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Delaware Park
.Resurfaces for
81 Race Season

In the largest project of its
kind in many years, Delaware
Park has completely resurfac-
ed the racing strip and arrived
at a new surface for 1861, ac-
cording to an announcement
from Donald P. Ross, president
of the Delaware Steeplechase
and Race Association. AS of
now the Delaware Park racing
strip is under about six inches
of snow, but beneath that is
a stand" of barley which had
grown two inches before the
descent of the storm that blan-
keted SO much of the East.
The work, which cost tens
of thousands of dollars was I'M
der the supervision of William
Dupont, Jr., one of the nations
on racing strips wheth-
er they are dirt, grass or jumps.
MIR. DuPont's plans were car
ried out by Delaware Parks
Clarke Pardee and crew of
fifty men who were on the job
intensively for weeks following
the close of last years Della /
ware Park race meeting. Du-
Pont and Pardee are an old
combination on re-doing racing
strips as they spent weeks at
Santa Anita changing that strip
some years ago. They have
worked on many other tracks
also, including Mr.. DuPont's
two private tracks, one of which
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is of dirt, and the other of
grass.
Perhaps the most significant
thing about the Delaware Park
project is not the size of the
job, but the new scientific con-
cept involving control of the
strip for the future. Everyone
is aware that racing strips
change constantly and gradual
ly by wind and erosion, and
that planting with b arley or
some other crop is a device for
holding the soil in place in
the non-racing season.
MI. DuPont's plan, implement
ed by MIR. Pardee and his crews,
began with test-taking at vari-
Gus New York, New Jersey and
Illinois tracks, together wit h
similar samples from selected
private tracks, and Delaware
Park. These samples, all of the
one size, were wa S h e d, and
then heat-fried in a crucible
testing pan
The residue, completely free
of moisture, then was worked
through the various screens of
the Tyler Standard Scale. These
screens range from A meshes,
Tor openings) to the inch, to a
refinement of 200 openings to
the inch. 1t is a simple but
painstaking matter to divide the
total sample into the various
ingredients of coarse sand, med
ium sand, fine sand, silt and
clay. The humus, or organic
matter, is arrived at in a vol
ume test, not a weight test,
since the analyst loses the hum
us after the heat-frying.
The overshadowing new fac
tor is that MIR. Dupont believes
that the texture and ingredients
of the Delaware Park strip can
be controlled for the future. He
is not ready to say that Moth
er Nature will not have dry
track or a muddy track when
the sun shines or hides, but he
does expect to have the same
ingredients, and percentages of
each, from year to year. This
opinion is based largely on Del
aware Parks ownership of a
! particular farm with a special
soil at Frederick, and its posi-
tive ability to get at will Mill
vile and, which is primarily a
fine sand. The mix of the two
is the base of the control.
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Fort Delaware
CONTINUED from Page u

phia, associate editor of the Sat-
urday Evening Post, and an ac-
tive member of the North-South
Skirmish Association. In talks
with w. Emerson Wilson, chair
man of the society's board of di-
rectors, MIR. Halsey has prom
ised to stage a skirmish at Fort
Delaware later in 1861. He will
speak on this subject and illu-
trate his talk with colored slides
of previous enactments.
Delaware Notes." a recapitu-
lation of interesting events in
the history of Fort Delaware,
will be distributed at the lunch
con and there will be a progress
report concerning the restora-
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Announcement of the devel-
opment of Bethel was made
simultaneously by the Univers-
ity and by the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in Wash
ington. The USDA announce
ment also lists Kent as another
new variety that shows prom
Use for Delaware growers. AL
though it is not resistant to the
root-knot nematode, Kent is re-
sistant TO downy mildew, frog
eye leafspot, and lodging. 1t is
a high-oil-content bean with
very high yield and good quail
ity. 1t, too, is considered by
University agronomists to be
generally superior to the COM
mon varieties now being grown
by Delaware farmers.
Following DR.. Crittenden's Sc
lection of the experimental var
iety, UD-32l, later named Be-
thel after Bethel, Delaware,
where the experimental work
was done on the farm of Mr..
Harley Hastings, the beans were
tested and approved by 10 diff
ferent state agricultural expert
ment stations and the USDA,
as part of the procedure es-
tablished for evaluating new
crop varieties.
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5 )
u. d. Blue Hens Resume Winter Sports
Schedule Saturday Meeting Bucknell

Delaware's three winter ath-
letic teams, enjoying their best
start in several seasons, will
swing back into action Satur-
day after a two-week Christ
mas vacation.
The days highlight promises
to be the return match between
the Delaware and Bucknell Bas-
ketball clubs at Carpenter Field
House at 8:l5 p. m. The Bis
ons handed the Hens their first
defeat, $3.50, at Lewisburg, Pa,
in the last game of 1860, after
the Hens had won three straight.
In other sports activity, the
undefeated Blue Hen swimmers
will seek their third win when
they host Lehigh at Taylor Pool
at 2 p. M, following a fresh
man meet. Coach Gene Wat
sons surprising wrestlers will
be at Pennsylvania Military Col
lege at 2 p. M, defending a
1-0-1 record. The freshman
grapplers will open their cam
paign in a preliminary match
at PMC.
Advancement in the Middle
Atlantic Conference title pic
ture will be at stake in the
Hens-Bucknell tilt. Both teams
are at the 500 mark in the
standings, Delaware with a IL
and Bucknell with a % record
in the league.
Superior rebounding, allow
ing the Bisons more shooting
chances, spelled the difference
between the two clubs in their
earlier outing, as Nate Cloud,
of Wilmington, and Bill Waga-
mon, of Milton, the Hens top
rebounders, were considerably
off their usual form. Delaware
shooters kept the Hens in the
game by connecting on 40 pei
cent of their shots.
Bucknells Bruce Babich, 6-c
senior, and Co-captain Joe
Steiner, GA junior, are the big
guns Extensively for the Bis.
ons. Both hit for 81 points a.
gainst the Hens earlier, and
Steiner is the MACS second
highest scorer with an average
of 22.8 points a game.
Delaware Coach Irv Wisnie-
wski will put four double-fig-
ure performers in his starting
five on Saturday, headed by
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Captain Jack Baly, senior guard
from Union. N. j., at 1873 He
will team with Jack Barry, of
Dunkirk, N. Y, in the back
court. Pivot-man Cloud, 6-5
sophomore, and Tommy Adams,
senior forward from Ocean City,
N. j., also are averaging double
figures. The fifth man, GA
Wagamon, is scoring just un-
der 10 a game, but is consid-
cred most valuable under the
boards.
The Blue Hen freshman team,
undefeated in two games, will
get their first crack at the Bis
on frosh in the preliminary
game at $50 p. m. Pacing the
Chicks is Pete Cloud,6-4 young
er brother of the varsity's Nate.
Coach Harry Rawstrom's var
sity mermen, elated by an up
set victory over Dickinson be-
fore vacation, should be in for
rough seas in their meet with
Lehigh, which sank the Hens
last year, 1917.
After pinning Albright and
tying Lafayette, the Hen wrest-
lers will be favored over the
Cadets, whom Delaware defeat
ed, 29-5, a year ago. Hen Co.
captains Tom Stanton, of Som
merville, N. j., at l57, and Bill
Cornwell, of West Chester, Pa,
at 167, will be seeking to re-
main undefeated.
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Public Training
Planned by us.
Coast Guard Aux.

v. Blades Derrickson, Jr.,
training officer, announces that
Flotilla Is, United States Coast
Guard Auxiliary of Dover, will
offer a 10-week public instruc-
ton program for small boat
handling, the course to begin at
7:30 pm, Thursday, Jan. 5, in
the Civil Defense Room of the
Court House, The Green, Dover.
There is no tuition charge.
This course is offered by the
local Coast Guard Auxiliary unit
as a community service to any,
one interested in pleasure boat
ing. The purpose of the course
is to offer the opportunity for
amateur boatmen and women to
gain knowledge OF the pleasures
and dangers of boating. The
course includes instruction in
seamanship, aids to navigation,
compass, rules of the foad chat
is, the waterways, chart read
ing, engine maintenance, etc.
The course is only one of the
many activities in the program
Of the Auxiliary, a voluntary ma
tional organization administered
by the United States Coast
Guard, and dedicated to the pro-
motion of safety in maintenance,
operation, and navigation of
small craft.
Registration may be made
when the course starts on jan
uary 5, or as late as January IL.
For any additional information,
Training Officer Derrickson may
be called, RE 4-7300 or RE A.
1917.
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Jersey Group to
Play for Local
VFW Post Dances

The Newnam-Lee-Urba Post
1901, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
announces the return of the Hi
Tones, popular musical group
from New Jersey, to play for
dances on the following dates
at the post home in Clayton:
Jan. %, Feb. rs, ana March rs.
Future dates will be announced
later by the committee chair
man, Steven Corso. This group
has drawn a capacity crowd at
every appearance in Clayton,
and tickets are now available
for the Jan. % dance. The youth
dances at the post home will re-
sumo on Friday, Jan. 6 with live
music on that date. The dances
will be held each Friday from 7
to 10 pm. for the enjoyment of
the ii to l4-year Odds of the
area. The dances are free, and
are a part of the community
service program of the local
VIEW. Records will be used for
the dances whenever live music
is not available. Adults desiring
to attend these dances as spec
tators are urged to do so, and
will be welcomed by the mem
bers of the committee. The post
membership drive for the cur
rent year is making progress,
however, it is a little behind last
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New Soybeans

into consideration-yield, quail
ity, appearance, disease resist
ance, maturity and ease of har-
vesting-Bethel is better than
any variety currently being
grown in any quantity by Della
ware farmers.
Seed supplies of the new bean
are available for commercial
planting and farmers interested
in obtaining seed should con-
tact one of the University's
county agricultural agents.
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ton there under the direction of
the Delaware State Park Com
Mr.. Frederick said.
All members will receive in
vitations to attend the luncheon,
its was pointed out, but interest
ed persons may also attend. Re-
servations may be secured by
writing the Fort Delaware Soci-
ETY., Box 1851, Wilmington. The
luncheon tickets are $3.50 each.
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Delaware Crops
CONTINUED from Pare -

Continued from Page ~
600 for 1859. Although the aver
age price dropped from $2.08
per bushel to $2.05 during 1860,
soybeans continued to forge
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den etc. 2,4-D will injure cotton.
SUDAN OR MILLET
All dairymen and some beef
cattlemen, who are normally
short of grass during the sum-
mer months should make an eff
fort to plant sudan or millet for
temporary grazing. Generally
the sudan or millet will be ready
to Craze 80 to 40 days after
planting. AT or before time of
planting apply 60 units of nitro
gen per acre SO that the grass
will grow fast after coming up.
Plan on one-fourth to che
third acre per head of cows thai
you need temporary grazing for.
One acre of millet,. fertilized
well. will produce grazing for
five Or six cows for a. period
Of 80 to 40 days during the sum
mer.
If your grasses are normally
short during the summer months
let me urge that you plant some
temporary grazing.
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I~NSEcTIcIDE SAFETY

Chemicals are necessary if we
are to profitably produce crops
and livestock. Each year around
one billion pounds of insecti-
cideS are used in the nation.
This is around six pounds for
each man, woman and child in
the country.
We must use these insecti-
cides safely. So far the safety
record of insecticides is excel
lent. To keep it hat way. fol-
low these rules:
Consider all insecticides as
poisonous and treat them with
respect.
Store insecticides in a safe
place where they cannot be mis-
taken for harmless products.
Keep them where children or
other irresponsible people cannot
get a hold of them.
Destroy empty containers and
dispose of excess sprays a d
dusts in such a manner that
pets and people cannot come in
contact with them.
Stay out of spray drifts, dusts
and fumes. Wash thoroughly
after using or mixing insecti-
cides.
Any insecticide can be safely
used if handled according to di-
rections, SO be sure to read the
label and follow directions.
Do not keep insecticides in
unlabeled or unmarked contain
+ Always keep them in the
original container with the label
intact.
Do not use stronger dilutions
or greater quantity of an in
secticide than the directions call
for. Excessive amounts increase
the hazard.
Be sure to follow directions
regarding use of chemicals on
fruits, vegetables, forage crops,
pastures and livestock and for
killing insects in the home.
Fumigants like hydrocyamic
gas and methyl bromide should
never be used by anyone but a
trained fumigator. Grain fumi-
giants and other less toxic gases
can be used safely, provided di-
rections are closely followed.
The fumigant carbon bisulfide
is not only flammable, but is
explosive.
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Textile Manufacturers Head Speaks AT D C|Ad'

The president of the worlds
largest cotton textile manufac-
turers organization, j. M. Cheat
nam. president, American Cot
ton Manufacturers Institute, Inc.
will be the speaker for the
morning session of the Delta
Council Annual Meeting on May
IS.
Mr.. Cheatham will be intro
duced by VIM. Rhea Blake. exc
cutive vice president, National
Cotton Council of American. His
address is scheduled for Ills
a. m. Mr. Cheatham is also
president of Dundee Mills and
is recognized as one of the key
cotton leaders of the United
States.
The Annual Meeting program
will begin at 1000 a. m. and
will be held in the Walter Sillers
Coliseum on the Delta State
College Campus, Cleveland.
Council President Sidney Lev
ingston, Ruleville, will preside.
A report on industrial progress
of the area will be made by
George K. Wade, chairman,
Delta Council Industrial De-
velopment Board.
The Delta Council Board of
Directors will meet at 900 a.
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Deadine Nears For
Feed Grain Program
Sign Up June 1st

Corn and grain sorghum grow
ers have until June l, 1861 to
sign up under the 1861 feed
grain program, Lynn Jordan,
Chairman of the Holmes Agri-
cultural Sterilization and Con-
servation County Committee
said today.
The program provides special
payments to growers of the two
crops who divert acreages this
year from the production of
corn or grain sorghum to a soil
conserving use. Up to half the
total payment to be earned on
a farm may be made in advance
if the farmer requests it.
In Holmes County the average
county rates are $3.50 per acre
for reducing corn acreage a
minimum of 20 per cent below
the farm base acreage and SIT 90
per acre for reducing grain sor-
ghum acreage a like amount.
Higher rates will apply for re-
ducing corn and grain sorghum
acreage from 20 to 40 per cent
below the base. Rates on a farm
may be higher or lower than
the county rates, depending on
the farms productivity in re-
lation to the county average.
While the program is volun-
tary, corn and grain sorghum
for price support on any of their
producers will not be eligible
1861 feed grain crops unless they
cooperate in the feed grain pro-
gram.
The chairman reported that
many farmers have visited the
county office since the program
was announced to obtain further
information. Interest has been
general throughout the area, and
farmers often have filed an ap-
plicatOn at that time to take
part in the program.
Some farmers have indicated
an interest in the program, but
they have not yet followed
through. Such producers are
urged to get in touch with the
ASC county office as soon as
possible, but not later than the
June l, 1861, deadline.
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WEED CONTROL
ON PASTURES

This is an ideal time to spray
pastures for bitter weeds, goat
and cypress weeds. Bitter weeds
sprayed now will be killed. A
lot of the seed, still not germi-
mated, will die after germina-
ton takes place. For best result
spray goat and cypress weeds
when six to eight inches tall.
The dosage for controlling bit
ter weeds is to use from two
thirds to one pound of 2,4-D in
Is to 20 gallons Of water to
cover one acre. For the control
of cypress weeds it is necessary
to put two pounds of 2,4-D in
10 to 20 gallons of water to
cover one acre. Caution: Equip
ment for spraying 2,4-D cannot
be used for spraying cotton or
any broadleaf plant in the gar
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Home A9snA Aa4e4
By MARY HARPOLE

No other plant gives SO much
color to shady spots around the
house and lawn as does the Ca
iaGium.
You have a variety of colors
and forms of leaves to choose
from. One of the most popular.
is Candida with its white leaves
marked in green.
These tubers do best in rich
soil that contains a good amount
of humus. They are heavy feed
ers and must have plenty of
food. Organic fertilizers are
best for them in summer. Bone
meal and dried cow manure,
followed with dried blood and
liquid cow manure are excellent
to apply monthly during h e
growing season.
The main enemies of fancy
!eaved caladium plants are too
strong light, cold weather, hard
winds, "wet feet or too much
water and beating rains. Insects
and diseases are minor problems.
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Alters are busy this time of
the year getting ready for the
state contests coming up dur
ing the summer months. Some
of the activities coming up are:
Northwest Junior Short Course
= June 5, 6, 7 at Sardis Lake,
for the Glass | county All win
ners;
Leadership Conference =
June 20-23 at State College;
State All Club Congress
July II through l4th for our
Glass II county winners and our
county All Exchange Trip to
Lake Charles, Louisiana July "a
18th. State Conservation Camp
will also be held during this
week.
County camp will be held at
Ocean Springs in August.
Dona Pierce and Lynda Die
kard of the Coxburg All club
gave speeches to the BroZville
Home Demonstration Club on
May 18th. Dona spoke on What
The Personality Improvement
Project Has Meant To Me-"
while Lynda gave a demonstra-
ton on Improving Your Ap-
pearance." The club treated the
girls and their agent to an ex-
cellent dinner before the pro-
gram.
Shirley Shelton and Marshall
Bennett, Jr., of the Tchula Sen
ior Club will present a team
demonstration on first aid May
18th, on Howard Langfitt's Ru-
raj Televisit, TV Program. Mar
shall and Shirley will be on
Whit, Channel 3, Jackson, be-
tween 1890 and 100 p. m. We
hope you will be watching.
4 * X x
4-H'ers, now is the time to
be working on your records if
YOU wish to try for the LouiSi-
ana Exchange Trip. Work hard
and get your records in to the
Assistant County and Home
Agents by June 22nd. The dead
line on the girls contest has
been moved up from June l to
June %, because of SO many end
of school activities.
4 = x x
Several clubs have organized
community clubs for the sum-
mer. In these club members who
are interested will meet in the
homes of 4-H'ers for programs
and fellowship. Council meetings
will also continue during the
summer months. Council will
still meet on the first Saturday
Of the month. Letters will be
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or paper.
For longer satisfactory service,
always use distilled water in
your steam iron. Dc not overfill.
Always store your iron on the
heel rest.
1t is not necessary to empty
your steam iron if you are going
to use it again soon. But soon
does not mean, the next day.
Don't use a metal stand for
your iron; it will scratch and.
mar the surface.
You can remove scratches
with fine sandpaper. But it is
best to avoid them, by being
careful as you iron snaps or zip
pers; don't iron over them.
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Credit
Available 70
Mss. Farmers

The relaxation of Farmers
Home, Administration regula-
tons permitting credit assistance
to small farmers has resulted in
a large number of applications.
This relaxation is in keeping
with Secretary of Agriculture
OEville Freeman's commitment
to make available adequate cre-
dit to all farmers who are un-
able to carry on their farming
operations without supplemental
credit.
At the time the regulations
were relaxed, an additional
$l,0O0,000 was made available
for use in Mississippi. The large
number of applications exhaust
ed this allotment and a request
was submitted for an additional
81, 100000 State Director T. B
Fatherree received advice today
that $500,000 has been made
available which will make it
possible for Farmers Home Adj
ADMINISTRATION to, handle those ap-
plications which are filed within
the next few days. MI. Father
req expressed the hope that an
additional allotment will be re-
ceived before this is exhausted
so Mississippi farmers may have
the needed credit to carry on
their farm programs without
interruption and with adequate
credit.
Farmers Home Administration
County Supervisors located in
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Don't just assume that your
social security account is correct.
Be sure your records and those
of the Social Security Admins
tration agree. This is your re-
sponsibility. To check on the
earnings reported to your social
security account, get a special
postcard form from your social
security office, fill it out, and
mail it.
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m. to approve resolutions and
elect directors-at-large. New Of
ficers and directors will be. in.
troduced during the morning
program.
A chicken barbecue lunch will
be servedtto members and guests
during the noon intermission and
the. afternoon session will get
under way at 1:30 D. m.
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PRUNES FOR FLAVOR

You can prepare prunes in
many ways to add flavor - and
nourishment to ordinary dishes.
Try simmering them with.
spices - cloves, allspice and
stick cinnamon with a light dash
of nutmeg. Try wrapping prunes
in bacon, broil and serve with
a meal of vegetables.
Fold bits of cut prunes in your
muffin OR pancake mixture or
serve prunes with you favorite
cooked or dry cereal. Children
might toss a few in the lunch
box. if they take a. lunch to
school.
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{ ( |. E|||:C I 7 r c. IT.|''''Y'

There is no greater heritage we could give our children than
free enterprise the opportunity to grow up in a land where
people are able to get ahead with their own hands and their
own brains. As a free enterprise Company, MP&L has planned
for your future by building new electric facilities at the rate
of nearly 100000 each year during the last decade to
assure you of dependable electric service. And, as an investor
owned, taxpaying Company, it has paid its own way. In addition
to sales taxes of $685. 500 our Company provided $~l0,502,550
for tax liabilities in 1860. Of this amount, $4,5S6,34S went for
state and local taxes helping supper. our schools, build roads,
provide fire and police protection and perform other vital state,
county and municipal functions. This is free enterprise the
system where free Americans put together their thoughts, their
money, and their work to build and to achieve the system
which has made America great!