The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-08
DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB

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The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at
Cool Spring" the residence of Mr.. James
Lee, on Saturday afternoon at two O'Clock.
The active members present were John
Moores, president. Fred. Lochary. John S.
Slade, ]. Lawrence Mccormick, John B. Wy
song, John B. Hanna. Harry Silver, James
Lee, w. Beatty Harlan, John ID. Worthingtou,
S. A. Williams and X. Harris Archer. The
visitors were Thomas J. Claggett, DR.. c. A.
Holingsworth, ]. Wilson NJ oore, w. w. Will
son, Robert c. Preston. George L. Silver, w.
Courtney Reid and J. Glasgow Archer.
Mr.. Lees farm is beautifully situated on
both sides of Tobacco Run, not far from
where it empties into Deer Creek. Itcontains
two hundred acres, nearly all of which is in
a high state of cultivation. Seventy-fve
acres is in meadow land well adapted to
grazing. Mr.. Lees father inherited the farm
from his father nearly seventy-five years ago.
1t was then unproductive and devoid of i'm
provcmcnts. Mr.. James Lees ia her was one
of the very first farmers in this whole section
of the country who tried to make his land
good and how well he succeeded is apparent
| to everyone.
The chair appointed Mcssrs. Harlan, Wy
song and Silver a committee on inspection.
The following report was made:
Mr. Harlan said that he found beautiful
bunch of Jersey COWS. about ninety in all,
seyenty-one of which are now in milk The
daily receipts of milk are 40 gallons. He
also saw about fifty head of young Jerseys.
There we. c also i'll the harnyard about fifty
head of thoroughbred Berkshire hogs.
Mr. Wysong said that the farm VAS recog
nized as one of the best in the county. He
noticed a new ice house that had recently
| been built. He had heard that the milk in
! spector who visits Hartford. Cecil and Balti-
more counties, said that Mr.. Lee had the best
equipped dairy barn except Mr.. Shocmaker's
| in Baltimore county.
| Mr.. Tohu ID. Worthingtou, chairman of the
committee appointed to attend the meeting
| of the various clubs which was held in Balti-
! more on December 2Sth. to take some action
| on the Hannah Oyster Bill, reported that the
| sentiment was in favor of the bill as now
| shaped
| Mr.. Harlan said that Mr.. Hannah gave
some very interesting statistics. He said ten
years ago the oyster crop was about 49,
| 900, 900 bushels annually; now the output is
| about one-half n million bushels.
Mr. Lee opened the subject, Permanent
| Improvement of the public roads and how to
raise the money topay the cost of the same"
| He is in favor of the Shoemaker Bill. 1t is
very much like the New Jersey law, except
! more liberal. Where the former allows one
| third the proposed measure appropriates
one-half of the total cost to be paid by the
State. Formerly he did not favo or the issuance
| of bonds by the county for the improvement
| of the public roads, but has changed his mind.
| He considered that good, hard roads were
mole beneficial to a neighborhood than n
| railroad. He was also in favor of national
| legislation on the lines laid out by the Brown
low Bill. He thinks the Shoemaker Bill a
| good thing in connection with the HANG n
Bill.
Mr.. Wysong agreed with Mr.. Lee and was
in favor of the county issuing bonds; also the
bill for State aid, provided practical eng
neer had charge of the work.
| Mr.. Moores was glad to see renewed in
terest taken in road Improvement. He wa:
in favor of both bills. also au issue of bonds
by the county.
Mr. l. c. Archer did not favor bonding tho
county. He thought it better to wait and
get all possible out of the Hannah and Shoe
maker Bills.
Mr. Preston said he was not posted, but
liked good roads.
| MIR. Worthington said that the sentiment
in our county favorIng good ROADS was
greater than ever before. He would like &c
see legislation on the lines of government aic
by the Brownlow Bill; state aid by the Shoe
maker Bill, supplemented withcounty aid b.
the means of bonds. Then there will be goot
roads sure enough. OF course there woulC
be the Hannah Bill to take the place of TIL
Shoemaker Bill when the sum would be su1fi
cient. We should be prompt in pushing al
these measures. and let everyone give thei
united support.
Mr.. Mccormick was not in favor of issuing
county bonds without ample safeguards
The club should endorse the Brownlow Bill
. MIR. Shade liked good roads and good oys
tiers. Public sentiment now seemed ripe 70
: action. lie favored bonding the county.
MIR. CIaggett said that the desire for goo
roads seemed to have reached this count
and all should act in concert. In Frederic
county. where he lived, they have good road
4 because everybody was willing to lend a help
ing hand.
Mr.. George L. Silver was glad that the clu
had again taken up the road question.
: should be kept before the people. If we &c
| government aid, state aid, county aid an