The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-08-15

TRoTTING RACES AT Mt. ARARAT.-The
trotting races at Mount Ararat course, near
Pylesville, last Saturday afternoon, were inter
esting. About 700 persons were present. The
record is as follows:
First Races Year Olds.
]. 8. Whiteford, b. m. Maple Maid. .......... l
Elijah SALISBURY, b. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Second Race-3.2O Glass.
i. A. Wilson, b. 8. Rosewood. ................
E. Blackburn, 8. g. Maryland Boy. 1
The Pollock Livery Co., 8. g, Shoestring. Dis.
Henry Grimes. g. g. Rob. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ELMER w icy, o. IN. Lucy...''.. ...'.'......'.. o b
Third Races Minute Glass.
E. A. Wilson, blk. m. Black Bess... ......... 2
E. Blackburn, d. g. Harry D.................. !
Fourth Race
G.. Still, g. g. Hopeful.
E; A. Wilson, $; 8: Cuyler Boy. i
Fifth -Running-Half Mile.
8. Fl. Wilson, s. IN. Maud observation-disclosures. ] l
Wneeler. e. IN. MAUD. ...................,......
Time, Lea.
Mule Race.
]. 8. Whiteford, b. g. FRED ]
Jas. j. Wilson, brown Pete 2
w. +. Wilson, blk. Sam ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
The Judges were DIR. j. l.. Windolph, John
o. Stearns and John McCurdy.
NJ. E. CHURCH SOUTH CONFERENCE.-THE
Conference of East Baltimore District M. e.
Church South was opened at Aberdeen, ON Tues
day night, with sermon by Presiding Elder
Rev. w. ii. ID. Harper. Rev. A. B. Sites con-
Quoted the religious services. The sacrament
of the Lords Supper was administered after the
sermon.
The conference met Wednesday morning, Rev.
W. 81. D. Harper being President, and Rev. A.
Weller and Rev. L. L. Lloyd Secretaries. The
members who answered the roll call were as
follows:
Clerical. Revs. W. H. D. Harper, P E., L. L..
Lloyd, j. r. Andrews, G. H. Zimmerman, j. H..
White, G. L. Damaron. A. Weller, J. c.
Sanders, G. s. Stanton lay, j. E. Broadbelt, w.
j. King, w. Nash, T. q. Carter, c. E. Mark land,
r. Holloway, o. c. Michael, w. D. Smith, Jas.
Cole, c. e. Cronin, F. q. Maxwell. Committees
on spiritual state of the church, missions, Sum
day Schools, financial systems and quarterly
Zimmerman preached at II A. NJ. The after
noon session was taken up with reading reports
by the preachers in charge and discussion.
THE CRoPs.-Reports of the crops show that
the yield of wheat has been light, the average
probably being not over IL bushels to the acre.
The oats crop is the smallest ever known
Some fields were not considered worth the ex-
not over or 10 bushels to the acre. The hay
crop, however, is unusually heavy. yields of
from 219 to tons to The acre being reported.
Mr.. Thomas Butler reports tons of timothy
per acre, on 16 acres. He used Klinefelter's
fertilizers. Mr.. Calvin Scarboro, of Prospect,
cut So tons Of hay from 16 acres. Mr.. P. Ken
nedy, of Upper Cross Roads,. had 8 bushels of
Futz wheat 10 the acre, while his brother, Mr..
Joseph Kennedy, had IA bushels of red wheat.
Mr.. P. Kennedy's yield of oats was only 8 BUSH
els TO the acre. Mr. 8. S. Bevard, near Emmor-
ton, threshed only 270 bushels of oats from 25
acres. Red Mediterranean wheat, which has
been superseded in great measure, by Fultz,
has generally exceeded the latter in yield, al
though some fair crops of Fultz have been
grown. Mr.. Fillmore Rogers, who has threshed
a number of crops, reports that Mr.. G. Smith
Norris, near Bel Air, had % bushels of Fultz
and Mr.. E. j. B. Moore, of the same neighbor-
hood, 81 bushels of the same kind of wheat
Mr.. John Moores, of the Big Woods,
had 25 bushels of Fultz wheat per acre.
Mr.. J. b. Vanhise, of Abingdon, had Is bushels
of red wheat. Mr.. 2. Gilbert, near Fountain
Green, had 25 bushels of oats to the acre. Po-
tatoes, both early and late, will be a fair crop.
Field corn throughout the county, which had
begun to suffer from drought, is now in -four
ishing condition and a good yield Is expected.
Prices for farm products of all kinds will pro-
badly continue higher than last year, as the ag-
ricultural reports from Washington and from
abroad denote short crops everywhere.