The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-21
Meeting of the Farmers Club.

The April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at Mr.. A. ]
Michener's, near Colora, on Wednes
day, April 10TH.
The members present were T. G.
Bond, President of the Club Col. E
Noyes, Col. Jno. r. Bond, G.. w
Sutton, H. S. Coudon, Joseph Cou
don, f. L. Duyckinck, A. J. Mich
ner, host on the occasion and H. r.
Torbert, Secretary of the Club.
The host did not prepare an essay
for the occasion, a rule of the club
which is sometimes neglected, IN lieu
of which paper was read by Col.
Noyes batting a position taken
at a previous meeting by some of the
members, attributing the present
low prices of farm products to over
production. Col. Noyes took strong
grounds in opposition to this hypo
thesis in an able paper, backing up
his arguments and views by numerous
citations from the writings and
speeches of such men as jefferson
Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Clay,
Webster, Garfield and many other
distinguished statesmen, both of this
country and England.
Mr.. Noyes contended that the
genera range of low prices was owing
to an inadequate volume of money
to transact the increasing business to
be handled in this country, the
circulating medium being so con.
tracted as to make the cost of money
so great as to place it beyond the
reach of the employers of labor, the
necessary money requiring so large
a quantity of the products of labor TO
purchase it as to make its use
Improbable, which forced laborers
into idleness, and finding little or no
employment, they consequently had
no money to purchase the products
of the farm, which they required for
consumption, hence the surplus
called "oyer production
This forced idleness and accum.
ulation of things that people required
for their comfort, was in q large
measure attributed to the demone.
tication of silver, which act had
reduced the coin basis which system
of finance was in vogue, and thus
enabled the manipulators of money
to corner and control the pFioe OF
money and through 1t, the price of
everything else.
The paper provoked lively
running debate for time among the
members present.
Mr.. Geo. W. Sutton contributed a
valuable recipe for making rhubarb
dumplings, which are a great
Improvement on apple dumplings,
rhubarb being an early spring
vegetable, added value to the
discovery. Prepare the stalks of
rhubarh as for pies by cutting in
pieces about two inches long, remove
the skin, and place a sufficient
quantity of pieces together and
envelop with crust, the same as
apple dumplings are prepared, and
cook in same way. The dwarf
strawberry rhubarb is much the best
variety Nv, Sutton claims, requiring
less sugar, is of a more delicate flavor
and is not fibrous or stringy after
cooking. Rhubarb dumplings, Mr..
Sutton contends, are far superior to
apple dumplings, and he claims to be
a connoisseur and dear lover of the
latter.
Among the experiments and
experiences of the members was the
close pasturing by sheep of clover on
wheat stubble in the fall, which was
claimed to be of great advantage to
the crop the following year, The
cause of the benefit was claimed TO
be two fold, the trampling of the soil
ccmpaoted it about the roots which
was protection against frost, and
the removal of the rank growth of
top left no harbor for ground mice.
The question of which was the
more profitable ON stalk ground, a
crop Of sweet corn for canning or of
hungarian. The club was diyided
on this question. but the weight of
evidence appeared to be in favor of
the corn.
The viewing committee appointed
to report on Mr.. Michener's farm and
premises made a very flattering
report on the neat and methodical
manner which Mr.. Kitchener kept his
farm and managed his business; and
the stock, cattle, sheep and pigs
were all in haromony with the
system and pains taking methods
that governed the whole.
The May meeting of the Club was
appointed to be held at Mr.. H. S.
Condon's on Wednesday the oath.