The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-11-13
DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB.

DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at
the residence of Mr. William Silver, near
Darlington, on Saturday November 9TH.
Those present were John Moorcs, prcsi-
dent, Frank II. Jacobs, ". ". Finncy,
John s. Slade, W. B. Hopkins, William
Silver. r. Harris Archer, John D. Worth
ington and Lawrence Mccormick. The
visitors were B. Howard Hannah, George
f. Silver, DR.. John Sappington, John II.
Price, David L. Thomas, w. H. II. White
ford, John {. Finncy, N. L. Foard, of
Baltimore, J. Finney Galbreath, James F.
ZONES, Charles A. Andrew, S. Martin Bay.
less, Rev. K. A. Sterling, N. A. Gorrell,
William T. Easter, L. B Makinson, James
X. Massey, David E. Price, John H, Price
of D., Albert P. Silver and Benjamin II.
Silver.
The committee on inspection consisted
of Messrs. Worthington, Mccormick and
Sappington. They visited Mr.. Silvcr's
farm, on Deer Creek, just previous to the
assembly of the club at his residence, near
Darlington.
Mr.. Worthington said that the conf
mittec had spent most of the time looking
around Mr. Silver farm. The barn was Il
model one, very large and comfortably
arranged, and verything about it in
complete order, Notwithstanding he does
not live there, as his fine dwelling was
burned about year ago. All the live
stock was i'll fine shape, including 80 beef
cattle, weighing about / 800 pounds
each; also a baby short horn bull, one
year old, that would weigh 900 pounds.
Mr.. Silver takes particular care Of his
mares and colts. He has 4 very fine
Marvellous mare, the progeny OF which he
has sold for fancy prices. He manages
with much care and gets maximum
amount of work done with a minimum
amount of labor and stock. The wheat
stubble was we'll set in grass. The farm
contains about 175 acres, $50 of which
are in cultivation.
DR.. Sappington said he had known the
farm for many years and it was always
good. 1t would compare favorably with
the Woolsev farm or any other.
Mr.. Silver was asked the question:
"Does it pay to fatten i'll the stable. )"
He said that it was better tofull feed and
let the stock 90 out of the stable, then
put on grass for June or July market.
The subject selected for discussion was
the "Haman Oyster Bill" 1t was OPEN
ened by Mr.. Hannah, the author of the
bill that was before the last Legislature.
Mr.. Hannah said in part:
Hartford is the banner county of Mary
land i'll the cause of oysters and roads.
The Darlington Road League of this
county was the first body of its kind in
the United States. The president of this
pioneer road club was my good friend, D..
{. Wharton Smith, one of the best citizens
Hartford county ever had. The Deer
| Greek Farmers Club of Hartford County,
of which l am glad to be an honorary
member united the cause of oyster Gull
turc and the good roads movement by
calling the convention of farmers which
met i'll Baltimore on January IL, 1898.
| had the honor to present to that con-
vention the plan with which my name
has since been associated, providing for
leasing the barren bottoms of the Ches-
apeake bay and its tributaries to oyster
farmers, and applying the money derived
| from such leases to the construction OF
roads i'll our State. The oyster bill and
the road bill. which shall offer as soon
as possible after the Legislature convcues
in January, 1904, are here for your
scrutiny and criticism. We are i'll a very
different position from that which we
occupied in 1898. We were then strug-
Cling for a hearing. The case is now
probably about to be decided in our
favor We were then scarcely beyond the
starting post. We are now apparently
on the homestrctch, and we should, as
the horsemcn say, win in a canter.' In
all this time of struggle the Deer Greek
Farmers Club has been the one organiza,
ton in the whole State of Maryland
which has given continuous aid, comfort
and support to the cause.
"Somc changes have already been made
in the bill which was before the Legisla
ture of 1902. The most important OFF the
notifications are those cutting down the
amount of land which any one person OIL
firm NAV take up. as we'll as the provision
that only residents of the respective coun
ties and owners of land therein may take
upIands within the counties. The rental:
in this new bill are from 81 to So pc,
acre. In the old bill they were from 81
to So per acre. Every feature of the bill
that might lead to monopoly has beer
stricken out. Every possible Safeguard
against monopoly has been inserted
The principle of the bill is sound. Thu
details are as we'll adapted to the accom-
/ plishment of it's proper purposes had il
, view as l can make them. 1t is bill il
the interest of the whole State.
+, The friends of oyster planting simpl,
say to the State: You are running a vas
r business into the ground. You are i'm