The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-18

enemies OF the farmer, but that every
farmer should do his own killing.
Mr.. Wilson thought the present rate
of increase of the English sparrow, must
ultimately render some general method
o! determination necessary. He thought
however the feathered tribe as class
Was the friend OF the farmer. AS every
nuisance should ba abated, the Enghsh
sparrow as that should be abated.
Like MIR. Wilson Mr.. Gillespie said
he was the friend of the feathered tribe,
and believed that speaking generally
they did more good than harm. As to
the English sparrow he thought some
means must be adopted to restrict their
propagation.
Col. Bond said the Government had
experimented on the crow, and had
shown that corvus was 200 points worse
than nothing to the farmer, notwith-
standing all that had been said in his
favor. He was emphatic in his opinion
as to the bad character of the English
sparrow. He endorsed the license system
for shooting, limiting the use of the gun
to certain days in the week, as in the
case of duck shooting. Whoever can
introduce the best and safest means to
exterminate the English sparrow will be
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Col. Noyes said that if over production
of grain was, as charged by a certain
political class, the cause of depression in
prices of grain, then it followed that any
agency that would destroy grain, and
restrict its production should be encour-
aged. In this quasi-economic-pol political
view of the English sparrow, he ought
to be encouraged instead of extermi.
mated.
Mr.. Michiner endorsed the essay and
had no use for English sparrows. He
spoke of his experience with them. They
will drive poultry off their roosts, they
destroy grapes, foul fruit they don't
destroy, and leave the farmers sheds o
mass of filth.
Mr.. Mearns believed the English
sparrow was an enemy. In the granary
in the field, they were alike destructive.
Dir. Martindale said he had spread
poisoned grain for the sparrows but they
were TWO we'll educated to eat it when
good wheat was at hand.
Mr.. Carson said the roads in Cecil
county were worse under the present
sy stem than he ever knew them, if the
present management of them could be
dlgnitied by the name of system. But
whatever improvement could be accom-.
plished must be conditioned upon the en-
forced use of broad tires on wagons and
undertakings.
Mr.. Wilson repeated his belief that
one of the remedial steps towards the
permanent bettermeut of our roads,
would be the appropriation by the
general government to the states of the
large amounts now annually missppro-
priated for the opening and improve
ments of obscure rivers and creeks.
Col. Bond said that good roads in what
ever manner constructed were good
investment. He thought favorably of
the suggestion made by Mr.. Wilson.
Col. Noyes said that he in general
way endorsed Mr.. Carson's view, that
under drainage and br Dad tires, must be
the two conditions upon which any per-
manent improvement of the roads could
be expected.
Mr.. Michiner said that he was a con-
tirmed believer in the advantage of broad
tired wagons, because the narrow tired
wagon would spoil the best road. He
advocated the macadamized road, and
thought that it Cecil county had fifty
years ago adopted that system, the
taxpayers money would have been
eventually saved.
Mr.. Mearns expressed himself favor
ably upon the GO operative system, as
practiced recently in several districts in
the county.
Mr.. Pennell spoke favorably of the
French drain built of stone in preference
to tile drainage.
Comment on the essay being closed
the president designated Messrs. Bond,
Gillespie and Carson, the committee to
examine Mr.. Duyckinck's stock premises
SC.
Upon re assembling after dinner, Mr..
Bond the chairman, reported that the
committee had seen a fine field of grow
ing wheat and found a generally excel.
lent condition of Mr.. Duyckiuck's
premises. He spoke especially of a
superior lot of pigs, as we'll as a fine
lot of corn. The report of the committee
very supplementary to the methods
of Mr.. Duyckinck's farming.
At this juncture Col. Moves asked
leave of the club to submit paper on
overproduction, which he read to the
club.
Ga motion of Mr.. Carson it was decided
that the debate and eet:9n of the club
he postponed to some future meeting.
Questions being in ord er Mr.. Michiner
asked the experience of the club as to
the quantity of artificial fertilizer per
acre to be used in connection with barn
yard manure in the cultivation of pota-
toes.
Mr.. Mesrns replied that he used
successfully barn yard manure broad
cast, with from six to seven hundred
pounds of phosphate and other kinds of
artificial mauures.
Mr.. Gillespie asked the club whether
onions could be grown successfully from
the seed ?
Mr.. Noyes answered that he had grown
white onions very successfully. He used
barn yard manure, and shinned out the
young plants, leaving them about five
inches apart.
After pleasant meeting the club ad-
journed at 80 p. m, to meet at MIR. A.
J. Michiner's near Colora on Wednesday
the 10Th of April.