The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-10-24
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.


nesday last Al the Residence of Co. joint
Il. Bond uear Pnlt DEPOSIT. The atteu
d ,nce of the members WAS unusulll
large, the proverbial hospitality Of NJ
Bond, aud the expectation of its member
that au able AMI iurcible essay wGuld h
presented by him, doubtless contributed
largely to the full attendance.
AT ia If past ten the chairman directes
that the roll of members be called, WbeI
the following resp nnded to their names,
Henry S. Coudon, George w. Sutton
Joseph Coudon (of Joseph, Adam r
Magraw, Saml. Rowland Carson, Enocl
Noyes, John r. Bond, John 2. Wilson
Thomas G. Bond, AMI Henry r. Torbert
The visitors present by invitation, were
the Rev. J. Hunter Davidson aud Mr.. I
f. Ewing of the Midland J0urHal, and
Mr.. WIN Noyes.
TIE minutes OF the last meeting hav
ing been read and approved, as a m sitel
! Of unfinished business Mr.. George W
! Sutton corresponding secretary of the
/ club reported, that in accordance with
! -, ;-,,4, ..ho oIrb M &c Inc,
the 'hs'FaoCionS Oh 'he oi'to DIT i.s i"S'
meeting, he had written 10 Ifo'' AlVoFu
Of tie Maryland Agricultural c llege
asking bis opinion Of the nature, char
acter ard remedy for he potatoe
disease known rs the "scab,' and had
received the following reply:
Maryland Agrl.. Exp. station,
college iArk' 'in'' sept. - u
| GEO SUTTON, ESQ
Cor SEC Cecil FarmerS tino,
Perryvlil-, No,
lesi SHut ~, rn,,r ain
that although the scab ofthe potato is re-
ceiving much attention rom com pe'eh'
|a,,,1an3in,,t md Nass,chnserfs there il
not yet enough known i'll regard to the
matter 10 make any Yer! S".''''','''S SLATE
4 mas heep cur intention to follow this
~ ''ID I'LL, die,rihnfas ~
ma le it desirable 10 compile, by and by,
all the information '""f can D9 oo'aihe' "a
W. or,'ht h,,rsTsr - ow.it tie ou5c,me
of some Of the inves, igat.ons row in pro
Sfts'' ,,., o,.,,..., 8,
.,,..D. T, coa..,,,a,, Diree,o,
| Of the Mass. Agr'I Expt Station, Amherst,
Mass or Prot; Byron y. TASTED, Ne"
NIX \ +. ;sking them for such publi.
ca ions as they have issued garding the
diseases "i 'n' f''''s-o' s'" Iai, f;,,.orait
airhongb not cogclnsive. To either of these
gentlemen You may say that YOU wrote at
my 7''E2 v yt"n r,.cec,f,,lv vour.
HENRY E ALvoRD. director.
Reports Of experiments being ia order,
Mr.. Wilson said, that manures generally
used BY farmers were deficient in potash
a very nec7Ss Try Ingredient III effective
fertilizers. This year lie bought KANT,
aud added one fourth Of that Packing
House bone ON corn and all crops. lie is
ROW satisfied that hIs crops this season
show most excellent results, With a
fertilizer ~ stated much cheaper than
those generally used by farmers. This
experiment Lad been suggested to him
by the importance and value of potash
in all mauures as stated by Prof. Alvord
at a meeting of this club, and AS a pre-
liminary experiment in the spring of 1890
he had six ner cent of potash added by
the manufacturer of Packing House
bone, used that year, and which lie again
repeated this season az reported.
Mr.. Henry s. Condor Thought that in
order to add safely an additional guam.
tity Of potash to fertilizer, the farmer
should be well assured of the ueeGs OF
his soil by q careful analysis OF it.
Mr. Wilson thought that it was reces
sary to return to the soil the vegetable
food taken out Of il by the plants That
as it had been satisfactorily shown 10y
Professor Alvord, So large a quantity
of potash entered into the growth of all
plants, that the quantity of it taken from
the soil must be returned to it in the
fertilizers used.
The unreliability of ordinary analyses
of soils was conceded by different men,
bers of the Club, and that actual expert
ments must now be relied upon by
farmers to ascertain what chemlca! IN
gradients were required in varying soils
Col. Noyes stated th at he had assured
himself that the sell 0t his farm contained
a sufficient quantity of potash, aud that
he secures the best results frcm the use
of h ,rn ward manure aud the fertiliziBg
proparties of clover.
Mr.. Joo, r. Bond EXPRESSED his doubt
AS 70 whether actual experiments could
| in all cases supplapt scientific analyses
Of soils
NJ Ham, : Coud,o while he adj
mi;tad that chemical analfses of soil:
mioht be Of some vsIus in particular
cases. an believed that as in the case OF
/ the MARYLAND Aqrieultural College they
were done conscisnt;ously, vet they could
mt he thought in nractical yalu. be
comnared TO the actual experiments
made by the farmer himself.
Mr. John K Bord ,LoughF that the
discoveries OF soiguce Intelligent,
appli,d were of much practical value t.
the farmer that thev we're suggestive OF
course no. final in all cases, bat were o
nnd,,h,.d vaIua in snqgestiup TO til,
i"Ith't 'h' q 'h'.t'u7u' 0H''"'o'' o."
| dltlOGS of ms soil, and III enabling hlu
+, meet tn.se copditio,,s by the use o
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