The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-04
THE Cecil Farmers Club met
with Robert T. Cameron,

berS and visitors IN attendance:
Prest. Alfred Kirk, cor. sec. M. G.
Reeder, rec. sec. Cecil E. Ewing,
treas. J. H. Maxwell, Elwood
Balderston, j. P. Wilson. Jos. T.
Grove, A. j. Kitchener, j. Harry
Maxwell, Alfred B. McVey, Jos.
S. Scarborough, Robt. T. Cameron,
Frank R. Cherry; G. F. Doane, of
the Maryland Agricultural College;
Lloyd Balderston, Benz. McVey,
VIM. R. Cameron, VIM. T. Gil
lespie, L. Curtis Cameron, Carroll
Cameron, Walter Cameron.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The committee appointed to draft
aresolution expressing thesentiment
of the club on oyster and good roads
legislation reported as followed:
WHEREAS, Your committee appointed Septem'
Der 9th to formulate and present to this Club res
olutions or the oyster industry and its probable
utilizing of revenues obtained therefrom to tie
construction and maintenance of good roads,
which we believe is both feasible and practicable,
as Marylanders living in State so richly endowed
by nature, perhaps not equaled by any of her size
in the Union, traversed by bay of such magni
tude, yielding in the past to the State greater
wealth in her combined product of food fish and
oysters than the cereals produced in the whole
State; the oyster product alone as much as Is
millions. The propagation of food fish at govern
eminent expense has passed beyond the expert
mental state. Our oyster industry has had the
farce of the protection of the oyster navy serving
as rich plum of patronage at the disposal of the
party in power, retrograding from self.support-
ing police surveillance with over one hundred
thousand to its credit to becoming burden on
the State treasury. condition confronts u.s. Our
quick witted and perhaps more enterprising
Yankee neighbors have transferred from our
fertile shores to the less favored waters of New
England our toothsome bivalye, and are now
supplying the Baltimore market. Her oyster
industry is practically gone. What is the rem
edy? 900 acres of the eminent domain of
Maryland is waiting the fostering care of such
legislation as we believe the Haman bill affords
to restore our lost treasure. That the barren
bottoms of the Chesapeake may be made to yield
a revenue to the State of at least one million a
year. as well as furnishing sustenance and en-
ployment for many thousands of her inhabitants
is not matter of conjecture. As citizens of a
great State we should be unworthy the name il
we did not give our support and encouragement
to this bill. And when coupled with the fact
that it promises to provide the necessary revenue
whereby our highways may be improved, a
double incentive is made apparent. Some may
urge this bill is unfair to Baltimare she receives
no direct benefit. The restoration of the oyster
industry toBaltimore means much more than
the Wabash terminal or any other system OF
trunk lines centering Baltimore.
We think it mex pedient at this time to recon-.
mend any special form of road law for the dis
tribution and management of the fund made
available under this BILL hoping that later in the
session a comprehensive and practicable law may
be passed. A bill has been prepared known az
the Shoemaker Bill, to be presented to this SEES.
sion which we think is impracticabe, as it pro-
poses only one half aid by the State. We think
such a law would be imperative as counties are
required to furnish like amount to get any
benefit. The law of Pennsylvania passed at
recent session seems to be imprachcable from the
same cause. While by it the State assumes two
thirds, put few counties have awaited themselves
of its benefits.
Resoiced That we cordially endorse the Hannah
Oyster Bill believing that it is just to every section
OF the State, and that we urge and enjon our
Senator and members of the House to give their
earnest and undivided support, believing that no
subject of legislation which may be introduced
the coming winter is of so much importance to
the whole State us the Hannah Oyster and Road
Bills.
On motion, the report was
received. The secretary was re-
quested to read the propos-
ed Hannah oyster bill that a
more intelligent discussion could
be had and after the reading of the
bill considerable discussion followed.
On motion, the resolution was
unanimously adopted.
On the call for experiments Mr..
Scarborough stated he had seeded
a twenty acre field in wheat, under
varying conditions, and would re-
port results later.
Mr.. Cherry said he had sown
some winter barley and it was
making good growth. His alfalfa
had not been a success.
Mr.. Doane stated that Al tons of
alfalfa had been cut from one acre
at the Experimental Station this
year and that it had been found
that it almost always took two
seedlings for alfalfa to secure a
catch, after which it would main
tain a heavy growth.
Elwood Balderston reported his
experimental patch of vetch show
ing heavy growth.
Lloyd Balderston gave an inter
esting talk on introducing the
Langtord apple in this section to
supply the place of the Baldwin.
The host when called upon for
an essay responded by introducing
Mr.. @. +. Doane, of the Md. Ayr.
Station, who spoke as follows on
the dairy;
Three ways are open to the dairyman
for the improvement of his dairy herd and
by which he may bring it to more pay.
ing basis. OF these three ways two are
pretty we'll recognized and are constantly
advocated by speakers and writers in the
dairy press. OF these perhaps the most