The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-29
The Farm.
Meeting of Cecil Farmers
Club,

Inc CIuD EelQ IL January Wce'tnS
at the residence of Nr. Enoch McCul-
Tough, on Wednesday, Goth inst. which
we had the pleasure Of attending. l.eav-
ing the cars at Liberty Grove. wax
of half a mile up the gently ascending
road, which was sheeted with ice and
snow making fine sleighing, we
reached the comfortable, subst initial
and we'll arranged residence OF MIR. Nc
Cullough. which is situated on a com
manding elevation that overlooks the
undulating country on all sides. Will
through a vista opening between the
rugged rocky hills, that wall in the
Susquebanna, Conowingo bridge was
seen line of snow seemingly spanning
the gap between the two ranges OF hills
that place frame Of woodlln and
grant on either side of that broad,
rushing stream.
The Club was called to orler By Mr.
Joseph Coudon. Vice Pres'd, mt, in the
absence Of the President, Mr.. II II.
Duyckiuck. The members present,
were Messrs. Henry S. Cou Ion, joseph
Couoon, S. C. Magraw, A. j. Kitchener,
W. w. Moore. Enoch Mccullough, En-
och Noyes, VIM. Cooley, Jno S. Ew.
ing, S. r. Carson, A. r. Magraw. Jno.
2. Wilson and Thomas G. Bond, Secre-
tary to the Club. The visitors present
were Rev. L. e. Barrett, E. Il. Ewing,
Jos. W. Reynolds and VIM. I. Patton.
The host on this occasion, Mr.. Nc.
Cullough, was called upon for the Gus
tomary essay, but in default of which
he selected for the edi6cation of the
Club, two articles from the Country
Gentleman, on the value of red clover
"a manure. The reading of these ar
Stcles by the Secretary resulted in quite
q lengthy and interesting discussion on
the use of clover as a manure. The
general expression of the members fav-
Ored blowing under green crop of
clover; but there arose quite discuss
ion and very decided difference of
opinion as to whether turning under
the entire crop or cutting the clover
for hay first, and blowing down the
stubble and after math was the best
practice.
Mr. Henry Coudou, was strong in
The belief that it would be much more
profitable to cut and cure the crop for
hay, which feed to stock and return the
manure from the stables to the land
This practice he preferred to blowing
under the whole crop of clover.
Mr.. Kitchener, thought heavy ap-
plication Of bone was much preferable
TO moderate quantity. Had sowed
1000 pounds to the aero Is years ago
and the increased fertility of that part
ofthe field on which the heavy dress
ing was put, was plainly perceptible to
che present day. The members differed
with Mr.. Kitchener generally in apply
ing such heavy doses of bone at one
time thought it not economy to use
more than four or Eve hundred pounds
b the acre at one application, as the
giants could not use more than a small
portion of the phosphate of bone in the
production of one crop.
0SThis was the view members general.
aY held in regard to use of bone as a
Fertilizer.
Mr.. A. R Magraw read humorous
article by Bill Nye suggesting the ad.
Vantages that might be derived from
founding college for the education Of
cow boys on the Grange" This was
followed by the reading of another ar.
ticle from the Philadelphia Iress
known as the pie Drticle, which relates
Ghe experience of a reporter of thai
paper who visited the Fulton Farmers