The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-18

Little Robert Candles, who fell and splinter
ed his ankle bone some time ago, is steadily
improving. THEo.
Something About the Talkers.-It will
be well to know in advance something about
the men who will address the Baltimore Coun-
ty Farmers Institute to be held at Monkton,
N. q. r. R., on Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. Here are some facts:
Mr.. H. P. Miller, V. D. M, Sunbury, Ohio,
is the oldest son of very successful farmer
and stock-raiser, particularly of sheep. He
and two brothers have remained in the stock
business and developed it along other lines.
Mr.. Miller is a graduate of Antioch College
and also of the Ohio State University Veterin-
airy College. He is an expert judge of stock at
fairs and has charge of the sheep department
of the Ohio Farmer, and is a contributor on
other topics to other leading agricultural pa
pers. He issaid to be, by competent authority,
one of the best institute workers on the Ohio
force. Mr.. Amoss visited his farm last June
and engaged him to help this season as
live stock authority in all the counties of this
State.
Mr.. H. E. Van Deman, of Washington, D.
c., from Ross county, Ohio, where he COM
menced life in 1916 among the orchards plant
ed by his father and grandfather, both being
practical horticulturists. He began his educa-
ton in the common school, but later was sent
to the South Salem Collegiate Institute. He
served his country from 1868 in the First Ohio
Regiment of heavy artillery to the close of the
war, when he took up practical horticulture
as a life work on some of the best fruit farms
in the country, agricultural colleges not then
being institutions for a practical education.
He became acquainted with DR.. John N. War
der, one of the most noted pomologists living,
and was advised by him to seek employment
ION Mr. Knox's fruit farm, near Pittsburg, Pa.
After the season had passed DR.. Warder took
him to his own farm, fifteen miles south of
Cincinnati Here he worked and studied.
Two years were spent in Northern Michigan
with his brother planting orchards for the
early sattlers. From Michigan he went to AL
len county, Kansas, where he planted large
orchard on a Government homestead claim.
While the orchard was growing into profit he
accepted a chair in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College of Botany and Practical Horti-
culture, but after two years returned to his
orchards, where he remained until called to
Washington by Secretary Colman to organize
and take charge of the Division of Pomology
in the United States Department of Agricul-
ture. He was special representative at the
Pan-American Exposition, 1901, in the De-
partment of Horticulture, and is the Pomo-
logical Editor of The Rural NeaO Yorker, AS
sociate Editor of GREEN'S Fruit GrOa0er and
contributor to various rural papers.
A letter from Hancock, Md, says: "Mr. H.
K. Van Deman, of Washington, ID. c., is per-
fecting arrangements to make Hancock his
home. He has discovered that Immediately
WeSU Oh 1dUCOCk lay Ouc VI TIC llucoJ lIulb
belts in the State, and, being botanist and
practical hortculturist, he has decided to es-
tablish his home here"
Att. 80 P. NJ on Wednesday Mr.. R. A. Pear
son, assistant chief of the Dairy Division, U.
S. Department of Agriculture, will deliver an
illustrated lecture (using the lantern) on
''Dairyingin Warm Climates" He will show
methods employed in the diaries in Porto
Rico and also in some diaries in this country.
Mr.. Pearson recently returned from Porto
Rico, where he has been studying the needs of
the island for our dairy products.
More Mysterious Fires-Fifty Horses
Lose Their Lives in One of Them-Heavy
Loss.-The large boarding stable on the prop
erty of Mr.. Louis P. Knox, on the east side of
the Hartford road, near Parkville, was destroyed
by fire between 2 and O'Clock on Friday
morning of last week. There were nearly sixty
head of horses and mules in the building, most
of them boarders and some of them very valu-
able animals, and fifty of these lost their lives.
Mr.. Knox, who had a sleeping room in the
building, was awakened by smoke and upon
going to investigate found the building on fire.
He awakened a hired man and the two sue
ceeded in rescuing eight horses, four of them
belonging to Mr.. Knox, but the flames spread
so rapidly that it was impossible to do any
thing for the others and they perished Efforts
were made by neighbors to send in a call for
the county fire engines, but the alarm failed to
register Other buildings on the place were
saved by the free use of water, those who
gathered at the scene working theoretically to
that end. Mr.. Knox, in addition to his stock,
lost $50 barrels of corn, 400 bushels of wheat,
large quantities of hay and straw, farm imple-
ments, harness, &c. He estimates his loss at
fully $4,000 and has insurance to only about
half that amount. Mr.. Knox, who is a
nephew of County Commissioner Charles H.
Knox, has no idea how the fire originated. He
is highly esteemed citizen and much sympa-
thy is expressed for him in his misfortune. tits
mentioned as a singular coincidence that about
eight years ago the dwelling of Mr.. Knox,
that stood on the same farm, was burned near
the same hour in the morning and the origin
of the fire was never discovered.
IN GREEN SPRING VALLEY.
About IL o'clock on Saturday night last a
large frame barn on the Ellnor Stock Farm of
Mr.. q. Howard Stirling, in the western end of
Green Spring Valley, was discovered to be on
fire and the flames spread with such great
rapidity that it was impossible to save any of
the contents. Five cows were burned and
large quantity of farm produce and other arti-
Giles were destroyed, the estimated loss being
5000, only partially insured. 1t is thought
the fire was of incendary origin.
HAY BARRACK BURNED.
On Friday afternoon of last week large
frame barrack on the farm of Mr.. Frederick
Gross, at German Hill, in the 18th district, was
burned, causing a loss of about 500. There
was large quantity of hay in the building,
Which is InOugnJ 10 nave Deen set OH uIe' 1He
loss is covered by insurance.
Roland Park Companys Of1cers.-The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Roland Park Company was held on Monday
last, when the following gentlemen were cleo
ted directors for the ensuing year Messrs.
Arthur Young and Charles q Stuart, of Chica-
go; Messrs. Alex. H. Rutherford E. H.
Bouton, Richard ]. Capron and Richard W.
Marchant, Jr., of Baltimore. Subsequently
the board elected the following officers Presi-
dent, Arthur Young; first vce-president, Ed
ward H. Bouton second vice-president. Chas.
U. Stuart secretary and treasurer, X. w.
Marcbant, Jr Mr.. Bouton, who had been
general manager of the company since its
organization in 1891, declined reelection to
that position, he having accepted the presi-
dency of the Maryland Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company.
Club Stabling and Shedding The Over
land Hunt Club has contracted with Bosley
Bros. to build stabling and shedding at the