The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-12-22
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Its Regular Monthly Meeting at
MIR. w. w. MOOre's.


The December meeting of The Gee
Farmers Club was held at the HOMESTEAD
of Mr.. VIM. w. Moore, near Colora, o
Wednesday last. Promptly at 1870 d
m. Samuel II. Carson, Esq, the pres
dent of the Club, ordered the call of tn
roll when the following members re
sponded to their names: Thos. G. Bond
Enoch Moves, Henry S. Coudon, Georg
w. Sutton, John r. Bond, Samuel r
Carson, John S. Ewing, Adam j. Mich
ener, John p Wilson, Adam r. Magrav
and VIM. w. Moore. The visitors pres
ent were Messrs. Lloyd Balderston, DR.
Dair, E. Z. Ewing and Ii. R. Torbert.
The minutes of the last meeting wer
then read by the secretary, John P. vii
son, and on motion were approved.
Statements of experiments being il
order MIR. Moore stated that at the las
working of his corn in June, 1887, h
sowed clover seed in part of a field be
whole field. He MANFRED the oats al
over. and ploughed down the clover
sowed the wheat, and where the Glove
went the wheat was better without ma
nure than the portion where the oat
were sown with manure.
The regular essay being next in ordel
Mr.. Moore submitted the following:
DOES FARMING PAY?
What say you gentlemen of the Club,-I
farming didn't pay, would We today be fol
lowing that occupation The mere fact tina
so many are today living the life OF farmers
shows that farming must pay.
To say that farming don't pay would bt
paying but poor compliment to a pursuit
which supplies the great primary necessity
of life-food.
Farming always has and ever will pay
| Every one is dependent upon the farmer. Il
is business that will continue so long Il,
there is lite. There is money in it. People
must have bread, and to furnish this in the
best way is to realize the profit.
L admit some utterly fail to make it pay
anything. Perhaps they would succeed lit
tie, if any better, at any other business.
Farming will only pay those who exert
themselves and make it pay. While some
men will vacate their land, Others will grow
rich, and secure for themselves fine home
steads. The farmer like all classes of bust
ness, has his thrifty times. Sometimes ii
pays less, which is occasionally due to ma.
ture, more than the exertion of the man, but
more often to the capacity or activity OF
those engaged.
For the thorough going man farming pays
even in hard times. 1t requires mind, enter
prise, and care, to succeed in farming as
we'll as in any other business.
Different soils and localities are adapted
to different products. We should look to
this. If one product fails to prove a profit,
! let us try omethlng else
To make farming pay, we must find out
| what product pays US best, then give it our
close attention, seeing that the work is done
| in the Lest manner, and not leave it too
mu h to others. By so doing, and keeping
| our lands, buildings, and implements in
good order, we will find at the close of the
| year a balance in our favor.
The most of us have some speciality. Feed
| ing cattle, and raising hay are mine. | find
they pay me best. l buy thirty 1907 steers
| weighing between eleven and twelve hun
| dred pounds, soon after harvest as l can
get them. They are pastured until the close
-, l., TD I
this year. and ale fed all the corn they will
eat until April LIST, when they go away.
1t takes about % bushels of corr to a
steer. II you want your cattle to do well,
you will have to attend to them aud feed
| them regularly. My cattle are feed at half
past five o'clock in the morning, at half-past
eleven, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon by
the watch.
am satisfied if get three and one half or
four hundred gain of weight, and if you do
not get it, thete is something wrong, either
in the cattle your feeding.
My cattle cost me $4.37 iu Baltimore this
fall, and they are sold at S. ~, to go April
LIST, which will make me about $50 per head
So l expect TO get market price for all the
corn L feed them.
The object of the Farmers Club is to give
our experience in farming, and bv so doing
we gain much valuable information in all
its branches.
Comment on the essay being in order
Mr.. Magraw said that he agreed with the
idea of the essay that farming paid if
properly conducted. He thought the
great drawback to it as business was
that the returns were only annual. In
other kinds of business the returns were
more frequent. He fully appreciated the
dignity and character of the pursuit, but
did not regard it generally speaking as a
money making occupation
Mr.. Thos. G. Bond thought the essay
was practical and direct and believed the
condition of success were the same in
farming as in any other occupation.
MIR. Kitchener was pleased with the es-
say. At first he thought the gain on the
cattle was large as stated by MIR. Moore,
but did not doubt his realizations were
correct. He thought there were very
few failures upon the part Of practical
farmers. When the man conducting
farming as business put his shoulder to
the wheel with judgment and industry,
he was as frequently as successful as in
any other pursuit.
Mr.. John Ewing was pleased with the
Il ,rh %lnf
farming as business was profitable. He
| did not think any one could sit down and
| conduct farm successfully through
| others. He meant that any one to make
money had to conduct the business him
self.
Mr.. John r. Bond approved the essay
lieved his experience corroborated that
of Mr.. Moore in the gain of cattle by the
method of feeding adopted by Mr..
Moore, but had not been successful as
he in the prices realized. His ex-
perience was not yet sufficient to en-
able him to make business statement
as to the profit of farming as business.
He asked Mr.. Moore whether profit of
one cent pound on cattle was paying
one? Mr.. Moore thought it was.
| Mr.. Sutton thought he had learned
something from the practical character
of MIR. Moore's essay. He always did SO
whenever conversing with Mr.. Moore on
farm matters.
Mr.. Noyes thought that if all farmers
could follow in the footsteps of Mr.