The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-06-18
Meeting OF the Deer Creek Farmers
Club,

| nc Deer cFeeh runners CIu" Li4et las' sat
| ufaay evening Ut the nome Oh MI j Lawrence
"eC 'Nieh' "f'a' "i"Ne' i''' ne' an
| Inc lolio"ins nieilUerS were Prestn~' marry
| o'Ner' PrtSlueul' d. Lawrence -"coo ti.C"'
seei ot"iS "u'.s' H. SS"'s' ''.,r .t"'i -, a.
nun d. IioPNis' o'e' eISoi "a " li"ii's' Ho9
H. ho"lhSoi' L. =. -noo'es, H. ll"rF'S AreLer'
'"'-',S I"'.:.,'
d. iioWtru l'"i'i"l' ~ - i'"i' oii ''IlI'n'
'ohn wooster rr"nA T. "oIiGh' Isl
.o's .'''''," - Dr'
Klhs' D. Lu"ih "eLs'eF' + H. cCorinlch' NOT
| val McCor!nick, Robert Holland, Frank h.
| Jacobs Elmer J. Cook
| n, +l d, ,,,,-, oo ,.,,r,sis+
i''S =. 'S'~e+, 81 ~ ~,
| ing ol hesSrs' james W. Lee Johh b. "ysohs
and William b. hopkins to view the premises
| "a ,i.. o., ,.,,,,,+. 60 .ro,I,,, i,,o-.ro,,d ipfr
anu Nl"Ns icl''' ~ INC o'"' "A ''Ii eP''iU'ii5
SOM" time III VIEWING the lhfHi, Dullulllss ana
I go
! lows
| Mr.. Let saw SO many good things l
harIly know what 10 sneak Of Mr. Meteor
| -, din : a., ,f,,,.st I o,.o,. z,o, u,,s
INCA r''- > '''0 it'''s' '' s"" vas
| strAa! by thc v."3''.I"sa ana Nt!!hcsS OF
| cv.yytHiu.- His G.e.. l. lh3;DiiLHl,r-d Gucri.-
| ,, ,,.,. ,.,.,i..,-. .,.. .,,, roc.
! sI37 j. 7"I'.'"' IL - wv '''.O " ' ''C me-
| approved t#.rg 1a-til"Gs, WrlgES TIE milk OF
| Gao. COW al every Milling: uses the II. Q.
! ~. r.,..., .i.f,,r.. - ,,..r,,;,io +, j.. ,,ro-
/ ''''i- 1850 ''-t' ''''''-'' 90 8 49, - - r.
rrit.t.rv article mixed by Il chemist, and claims
| IN l,., ,,.,ser+iv balanced ratio. Weneytwcut
| ~ IT, e. -.
- ms 4'''"'N' ~. ''~'' NM '''7 NM ~1''
| well bred and locking well: also young thor
| ,.-i,i....l ,.,+rar,. f..frh ,r ,,ts ,,ri I.nos
| '"-''.''' 49, -,
! growing together, proposes cutting III Milk
| state. Fifteen hundred strawberry plants set
| ,,,t. l,l-;..., VOL M. McCnrr,irl, has hrn,r
| -
Ia IA P'e'' Il" 1"N' "9 liS''A Il pave as 'lei' 10
| i'll Hartford county. His corn is as good as any
7 have seer, This year he isusirr the silo with
| :,
| g1oC ftSu4is.
| bfr. WysOnT.-"l agree with Mr.. Lee that this
is a beautiful place; location unsurpassed.
| The dairy business Is successfully conducted;
| also vegetables and berries add materially TO
| the profit / don't think have seen Il farm for
| 81 long time where everything Is kept in us good
shape a good deal OF hedge fence, looks rice
| and seems to answer the purpose on this plicc
| some hedge fence adds much 70 the appeara nee
| of a farm | don't think it II good thing On Il
| large scale"
| Mr. HOpkius-"Thcrc is not much left for
| me- TO SAY as a critic. | think Mr. Mccormick
| has the best grass | have seen anywhere
| MINK the appearance OF the barn might be i'm
| proved by "A coat OF waitewush."
| In answer f., n question by the president Mr.
Mccormick stated that he keeps about "a head
| of cows, that he puts out about $ acres for his
| silo. corn checkercd aud not very heavy.
| Mr. Hanna thought the name Poplar Gre We"
| very yuDrnpriate The club helu It's sessions on
| the SPACIOUS porch in front of Mr. Mccormick
Gonse with the large and beautiful popiurs in
fuII view
| Mr. b. Howard Hannah, of the Baltimore bar
delivered an address. Mr. Hannah was made
an honorary memb Der of the Deer Creek Furm-
ers' Club several years ago on account of his
service to fhc causes of Ovster culture and good
| roads in MARYLAND. Mr. Hannah is u land own
| or IN his native county of Kent and is much
| interested in AGRICULTURAL matters. After re-
| viewing his extensive trilyels and drawing Il
| nara iIeI ,arvcnn tha ha bitsand customs of the
,,itY,,.nt r,,,.IniIitr com unitas which had come
| undrr his OBSERVATIONS particularly in the
| I1rNI,incrs ~ Canada and in different nortions
Of the United states MIR Hannah said
| .parhnnS rho most striking general obse rya-
| +;, r,dn IN al NV 77rynIS yvns tL1t
w Viz @Hcaunfrred - settlement of scotch
| farmers there tonnd the greatest thrift and
| tLa Toast nrDnortiOn of debt
LAS regards the relative successes of the agri.
cultmrsi nmm,13ities with those of other WORK
| inrmen Nc the compnrativ prosperity of the
| Fn1Tners themselves is remarka hle when one
| considers the prices of their produce-eight doI-
larsa ton for hay in the Province of Quebec five
| cents n dozen for eggs in Prince Edward Island,
| Twenty-Five cents n bushel for the finest pota-
toes in the world Il dollar and half tOr Il
| sDrinr Iamb-these are not encouraging prices
| ytrt they Weld a iivinT to the prOdtceTs The
/ Scotch farmcr in England has done still better.
| mn small FARMERS Of EuUIish blood living in
| ESsn| yarI- ne.r to London- c0mnInined that
they conld NOT hold their own against the sell
. | avs ~ Eranrh e,rUs ana Holland cheese and
. | I,fttar Tho fortnrrs from the SrortiSh Low
i,mdS -, ,ban,-Ni iii that Thn,s ara nov,
THRIVING In Essey' and the dullcr English hus-
| Gn1dnnSp ara fnrreI from THAR hoIdinps
| tIIrnti1r6 +bI. con,nefition 0T the new corners
f,lTr inc Worth In Scotland itsrIf the results
ohtoincd from filling the soil are even more
| nnt@yDSrthv am t9d that an ordinary and
| ,iSrI,I rnt,Irn for small farms in Easter Ross
~ Sutheriand shire il five dollars nor arrfl
These counties arc fiyc hundred miles north of
Inndon can state from uersOnoI obserya-
tiEn that tho ayersTe scotch farmer in those
] distant REGIONS is thrifty and ms near t0 PROS
, | Tnritv ne nv farmers - re in these DAYS They
rrrftIsc 70 he called Door. They understand the
hi,srrss of :, Iiyiu.rLthat things for which hun