The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-08-19
CFCIl. FARMERS CLUB.
The ReruIar August meeting at MIR Joseph
C,udon's (oi Hy) at Aiken.

pieasant meeting of the Cecil Far
mers Club was held at Villa SOFIA the
new homestead of Joseph Coudon Got
Hy) Esq at Aiken, on "Wednesday last
promptly at 10 80 a. M. ThOs. G. Bord.
Eso President of the Club directed the
cali o( the roll of members when the fol-
lowing responded to their names Henry
3. Coudon, George w. Sutton, Joseph
Condor (of Jos), Adam r. Magraw, >.
Rowland Carson, Col Enoch Noyes, Col.
John r. Bond, John P. Wilson, Thomas
G. Bond, f. L. Duyckinck, VIM. t.
Gillespie, Joseph Coudon (of Henry.
and H. r Torbert. The visitors present
were Rev. J. r. Milligau, Mr.. Wilson l..
Coudon, Editor OF The Perryville Record
and Mr.. w. Alexander.
The minutes of the last meeting haV-
Jag been read and approved, aud reports
Of experiments being in order, Mr.. Will
son said that on Sept. 20, 1892 he seeded
n acres in Timothy preparing the
ground as he did for wheat, he however
| omitted the latter, and increased his
usual quantity of timothy to quarts per
acre, The result he thinks is very salts
factory, having hauled eight four (D
horse loads off Of the field, making q
total product o! about twelve tons. His
seed sover is in front of the iukes of the
drill, which he considers important, be
cause the seed gets sufficient covering.
The advantage of this method is that be
gets an imme date crop whereas by the
| old method of sowing the timothy with
the wneaU he would be compelled to wait
a year, and be subject to greater contin-
gencieS of weather.
| Mr.. Wilson also stated his experience
| in drilling Hungarian seed. In May 1898
he sowed Hungarian grass seed mixed
with oa:s in the proportion OF peckS of
| Hungarian to a bushel or more of oats,
using the oats Us 4 means OF distributing
more evenly the small quantity of Hun
garian. He hauled eight horse loads
off the field of five acres.
Mr.. Joseph Coudon Cot Jos) stated
that his frequent failures in timothy he
had been blaming on the drill, the
tirlothy only appearing III the drill fur
| rows, his opinion being that the seed
had been too deeply covered. This ex-
perienc3 is directly opposite thai OF Mr.
Wilson's although his method of sowing
being identical with his.
Mr.. Henry s. Coudon expressed his
doubt as TO this beuetig of the method OF
sowing grass seeI ,parl.ely aspracticed
BIZ Mr.. Wilson, his preiere"ce being lcr
makiug one worliag If lie ground
answer, as was the case where grass s3sd
was sow: with whear. Ii we are to con-
tinue TO grow wheat, he thOaght the old
method the best.
Col. John r. Boad aid not share Mr..
Coudou's apprehension that the expert
ment Of Mr.. Wilson in sowing grass seed
separately might bs misunderstood,
because Is was an individual experman',
and not the general experience of tbe
club.
Mr.. Sutton said that in October last
while threshing clover seed he took
about a peck Of it, and sowed it on his
wheat ground, where this YVES sown in
the manner described, lie had the bes,
stand of clover
Mr.. Wilson said the methods of SOW
ing had to be varied according to the
vary ing conditions cf each Season. In
regard to the timothy spoken OF, it wAs
far superior to that sown Gu the same
day by the old method sowing with
the wheat.
Mr.. H. S. Coudoa said Of course if he
could anticipate the season he would
Know Just h0U to SOW his seed. But
not having pre- science like the Deity
farmers had to adopt tie best general
method, aud risk the chaLces of the
season.
o. motion of Mr.. Henry 5. Couion in
lieu of the regular essay a series of
resolutions as follows was offered by
Col. Euoch Noyes
IA UOSt pu SDu's'i4 W. oa'J ga SN''''tNN
that as reported il tbs B fillmore Sun
series of resolutions % tho silver
question signed by num5r OF ci5izsns
of Port Deposit has beeu recently
fferei in Congress, and Congress was
doubtless expecting (?) something from
this club, til u members should take
notice to put themselves on tho record. ]
To OUR CONGRESSMAN AT WASaINGTo&:
Whereas, There having been enacted :
Law by a former congress, known by th'
name &C the Slerm Al Act, unc tlled for, and
in opposition to the constitutional position
of silver as a money coiu; and Furthermore
| in opposition to the demands and necessities
of the producing classes, all tending to de
!, tract from natural channels our output o
silver, demoraliZug il as Il money coin, ant
lesseniug its commodity value, thereb!
giving foreign countries the advantage o
using one OF our principal products agains
= us, in tie way OF trade relaNonS VIII
foreign countries.
ReSOIrcd Therefore that the Cscl
d: Farmers Club demand ofour repre-. eutative
, | in CDugr that they use their influence an'
q | cast their votes to repeal the SHERMAN act
and in place thereof, vote to put silver Il
: the constitutional position (side o go!d), !
held before It was demouitizei In 1913; TIL
. condition once established will increase on
circulation, and settle forever tile sl4Ve
j question.
T ReS0lced, That orr representatives us
q | their il fueuce To have coined into money
a surplus Of $4,000, 0C0 in ;hr Treasury,
being the difference between the markt
c value OF an accumulation Of silver npw L
= the Treasury, and the silver dollar an
-cu lie il among the people, aad < fuEJh'
- ~ 4
G public itnpU0y emeUt OF Toais, by so dom
n or laboring classes viii be employed an
the whole people will be benefited The
Conditions will insure a sufficient amCur
J of money III circulation without iucurrln
i bonded system TO further lax tn
d people.
:. II presenting his resolutions Co
' Noyes ad vocated the Tree c)inage c
u silver at q ratio of Is 70 /.
of Col. John r. Bond discussed ii
VI resolutions and .dvoalted bemstalis
j the coinage OF silver to be limited b
=, the Government to so crculatio
- per capita in silver and gold.
;, At this juuoturo diauer was announce
II when recess Vas taken, the preSidel
rs designating Tue !oltpNiu9 cpnmitlee
ne examine Mr.. Coudon's premises II
TX Massrs. John p. Wilson, Col. Eno'
in Noyes aud Col. Johl r. Bond.
II Upon re assembling after dinner hi'
lu was dispensed by Mr.. and Mrs. Coud.
III By the rules of true old MarYIar
- hospitality, the committee through
- chairman reported that Mr. Coudol
q premises were new and everything he:
-st That they found in ana ii acsnt pasture
of sheep, Ga RAM for which thoir seemed
ed be an inadequate supply OF 1904.