The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-13
August Meeting of Cecil
Farmers Club.


on Wednesday last Members pres
ent; A. r. Magraw, Thos. c. Bond,
A. j. Michener, Henry S. Condor, W.
R. Cooley, Us. Ewing, W. w. Moore.
E. Noyse, j. P. Wilson, S. r. Car
son and j. Coudon.
President, H. H. Duyckinck being
absent, vice president, Joseph Cou
don occupied the chair. The first bus
mess before the club was a report
from the committee, appointed at a
former meeting to revise the consti-
tuition and bylaws Of the club, H. S.
Coudon, s. r. Carson and T.. G.
Bond, com. The revised Articles of
the constitution and amended bylaws
were read and adopted, and one hun
dred copies ordered to be printed for
the use Of the club.
The following essay, "Does Farm
ing Pay?" was read by the host, Mr..
A. j. Michener:
DOES FARMING PAY.
The cry is often heard Earning does not
pay" Tis true, it does not, or at least very
poorly pay. But is it not partly our own
fault? We do not economic enough. By
this do not mean that we should deny our
selves the necessaries of life; or that we
should starve either our families, our stock
or our land. On the contrary, l believe thSt
only by high farming and good cultivation
that the end hoped for can be obtained; and
certainly if we wish our beasts of burthen to
do their duty thoroughly, they must be
strengthened by good food and care. Per-
haps in using the word economy have not
chosen the proper one. Be that as it may,
my idea in regard to that is we should be
careful to save to the utmost, and see that
not grain be lost of what has been so
bountifully given us. Another large item of
expense might be saved, or at least very
much reduced in size, by using more care in
housing and protecting our farm machinery
from the weather. believe in many in
stances, there is more loss and expense in
CURED in that way than by use. Even the
smallest implements on the farm are left ly-
ing around, we forgetting that altho' they do
not cost much, yet every little counts.
Another item of waste is the many small de.
g., oh
etc, if utilized every farmer knows would
increase the fertility of the farm, if added
to the compost heap. We might thus re-
duce our expenditures for fertilizers.
might name many ways in which to save
the pennies letting the pounds take care Of
themselves.
But there are several farmers present old
er and of much longer experience in farai-
ing ,(at least) so will close, hut before do
ing SO, would say that | feel that In one
way farming does pay and that is in the
pleasure and independence Of farm life that is
not to be found in many professions.
Mr. Carson had serious doubts
about farming paying him this year.
The weeds had whipped him Pota-
toes promised a large crop but the
rot ha already des troyed half Of
them, aud his wheat crop ha been
cut short one fourth by ravages of the
worm.
W. w. Moore was pleased with the
essay. Believed farming paid if
farmers attended strictly to business
Mr.. Cooley thought nothing paid
like farming. The farmer has every
thing he lives on, produced by his own
hands. 1t would doubtless pay much
better, if the precepts of the essay
were practiced, and the little things
better taken care Of Ill health had
confined him to the house and he
had noticed that much had gone to
waste from want of proper care which
he had not been able to give. Believ.
ed that the saving of at least $3.50
could be made on farm yearly by
attention to small details.