The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-04-21
Cecil Farmers Club.
Proceedings of the April Meeting
Held at the Home of
r. T. Cameron.
FINE ESSAY BY THE HOST.

FINE ESSAY BY THE HOST.
NHE Cecil Farmers Club met
at the home of Robert I.
\ Cameron, near Principio,
on Wednesday, April II. Pres
ident Elwood Balderston called the
meeting to order at 10:45 and the
following answered to roll call:
Elwood Balderston, J. P. Wilson,
M. G. Reeder, Wayne Reynolds, J.
Fl. Maxwell, G. Ross Biles, A. B.
McVey, Jos. T. Grove, R. T. Cam
eron, Alfred Kirk, j. s. Scar
borough, M. L. Thompson, j..
Harry Maxwell, Cecil E. Ewing.
Honorary member and visitors
present: Lloyd Balderston, Rev.
Saml. Polk, Curtis Cameron, VIM.
Clifford.
The minutes of previous meeting
were read and approved.
The matter of furnishing copies
of the minutes to the press with
request for publication 4 was dis
cussed and on motion was indef-
initely postponed.
On the call for experiments AL
fred Kirk stated he had procured a
variety of white wheat last fall for
seed and found thatit did not stand
the winter as well as Fultz.
Jos. Scarborough related his ex-
perience with inochlating bacteria
for clover. He had received a
package from the Government last
fall with directions for using. After
mixing the Ingredients had satur-
ated three pecks of seed with it and
spread on garrett floor to dry.
When dry had sown with Thomp-
son clover drill. As he had more
seed than ground he had furnished
his neighbors with some. Would
report results later.
M. G. Reeder stated he had also
procured a package of the inocu-
lating material from a dealer whose
charge was $500 for a quantity
sufficient for one acre. 1t has been
ascertained that the same quantity
cost the Government Experiment
Station one cent and that when the
Agricultural Dept. ceases to fur
nish the bacteria free the farmer
will be subject to extortion.
Robt. T. Cameron said he pro-
cured some Fultzo- Mediterranean
seed wheat and sowed on sod
ground. He reported that it did
not look near as well as other
wheat this spring.
G. Ross Biles said stubble wheat
looked better than sod this year.
Joseph T. Grove said he had
also tried Fultzo- Mediterranean and
that it did not look near as vigor-
ons as the Fultz.
Had sowed scarlet or crimson
clover. 1t had come up nicely, but
where unprotected had been killed
out. Asked whether he should
pillow it down.
J. P. Wilson had similar exper-
fence and had plowed down after
harvest and got good results from
next years. wheat crop.
M. G. Redeer had used nitrate of
soda last year and doubled his crop
on timothy sod; got one-third more
hay.
VIM. Clifford had six years. ex-
perience with scarlet clover and got
two crops. April is the hard month
on it. 1t is not good for hay but
leaves the ground in good condition.
Lloyd Balderston spoke in refer
ence to clover bacteria and related
instances where although the catch
had failed one year the ground was
then in good condition for reseed-
ing the next year.
j. s. Scarborough related having
made four seedlings of alfalfa, the
fourth time with buckwheat and it
had finally resulted in an excellent
stand.
Alfred McVey said his alfalfa
was evenly mixed with sorrel.
The host furnished the following
essay:
The Advanced Farmer-His Greatest Per-
pIexity.
The average American farmer today is