The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-26
THE Cecil Farmers Club met
at the residence of Alfred

president, EiWOOQ bdlU0FSCOn, Call
ed the club to order for business at
the usual hour. The secretary,
Cecil E. Ewing, being absent, Jos.
s. Scarborough was appointed
pro tenn.
On roll call the following mem
beers responded j. P. Wilson, j.
s. Scarborough, Elwood Balder-
ston, M. I. Thompson, j. Harry
Maxwell, Frank r. Cherry, Joseph
T. Grove, Robt T. Cameron, Robt.
X. Rawlings, James III. Maxwell,
Alfred Kirk, c. Ross Biles. Wis
itors present: Rev. Mr.. Jenkins,
John T. Dewitt, Benjamin McVey,
Leroy Passmore.
Minutes of last meeting we're read
and approved.
On motion J. Harry Poist was
reinstated and Elwood Balderston
volunteered to notify him OF the
fact.
Alfred Kirk related an expert
ment he is making with a new va
riety of white wheat. He sowed
five bushels last fall and it is look
ing fine at the present time. He
presented sample of the grain
saved from the seed sown, which
all thought very fine, the grains
being white and plump.
Joseph T. Grove stated to the
club that for several years he has
used a fertilizer having Z per cent
potash in it, with good result, drill
ed in with corn. This year he Is
using a 10 per cent potash fertil-
izer drilled in with his corn and
will report results later.
M. L. Thompson reported an ex-
pertinent he is making with lime
on part of his wheat field but
cannot give a final report until
harvest.
Frank r. Cherry has a plot of
wheat that was sOwn on land that
had been seeded to alfalfa but as
he thought it was not up to his
ideal, he seeded to wheat last fall
and says it is looking fine.
J. S. Scarborough reported hav-
ing seeded small plot of old tim
othy sod with orchard grass, only
using harrow to pnlverize the
ground. If it proves successful
will continue the same process
until five acre lot is all in per-
manent pasture.
Elwood Balderston has planted
half acre with milo seed, to be used
to fill silo and is a very interesting
experiment, of which the farmers
will await the result with great
interest.
The host was called on for an
essay and responded by introduce
ing the Rev. Mr.. Jenkins, of Not
tingham, Pa, who entertained the
club with his travels and observa-
lions in Australia, which was not
only instructive but very entertain
ing and won the hearty applause OF
all present as well as rousing vote
of thanks. The following is an ex-
tract from his remarks:
Ten thousand miles from where we are sitting
this morning. in the Southern Hemisphere, there
is an island continent which has received the eu
phonious name of Australia. This country is q
part of that immense British Empire upon which
the sun never sets.
For nearly three centuries after the discovery
of America this country was largely terra incog-
nito, but in her brief career so far she has out
stripped in the for wealth all other countries
and has already taken foremost position among
mankind. One enthusiastic Australian writes.
Rome was the great country Of the past. the
United States of the present, Australia of the
future"
Visitors to Australia have strange experiences.
They find there eagles that are white and swans
that are black the wild flowers there give no
perfume; there birds which can laugh and
talk. but not sing; quadrupeds which had not yet
learned to walk on four legs; animals which laid
perfectly-formed eggs. but yet sucked their
young; cherries with the stone or seed growing
on the outside: trees which shed their bark as
winter comes but do not cast their leaves. Btu.
minus and anthracite coal are with US only one
color, black as Erebus. There they have white
bituminous coal, white as chalk.
many people, even tnose supposed to be well
read. are somewhat surprised to know that Aus
tralia in area is about large as the United
States. exclusive of Alaska. This is divided into
five great colonies, New South Wales, Victoria,
South Australia, Queensland, West Australia
To the south. across Bass Straits, is the little
island of Tasmania about the size of the State Of
Ohio.
Agricultural interests are on the increase, but
there is good deal of what is called ''poor mans
land" Here and there are strips of especially
good land, yielding from 50 to 100 bushels oil
wheat to the acre. Most of the farmers. however
on account OF the general uncertainty go in tor a
sort Of slap dash farming-a style Of farming that
would certainly astonish our more methodical
agriculturists The object is to lay under crop al
large an area possible so that II the season be
favorable large return, even at small average
per acre may be the result Many say that this
system pays the best, their reason being that II
the season be a good one, low cultivation will dc
nearly well as a deeper method OF farming;