The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-25
The Farmers Clubs.

| The regular monthly meeting OF the
Patuxent Planters Club took place last
| Saturday night on the bugeye oyster boat
Florence and Annie, on the Chesapeake
bay Saturday morning the members or
| the club. with their invited guests, gather
ed at the large farm Of DIR. r. s. Hill, near
| Upper Marlboro, and after spending an
ENJOYABLE hour with DR.. Hill as host,
started with carriages for the farm OF
| Franklin Weems, in Anne Arundel county
| 10 miles distant.
The editor who is "A member of the
club was unable to be present on this
| occasion, so we are indebted to the inter
esting account written by the Baltimore
sm.'s correspondent for the following
| facts about this very pleasant occasion.
"A mile from Dr.. Hills the Patuxent
river brid re was crossed, and after that
| the balance of the drive was through Anne
Arundel The luxuriant growth of corn
| and tobacco seen en- route was great
revelation to the travellers. While the
season has been what might he well term
ed an unusually favorable one, having
hid frequent timely rains, the growth
of vegetation is mainly due to soil fertili-
ty. Corntields with stalks having two and
| three well developed large ears that the
tallest in the party could not reach to the
tasseis with an umbrella gives an idea of
the prodigious growth. Such cornhelds
were the rule. The fields Of tobacco, the
members Of the club admit, are simply
marvellous The farms of all the members
are located in Prince Georges county,
| but Mr. Franklin Weems has one also in
Anne Arundel county. A majority of the
members have extensive tobacco fields,
but they had to acknowledge the proof of
object lessons, and, as one member put it,
Il take off my hat to this growth in Anne
Arundel. 1t is simply astounding.' The
section traversed was beautifully undula
ting, affording most excellent oppor-
tunity for inspecting the growing agri-
cultural crops Frequent stops were
made to admire and inspect the fields.
Inquiry ELECTED the fact that many farms
growing these wonderfully luXuriant
crops do not use fertilizers and have not
done SO, and that the results are produc-
ed by the natural wonderful fertility of
the soil and methods followed in farm
ing
After dining with Mr. Weems at Tracys
Landing the party embarked on the bug
eye oyster boat Florence and Annie for
a sail on the bay Ten miles or so out
the wind ceased to blow and dead calm
prevailed until past midnight. Fortuna
tely the secretary had his satchei with the
official papers, So the meeting was held on
the boat, the full moon and a ship Ian
tern enabling the minutes and the excel
lent essay of Mr.. Franklin Wecms on
Rotation of Crops" to be read. EX
ceedinsly interesting discussions follow
ed, the meeting lasting until past mid
night. Mr.. Franklin Wccms, who makes
frequent trips by water, seemed to know
that on such occasions, like baseball, the
the unexpected becalming did not pre-
vent a continuance of the liberal dspen-
sation of the necessaries which a thought
full host provides. There was no suffer
ing for food or watermelon dessert. The
boat reached Tracys Landing on the re
turn at 4 O'Clock Sunday morning.
There are only 12 members of the Pa
tuNent Planters Club, but they represent
over 5000 acres of farming lands Dr.
Richard s. Hill is President and Franklin
Weems Secretary. The guests at this
meeting were Capt. r. W. Sylvester, of
Agricultural College, and Mr. G. O..
Brown. On the return tri p to Marlboro
| different route was taken, so as to visit
| the old, historic st. James Church. The
building is in Il most excellent state of
preservat..on and it was gratifying to find
the surroundings, which contain Il mum
| Der of tablet marked graves, had but
| recently been put in excellent condition.
Local pride in the neighborhood of all
| these old and interesting church build
| ings and surroundings should be sutfi-
| Gent to insure their preservation in the
| strictest manner. The members of the
PatuXent Club who attended were DR..
| r. S. Hill, F. Snowden Hill, f E. Berry,
Eugene Roberts, William Berry, George
| W. Brooke, Upton Brooke, William G.
| Brooke and Franklin Weems.