Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-19
Woodlawn Farmers Club.
Reported for tho ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE

Reported Tor tho ALEXANDRIA 6AZETTE.I
The September meeting OF sau WoodiGwn
Farmers Club was held at Dilworth Buck
mans on the 18th lust, President Psrsoa
in the chair.
The club was late in gathering, rs mum
ber of the members attended the iuuelsl i
DR.. Rowland 10 tie early part of the yiGsr
noon. The secretary read the minutea 0!
the last meeting as published in the Alexeu-
dria GAZETTE, and explained that they
were incorrect in one particular. He
nad been greeted several times sincs
the publication with such remarks as
the following $50 you have been converted
to free trade" You are 2 low tariff maa
now it appears" &c. There was general
expression by members that the course uf
the GAZETTE deserved censure, and d reso
luton was proposed to that effect, bul tbs
secretary counselled moderation aud stated
he would do the soolding in this report. He
now trusts that there has been enough said
and that this will be printed "verhstim" for
be is not willing 10 be committed to the low
tariff doctrino.
The election of officers defetred from last
meeting was held, resulting az follows {:
President, N. w. Person; Secretary, w.
Gillingham Treasurer, John Balleuger.
The COMMITTEES OF arrangements for the
anniversary presented bill Of $l.25 for
printing which the treasurer was ordered TO
pay.
John Ballenger asked ifany Of tine mem
bers had observed q new fly on the cattle this
summer. They would congregate about the
base of the horns and in some instances had
eaten their way through near the juncture
with the skull Some had seen them, 9th
II loo ,o1 tbO,,uh tta dol tc,u
Ing business was about TO be taken out Of
human hands. The committee on live stock
vas requested TO Investigate the matter and
report upon their habits and remedy il ne
cessary.
President Pierson called sltenton to the
death of DR.. Rowland, and suggested some
expression on the part of the club where
upon the following committee was appointed
for the purpose Messrs John Ballenger,
J. w. Roberts, W. Hunter, jr. They short
ly reported the following, which was adopt
ed unanimously Your committee recog
nize in the death OF DR.. Edwin P. Rowland
the loss of one of our oldest and most valued
members. to whom we have frequently been
indebted for entertainment and pleasant
instruction we therefore, offer the follow
ing
oJ
to his widow in her sorrow and bereavement.
We also recommend that copy Of the resolution
bc given 10 his widow by the secretary.
S. II. Buckman introduced the subject OF
cheat by saying that when they had sown
some damaged wheat and it came up thin
they had good crop of cheat; ne wanted
to know where it came from. AS this club
has several times wiestled with this ques
ton without settling it, suggestion was
made to refer to the committee on cereals
and we passed to another phase Of the
wheat subject by E. E. Mason suggesting
the consideration of fertilizers for that crop,
and called for John Ballenger's experience
the past wear. MIR. Ballenger stated that
he used Bryant's No. 3, S935I per ton, Sus-
uuehanna ammoniated bone S27, aud dis.
solved South Carolina rock $15. Same
weight of each on different plots; OF corn
land manured In the spring with stable ma
nure, he saw very little difference in the
yield.
S. 81. Buckman said that where he had
used dissolved South Carolina rock and
Bryant's raw bone there was no perceptible
difference in the yield uf wheat, but the
grass after the raw bone was much the beEts
He also stated that where they had wheat
last year, a strip with no fertilizer On was
yery moor. This year the same land was in
wheat again and all fertilzed alike; the
strip that had no fertilizer last year was the
best.
John Balenger thought there must be
some limit to the profitable use OF fertilizers
as he doubled the quantity on a portion OF
his field and saw no difference. Hell was
a lot OF knotty questions to be solved that
induced some knitting OF the brows, and sl-
lence ensued, which was broken by Pfesi.
dent Pierson asking the different members
how much timothy seed they sowed per
acre. The responses were from four to sev.
en- quarts, the majority from five to six.
The question was asked, "how winter oats
would do here?" President Pierson said
he had sown some one year and 1t did very
we'll. The next year the area was increased
and il was almost total failure, being win.
ter killed.
There being no report from the critical COM
mittee. the club, as committee Of the whole,
made an inspection tour, though too near night to
be very extended, and found things generally in
a furnishing condition, the abundant rains max
ing everything look quite green, especially the
potato patch pen of thrifty-looking hogs ana
sbotes was noticed some six horses and colts,
with 16 head of cattle were all in good order q
good breadth OF land being prepared for
eood-sized crop this season.
Tho next meeting will be st I. VI. Blunts on
the 18Th of October. Critical committee-John
Ballonger Lewis Gillipgham snd s. a. Buckman.
w. GILLINGHAS!, Secretary.
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