The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-03-11
Maxwell.

NAdANNis
An interesting meeting of the Cecil Farm .
eIs' Club was held on March /, ut the home
Of James II. Maxwell. near Pennington. Til e
members present beside the host, were ]. p.
Wilson, Presidents Alfred Kirk Rov. d. L.
shaw. George W. Clifford, NJ. G. Reeder, Il.
K. Rawlings, Il. T. Cameron. The invited
guests were Lloyd Baderson. Elwood
Baldcrsop. Thomas Wilson. Thomas Bond.
Ellis Duyckinck, Howard Brumhed. Under
the head of experiments Mr.. Reeder asked
for information as to the best food for dairy
purposes. Ee did not approve of corn alone
but thought corn and bran very good. but
that the best results were gotten from corn
and oats.
Mr.. Clifford asked if he attended the cream
cry He did, and thought he got "a better
return in milk from feeding corn and oats
aud Just ae good test. Mr.. L. Balderson
thou sht it takes the stock for the test and the
feed for the quantity. He thinks it best to
sell oats and buy bran. Thought 400 lbs.
| corn meal. 100 lbs. cotton seed meal. 200 lbs
bran excellent feed. Mr. Bond thought half
WI II una hll 'llii illiH' SblN if'N. lT. H.
Baldrr-on thought the last milk from the
COW much superior to the first, and in order
to get "A correct test it should be taken out of
the entire milking. Mr.. Thomas Wilson
wished to know if any one present consider
ed potatoes a disadvantages to cows. He had
some trouble with his churning and at that
time he was feeding corn fodder, corn cob
meal ard one bu5hel of small potatoes to
eight COWS After discussing the question
it WAS decided the fault was in milking some
stale COWS. The question was then asked,
what was the cause Of COWS falling off in
dry food Mr.. L. Balderson thought re-
action took place and it would make no
difference what particular care you might
give them, it would occur. The club was
then entertained by the reading Of Il very i'll
teresting essay by the host, the subject being
tine Value of Good Seeds" Mr.. Maxwell
said:
Il think the farmer should have good seed
10 start with in the Spring, but some may
differ from me. | think the most use to
the farmer is the corn crop. as everything on
the farm can come AS near living on it as
any other grain that we raise. and we should
try and select the best to have in our cribs.
| think we can improve our corn by HAY ing
good seed. Some think the grain will run
out, but | think if we select corn from the
ears that are not too flinty we can still have
good corn.
Wheat we sowed in the fall OF 1898. really
not much better than good screenings from
present prospects far SURPRISES anything we
had reason to expect, and the outlook now
is that we may hope for Il more favorable
harvest for 1899 than expected from the seed
sown in 9S. In selecting seed oats | think
we ought to be very careful, as very often it
gets heated in the bins, especially if threshed
from the field.
Potatoes we plant ought to be put away
as soon as they are through the sweat. and
then select the best that are in crop. Some
times we can raise from the small potatoes
a good crop. but the season has all to do
with potato crop in my opinion. You may
have nice lot of vines, but tomorrw blight
may strike them. l experienced Il case of
that in 1898. We will have to be very care
full this Spring that our potatoes have not
been chilled that we intend to plant, as they
might as well be frozen.
"Clover seed has been very expensive
crop of late years, and we can buy seed much
cheaper than we can raise it, but / think il is
better to sow our own seed, as we get more
thpn plnvnr ,Vbnn wa I'm frop ha
All seeds require thorough cultivation of
the soil, and without the labor of man and
the rain and sunshine, which our Lord gives
us, think it would be Of little use for US to
plant
Comments were then in order. Mr.. Reeder
believes in order TO bring our grain to a good
standard it is necessary to plant good seed.
although some years ago he planted the
cloud corn, picked and nubbed it carefully
and not having Il sufficient quantity he then
planted the nubbins which proved to be the
best corn
Mr.. Rawlings approved of the essay, but he
spoke OF Mr.. Maxwell sowing inferior seed
wheat, and his prospect at this time is very
promising.
Mr.. Clifford thinks we are not careful
enough in selecting our seeds. He always
runs his seed wheat over IA coarse screen and
his seed oats he blows hard in order to get
the light oats out. As for clover seed he
thought he could procure as good Western
seed AS home raised.
Mr.. Kirk approves of home raised seeds.
as we have an opportunity Of seeing what
we are getting.
Mr. j. P. Wilson asked If clover seed would
sprout more than once. Mr.. Lloyd Balder-
son thought not.
Mr.. +. Duyckinck agreed with the essay.
Mr.. L. Balderson was very much pleased
with it also. He believed in planting good
corn. but did not approve of planting the
whole ear. In regards to clover seed he
thought it WAS necessary to know where it
comes from, that it might be clear of filth.
After appointing the usual committee
to view the premises, consisting of iIessrs.
Kirk. Reeder and Clifford. the club was in
yited to the dining-room by the host, to par
take OF sumptuous repast, which was en-
ioyed by all. After viewing the premises.
the president again called the club to order.
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