The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-04-27
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.

fred Kinks, near Pennington, on
last Wednesday. The day was
ideal, and with the trees and shrub
berry opening out under the warm
spring sunshine, the wheat fields
and lawn showing a rich deep green,
the picture that met the eye from
every point of view in this garden
spot of agriculture was a pleasing
i one.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, A. j. Kitchener,
and the following members answer
ed to roll call: Geo. w. Clifford, r.
K. Rawlings, M. G. Reeder, James
81. Maxwell, J. P. Wilson, Alfred
Kirk. In addition those present
by invitation were Rev. w. r.
Mowbray, B. w. Money, Cecil e.
Ewing and VIM. Kirk.
The secretary being absent, Cecil
E. Ewing was elected pro tenn.
On call of the president for exper-
iments by the members, Mr.. Wilson
stated that he was trying COW peas,
but was not yet ready to report.
He also stated in reply to an in
quiry about manure spreaders that
he had one and that it was salts
factory in every way, effecting a
great saving of labor, and spread
ing manure, lime and straw from
the stack with nicely not possible
with a fork.
| Mr.. Maxwell stated that he had
tried an $500 fertilizer, mixed
from formula furnished by Prof.
Robinson of Md. Ag'l. Station, and
that it showed very satisfactory re-
suits on wheat.
| Mr.. Reeder had tried from one
to two bushels of seed wheat per
acre and found one bushel too little
and two bushels too much.
Thought IL and Ii bushels showed
best results.
| Mr.. Reeder had tried feeding
bran and gluten as mixtures with
corn meal and got better flow of
milk and found it more healthful
than pure corn meal.
II Mr.. Clifford had tried the same
and found that a mixture of half
bran and half cob meal made the
best feed.
/ Mr.. Kitchener thought too much
in,breeding was one of the causes
of tuberculosis In stock.
4 Mr.. Wilson spoke on The COM
parative' values of fertilizers used
/ in this section, stating that reports
from Md. Ag'l. Station showed a
number had fallen below their ad-
vertised value while others were
above.
The host was then called on for
an essay and read the following:
Another year has been added to the
cycle of time and again it has come my
turn to entertain the Farmers Club, and
J with it comes the duty of preparing sub
lject to be discussed at the meeting As
most all subjects have been discussed at
former meetings. relating to the farm, it
leaves but little new from which to gather
thoughts
AS all men engaged in occupations or
professions are compelled by force of sharp
competition nowadays to give all their
time, study and attention to that profess
sion or occupation to make it a success
financially, SO it behooves the farmer of
today to be on the alert, or he will be one
of the has-beens as far as farming goes.
For, we find the men who have given
their undivided attention and study to
their occupation or profession are the ones
who have become successful; let him be
farmer, mechanic, doctor, lawyer, mer-
chant. minister or politician, we>fnd the
man who continually ahsents himself from
his place of business and leaves the man
agement Of that business to others to at
tend to for him makes mistake and nine
times out of ten 1t will be failure.
Right here will mention some of the
mistakes the farmer makes, in my Judge
ment. First, he is not particular enough
in the selection Of seed, for believe if we
select the best of grain and grass seed from
/ year to year, we can improve each variety
until we can have almost perfection in
what we grow.
/ CHANGED to walk across the corner of
neighbours wheat field this spring and
was surprised at such a vast amount of
cookie growing in his wheat. 1 stopped
and thought if the whole field is as thickly
set as the corner just crossed. then there
will be from one TO two bushels to the
acre. As there were some IS acres in the
field, lie had the promise of large crop
of cookie. mention this fact to show
the necessity of having clean seed.
| would also suggest that we be careful
in selecting stock for breeding, especially
in cows which are intended for the dairy.
We may take Jersey bull and Holstein
COW, or vice versa, and we get cross that
may excel either of the full breeds. vet
when we come to breed from the cross,
the offspring degenerates rapidly and soon
gets back to the common stock. know
of no exception but the Poland China
hog. In that case the cross seems 10 i'm.
prove the more it is bred from. and why,
| cannot tell. so leave that with the Club.
The essay was freely commented
upon and, though short, was con.
sidered excellent, multnm in parvo.
After considerable interesting dis.
cussion on topics suggested by the
essay, dinner was announced and
all repaired to the dining room
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