected
on the basis of growth potential
can make 10 pounds of pork from
80 pounds of feed. This built-in
premium" of $500 per hundred
or $4.00 on 20-pound hog is a
vailable to the producer who Sc
lects stock on the basis OF perfor-
nance testing.
Tomato Awards
Governor ]. Caleb Boggs pre-
sented Mr.. Nicholas Uniatowski,
Townsend, with an engraved wrist
watch, early Thursday afternoon
at Farm and Home Week ses-
sion on the campus of the -Univer-
sity of Delaware, for winning the
15-tOn Tomato Club contest. Unia-
towski grew an average of 21.2
tons per acre on 35.6 acres.
Lester G. Cleaver, of CleaVer
and Fennemore, Middletown, was
second with 2O26 tons per acre.
He also received an engraved
watch.
Third place, an engraved desk
set, went to Arthur Walker. Wood
side, owner and operator of S. H
Derby and Co. He grew IT. tons
per acre.
Fourth place, an engraved wal
let, went to Leland w. Money
Middletown. He grew 1866 tons
per acre.
All of the top winners have been
among the leading growers in the
contest for many years. Uniatow-
ski was fourth in 1857 and ninth
last year. Cleaver was also Sec
ond last year when he grew 24.4
tons per acre. Walker was second
in 1856.
others receiving recognition
were: fifth, Paul Spear, Laurel
1876 tons; sixth, John Hodukavick
Leipsic, 1873 tons; and seventh.
G. E. and S. H. Brooks, Middle
town, 1872 tons.
The contest is sponsored by the
Delaware 15-Ton Club and the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service.
Beef Cattle
Drastic changes are needed in
the beef cattle business and farm
ers in the Delmarva area have
some natural advantages that
would enable them to get in on
the ground floor of a beef produc-
ton program aimed more nearly
at what the consumer wants.
James B. Lingle, manager OF
the Wye Plantation at Queenstown,
Md, said that poundage quality
and economy of production should
be the prime considerations in beef
production rather than showing
eyeball appeal. Pointing to prac-
tices which he called unsound and
wasteful Mr. Lingle charged that
too many cattle come to market
''too dear to buy and too fat to
eat. -
He said that feeder cattle have
to come and go-just like broilers
This required precise type OF
scientific information and he call
ed upon private cattle breeders
to work more closely with animal
scientists in developing improved
breeding methods and practices.
Among the many natural advan-
tages for beef production enjoyed
by farmers on the Delmarva PENN
sula Lingle listed mild climate
1-bushel-per-acre corn, 40-bushel
soybeans, 5-ton alfalfa crops and
close markets.
! Vegetables
The vegetable season featured
discussion of air-blast sprayers
and how they compare with the
common roW-crop sprayers in gen.
eral use today.
DR.. Dale F. Bray, chairman OF
the department of entomology al
the University of Delaware, and
DR.. Donald F. Crossan, research
plant pathologist with the Uni
versity, explained that the air.
blast sprays will cover about 20
rows of crop per trip across the
field. This means it is about three
times as fast as the row-type.
''The air-blast sprayer also re-
quires less water, and does not
have a boom to hang up on trees
and other obstacles. 1t is also
more versatile and cheaper tc
maintain, DR.. Bray said.