The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-04-17
WILMA fARmERY CLUB.

| The Wilma Farmers Club met at "Rcvcr'
| lev" the residence of MIR. isaac :. Sanncr. on
Wednesday OF last week. This was formerly
| the home OF 'I'aTSo;.'' Benjamin richardson,
! who WAS one of the founders OF the Mctho-
| dist Protestant Church. The following men,
| bcrs were present: McSSrS. George W. Nc
| Comas. Joseph W. Archer. John y. Porter.
| u. Traino- Archer. George Archer, Il. Frank
Cronin, Thomas Hollingsworth, II. p. HoL
lingSw orth and 4. Scott Rohns9n.
The committee on inspection, consisting of
McsSrs Thomas Hollingsworth, b. Frank
Cronin and John y. Porter, inspected the
premises and made the following report
They called attention to new ice house a.
by IL with II carriage house overhead. IN
the barn, was found several wagons and the
farming machinery in good shape. Mr..
Sanncr has FIVE horses ;ld four mules all i'll
fine condition. His COWS and hcifcrS also
looked well. In the hog house were fifteen
pigs. about three months old, of berkshire
stock. They were in thriving condition. An
orchard of three hundred apple trees and
three hundred peach trees had recently been
planted out. The thirty-five acres of wheat
were in fair condition. The committee con-
graduated Mr.. Sanner upon the many I'M
provemcnts that he had made since he
purchased the property.
The subject selected for discussion was
What is the best paying crop"
MIR. S;inner, the host, said that ifyou plant
tomatoes and the crop fails, there is nothing
to show for ii but the hare ground. If
crop of wheat is sown and the yield he not
profitable the following grass and hay crops
are to be looked forward to. He preferred Il
wheat crop to be followed by grass.
Mr. Thomas Hollingsworth said that if
corn is planted and the yield is good, the
farmer knows that he has good paying
crop of both the cereal and fodder to feed the
stock. and a good nome market for the sur
plus. There is more money in Strawberries
than either potatoes or tomatoes.
Mr.. Crouiu's experience had been that
since the tomato is so uncertain, he advised
the routine with dairy as the most profit
able method to pursue.
MIR. Porter thought the question n hard
one to solve and that it needed careful con-
sidcra; ion. As tomatoes are uncertain the
farmer is always sure of something i'll a corn
crop. Wheat does not pay. Keep as much
stock on the farm can be properly cared
for.
MIR. George Archer would not raise wheat |
except to get good set of grass His OK
percncc had been that there was very little |
money in the routine way OF farming and the |
crop is TOO uncertain. If accessible |
to the market, trucking would DC the best |
paying crop.
Mir. u. Traino: Archer believed that al |
most any crop can be made to yield a good |
profit. More depended on the farmer than
the crop. Every farmer should arrange his |
work 50 that he furnish steady employ
incut the year around for all his help.
Mr. L. p. Hollingsworth'S observation has
been that those vino continue with a routine
way OF farming were successful.
Mr.. McCouas thought that there was
more money in hay than in any other crop
and chat it paid to prepare the ground cx-
pressly for grass. He did not think that corn
could he raised at a profit for So 80 per barrel.
Mr.. !. w. Archer believed that there was
more money in growing wheat than any
other crop. With the improved machinery
large yield can be assured At Il little expense;
in fact it grew without attention after the
ground has been prepared and the seed sown.
Mr.. Robinson thought that there was
more money in trucking than in any other
crop.
The cIui, adjourned to meet at "Dunkalc,"
the home "i Nj. ]. w. Archer, on Wednesday.
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