The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-09-19
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
The Regular September Meeting at "Ork-
ney' Farm, the Homestead of Enoch
Mccullough, ESQ.


OF the finest in Cecil couaty, and from
the ample verandahs OF which wider
extent of landscape can possibly be seen,
than from any other private residence in
Cecil county. 1t was a rare pleasure to
visit it on so beautiful an autumnal day
as "Wednesday last, and which the host
OF the occasion heightened by his gener-
Gus hospitality.
Promptly at 10 80 a. m, the president
of the club directed the call of the roll
of mem bers, to which the following re-
spouded to their names w. W. Moore,
Henry s. Coudon, Euoch Mccullough,
Joseph Coudon of (Joseph), Adam r..
Magraw, Enoch Noyes, John R. Bond,
Jobn p Wilson, Thomas c. Bond and
Henry r. Torbert. The visitors present
by invitation were the Rev. Adam
Stengle, and Messrs. L. A. G. Gerry and
William T. Patton. The minutes of the
last meeting having been read and ap-
proved and unfinished business being in
order, it being represented 10 the club,
that Cecil Grange, No. 3. of Rising Sun,
had incurred an Indebtedness of 500, On
account of the Recent Farmers Inst-
tute held at Woodlawn, the treasurer Of
the club was instructed to appropriate
s. towards the liquidation of said in
debtedness.
Reports of experiments being i'll order,
Mr.. Thomas G. Bond stated chat he had
just lifted very satisfactory crop of
potatoes grown from potatoes cut in very
small pieces. The crop would average
about one hundred aud seventy i've
bushels to the acre.
Mr.. John r. Bond suggested that to
make d report of experimental value Mr..
Bond should have planted an equal
acreage of uncut potatoes.
Mr.. William W. Moore expressed him
self as convert to the whole potatoe
planting for good crop. Heretofore his
practice had been to plant cut potatoes
from which he had realized the average
yield. This year he had planted whole
seed, and had gathered an unusually
large crop of fine sound potatoes averag-
ing over 200 bushels to the acre. They
were not unusually MANFRED, and planted
under ordinarily favorable conditions.
Mr.. Noyes thought this season had
been particularly favorable for potatoes,
aud although an advocate of the use of
uncut seed, he had grown better crop
this year from cut seed, than he did last
year from whole seed. The difference in
result was not in his judgment dependant
upon the seed, but wholly attributable
to the very generally favorable season
for vegetable growth.
Mr.. John r. Bond concurred in Mr..
Noyes' views.
Mr.. Wilson had no experiments to re
port so far AS comparative yields from
cut or whole seed is concerned, he being
an advocate of whole seed of medium
size-say that of a hens egg-he wished
to say however, that the potatoes he had
grown were generally less scabbed, and
therefore of higher market value, when
planted with artificial manure Instead of
barn yard manure. He generally used
Kangaroo, Komplete Kompound, and
the skins of his potatoes were smoother
and less scabby than when grown with
green barn yard Manure.
Mr.. Moore in reply to Mr.. Wilson's
experience stated, that he had used
barn yard manure in planting this years
crop, and the yield were generally smooth
and perfect in the skin. Mr. Wilson
gave it as his opinion that the scab as a
disease affecting potatoes was of parasite
or animal origin, the germ of the disease
being deposited on the surface of the
vegetable, and such animal deposits be
ing more numerous in barn yard than in
other manure.
This opinion suggested the inquiry
whether potatoes had been so generally
affected with the scab years ago, when
barn yard manure had been wholly used,
and in immediate Contact with the
potato seed. Mr.. Moore replied that
the scab disease has been always a
trouble in the growth of potatoes, but
during the last fifteen years it had ap.
peared to increase in prevalence. That
the disease was the result of insect de-
posit was the general opinion of the
members of the club.
Mr.. Noyes moved that the opinion
of Prof. Alvord of the Md. Agricultural
College be asked as to the nature,
character, and remedy for the prevalent
disease in potatoes popularity known as
the ''scab.' Mr.. Noyes' motion was
adopted by the club, and the correspond
ing secretary requested to address Prof
Alvord.
The regular essay being in order, Mr..
Mccullough begged the indulgence OF
the club Tor not presenting one as in
only preventing its preparation. Mr..
Mccullough was excused by vote of
the club.
Mr.. VIM. T. Patton then pres to
the club the character and merits of
Mills farm yard ammonIater explainir g
its features and uses as saver of barn
yard waste, and it's utility, the advan.
tages gifts adoption by the farmers upon
the motion of Mr.. Thomas G. Bond
heing left by the club to the individual
action of the clubs members. Upon re-
assembling alter dinner:
Mr.. Thomas C. Bond as chairman oil
the committee to examine Mr.. McCul.
lough's premises Co., reported the es.
pecially fine condition of his premises,
stock, creamery &C., which report was
fully concurred in by the other mem bers
of the committee Messrs. VIM. w. Moore
and Col. Enoch Noyes. Rev. Mr.. Stengle
and Mr., Gerry, being called upon to
express their opinion, also endorsed fully
the report of the committee. The Pres
of the club also spoke admiringly of the
convenient features Of Mr. McCu Tough &
| carriage house.
Questions being in order Mr.. Thos. G.
| Bond asked whether it was advisable to
SOW Timothy with the wheat on sod
ploughed but once.
Mr.. Wilson thought it not advisable
unless the sod was we'll rotted, other.
wise he thought it better to defer the
sowing of Timothy to the following
February or early spring.
Mr.. Henry S. Coudon asked Mr.. Will
son what the advantage was in waiting
until February. Mr.. Wilson replied