The aegis & intelligencer., 1902-06-20

Woolscy farm last Saturday afternoon, upon
the invitation OF MIR. :. A. Williams. The
Club was the guest of MIR. b. Howatd IIaman,
Of the Baltimore City bar. Abont sixty per-
sons present and the evening was pro
nounced to be one of the most pleasant gath
srings that the Club had ever enjoyed. The
members present were r. Harris Archer, II.
b. Bruus, William w. Finncy, w. Beatty
Harlan. William p. Hopkins. Frank II. Jacobs,
James Lee, Fred Lochary, J. Lawrence Nc
Cormick, John Moorcs, Thomas IL. Robin
son. Harry Silver. William Silver. OF John, G.
q. Street,, $. a. Williams, John b. Wysong,
and John ID. Worthington. The visitors being,
Thomas Lochary. DIR. w. w. Hopkins. WILLIAM
II. Harlan. Christian Smith Wilson Moore,
(. J. Moore. of Baltimore, &. v Maynadicr, ].
Norris, General Manager of the Maryland
and Pennsylvania Railroad. a. X. I. Lackie,
Gen. Herman Stump, George l.. VanBibbcr,
Robert c. Richardson. w. l.. AmosS, Director
of State Institutes. Captain X. W. Sylvester,
President of the Maryland Agricultural Col
icgc. w. Boyd Bell, Alex. =. Bell, Il. Howard
Hannah, J. NJ. Street,. George +. Silver, J. T.
=. Hopkins, ]. 7. Z. Hopkins, Jr., George X.
Cuirnes, John B. Hanna. DIR. Robert 5. Page,
Fred. X. Williams. Joseph w. Archer, County
Commissioners George Archer and B. Frank
Hanway, Clerk to the Z commissioners, George
J. Finncy. John {. Finncy. Thomas &. For
wood, John q. Rouse, William {. Rouse, OF
Baltimore, Lawrence Forwood, K. Harry
Webster, ]. Rush Street,, George NJ. Jewctt,
Bennett IL. Barnes and Rev. 5. Z. Wasson.
The Woolsey farm where the meeting WAS
held formerly belonged to four brothers and
live sisters. who purchased it in 1912. from
the heirs of the late Joshua Husband. 1t
contains 312 acres. AS the family successive
~ died, no wills were left and the property
descended to the survivors until it belonged
to the late William Wooiscy and his sister.
Miss Rebecca Woolscy Mr. Woolsev died in
1890 and Miss Rebecc:t i'll 1901. BY indie
iatgable energy and industry coupled with
good business Judgment the family built up
what is now recognized as grazing farm
second to no other i'll the State. The build
:ngs are ample, substantial and complete and
i'll prime condition. The fences are in first
class order and have been practically renewed
in the past two years The surface is bcauti-
fully rolling and abundantly watcrcd. The
soil is rich and productive and never fails to
respond to the call of the husbandman. The
natural grass fields yield an abundance in SO
dry a season as this while the general crops
of wheat and corn have always stood as the
ma aXimum of what could be expected in this
county. Dotted here and there over the sur
face are handsome shade trees. while within
the range OF vision, from the ample lawn the
far famed hills and wales of the Deer Greek
Valley stand out i'll bold relief.
The committee on inspection consisted of
Mcssrs. w. Beatty Harlan, John B. Wysong
and William II. Harlan. In their trip they
were accompanied by nearly everyone present.
The committee, through its chairman, Mr..
w. b. Harlan, made Il most tlattcring report
OF the farm and premises. He said he had
often heard it said that Mr.. Woolsey wanted
to do things right and the manner in which
the buildings were constructed indicated that
this was true. The barn is commodiouS
one, as complete as any in its day. 1t was
built in 1857 and has eight cattle stalls.
The crowning glory OF the place was the old
green grass sod on which there about
eighty cattle grazing. They will weigh about
Mounds Tp1nN
butcher. The corn and wheat fields are as
good as any that there is this season. He
impressed with the new fencing, all of
which was in perfect order and had been re-
ncwed i'll the past two years with locust posts.
MIR. Wysong said that the farm was a credit
to Hartford, and in his entire trip he had not
seen one-half dozen weeds. He paid high
tribute to McSSrS. Joseph Lochary. Albert
Harvard and James TragS. who conduct the
entire work of the place with some little extra
assistance.
Mr. William II. Harlan, the critic of the
committee, stated that the only complaint
| that he had to offer WAS that it was not his
| own. He spoke in highest praise both of
| the farm and the manner i'll which ii had been
| managed during and after Mr.. Woolscy's
| death.
| General Stump related an occurrence when
| the late William T. Hamilton was Governor
| of Maryland. He said that he brought this
| gentleman up there and as they were ap-
proaching one of the fields. MIR. Hamilton re
| marked to Mr.. Woolscy that he was using
| lime which seemed to be spread over the
| fields in piles. Mr.. Woolscy. however. cor
rcctcd him and told him it was bone dust and
| said that rich man could afford to apply
| bone at the rate of 400 to 500 pounds per
| acre each year, but the poor man. i'll order to
| get Il good effect and one that would last
| twelve or thirteen years, should use II single
| application of not less than 900 pounds.
| Captain X. w. sylvester. President of the
Maryland Agricultural College, said that he
WAS highly impressed with the possible pres
| rut of from grass to beef. lie knew of no
| farm that was so free from weeds. and WAS
| he SO situated he would not hesitate to pur-
| chase il i'll order to be i'll possession OF such Il
| magnificent estate and reside among such DE-
| lghtiul people.
| MIR. B. Howard Haman made the principal
| address of the evening. He WAS listened to
| in an attentive manner by all present, and
| from the number of questions that were asked
| him it was apparent that the subject was one
| which has been receiving the thought OF the
| farmers for some time.
| MIR. Haman said i'll part that he had never
| feared to play on this question as harp with
u single string, hoping that some day 1t could
| he attuncd to a perfect melody that would go
| throughout the State.
| "A region without highways is a wilder
ness; with poor roads, it is but halEcivized.
| 4 system of hard smooth and comparatively
| level roads is essential to the welfare and
| prosperity of any rural community. These
| are the channels by which alone the products
| OF factories can be got to market. Without
| them the hidden wealth ofmincs is worthless;
the most fertile soil OF little value to its pos
| SCISSOR. The need of good roads is now APP
| parent to ALL We are in an era ofrOad build
| ing. The problems of transportation are the
| vital questions Of the day. To no class Oi
| our citizens are such questions more interest
| ing than to the farmer. The merchant uses
| roads for the conveyance of his from
place to place. They are important to him
as the avenues of his traffic, hut the very exist
| cnCc of the farmer depends upon the inaintcn-
;ucc OF ways.
CAUSE OF COUNTRY ISOLATION.
thousands of Maryland farmers during
several months of the year sit at home, miss
ing the village, the church. the library, the
aid of physicians, the visits OF uCEhborS,
| owing to the wretched condition to the COt!u-
| try roads. The isolation OF country life. with
| it's attendant deprivations, il one of the great
causes of the tide of population which has i'll
recent years flowed 20 the cities. Its COntiuu-
ancc prevents Il return wave to the country,
where nature intended people should live
rather than in crowded, uuwholcsome towns
Ambitious boys leave the comfortable hut
lonely home on the farm to suffer the hard
ships and engage in the toll of the city. 1t is
natural that youth should be adventurous.
but it is sad to middle-agcd men and
women turning away from homes to take
petty clerkships or keep boarding houscs-iu
fact, to barely cXiSt-in the crowded city,
Even now there is n tendency to go back -
the farms, but this will not become Il move
mcnt of Importance until the means OF com,
munication for human beings and Of trans
portation for their commodities are greatly
improved. Good roads will tremendously
assist the rctluN of population to the country.
The farmers wife, who now works alone i'll
her kitchen, will get her help back, for help
like to go to village. The kitchen being
! ! once supplied the problem of country living
would solve itself.