Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-02
COUNTY FARMERS MEET.
rHs sUsISkss TRANSACTED ar rHh
RkaULsh MONTHLY assrfS6.
A Rather slim AttendsnCe-Urop Reports More
Hopeful Thsn previously Rsportrd-Me.
mortal to the Late JACOB u. Gar
ber Read aud Accepted

The November meeting OF the Lancaster
County Agricultural and horticultural 40 |
ciety was held on Monday afternoon at >
o'clock, in the hall ot the Y. NJ. c. A.
The following named members we're
present:
John II. Lsudis, president Mnlersvnle;
NJ. d. Kendig, Crossville; II. Nj. Engle,
Marietta; Casper Hitler, ConestogsS Daniel
Smeych, city Jacob IL. Lands, Manor. L.
X. Difienderffer, city; J. NJ. Johnston, city |
W. f. Pyfer, city J. Aluus Herr, West Lam. |
peter; d. Swsrr, city ]. II. L Rudy, city |
l.. G. Getz, East Hemphsld Jacob Hos
letter, Mnlersville; Harry Myers, East |
Hem pheld J. f. Wilmer, Paradise; Calvin
Cooper, Bird-in-Hsnd; johnson Miller,
Warwick II. K, Fulton, city.
CROP REPoRTs.
Il. NJ Eugle said the drouIh had injured
the pasture; clover still looks well the corn
| crop is not so heavy as was expected, but is
| good wheat good, had and indifferent, the
drouth having greatly iuterfered; there can
| not be more than an average CROP the apple
| crop has been a full one but the apples
| dropped OIL TO large extent before heing
gathered, and they are rotting since they
were gathered there Will be lair average
grapes are poor and below the average the
peach crop Is fair potatoes are an average
l crop; rainfall for August s. inches, ioE sep
| tember l. a, for October : :, all OF which 1911
after the sd.
| Casper Hitler said on the whole wheat
looked pretty fair, the late-planted being still
L sprouting corn Will yield three.quarters Of
/ crop; apples on low ground very good.
| NJ. u. kendig reported iuu average crop
/ of corn the pleuro.pneumonia scare is pretty
| well over: farmers still Plowing ior wheat
| rainfall = bl0 inches tor October
Jos +. Wilmer had better corn this year
| than last; the wheat has improved greatly
since the late rain some not yet sown; apples
| nearly all fell OIL pasture is short
| IN MEMORY or JACOB b. CARRIER.
The committee appointed to prepare
| memorial relative to the death Of its Oldest
member, Jacob b. CARRIER reported the fol-
| lowing
WHEREAS, Our society has cause to
| mourn the loss by death Of one OF our wee
| presidents, Jacob 4. Garbeg Ever since the
organization of the society he has been one OF
| its moving spirits, always ready with his pen
tor the best interests OF the society.
Half century before the birth OF this socl-
| ciety he WAS already AN advanced sgrlCultur-
| ist and pomologisL He was the great pio-
| neer in introducing new fruits. AS early ss
| lS52 he introduced the Chinese sand pear,
the parent Of the now noted hieiter and lie
| Conte. He bought the LaGton blackberry
| when the plants sold for SO dozen, and the
| Concord grape when il was = a plant.
| He never sold plant but gave away
I | freely without price carrying his ltOeralIty
9 | so far as cutting vine or plant down 10 a
| single eye. His character a. a tester OF new
, | fruits made him known through the land,
and he was made the free recipient OF mosl
Of new fruits by their OrIginatnrs These, O
= course he was not at liberty to distribute, but
: | when he found a good thing he quickly
. / made II known.
a Therefore be 1t
ResotUed, That this society learns with
| regret OF the death OF an hOnOTed associate IL
u | the person OF the late jacob b. CARRIER,
d Resolued That as Mr., CARRIER was one o
s the founders OF this society, one Of its frs
II | vice president and for many years an honoreC
| vice president, the society expresses Its dee
| sense of the loss II has sustained and direct
| that these resolutions be entered upon the
W | minutes.
q The resolutions were adopted by uuani
, | nous vote.
|. Mr.. Hitler presented to the society speci
mems OF the Kietier and DanAs HOue,
1, | pear.
Messrs. Hiller aud Eug!e spoke OF tn
" | relative merits of these pears both OF then
favoring the Honey pear notWllhstandln
n | its inieriority ot size.
Mr.. Smeych thought the flavor OF tn
Kieffer pear might be improved II 1t Wa
Z | not taken from the tree So early as 1t usual
Calvin Cooper described the Kietfer pear a
Al unmltiga.ed humbug. 1t has nothing I
' | recommend 1t except its tiue appearance
a. Mr.. Hitler said the X ietier pear had bee
: greatly overestimated, but was not an VI
y mitigated humbug, IL was equal TO the Bart
Ia lett for canning and was very good Tor pre-
ar | serving. The specimens before the sOclet
10 | we're grown 10y William Perry, OF Ne'
Jersey. Mr.. Hitler then cut the pears an
~. handed slices OF them around among th
y. members- The pear was pleasantly acid, bu
al was not to comp pare with Dana's Honey.
81 Mr.. Hitler also sliced the Buerre CIalTgea
d. | and served it among the members
Al. Mr.. Engle called attention to the grea
,h | number OF black CaterpIlIars found almOs
- everywhere this season, some Of them AS lon
as a mans finger. He wanted TO know VIII.
VI kind OF moth produced them. 10 one pres
o ent could answer the question.
'st HORSE DIsTEMPER.
- = President Lands said that he had notice
w among his own and other horses that lheI
was an unusually large quantity OF matte
passed from their nostrils. He asked whetht
other members had observed it, and If St
what caused it
or Mr.. Wilmer believed 1t was the result of
lis cold, and was aggravated by the dust, cause
mt by the very dry weather.
ne GRAFTISG PEACHES o. PLUM STOCKS.
lis Mr.. Hitler called attention to the system
On grating peaches on plum stocks He calle
upon Mr.. Engle for a statement Of his expe
ience on the subject.
,,e Mr.. Engle responded that it was an Impo
"a tant subject by budding the Blackwa
N' plum on peach stock, and rebuilding tt
peach on the plum stock, he has avoided II
yellows.
III Calvin Cooper thought Mr.. Eugles exper
er iments were in the right direction, aud tn
to | careful cultivation might result in banishin
N. the the dreaded yellows from the peac
nd | orchard.
III "Stripping tobacco" was announced b
;,s Chairman Lands as the topic iOI gener
" discussion at next meeting of the society.