Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-08
Woodlawn Farmers Club.

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The regular monthly meeting of the club
was held Saturday, april LIST, at Woodlawn
Mansion, President r. +. Roberts N the
chair The Secretary, n. w. Pieison, not
being able to attend; f. f. Mason was chosen
secretary.
This farm is now carried on by William
Hunter, jr., son-in-law of John Mason. The
old gentleman is now in his SD yea and is
still hale and hearty.
The Critical Committee failed to make 4
report
AN essay entitled The apple; its culture
and value" written by n. w. Piersoa, was
read and its contents approved except that
Stacy ii. SnOWden, the most successful! fruit
grower belonging to the club, would prefer
Early Strawberry, and Edwards Early to
Red Astrachan and Summer Pearman, the
Red Astrachan inclining to rot. Tie essay
will be furnished for publication.
One member asked the question Of those
feeding cottonseed meal if they had any
cases of abortion among their cows. The
general impression expressed was they had
not been feeding this meal long enough to
decide if it wonld have that result. The
difficulty with the herd belonging to the
member asking the question was not that he
had any real cases of abortion but that
several Of his COWS failed to become prey
nant. a gentleman present. not Il member
said it was well established physiological
fact with the human race that those indulg-
ing in high living as rule failed to raise
large families, The same rule, he thought,
might hold good with the brute creation,
which was though to be very good logic.
The same gentleman said he had read in
the papers that the tide ofimmigration which
had hitherto set so stronly Westward was
now turning tward the South, and he would
like to know of the members of the club
what had been their measure of success in
their farming operations so as to be enabled
to form some estimate of what would be the
results ofthis immigration movement. This
was considered to be what the LAWYERS
term a leading question that we were not
bound to answer. Ono member Cueried if
IL were really true that any great number of
immigrants were coming this wayY
After some rambling talk, the result
arrived ut was that everything was
lovely, every variety of SOIL splendid eli
mate, uncqualcd water power railroad facilities
good, the bowels Of the earth rich i'm ccal and
minerals of all kinds, and all that is reedcd is
Drawn and brains with a right smart &C capital
thrown i'll; then would the desert be made to
blossom the rose and the waste places teem with
fairness; broom sedge would he among the things
of the past. and the lowing of the strmp-tailed
steer would no more be heard in the lane Truly.
pleasant state of affairs to contemplate but like
many another picture we meet with in lies exnc.
rlencc, distance will lend enchantment to the
view, so some of us fear
letter was read from gentleman in Cecil CO..
Nd, enquiring what encouragement would he,
gwen towards establishing a canning factory in
TINS nelghborhood. Ho was invited to -sit this
section that the club might understand Iis views
on the subject.
The next meeting will be held at Samuel Pull
mans. Critical Committee: BENJAMIN Barton
A. W. Harrison and Taylor Blunt
Mr. Jesse Wilson, of Washington city, vTas in.
future time. - ''A'e
On motion tho club then adjourned
f. E. MASON, Sec. pro tenn