Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

EOOS fEh HEN SEIS REOUhD
FOR OCTOBER = The rate of egg
production in October this year
was 1873 eggs per layer, up per
cent from last year, and the high
est on record for October. Aggre-
gate production from January thru
October this year was up per
cent from the same period of 1861.
WESLEY COLLEGE GIFT = A
gift of 100000 to Wesley College,
Dover, has brought the current
building fund appeal of the col
lege to 100000, DIR. Robert H.
Parker, president of the o i ege,
announced today. The gift, the sec
ond 100000 contribution to tn e
campaign, was made by State Sen
ator Reynolds DUPONT, of Whining
ton, member of the Wesley board
| of trustees.
The first 100000 gift, by Pierre
S. DUPONT III, also of Wilmington,
was announced several weeks ago.
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THIS is ANNUAL Report time
! for county agents, when we tote
up and describe what has e n
done in the previous twelve
months.
Sadly enough, your county agent
can't visit as many farms tn sc
days because of meetings.: 721
visits and about 262 meetings. We
use mass media more, like this
Fence Talk column to spread our
selves better. Nothing beats a per-
sonal farm visit to get close to a
farm problem. There you can see
it in full perspective, in relation
to all other activities.
NEW WAY TO CONTROL Cock
reaches : USDA researchers now
report that they have isolated a
natural attractant from female
| American cockroaches which may
enable scientists to develop n W
and more effective methods of
controlling cockroaches. However,
| to collect even small amount of
the substance requires thousands
of female reaches. Therefore.
chemists are now trying to iden-
tify the substance chemically in
| the hope that an inexpensive syn
ethic attractant can be developed
for use in control and eradication
| efforts.
THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM
IN THE WINTER - USDA scient-
lists have come up with a new low
| temperature treatment for iris
bulbs that makes it possible o r
growers to produce d continuous
| supply Of flowers during the win
| ter. U. S. growers produce some
25 million bulbs a year, with a
wholesale value of about half a
million dollars. The temperature
treatment for most varieties works
this way: bulbs are held at 65
degrees for two weeks, then pre-
cooled at so degrees for two
weeks. Then they're planted a n d
. forced at night temperature oi
55 degrees They should bloom in
two months. Iris have been avail.
able in the winter, but usually not
in steady supply
RECREATIONAL Enterprises -
can be developed by farms under
provisions of the Food and Agri-
culture Act of 1862. Paul Bick-
ford, loan supervisor of the Farm
ers Home Administration here in
Dover says that his office can now
| furnish loan funds for this pur-
pose.
| The purpose is to shift som
lands away from crops uses where
surpluses exist, into commercial
recreation enterprises on family
farms. Some of these uses are
camping grounds, swimming facil-
tiles, riding stables, small vacation
! cottages, lakes and ponds, nature
trails, picnic grounds and hunting
| preserves.
] The details are worth looking in
I to by those with marginal crop
! land, or those who want to div
ersify their farm program. It's a
new idea for farmers, which may
account for a slow reaction at the
! moment.
About a third of our Kent coun-
! ty lands are in trees. Much of
these can be described as weed
trees. They have little value as
timber, but may still be good
shade. Recreation uses nj g h
paSiIv no dpvplonad