The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-27
Cecil Farmers Club.

responded to roll call: Prest., A. j.
Kitchener; cor. sec., M. G. Reeder;
J. T. Grove, M. L. Thompson, Ell
wood Balderston, Alfred Kirk,
Robt. Cameron, J. p. Wilson, and
A. b. McVey. The following hon
orary members and visitors were
also present: Lloyd Balderston,
Henry Coudon, DR.. r. E. Brom-
well, w. H. Hogg, DR.. Underhill,
F. Coulter, Preston Reynolds and
E. II. Worthington.
On the call for experiments, M.
G. Reeder stated that he had board
ed two sides of a log ice house and
found that the ice kept better on
those sides. He also found that the
ice had melted four feet off the
bottom where the boards had been
broken as the house was being
filled.
Robt. Cameron stated that his ice
house was entirely underground,
had stone walls and Il double roof,
and that he always had plenty OF
ice.
Elwood Balderston exhibited a
stalk of ensilage corn with four full
grown ears and four other cars. on
it. 1t was a twelve-row white corn
and with the ears distributed along
the stalk, making it admirably
adapted to ensilage purposes.
A. j. Kitchener stated that his
potatoes this year were failure,
although he had fertilized at the
rate of 1900 lbs. per acre.
M. G. Reeder said he had plant
1900 square yards of ground with
five bushels of seed and used 900
pounds of phosphate. Had raised
rs bushels of matured potatoes. He
planted in burrows, sinking seed in
furrOw with hand.
Alfred Kirk stated that his pota-
toes were more scabby where nc
sulphur was used. Also that the
late planted field has a good crop,
though not dug yet. They were
planted the latter part of May.
When the host was called upon
for his essay, he responded by in
Producing DR.. Underhill, a veter-
mary surgeon of Media.
DR.. Underhill gave very inter.
esting and instructive talk on cattle
diseases, their prevention and cure.
He stated that exhaustive exper-
iments had been carried on at the
Pennsylvania University to test the
ACCESSIBILITY of sanitary barns, and
the result had shown that the SAM.
tary barn was far more healthy
than the nnsanitary one. DR.. Pier
son has published a pamphlet on
the subject and any one desiring a
copy may procure one by address
ing the Penna. University, Phila.
DR.. Underhill stated that the
cows had been placed alternately,
one healthy COW and one tuber-
cuiosis COW. At the end of several
weeks all the cows in the unven,
tilated barn were affected, while in
the ventilated stable only a portion
were affected.
A. B. McVey asked regarding
anthrax, stated that he had ter
rible scourge of it in his herd.
DR.. Underhill said that anthrax
is most dangerous disease, to both
man and beast. All carcases
should be burned or buried six feet
under ground and the greatest care
exercised in handling.
Mr.. McVey stated that DIR. Mac
key had treated his cattle and had
every animal on the premises inoc-
ulated. After such treatment he
had lost no more. Every carcass
had been burned.
This disease was introduced from
the refuse from the leather factories,
which had been taken out as
fertilizer.
The president appointed A. B.
McVey, M. c. Reeder and M. L.
Thompson committee to inspect
the premises. The club then adj
Journed to bountiful dinner, after
which a stroll was taken over the
place.
When the club reassembled the
committee of inspection was called
upon for its report. They reported
having noticed an extra fine field
of well matured corn, a pen con
tanning a sow and nine pigs, also
ten shoats which will be ready for
the (af)fair-to be held the week
before Christmas; two pairs of oxen,
several cows and a flock of sheep,
all doing credit to the farm. The
celery in the garden attracted par
ticular attention.
In replying to comments on the
improvements to his lane, Mr..
Kitchener showed where the Com,
missioners had failed to put in suf-
ficient culyert to carry the freshets
and that he was obliged to turn
them off the lane by a heavy brake.
DIR. Bromwell commented on the
neatness of the garden and every
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