The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-12-16
. THRIFTY MARYLAND TOWN.

Messrs. W. X Eckert, William Fickingel
and E. o. Garner, of the Copperville Farmers
Club, DIR. Birnie and other citizens OF the
place. The new bank was inspected. The
fact that Taneytown was becoming a grea
agricultural center was explained. The great
quantity of baled hay and the quantity of pork
shipped annually and the fact that more than
500 choice fat beeves were yearly sent out,
some of which went TO Europe, was told with
Justifable pride. A dairy supply agent admits
a business of over $4,000 in these supplies
annually, A new mill, with storage capacity
of 5000 bushels of wheat, has just been COM
pleted, and the owner, in connection with
another of the mills near the town, has made,
during the six months ended November 81,
over L, 200 barrels of flour, using over 10000
bushels of Carroll county raised wheat. Some
of this -four was shipped TO Cuba, Brazil,
Scotland and Gibraltar. The members OF
the Coppervile Farmers Club named took
the visitors in charge and drove to the farm
of Dr. g. T. Motter. The farm is rented out.
The annual yield of corn on this 200 acres Is
3. 900 bushels aud 200 bushels of wheat be-
sides the crops of grass and oats. The oats
were plump aud heavy. The farm was IN last
summer severe hailstorm belt, and the corn
crop was nearly ruined Cattle feeding is
also carried on in u small way on this farm.
HIGH-CLAsS RACE HORSES.
The next stop was at the 900 acre horse
breeding farm of Messrs. K. w. Walden 4
Sons, near Middleburg, Nd. Race horses are
the specially A number of handsome colts
were shown the visitors by the obliging fore.
man. The pedigrees of these colts traced
back TO noted winners of two continents.
Each colt occupies a roomy box stall, and
these stalls form circular building extending
a triie over one sixth of n mile. Inside OF
this building, entirely closed and well lighted
by windows, making it weather proof, is an
exercising track one-sixth of "a mile around.
When the visitors were shown colts which
$40, 600 to $50, 900 had been offered and re-
fused--a price their own farms wOuld not
bring-they wondered. One visitor remarked
that race horse values were rather evaneseent,
for TODAY your horse is winner, he worth
money. and there are buyers ready to take him
at good price; tomorrow your horse is beat
en-. aud be becoms a 'has-been. The best
time to sell horse is when some one wants
to buy
Nearly Il score of boys from - to l6 years
of age were noticed, and inquiry elected the
fact that they were stable boys who re-
manned there day and night. How do they
get any schooling then A room was shown,
in which were table, desks, chairs and school
room accessories. ''We have regular school
hours in this room. Over this room was a
large well-lighted chamber, with rows of beds,
with everything in neat order. In answer to
DO the boys ever fight p Occasionally they
did, . was answered, .'but now if they do we
make each one take a horse whip aud see
that they use It on each other. SO now there
Is very little scraPping among the kids.
Few States have as extensive u race-horse
breeding farm as that of Messrs. Walden, and
none can boast Of finer or handsomer section
OF country, where there are such fertile lands
and up-to-date farming. The writer counted
in this viciHssy % large wheat fields in sight at
one time.
CARROLL COUNTY FARMS.
The next farm visited was that of Ar. F..
o. Garner, Il contains l2l acres. Diversi.
fed farming Is followed, aud the annual yield
OF corn IS 1000 bushels in the ear. Poland
China hogs are kept in numbers, so that pork
selling brings quite q revenue. Chickens and
turkeys are another money bringing crop.
The barn space was full, and near by was a
large rick OF eorn fodder, uuder which suit
able shelter had been made for the large farm
implements.
The farm Of Mr.. W. X. Eckert was next
lie has Il small farm, but the old adage OF
a small farm well TILED, means barn well
Australian" wheat looked remarkably we'll.
Mr.. Eckeri said in comparison with his other
whoa; geld this Australian wheat seemed to
be quite HeSsian hy proof.
The farm OF Mr. William Fhckinger came
next. Here were found more Of the large
beef cattle. which were running on an excel
lent pasture Of natural grass: plenty OF poul-
try aud as the annual buteherng WAS under
way a chance 10 see that the hogs were IN
prips condition. An excellent apple orchard
vas shown. and libSsal proofs Of its yield sup.
piled the visitors Mr. Fliekinger's wheat
fields we're in hne condition, with little eyI-
dence Of the Hessian tly. Evidence OF thrifty
farming was not lacking on this farm. An
unusually fine barn next attracted attention.
aud a halt was made 10 Inspect It. II was 81
by 100 feet. with the usual ample basement
stable aud convenient room arrangements
The tact that none as iue or large had been
Observed in York county was commented on
and one enthusiastic visitor said he felt like
taking of bis hat to Carroll eoanty. A Mr..
Dutterer was said to be the ssner Of the barn,
but be was away.
Near bv was another object of interest. II
was the farm OF Mr.. Henry Sell. The gentle
sIore OF the fields was such as to show them
very eonspiculousy, the pietare first class
farming with its scrupulously clean fence rows.
A well-kept orchard formed q contrasting
background 10 u substantial residence. The
orchard Is only i T-acre one, yet tins season
Mr.. S,al raised aud sold 800 bushels %
apples from it. The farm consists OF l4I
acres, and here, too, large stock cattle were
seen in goodly numbers iE a field near The
barns.
nav cArrIE- FEEDING METHODS.
The party was drawing near to Westmin
sier. as il was desired to reach the farm o.
Mr.. b. +. Shriver IA time TO make an lnspec
ton before dark, only carriage observation o
, the other farms Ell route could be made.
Large hoeks of poultry, which included plenty
of fine turkeys and guinea fowls, seemed 10 bt
the order at every farm that vas passed. The
great number of large capOns seen was sur
prise. Il would be interesting TO know
whether the farmers in general are expert II
this line, or whether an expert Is secured wh'
who visits the farms. Each farm makes con
siderable pretense of having an orchard, an'
II timely spraying was observed the sppl,
crop of Carroll county would soon become
source great revenue to the farmers. Their,
are a number of new orchards to be seen
Many of them seemed TO be small, aud it wa
learned some nursery propuetors had OF
many farms set out one acre IN various truI
the rows The farmers pay the nurserymel
$50 down for the trees, which the latter agree
10 look after for five years, when the farmer
are TO make another payment Of 500, or a hal
or one-third of the yield of fruit-the inform
ant was uncertain about the quantity of trul
to be gwen in case the money was not paid
As the Aurserymen's care simply means prun
ing and perhaps ''looking after insect des
truction, and the farmers have the cultivation
to attend 20 and maintenance of soil fertility
il would seem The nurSerymen have 'snap.
a STACK OF CoBs AND HUsKs.
The farm of Mr.. B. F. Shriver was the las
visited II is located nearly two miles from
Westminster. Here the visitors found wha
they considered one of the most novel and in
teresting object lessons seen on the entire trip
First, a number of beef cattle in remarkabl.
fine condition we're examined in the stable
As of them. Their uniformly good condition
was noticed at once. A narrow iron tract
ran through the stable, between the two row
of cattle stalls. On it was car in which th'
feed was conveyed along the line to the cattle
The feed was something that greatly aston
ished the visitors, as well as the way it wa
kept, as it quite upset some theories. Bacl
of the stable was a large circular stack whicl
at distance had the appearance OF the usua
stack of straw; such as wheat threshing leaves
But it was not stack of straw-it was stacl
of the refuse of corn canning-the cob anC
husks. The cobs are taken as soon as the
corn is removed for canning, and they arr
then ground up in a mill, and with the husk
hauled directly to the stacking place. A row