Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-03-19

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Farmers Club met at the house Of Mr. w.
8 Davis with full astaedance In con-
sequence Of the sickness u sfr Davis, Fl.
NJ. Fl. Yates was made secretary. The
Club directed the secretary 10 order two
pairs Of pigs from ] b. Gray, of Freier-
icksburg. Virginia
The examining committee reported as
follows: We have l"oked over the farm of
Mr. Davis and find the barns In good or.
der; horses and cattle nicely housed; to-
hacc" partly stripped. nice GRIP and
nicely handled; stock, b rises aud cattle In
nice conditi n; sheep nice; nineteen lambs
l"'king beautiful; hogs fine; poultry nu-
merous and yerv fine; poultry houses neat
and comfortable; wheat crop hooking well
for the seas'D; farm work well advanced;
we took a sly peep at Mrs Davis's dairy
and saw the prettiest lot of butter we ever
saw at this seas If the year Sinc- our
last meeting here Mr. Davis has made a
g'eat improvement on his dwelling in the
way If n handsome addition TO his house
which, when completed. will be very COM
Portable and convenient We also notice
in addition to other farm work n GO d deal
pf new land being cleared up.
J alvey,
t. JOHNSON.
J. 8. SPALDiNe,
Committee.
The subject tor today. fruit trees and
management of same, was taken up and
freely discussed Mr. w. 6. Davis pre-.
sented his views and experience in writ.
ing. in which must of the members con-
Cured
Mr. DAvis's paper was as follows: The
snhject for to-day, the pruninD and manage
menI "f fruit trees, is one that shou at
tract the attention of every person who has
farm or even few acres. as nothing
C attributes more O comfort and health
than good fruit My experience with
fruit trees, success begins 9Th the p ant
ing dig the hpies al least three feet
vide and ceep enough tn set the tree two
or three inches deeper than !, grew in the
nursery. Bef're setting the trees in the
hole throw a shovel or two of earth In the
centre of the hole to fit the natural shape
If the ronts then trim the roots, that is.
take off all the broken or mangled roots,
always cutting with q slant from the I'M.
der side. then set the tree plumb in the
hole, and throw in first the top sod or
rich earth, pressing the earth firmly with
the f"ot as il Is thrown in. / then thin ont
the tree in such manner as tn give il the
most symmetrical shape pnssible Ial
ways trim out to three or four limbs to
start with, keeping the centre of the tree
open in order TO let in the sun upon the
entire tree. l am opposed to SO called
pruning. The wood you leave should be
left entire. l make II a point IN trim &C.
cordiDg t. vigor Of the tree. If the tree Is
vigorous in growth l leave more wood
than on a stunted or thr.ftless tree The
orchard should be cultivated every year
for five or six years. or at least until the
trees get we'll into bearing, but should be
p'owed only one way each year. / would
advise the cultivation of any hoed rop un-
I'll the trees are well established, nut never
put il in small grain or grass.
Mr.. Abel thought no general rule could
be liked to cover the whole ground, as
-ome trees needed one thing and others
different treatment.
Next meeting will be at Mr. J Perry
AbelI's thir'i Saturday in April. Messrs
Fl H. Yates, j. r. johnson and r. F
Woodburn were appointed examining
committee
The following letter was received from
Dudley & Carpenter:
Mr. w s DAVIS Dear Sir Your
fan1ar af aha iaih i..-'-s.e<s1k us mDz NJ
ing We will submit vol Uetter 10 the
Leaf Tobacco Association with pleasure.
We beg 10 say that the sellers did all they
could to get the buyers to fix higher limit
for the wei hts of t,bscce, and the highest
we could get was $50 The buyers say
that if their customers woul'i take hhds
weighing 1900 or 2.OO0 lbs they ", uld
have no objection u buying them On the
other hand, they would prefer il. as il
would save them trouble aud expense
The complaint crimes from the consumers.
who say that heavy packing Injuries the
quail y of our tobacco very much, render
ing il hard and bony and destroying in q
measure its burning qualities We regret
very much that there Ia any Unit 20
weights. either light .r heavy We have
gre4t deal Trouble with both, but very
much mnre with light weights than with
over weight We ara glad TO note that
y,'ur Club il taking az interest In the TO-
bacco trade If Won will take an interest
in the growing and handling of this im
IOrtaut prOduct by discussing the best
modes Of growing, curing and condition
Ing and asserting you viii do much good.
We are receiving tobacco now totally IN.
it for market in every way. being very
soft, mixed in length, seconds, crop and
4, tips, all stripped toselhaE and packed
SNAssNy TAsd % cdudhidH ~lsasNs.