The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-01-11
The Farmers Meetinr.

The Maryland Farmers Association
met in Baltimore ON Wednesday AMI
Thursday of this week. There was Il
good attendance and many Of the coun-
ties were represented. The convention
was called to order by Col. William
Allen, Woe president for Baltimore
county, who was selected by the other
vice-presidents to preside. Col. Allen
referred feelingly to the vacant chair
of the late ex-Gov. Hamilton. who
was the honored President of the As
ISOLATION. SIR. Aliens address was
sensible and practical. He SAID the
meetings of the Maryland State Asso-
citation have been useful. They have
brought together representative farm
ers from all parts of the State. and
they have afforded opportunities for
the discussion of important matters of
common interest" He thought how
ever that what had been done is little
compared to what may be accomplish
ed, if a permanent state organization
could be brought about. There is one
thing in which Maryland is behind
nearly all her sister states, and that is
a lack of effective state organization
among farmers. There should State
bureau to look after these important
interests.
After the permanent organization
If the Convention, the Chairman on.
troduced Hon John I. Russell. men,
Der Of Congress from Massachusetts,
who made an address on ..iorse breed
ing for Farmers" The address was
full of practical advice, and was lis
tened to with attention. He thought
the farm was the best school for a
young horse, which should be put to
light work at two years of age. When
once thoroughly gentled on the farm,
there would be little danger after
wards Of runawavs- Farmers should
aim to raise good, salable carriage
horses which are always in demand at
paying prices He thought the medi-
um sized Perchcron was the best to
combine with our stock \ mistake
had been made III trying to grow horses
two large. Col. Russell was perfectly
at home on the horse question. and his
address was entertaining throughout.
and we venture to say that all who
heard him gained valuable informa.
ton upon this interesting topic.
At the afternoon session. Major
Henry E. Alvord, director of the Ma
ryland Agricultural Station. and Pres
ident of the Agricultural College. en-
tertained the farmers with an address
on Commercial Fertilizers-Their
Purchase and Use" Maryland. he
said, in proportion TO her size spent
more money by far in commercial fer
tilizers than any other State. The
last census showed that orr farmers
spent one-tenth of their entire income
in this way In the course of his prac-
tical and learned address Major Al
word said:
cline is not Il plant food. and It's
application should be followed by
something else to ensure proper results.
1t may be set down rs IA general rule
that the WORKOUT lands of MARYLAND
need potash more than ANYTHING else
Stable manure does not supply its
place. Maryland has under IL large
part Of her area valuable mari beds
which have revolutionized many of the
wornout lands of New jersey. Let ne
give our attention to this matter for
our own good, before We let it all 90
out to other places. when We have only
to sink shafts in one third of our state
to do 1t. We have been spending too
much money for nitrogen. We can
slve as much of that as We want. and il
should be the last thing 10 buy in the
way of commercial fertilizers. 1t is a.
easy to save the vegetable waste as the
animal. The question of adaptability
Is important. None of them should be
used without knowledge Of what is
being done. Potash for tobacco should
be in the suIphate, while for potatoes
the muriates are better. Thus. one
thing for one crop and another for
another must be used. if the highest
success would be attained. II is a very
mistaken idea to suppose that those fer
tilizers are the best which have the loud
est smell.
This County was represented in the
Convention by DIR. ". ". Waring,
Messrs. A. T. Brooke, Richard Hurdles
ty, VIM. A. Linthicum, Vim. L. Duyall.
j. A. Rawlings, and I. Sasscer, Jr.
DIR. Waring was appointed Il member
OF the general committr,. on raSulu;iors