The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-11-21
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
The Regular Monthly Meeting at Mr..
Henry >. Coudon's.

OF the Cecil FARMERS CluO. WHICH lit
at Mr.. Henry S. Coudon's near PerryvilI
on Wednesday last the 18Th ms
: Promptly at 1870 a. M, the Presider
of the Club Mr.. Joseph Coudon 4
(Joseph) directed the call Of tho roll {
members, when the following gentle
men responded to their names. Herr
s. Coudop, Euoch Mccullough, a. j
Michiner, George W. Sutton, JOSEF
Coudon COT Henry Samuel r. Carson
Col. Enoch Moves. joseph Couio.
(of Joseph) Thomas &. b md. II. ArthC
Stump, Alan Il VI .grIv tuI Heavy r
Torbert The visitors present b. inyit
ton were the Rev G los B Cox. the
Rev. Hunter Davidson. Mr. E. E ESlns
of the Midland JournaL Mr.. VIM Noye
and Wilson L. Couiou.
The minutes of the last meeting hav
ing been read and approved Mr.. Taos g
Bond Treasurer reported letter from
Mr.. D. w. McVey Secretary OF Geo
Grange No. 3 ackuo wledging the receip
of contribution OF $500 by the clu'
toward the expenses OF the recen
Farmers Institute held at Woodlawn.
Mr.. George w. Sutton then Submit ec
the following letter from NJ jor Henry
E. Alvord Director o! tue Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station, relative
to Japan and Italian clover.
Md Agri Eypcrim snJ S alton,
Henry E. Alvord, Director.
College Park, Md, Nov. II. 1891
GEO. w. SUTTON, ESQ,
Perryviie, Md,
Dear Sr:-Your letter of the - h
reached NE last night and hope this
reply will get to you before your club
meeting to morrow.
By the way, please present my COM
plments to yonr associates Of the Cecil
| Farmers Club | recollect with great
pleasure the day | spent with you, and
hope that delegation from your club
may, at no distant date, visit this iusti-
tuition and be more comfortable and
successful in your expedition than on the
| former effort. A little arrangement in
advance will undou btedly help matters.
| The Japan clover seed can be obtained
| llOu w ~ Citl pSpu ~ w., Nv. ~,
| Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, and
my recollection is that it c)sJs about -
| cents pound | recommend sowing
| five or six pounds to the acre or run
| down pasture lands with bare knobs,
gullies, and the like, but cannot advise
| its extensive use. | think it should be
tried moderately and It's extension depend
upon local success We have found
NJ ,.1I,
sowing. The plant hardly shows itself
until August aud its only value lies
between the latter part OF that month
and the first hard frost, which kills it.
With us, it blooms about the 20th of
September and drops seed enough, it not
too closely paStured, to reproduce itself
with reasonable certainty OF course
you understand it is an annual plant aud
dependent upon annual seeding.
the Italian clover or Crimson clover
is "A very different article. This also is
an annual and dies after producing its
first and only crop Of blossoms, which is
accompanied by abundant seed IN most
cases. This seed can be obtained at the
same place or from almost any scotsman
in Delaware, aud costs from eight to
ten cents per pound. 1t should be sown
in August and at any rate, early III Sep
TENDER. With us, as throughout nearly
the entire state of Delaware, it grows
vigorously all winter and still more so Ill
spring, coming into full blossom early
in May This is the time at which it is
most valuable to cut for hay, or plough
under as green manure, 1t has suth
Gent growth for the latter purpose to
plough under in ample time Tor planting
corn. Very respectfully yonrs,
HENRY E. ALyoRD, Director.
Reports of experiments being in order
Mr.. GeoW. Sutton reported his experience
in the cultivation of Crimson clover. He
purchased the seed Of Messrs PArr Il
johnson 210, South Street Baltimore,
paying for it ten cents per pound. He
sowed the first seed in July on growing
corn at the rate of ten pounds per acre.
He then in August sowed the same
quantity among growing tomatoes. In
September he sowed it in sugar corn, and
in October sowed it on whe It. In every
instance it has taken beautifully, and he
expressed his belief that as an enricher
of land to pillow down in the spring as a
green manure, it is invaluable to the
farmer. No man he thinks can improve
his land by any other method as cheaply.
The regular essay by the host being
i'll order Mr.. Henry 8. Cuudnn submitted
the following paper.
A good many years ago, when birds
were plenty, the writer kept number OF
hunting dogs. Comfortable houses were
provided for each and in their general
treatment no distinction was made.
Like most of the can ine species, and
some of the human, they were averso to
| bunking together, and would persist in
occupying separate apartments. The
patriarch OF the pack was handsome
white setter with just enough color on
his person to make his general wilderness
| the more conspicuous. This old fellow
was called Pink, and was possessed of a
| wonderful amount of shrewdneSs, which
quality enabled him to secure the best
that was to be had, i'll more ways than
one. Whether by general consent know
not, but at any rate he took possession Of
the house that was nearest the kitchen.
leaving the others to make such selec
|
their ingenuity enable them to secure.
| This arrangement must have been salts
| factory at the time, as no Inconsistencies
were heard Tor months, and no one
would have dreamed that such thing
as rotation in office had ever entered
luto one of their heads. Appearances
are however often deceptive. We were
awakened one cold morning by loud aud
continuous barking, aud after going
down stairs asked one of the men who
was an early riser, the cause of the up
| roar, and was told that old Pink had
been caught out of his house, aud that
one of the younger dogs had slipped into
his place, and refused TO vacate.
The next night we we're treated to a
repetition of the performance which
lasted even longer than the first. did
| not at the time take i'll the situation aa
the whole proceeding was entirely new
to me, but later developments in BAlti-
| more and elsewhere have convinced me
| that it was a genuine reform meeting.
Pink, who had occupied the place of his
ohoIce thus long, without any apparent
opposition, was OuSted in this under
handed manner by a young and ambitious
rival, and was at his advanced age
either left out i'll the cold entirely, OF
| compelled to seek lodgings more remote
from the kitchen. And just here appears
to have been the bone of cDnten ion
There was no perceptible difference il
the construction of the kennels. They
were all designed By the same archltec
and built by the same mechanic. and OF
the same quality of material, without
any attempt at Communication or luxury,
simplicity and comfort alone being
studied, with a view to provide suitable
quarters for tired dogs to recuperatt
after the labors of the hunt. 1t was the
location OF this particular house that St
enhanced It's value. 1t was near the
kitchen, and this fact alone made it worth
scrambIing for. PINK knew this when ht