The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-10-18
WILMA FARMERS CLUB.
Reported for The Egis.

The wilma Farmers Club were Hospitality cll-
tcrtaincd ON the afternoon Of Wednesday, October
"a, by Mr.. Nathaniel iOllingSworth at his farm. on
Winters Run. The committee Oi Inspection re.
ported all things well cared for noted several i'm
prUvcments since our last meeting there and the
stock and farm in thrifty condition.
After arranging Tor the exhibition of their ll0l-
stein herd at the county fair, Mr.. VIM. |. Price
read from Scribner for October an Instructive essay
on common roads. Every farmer should read this
article. The immense Importance Of good roads is
there clearly set FORTH excellent advice is given,
and methods not dScOuragngly expensive for
communities OF poor and scanty population are
recommended. These articles appearing in lar
per and ScribHer, leading periodicals, Indicate Il
growing national interest in this subject. The con.
StructiOn Of railroads has changed the course Of
wagon travel in many sections, leaving inc0rpOr-
ated pixies without traffic and bringing unusual
wear and tear upon our common clay roads. II
seemed the sense of the club that all such roads
can be made durably tOlerable in all weather only
by Il thick stone or gravel surface and that the
stonc-crusher driven by horse or steam power will
become a necessity.
4 general discussion of the present prices of farm
products followed. and the purchasing power Of
II the price of bishcl OF wheat likes all other
values il would seem that the farmer generally is
secure. An amusing instance was brought ~ on
the other side, where u member Of the club had
paid miller during the past summer Il higher
price Tor screenings than he could now obtain at
ihc SAME mill. pound for pound. for his wheat
The discussion next fell upon tile great cost OF
farm machinery for small farms, and the tendency
OF this state of things to throw all profits into the
hands OF capitalists III farming AS III uthcr hralcllrS
OF business Some one proposed that small farm
eTS should hire their grass and grain cut 10y the
larger farmers who had machinery. But Il mem
Der who had tried this had found that when the
condition OF the crop and the weather favored no
machinery could be hired, us all We're busy with
their own crops, and he was obliged TO provide
himself with machinery or suffer great loss.
At this point in the discussion farmers We're
roughly handled by a certain member Tor leaving
their machinery in the fields their rakcs and NOV.
ers dropped Just where they used them last and
when needing repairs never taking them 10 the
shop till the very day they wanted them. so that
last week, as he stated, You could not get horse
up to the blacksmith shop for the drills that We're
crowded about the doors. Tie repairs were neccs-
sarily hastily ana lmperlcctLS hade, ana precious
lcssness that mortgages take root, multiply and
grow.
After selecting a member To visit the State and
county fair at York Pa, the next day, and report
At the ensuing meeting what he might see OF gem
eral interest to farmers. The club adjourned to
meet Wednesday the 9th OF November, > i. NJ ut
Mr.. Geo. W. McCOmas'S. c.