The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-22
Farmers Clubs.
titioller.

President Sylvester entertained joint
meeting of the Evansville Farmers Club
and the Patuxent Painters Club last Sat
urday at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, at College Park, Md. Among the
members of the Evansville Club present
we're President W. s. Powell, Secretary
George E, Loweree, "A. J. Bennett, c. H.
Stanley, D. NJ. Nesbitt, Luther Brashears,
F. M Magruder, Samuel w. Beall, John
Snowden and DR.. Humes. The represent
atiyes of the Patuxent Planters Club
were President Richard S. Hill, Secretary
Franklin Weems, E. E. Berry, Eugene
Roberts, William Roberts, Upton Brooke,
William G. Brooke and F. w. Hill. Among
the others who were at the meeting wee
President r. W. Sylvester. Professors
Robinson, Patterson, Alvey and Scott, OF
the college; Mr.. Lloyd E. Dorsey, OF
Howard county: DR.. J. D. Cronmiller, of
Laurel Director Miller of the expert
ment station, and Dr. William o. Evers-
field, of College An inspection was made
by the two clubs and guests of the cattle,
poultry, greenhouse and other points of
interest around the college. All were OF
the opinion that the condition in which
everything was kept could hardly be i'm
proved upon. An inspection OF the ex-
pertinent station, which is under the d.
rection of Professor Miller, was made by
a committee composed of Mr.. Weems and
Mr.. Nesbitt No formal reports have
been submitted yet, bat both gentlemen
expressed themselves being highly pleas
ed with the manner in which the expert.
ment station is conducted, and Director
Miller received much praise from other
members of the two clubs.
An elaborate dinner was served to the
members of the two organizations and
guests, consisting of articles raised on the
big farm around the college. The meet
ing. which followed shortly after the dim
ner, was given up entirely to the reading
of papers, little business being done by
either club further than the naming by the
Evansville Club of the date for the next
meeting There were interesting papers
read by President Sylvester, Professor AL
vey, and interesting discussions by Pro-
fessors Robinson and Patterson.
President Sylvester read a paper on
"The Retaining of Southern Maryland
Farm He took as type the average
farm in Southern Maryland. removed from
the river courses, cultivated without sys-
TEN, and in the most imperfect way, con
tanning ABOUT 10 acres, twenty of which
are in wooded land and twenty acres in
permanent pasture. Of the remainder
100 acres arabic land-he advised divid-
ing into six fields, four of the fields to
have twenty acres each and two fifteen
acres each. Not a penny should be spent
that did not come from the farm, six per
cent interest to be taken each year for
the income from the investment, and all
that remained should 60 back on the farm.
BY careful system of working two of the
| fields, he stated, and permitting the re-
| mainder to be devoted to a four or five
years system of rotation, not less than
| four, there will be great increase noticed
| in the amount produced from these fields
in few years. One special feature OF
the system of tobacco culture he desired
to call attention to. The usual system in
vogue leads to gradual still no less Ger
tain, depletion of the soils fertility
whereas, in the cultivation of one of the
fifteen acre fields every other year the
land steadily improves. 1t will bear re
peating.
Professor Alvey, son of the present
chief judge of the District of Columbi;
Court of Appeals, followed with papel
on "The Farmer as an Industrial Agen
and Political Factor" and Professo
Robinson spoke on the Changes Neces
sary in Farming Around Baltimore an,
| Washin gton." He thought the time rap
idly coming when the cultivation of veg
etablcs and fruits would be principal elias
of farming, and the production of staple
relegated to the rear. Professor Patter
son talked on PLANT Nutrition"
Colonel Powell read an article from a
Iowa paper, in which it was stated, TO
the purpose of securing immigration t.
the West that corn in the Western cor
belt had grown to the height of ten an
twelve feet. This article was copie
extensively in the West. 1t was show
by Colonel Powell, however that cor
around the experiment station and othe
places in that section had grown fourteen
feet in height. The Evansville Club wi
meet on the 22d of February at Co
Powelrs at Annapolis Junction.
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