Smyrna times., 1961-02-02
Varied Program
Offered at Farm
And Home Week

ltS long maui dIteV tn'
HOLIDAYS u until spring planting
time and farmers get pretty flrg-
ety wairinc for spring 10 green
up the earth. That's one of the
reasons the school of agriculture
at the University of Della ware
opens lp &c farmers for the an
nuaI Farm ana Home Week ses-
ssi :. February TO, according
to George Vapaa, Kent county
agricultural extension agent. II
helps break up that long Janu-
ary to March drag.
Tuesday
Tuesdays Farm and H o m e
sessions will hit poultry and
haymaking topics. Every farm
er who grows hay will gain
something by attending the a.
gronomy and agricultural engi-
neering Sc S S o ms, Mr.. Vapaa
said.
Since alfalfa is the best hay
crop going the first two speak
ers, William H. Mitchell, extern
sion agronomist at the Univers-
ity of Delaware and DR.. George
Lippencott, Dorchester Fertiliz-
er Company, will explain where
and how alfalfa can be grown
successfully.
The third mornings e S o n
speaker will be University of
Maryland forage crops research
specialist, Morris Decker. He
will explain how Midland ber-
mudagrass can fit into a pasture
program to extend it two or
three months.
The afternoon. agronomy pro-
gram will feature Vernon Lun-
dell, owner of the Lundell Man.
ufacturing Company, Cherokee,
Ia; explaining hay watering.
Nutrition research studies with
waters, pellets and bales will be
reported by DR.. Paul A. Put
nam of the u. S. Department
of Agriculture research station
at Beltsville, Va.
University of New Hampshire
agricultural economist, Silas B.
Weeks, will wind up the agron-
omy sessions with a report on
the fail harvester.
The morning poultry program
will fea ture Frank D'Armi,
Georgetown substation division
of the University of Delaware,
explaining re se a ch work on
How Much Feed and Water
Space for Broilers?"
DIR. Robert L. Squibb, chair
man of the poultry science de-
partment at Rutgers University,
and DIR. G. B. Belloff, CIBA
Pharmaceutical Products, Inc,
will discuss heat stress and
other environmental factors in
broiler production.
The afternoon program will
feature two topics of particu-
lar interest to egg producers:
DIR. Robert c. Baker, Cornell
Uni " ersity, will offer New
Ideas for Selling Eggs" and ].
M. Snyder, Beacon Milling Com
pany, will discuss Gagged Vers-
us Floor Birds"
John C.. Hammond, of the o.
A. Newton Company, will re-
port on "The Feed Ingredient
Situation for Delmarva."
Wednesday
The second day of sessions
will highlight dairy, fruit and
farm business topics.
A special morning session on
farm paper work will feature
Leonard S. Hole, vice-president
Farmers Bank of Delaware; MIR.
Dorsey B. Kinnamon, president
of Kinnamon, Taylor and Daw-
es, Wilmington Insurance firm;
and Silas B. Weeks, University
of New Hampshire agricultural
economist, discussing estate
planning insurance and forming
partnerships and corporations.
Extension dairyman w. r.
Hesseltine, University of Della
ware, will open the dairy pro-
gram with whats in Milk Be-
sides Fat?" Pennsylvania State
University dairy re earc h er
Wayne O'Dell will follow with
a discussion on "Remodeling
Milk for the Future"
DIR. Stewart Johnson, Univers-
ity of Connecticut agricultural
economist, will follow with an
explanation of how dairymen
can best use credit. The morn
ing session will end with the
presentation of awards to five
outstanding dairymen and five
Dairy Herd Improvement Asso-