The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-15

tenn shall we adopt to make our farms attractive
| to our boys"
Mr.. Jannoy thought farming was an undiscov-
cred science. He would not force his boys to
| farm, against their own inclinations, but would
| give them advice. He would make their home
| and the neighborhood attractive to them, encour
| age visiting, &c. boy is always in good COM
| pany wien with the ladies. He thought most
| boys had hard road-a good deal of work and
no play; too many cows to feed; too much wood
to cut, &C., before they go to school. His plan
would be- not work them too hard. In other oc-
equations boys go to work when through their
! education. A boy should have good education.
He should learn to anayze the soil learn civil
engineering, in order that he may be able to lay
| out water courses, &c. He should have splen-
did opportunity to improve his mind. as youth is
| the only time for training, it required an edu-
Gated man to take proper position in life. Farm
ing is the most ancient and honorable pursuit in
| life.
| Mr.. James Lee said boys should be compelled
| to work to a certain extent. Farmers in poorer
circumstances are often compelled to press their
| boys into service. He believed in the public
| school system.
| Mr.. VIM. B. Hopkins thought boy should be
educated, and learn to take general interest in
! the farm, and work on it at the same time.
| man must be educated in order to be stclass
| farmer.
Rev. C. D. Wilson said farming should not be
| mau6 an aversion To u UOy. puOW uiu tuo p0se
| side, the honorabeness of his profession. He
thought boys ought to take up their fathers pro-
| fession. Let the boys understand the chances of
success in farming and the liability to fail in other
branches of business Virginia was brought up
| by her sons being we'll educated, and their re-
naming at home. He thought good clothes, good
horses and good books are necessary to make boys
| love the farm.
| Mr.. w. Scott Barnes thought all boys not
alike. They required different treatment
Mr.. VIM. Webster said every father feels the
! Importance of the question and should be influ-
enced by the child's temperament. good idea
is to watch the prominent traits in character and
then develop them. 1t is not necessary for every
boy to pass through college, but first give him
| good education. He believed in home training
and mothers influence. Then boys love for
home would bring him out Of his difficulties more
than anything else. 1t is a mistaken idea to ex-
| pect g boy to do two things at once-work and
study. He believed in having holiday on Satur-
| days.
| DIR. w. w. Hopkins thought boy should not
| be compelled to be farmer any more than to
| study other professions. Every child should as
sist his father in every way in which he is able.
! Show the boys that the vocation is noble. No
profession is better fitted for developing the boys
| body and mind than agriculture. Teach him
perience and observation. Assist him with advice
| and capital. Are not dilatory in giving our
boys a better start in life?
R. John Rogers.-It is important to let boy
choose for himself Send him to school, and let
him enjoy his holidays, but at the same time teach
| him how to farm. Boys are often imposed upon,
and seldom thought to be tired. They should
have an opportunity to rest as often as the proper
performance of their duties permits.
| W. D Lee agreed with Mr.. Rogers.
r. Harris Archer said he would make home at
tractive; give the boys daily duties to perform
| but not too Iaborious. Would give his boys an
adm until fhnv 10 old then TT
| them in business, in whatever profession they
might choose for themselves.
Wm. Munnikhuysen said boy should be
couraged, but not forced to do things the farm.
| Our duty is to encourage our boys; teach them to
avoid gambling; talk of the bright side of farm
| ing, and educate them for every position in life.
| An educated man makes the most tasteful farmer.
| George E. Silver spoke of the great Importance
| of thorough education; of ones duties to the
public of the position of trust and emnence. A
! parent has more duties than to raise his child. A
good start in life goes long ways towards success.
BENZ. Silver, Jr, believed in making your home
and your neighborhood attractive. boy should
have duties perform, but his tastes, wishes, and
| desires should be consulted and humored He
would send his boys to college if they learned
nothing. The association with other boys brings
self-dependence. He would make home attractive
| with amusements and the luxuries of life if he
| could afford them.
! Edward II. Hall believed in giving his boys
| good education and not compelling them to work,
when at home but would occasionally ask duties
from them; get them to take an interest in farm
| duties.
Judge Waters believed in thorough educa-
| ton, but thought o college education untitled a
| man for farming. A graduate of Johns Hopkins
| University, returning to the farm, would show a
strong distaste for farming. If he had four or
| five sons, he might not want to make them all
| farmers. Education raises man above the drudg-
| cry of farm, as it should do. While boy is
| going to school he should have much leisure as
time permits. With capital farm is desirable
A great many boys easily Influenced. A lit.
accdstOm boys the proper age seeing the
world. Treat them as equals
Thomas Lochary thought we ought to cncour-
age our boys more. A good education would bet
ter fit them for farming. Let them handle the
| young stock about farm; encourage them in tho
! pleasures OF life.
Livestock Breeders Association.-The
regular quarterly meeting of the Improved Live.
Stock Breeders Association of Maryland was held
| on Wednesday afternoon last, at the Carrollton
| Hotel, Baltimore. The members present included
| Mr.. A. NJ. Fuford, of Hartford county, president ;
Mr.. T. Alex. Seth, secretary; Messrs. John g.
Clark, Jos. 3. Seth, John S. Cuttings e. Cuttings
Merryman DR.. Ward, DR.. F. W. Patterson, Col.
D. ~ Matthews Frank Sanderson, c. Lyon Rog-
ers, E. r. Dennis and John r. Clark
The gold medal of the association was ordered
for presentation to Mr.. g. A. T. Snoufler, of Fred
erck county, for the best herd of beef cattle at
the State fair at Hagerstown.
Messrs. Fulford and Seth were elected delegates
to the conventions of cattle men to be held at Chi
cago and st. Louis next week. They were in
structed to favor to legislation for
the suppression of pleuro pneumonia and other
contagious cattle diseases.
Mr.. Frank Sanderson, Of this county, read an
interesting paper on the economical winter feed
| ing of cattle.
Neglected Orchards.-Josiah Hopes, of
| Westchester Pa, says: "In my short journeys
through the country I cannot help noticing with
| regret the numerous yoang orchards so plainly
| neglected. Whenever I see o mass of suckers
starting from the base of the tree, it reminds me
of the fourishing colony of borers at work slowly
but surely sapping its vitality. Careless farmers
| who thus neglect their orchards, "for want of
time, they say, but really for lack of interest
in fruit-culture, are undeserving of success. Did
the owners only appreciate how little time is re-
quired to disodge the enemy, if attended to regu-
larry twice during the season, or even if the
work be systematically performed, I certainly
think we should less offaiures and notice fewer
diseased trees in all sections of the country. It
| is not expensive operation does it consume
much time to annually scrub the bodies of few
trees, and then apply coat of whitewash to the
bark. This, with a sprinkling over the soil Of
rich compost, or rotted manure, will insure sue
cess, when negligence of these simple rules would
| cause failure
Protect Your Game.--This fall, and when
| the farmer gets day off now and then for sport,
no may be able to find some partridges to repay
him for his tramp, if he protects his premises
| from invasions and wholesale destruction by the
hunters who at this season swarm the rural dis
tricts. The farmers should publish notices warn
ing off trespassers. gunner has more right
to hunt cartridges in farmers field without per-
mission than he has to despoil his poultry yard.
The law now permits a gunner to hunt cartridges
and rabbits, and unless the farmers protect their
game it will shortly be destroyed. Some persons
think that the signboards forbiddiDg hunting,
fishing, nut gathering or traspassing upon private
lands are of little value, and can be disregarded
with mpunity. This is mistake, as the law
makes it an act of trespass to go upon cultivated
or enclosed land without the consent of the owner,
if there is no signboard, and the owner is
titled to recover actual damages for such trespass.
Autumn Leaves.-Maple and oak are most
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