The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-10-28
THE DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB.

The Deer Creek Farmers Club held its
regular October meeting ut the residence of
Mr. William Il. Hopkins, near Lapiduni. on
Saturday last.
Til. following members responded to their
names at roll call: Mcssr$. MoOres. WySon%,
Archer. Jacobs. I.ochIry. Bruins. Shade, liar-
land. Lee. Mccormick and WorthinGton.
The visitors were Doctor Herbert Harlan OF
Baltimore. nr. W. ". Hopkins, of lIavrc de
Grace. and McSsrs. John Silver, Charles
Silver, :. Hoblitlell and Robert W alkcr.
The Inspection Committee through Mr..
W. Is. Harlan reported that in addition tn
| the ma gnificent view of the maicstic SuSquc-
| hanna and the rolling landscape on either
| side. Il fertile portion of which WIS embraced
| in Mr.. Hopkins farm, they were cspcci-
| ally attracted by his corn. which WAS
| Yielding at the rate Of sixteen barrels per
| acre: that he had good bunch of cattle
which would weigh nearly twelve hundred
| pounds though not fully fat: and an especial
ly attractive herd of COWS the butter from
| which he found profitable market for i'll
| Havre de Grace, five miles distant: that he
| had two promising Eric Wilkes colts coming
| three years Old and reported the sale "f three
recently for nearly five hundred dollars: that
| he had 4 promising lot of poultry, among
which was the Christmas turkey.
| Mr.. Wysong endorsed Nh. l!arlrn'$ re-
| port, and added that during the season MIR
Hopkins had marketed 21ou bushels Of 90
mutoeS from five and half acres Of ground
! AT ~ cents Il hushcl: that he reported
twcnty-six bushels Of wheat per al
nineteen acres: and had nice Ia: of hogs.
Mr.. Sladc as critic rcnnrlcd that he found
things generally i'll good shape. but that Mr.
| HOPKINS barn would soon need several acre:
| Of new roof
The question Docs Farming Pay ant
| What Will he the Secret u: Successful Farm
ing i'll the Futurc?" was then taken ny.
The host, Mr.. Hopkins. said thar lie saw {
danger signal from the fact thai 50 many
young men were leaving the farm torcity life
that when lie noted the gradual accumula
ton of u; rso;!al property nruund.thc farmer
and coupled with this the many comforts ant
even luxurics which he enjoyed, lie believed
that farming does pay. and if the labo
problem could be overcome and the genera
leaks stopped, which are common with mos
farmers. he believed il world pay i'll tn
future. He found NOW more than ever hri"r
that lie had not only To lie the first in tn
morning but the leader of his hands durin;
the dav; that many of the colorcd population
had left the neighburh"od, while ut lime
nearly all of the white labor WIS employed
| in tlic neighhornG canning houses.
| Mr.. lanes Lee said that not only WAS II
satisfied that farming has paid, but that
is paying. and properly conducted will pa
i'll the future. Compared with merchants 4
similar capital the farmer is much safe
and better business. and at present wit
wheat at $1.10, tomatoes ut - cent,
. | "a Inn bpI
. $50 per barrel. three year old colts at iron
$l2J to $11:J. and good cows at from 50
to So. he thought the farmer had GOO
reason to congratulate himself upon III
) business. II went without saving howcvc
that the farmer to succeed will have to work
even much more closely than he h:rs hereto
fore.
Dr. II arlan said that he particular
D struck with the absence Of shops and Sna
: factories which SO familiar in this Sc
, tion twenty-five or thirty years ago, and h
rclcmhcrcd that these artisans i'll the harvcs
:, season were valuable adjunct to the rcgula
c farm labor. He was especially gratited q
| | Mr.. Lees remarks, and III measuring SucCcs
| we must remember what we mean by II
term. After seeing the poverty So famlia
|. among the poor i'll the city he concluded TIL:
l. not only has the farmer Il better balance
Iii. favor than The man of the same capital
; the city, but in every way his life is mo-
hcalthful and attractive.
Mr.. Wysong thought that considering Il
:, small capital invested the farmer did succec
Il The most serious phase of the question WI
The labor trouble and he noticed that Il
small farmer having his labor within hir
self almost always succeeds. At presen
r. prices for wheat oats, corn, milk and poultl