Daily Republican., 1885-02-27
Hon. b. z. Btggs ~ slae Maryland
FOvmeRn Convention.

The Farmers' Con vention Of Mary
land met at Baltimore last Tuesday,
with Judge j. M. Robinson, of Queen |
Anne's IL the chair. He made q stirring |
address on calling the convention To |
order, eulogizing agriculture and free |
trade. Ex-Governor Hamilton answer |
ed the question: "Should We keep up |
and extend the Gu itivation Of wheat or
gradually give 1t up and turn To other !
crops?" His answer WAS In favor OF
continuing to raise wheat. He said
that with wheat "at 81 q bushel Mary
land would have no trouble in compe-
ting with the West. If the price ia less
than that, the quantity grown should
make up the difference. A neighbor
has narrowed and rolled wheat field
fourteen times, the idea being to get
IL in fine tilth, no matter how much
labor it required. The yield was sixty
two bushels TO the acre.
"If this example were followed the
wheat yield all over .tbe State would be
lmuch greater. Tu;2. most important
tmatter Tor consideration among wheat
ig,owers is whether to contract our y iela
OF to extend our markets." He also
insisted On free trade rs the panacea for
FARMERS evils. George ID. Clark, OF
Howard county, although Democrat,
went W ithout gloves for the ring
rule" IN Mary land, and said n mum Der
= OF scaihing things about purchasable
Legislators ct Annapolis. FIX Congress.
4 man Benjamin II. Biggsof Midd letown.
IL attending tue convention, and spoke
2 on fruit culture during the evening.
u He referred to Governor HamiltOn't
J. Istatement of raising sixty two bushel,
iof wheat to the acre, and said he couit
beat the Governor making money, ever
baA hnHhRla
Il wheat to the acre He could take th'
.e poorest acre of Queen Anne's Count!
10 and do 1t by raising peaches. He ha
900 acres in peach trees and ten mile
ID OF hedges. He took in % 900 last yea
T. clear of freight and commission fror
lsixty acres Has now 80 600 peach trees
excIusive of other crops. There is not
III county on the Eastern Shore of Mary
and that is not tied to Delaware by
Al band Of iron. Not one OF the delegats
from those counties could come here
or an ice blockade without coming throug
X. Delaware.
IN The Peninsula of Maryland need
no hoIimmigrants. De aware at last session
the Legislature appointed three commi
OF sioners to look after Immigrants IL
NO Delaware. IL would paS Maryland
en- send missioDers to Germany al
'nt look migrants up who have enoul
:, money TO buy poor lsndA and impro'
lie them. The time is coming when q
ng lower Peninsula will be one grand fri
sht garden. Referring to what Mr.. Cla
al, said about Howard being represent
in the Legislature by two lawyers al
OF merchant, Mr.. Biggs said that If
ing Clark's friends were in the majori'
put why didn't they send him
AS to the tariff, he said that forty. Il
Dot, millions of people are being taxed
'ge. the benefit of ten millions. He did l
ick believe In free trade, but he WAS
Ally favor of just tariff. If the farm
were 90 unite they could knock
we Democratic and Republican part
'me clean through eternity. What has
present Congress done for the farnc
any Nothing. He was not In favor
ieft making Commissioner of AgIicult
IN Cabinet minister, and ridiculed
practice of doing out thin olefuli
'ng, seeds. A rising vote of thanks '
ing given to Mr. Biggs. A committee
anne one from each county was then appoi
ed TO provide for permanent orga
al zation. The onvention will remain
rec, session several days