The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-03-27

adjournment with Elwood
Il Balderston, March Is at ii
a. M. The President. Alfred Kirk,
called the Club to order. The re-
cording secretary being absent, on
motion J. P. Wilson was elected
secretary pro tenn. On roll call the
following members were found pres
ent: A. J. M;chener, James Max
well, NJ. G. Reeder, r. X. Rawl
ings, Joseph Grove, Robert I. Cam
eron, Frank Cherry, Alfred Kirk,
Jos. Scarborough, Alfred McVey,
Harry Maxwell, Elwood Balderston
and!J. p. Wilson. Visitors present:
William 7. Weldin, Evan Sharp.
less, S. M. Jones, J. F. Balderston,
S. G. Tosh, S. T. Balderston, VIM.
Patten, R. B. Russell; as well as
being honored with the presence
of three of the charter !! members,
Lloyd Balderston, w. W. Moore
and III. S. Couden. After the read
ing of minutes of previousImeeting
recalling the fact of a committee
appointed at last meeting to make
enquiry regarding a cheaper tele
phone service, the chairman, Mr..
Balderston, reported he has COM
municated with the secretary of a
local company in Lancaster Co. lset
ting forth the workings of their
company; seemed quite satisfactory
The company embraced some three
hundred patrons; 'phone service
$15 per year. The report was ac-
cepted and the committee continued.
On call for experiments, r. K.
Rawlings reported quite satisfac-
tory results in caring for and break
ing his Young mules; growing
finely and fully meeting expec
tatiOns.
Maurice Reeder reported his ex
perience with the check row corn
planter which he gives high com
mendation.
John Balderston, visitor, gave
interesting experiment with alfalfa;
thinks it is destined to prove a
valuable adjunct to our list of
grasses.
Morris Jones spoke of his results
with crimson clover; thinks it a
reliable substitute for the red clover
as in many cases last year this was
disappointing. This elected enquiry
as to best time to SOW. Mr.. Mich
ener reported he sowed his clover
and timothy together at wheat
seeding, in September, and it looks
fine. Mr.. Lloyd Balderston says
after perhaps twenty years exper
ience with crimson clover that it
is not practicable to SOW in corn
at last working as the corn shades
the clover too much; better defer
sowing until corn is housed. He
also spoke of caring for poultry, as
that seemed to fall to his lot. He
had number of fowls confined and an
equal number running at large, and
that those kept up did equally well,
and that he considers it practicable
to confine to make it profitable.
With closing of experiments the
reading of the essay being in order
our host produced the following:
Among the Ouernseys.
| In welcoming the members of Cecil Farmers
Club and Others here to-day to inspect and criti-
| else our Guernseys, most of which are grades l
| feel that cannot do better than to point out
my short comings by narrating to you short but
instructive visit to Haddon Farms last week.
This farm is owned and managed by E. T. Gill,
an old classmate of mine. l found his herd this
year in a capacious new barn stabling sixty head
most of which are registered Guernseys His
stables iare altogether above ground thus giving
plenty of daylight and drainage. The windows
are almost continuous, on either side and at each
end. The cows, comprising the famous Glenwood
Girl family which won the first prize for the herd
of five over all competitors (their average for the
year 1901 being 475 lbs. butter fat an equivalent
of 5549 lbs. butter,) were facing each other on
either side of broad feed alley. This alley has
no maugers. but is cemented throughout with q
depression on each side for feed. They are fasten
ed by swing stanchions of improved pattern. The
stalls are only a wooden plattorm-no partitions
with depressed cement gutter behind the cows
/ A wide cement passage way on either side, with
the bountiful supply of windows make the stables
light and airy. There are also ventilators run
ming to the gable of the barn, and so constructed
to not make draught. The ceiling overhead
is laid with matched boards so that no dust what
ever comes through. The stables are kept scrup
ulously clean, all droppings are removed at once
The floors are sprinkled with plaster each morn
ing, after being swept perfectly clean. The bed
ding used was shavings.
did not inquire regarding the rations but the
cows were then eating sweet clover hay, uncut
There was mixed ready for another feed ap
parently dried brewers grain, bran and cotton
seed This in connection with an abundance OF
good ensilage.
E. t. Gill shows in his management of his
dairy that it is possible to keep cattle, and many
of them, without necessarily having them to run
over the greater part OF his farm each summer
He has one beautiful green grass meadow where
the may exercise, but their feed is all in the
stable.
The cows are brushed and their udders and
sides sponged off each milking and the miikers
don their white overalls and caps, and wash theil
hands ready for the milking.
This milk, some $50 qts. daily, so carefully