The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-06
The Cecil Farmers Club.

At the invitation of Judge Frederick
regular monthly meetings. at "Perry Point"
farm the residence of Mr.. John Stump on
Wednesday last. 1t was balmy fall day.
and the attractive old homestead WHARF
tined hospitality ever uds its guest hearty
welcome. looked even more inviting in its
autumnal tints than in its wealth of mid
summer foliage. The judge with his Ven
cradle pare, 10 eceive,l and entertained his
guests with characteristic courtesy, and it
the neeting did not invite any notice ,b
literary contribution to til, cause of loo 81
agriculture, the social amenities Of the
casIon we're at least calculated to eucuurtgs
that good will and fellowship which should
distinguish the members of this ancient
aud honorable craft. As an invited guest
We stepped from the train at Perryvile to
eujoy short bat delightful stroll across
the fields to the Stump homestead. the
coded us and were assem- bled not in solemn
but in genial conclave. 1t is not ti.ttery of
this all but representative body of Cecil
Agriculturists to say, that in its personnel
it compares favorably with larger and more
pretentious organizations. What county in
Maryland. or in fact any otuer state eau
produce a better specimen of "a evel-hoad-d.
practical and successful farmer than Horace
H. Duyckinks, its president. What far
ners or any other club has its proceedings
recorded by more ipAbe aud Systematic
BUSINESS III 4u than rnouas G. Bond. Nor
is its mem OershIp u whit behind lts otfi
IN personal nr p 'ofe-siont artainin-nUs
The meeting of Wedaes day composed
of the usual Attendance. After the reading
of the minutes of the last n-etin. and tho
transaction Of the usual routine business,
Mr.. Adam Il. M.graw AT the request oT
Judge Stump read a portion OF a govern
menu report on wheat growing III ludia,
containing many interesting facts relatir Z
to the culture of that Important cereal.
From this report it appears that tie total
cost OF RAISING an acre of wheat in India
including rental of 50 per acre Is SlO,62,
the average price of wheat being 6S cents
per bushel, the gross profit being SIS per
dCT6 Anu LILO DcL result ttilZcu ny TIC
grower being about 81 per acre.
During the running comrn:nt on this re-
port Mr. Aaron j MIcueuer sud that lie did
not think that Cecil county FARMERS Could
tiud any thing vi Value III the method, OF
India CULTIVATION, their prlntLlve nAchiuery
| and agricultural appliances bslus lar be-
bind our own even when the low price OF
labor prevailing there-6 cents per day
was considered. Mr. St.phen L. M.gra~
coucurred i'll MIR. MlcnoueI' opinion I'll at
the frequent plowiugs for wheat sometimes
as low As ton sometimes AS high as thirty
for one crop indicated the character of their
| agricultural appliances, and white the
wheat produced III ludIa might supply the
| English demand for an inferior article, yet
| TOR the best grades Ut that cereal, Iuula
| could not be considered III the light OF a
serious competitor of the United States as
much AS Russia III its Back SEA prouuctlous
| or even South America where cheap Italian
labor was being employ I'd TO grow wheat at
| . low price. Mr.. John L. Wilson, MIR.
| Samuel K. Carson and Mr.. Enoch McCul-
| Tough took part in the running comment On
this question, Mr.. Duyckinck as presiding
officer calling on each membe III turn. Mr..
+. Noyes who had recently returned from
| Dakota here he has landed interests, CAV.
| = very intelligent and interesting account
| Of HIS observations i'll that territory. Mr..
| Noyes stated that it cost about " per acre
to grow wheat in Dakota, exclusive of the
| ,,f n
blue grass region OF Kentucky where lands
sold from 500 To $20O per acre, he believes
that for stock growing purpose. the neado W
lands Of Cecil county could pe made equ-
ally As Valuable Tor stock purposes by Keep
| ing the plough oft OF them. AT the clos.
OF the comment On the subject of wheat
growing III India, the club took d recess Tor
| An examination of the condition Of Judge
Stump's stock and farm, Mr.. Henry 5
Coudpn and Messrs. Magr.w and McCul
lough being designated d committee Tor thai
purpose. 1t was delightful day Tor =
rarnble over the fields, Ini .Jli., Stump's
fine herd of y IorLuurnS, tue Berkshire
pigs, and tho big Shprthorn Dutl we're III All =
tho su bjects ot favorable Comment. After
this Arduous CD duty WAS performed, tn.
mem ers of The cluu were uSn-red into tn.
dining room where the III lLIphed evidences
of good housewiv-ly were no less apparent.
The mem beers OF the club duly appreciated
| Heavens Dressing. in a tuIl l,,dened board
the mello wing Iuhhence of IA good dlun-I
being evident i'll the heightened hunor, aud
easier chat of the guests. After another
ramble along the shores Gf the Susqneh
anna, and visit To the old stone mi
erected 10y Richard Suowden Tnun,. II
1894, the yellow poplar and live OAK unber'
OF winch sound to-day az whei
framed, the cluo r. assent led the soutl
porch of the homestead, welcoming on tnel
return Mr.. William Webster of II irfurd, a
brother of Col Il. IA. Webster, Late colIec