The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-05-26
The Farmers Clubs.

The Farmers Clubs.
There WAS IA large and distinguished
gathering of farmers at the Maryland
Agricultural College and EXPERIMENT
Station Monday. as guests of the college.
Several oranges were also represented
Several ladies were in attendance, WHO
took lively interest in the proceedings.
Captain Sylvester, president OF the college,
was assisted in entertaining the guests by
DR.. Joseph R. Owens, registrar OF the col
lege. The state horticulturst, Mr.. James
s. Robinson. met most of the visitors IN
Baltimore, from which point special rates
we've provided over the Baltimore and
Ohio to College Park. Upon their arrival
carriages conveyed the visitors to the En-
neriment Station, where Director IL. )
Patterson welcomed them
A thorough inspection was made OF the
buildings and the practical experiments
being conducted at the station. The to-
mato vines were thought to be the finest
in the state The guests afterwards re-
paired to the college building proper,
where lunch was served. About 20 were
seated in the main diningroOm, and over
flow meeting in one of the class rooms
being necessary. A general meeting Was
then called to order by Mr.. Samuel Cox,
president of the Bel Alton Farmers Club,
OF Charles county, in the library, located
in the gymnasium building. DR.. Richard
S. Hill, president of the Patuxent Plant
ers' Club, of this county, was elected
chairman. and MIR. w. w. c. Stewart,
secretary of the senior and junior Gun
powder Clubs, of Baltimore county, was
chosen secretary. A report compliment
tarv to the college of an inspection ccm-
mittee, composed of a representative from
each of the ten organizations present,
was read by Mr. H. B. Gardner.
I'VE also believe" says the report, THAT
it will be to the advantage of the farmers
of our state to have a cattle food lnspec-
ton law passed, and placed in the care
of the Experiment Station, and that the
question of the guarantee of seed germl-
nation be brought before the farmers for
their future action The report was
adopted.
Director Patterson was called upon,
and made some pertinent observations on
the necessity for cattle food inspection
law
CiiyaStar after pNnrpSSlnU
his qualification of the interest taken in
the work of the station and college mani
tested by such representative body OF
farmers, spoke in part as follows: Il
think it has been demonstrated beyond
the peradventure of a doubt that when
the farmers of Maryland, or anywhere
else, stand shoulder to shoulder they VII re-
ceive that which they claim as their indi-
yidual rights" He cited the fertilizer
law, the farmers institute law and the
law establishing the state horticultural de-
partment as cases in point. Mary
land has been made a fruit growing state
under the influence Of the latter law. He
alvocated the passage of a cattle food
inspection law and law compelling
guarantee of seed termination. He also
advocated the passage of suitable legsla-
ton for the introduction of nature studies
in the public schools, a subject which the
Agricultural College has been agitating
for some time past.
On motion of Mr.. J. D. Cassard, of
Ansr1 irI ,bnr IF ln Ia
Club, the chair was authorized to appoint
committee to talk in charge the matter
Of bringing before the next legislature
bill similar to the fertilizer bill to control
the inspection of cattle food, and also a
separate committee to draw a bill COM
polling guarantee of termination of
seed sold in the state, the combined COM
mittee to urge the introduction of nature
std lies in the schools. These committees
will be selected from names presented by
the various organizations present.
Several comm endatory speeches rela
tive to the careful management of, and
marked Improvements in, the work of the
college, were made. The trustees of the
institution were also eulogized, and Gov
ernor Lowndes and Ex-Governor Brown
were highly endo rsed for the interest dis
played by each along agricultural lines
while serving as ex-officio presidents of
the board of trustees.
The following farmers clubs were rep
resented: The Deer Creek and Fallston
Clubs, of Hartford county; the Coppcrville
Club, of Carroll county; the Senior and
Junior Gunpowder Clubs, of Baltimore
county; the Bel Alton Club, of Charles
county; the Montgomery and Enterprise
Clubs, of Montgomery county. and the
Evansville Farmers an d PatuXent Planters
Clubs, of this county
Among the guests were George E. Low
ere, secretary of state; Charles H. Stanley
and Charles B. Calvert, trustees of the
college; Prof. M. d. Waite, assistant
vegetable pathologist, United States De-
partment of Agriculture: DR.. w. d. Bige-
low, chemist, United States Department
of Agriculture; DR.. Augustus Stabler,
Joseph F. and John Cockey, of Baltimore
county; VIM. II. Holmead, of Holmead
Manse, Washington, d. c.; eight men,
of the Evansville Farmers Club, of this
county.