The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-02-26
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings of the February Meeting Held
at the Home of Alfred Kirk.
REPORT OF GOOD ROADS MEETING.

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roads-but throughout our country our citizens
will have to turn their energies to improving the
means OF intercourse. that is, the roads, because
we are civilized people and we cannot afford to
have barbaric methods of communication.
| There was to be meeting Wednesday at 10
O'Clock at Hotel Raleigh to report what the diff
ferent ones got from the representatives OF the
different states and to see how they stood before
the Senate and the House, but do NOT know the
report as was not present at that meeting.
On motion the report was accept
ed and the committee of one dis
charged with the compliments of the
club for his excellent report. The
president spoke of the interest mani
tested in the good roads measures
at Annapolis and said he had con-
versed with Mr.. Shoemaker, the
auther of the bill bearing his name,
and asked him regarding the clause
requiring a ten per cent to be paid
by owners of property abutting on
the roads to be improved. Mr..
Shoemaker had told him that if~de-
sired the commissioners could pro-
vide for the amount mentioned in
that section of the bill.
Elwood Balderston, as chairman
of the committee on securing a
charter to erect a telephone line in
the county, reported that a bill had
been drawn for the purpose and
forwarded to Annapolis. A draft
of the proposed charter was read
and after hearing comments mo-
ton was made and carried for its
adoption. The committee was con-
tinued.
The corresponding secretary re-
ported having received a letter of
acceptance from G. Ross Biles re-
garding his election to membership
in the club, also letter of declina-
ton from another who had been
elected
On the call for experiments, Mr..
Rawlings said he had tried FEEDING
cottenseed meal and found it in
creased the butter supply. Had
found that IA lbs. meal at Ii cents
per pound had increased the supply
one pound per week.
Mr.. Balderston said by feeding
two per day he had been able to in
crease his herd record.
Mr.. Wilson spoke in regard to
the wonderful results from high
feeding and asked regarding the
relative added cost of feed and the
profits resulting He thought we
were liable to lose sight of the
profits when using high priced
feeds.
Mr.. Reeder stated he had tried
packing apples in crates and barrels
and preferred crates; apples in the
bottom of the barrel are subject to
too much weight on top and do not
keep as well as those in crates.
He had found that the Carthouse,
Newtown Pippins, York Imperials
and Red Romantics were good
varieties to keep without willing.
Mr.. Kitchener suggested that the
barrels be laid on their side to re-
lieve the weight on the apples in
the bottom.
Mr.. Scarborough referred to some
experiments with corn at the Ex-
pertinent Station where it was
found that the larger the germ and
grain.the greater amount of protein
it contained.
The host when called upon for
his essay, responded as follows:
Friends and fellow farmers, it is a pleasure to
have you meet with me today, and according to
custom am expected to have some subject to
present to you for discussion. / know of none
pig to US all in fact is more interesting than how
to grow more corn to the acre. With all the ap-
proved methods for ploughing. preparing the
ground for planting and eultivsting. the percent
age of increase has been small compared to some
other crops. II we could always have good
clover sod to plough under in the spring, we
would not have much trouble in growing good
crops. But the field intended for corn has gen.
| orally been moved two or three times and even
longer so there is very little clover left and we
have stiff timothy sod to commence with. My
experience has never been very satisfactory as far
as getting large crop on that kind of sod. l
would suggest we increase our acreage OF corn so
as to enable us to keep more cows, feed more
cattle, grow more pork, make more manure to re-
turn to the farm ana thereby create humus in the
SOIL of the essentials to insure good catch OF
clover. five could grow clover in abundance
and still the same amount of lime and fertil-
izer as we are now doing the increase of our
crops would soon put US onthe road to prosperity.
1t would also increase the fertility of the soil,
another very important matter for the man who
owns farm. We must keep up the fertility by
some means, If we do not we will soon be on the
road that leads to financial failure.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to view the premises, after
which an adjournment was taken
for dinner: Messrs. M. @. Reeder,