The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-24

Cecil Farmers Club was
l. held at the home Of the
President, Elwood Balderston, near
Colora, on the 18th inst, Vice.
President r. L. Cameron presiding.
The following were present: Ell
wood Balderston, r. T. Cameron,
II. X. Rawlings, Jos. T. Grove,
]. r. Wilson, A. j. Kitchener.
Alfred Kirk, Cecil Z. Ewing, Jos.
s. Scarborough, M. G. Reeder, DR..
J. I. France, Wayne Reynolds.
Honorary member and visitors :
Lloyd Balderston, K. l.. Duyckinck,
Carlton Kimble, Morris Jones,
George Balderston.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Alfred Kirk reported having a
field which was literally overrun
with plantain. The field had been
in corn for the past two years and
in order to try and get rid Of the
plantain he was going to put it in
potatoes and give the ground
thorough cultivation.
Lloyd Balderston said he would
pay nc attention to the plantain
but would plant whatever he de.
sired on the ground, regardless of
the present heavy growth. When
il came time to seed for grass he
would SOW heavily and the grass
would crowd out all the plantain
Il. L. Duyckinck told of having
unexpectedly gotten rid of plantain
and greatly increasing his grass by
the application of scrapings which
had accumulated under shed and
had been spread on a portion Of
adjacent field.
Wayne Reynolds said he had
been pasturing his cows on four
acres of scarlet clover. 1t had
greatly increased the flow of milk
2 but had diminished his herd, as
one of the cows had died from the
effects of overlooking a few days
previous.
Jos. T.. Grove said be had exper.
ihented with potash and manure
on portions of corn ground and got
greatly increased crop. Had nsed
10 per cent and z per cent potash
and got great deal better results
from former.
George Balderston spoke of the
heavy growth of weeds some sea
sons and said that in many in
stances they afterward proved a
blessing to the ground, as they
impaired fertilizing properties in
which the ground had become de.
ficient. Chichweed he spoke of
as being particularly beneficial to
the soil.
Morris Jones said a perfect stand
of grass would exterminate plan.
tain and that heavy wheat crop
was conducive to IL.
He told of having plowed up IL
acres of sod ground and seeding
with hungarian. Had afterward
nut il in corn and found it was
much better than other parts OF
the field.
J. p. Wilson thought il was
caused by the rotted timothy sod
and not by the hungarian.
X. X. Rawlings has sown some
partly terminated wheat and re
eeived very poor returns.
Jos. 8. Scarborough advocated
turning timothy sod in fall and
blowing or narrowing in spring be.
fore planting corn.
A. j. Kitchener found no neces-
sity to replant corn where ground
had been plowed In fall.
Wayne Reynolds was also an
advocate Of fall blowing.
j. P. Wilson said the Expert
ment Station authorities did moi
favor fall blowing, as while they
found it was good for the present
crop it had a tendency to greatly
impoverish the soil for later years,
Messrs. Wilson, Rawlings and
France were appointed a CON-
mittee on inspection Of premises
and an adjournment was taken for
dinner.
A bountiful repast was served,
to which full attention was given
by all present aud an inspection OF
premises was then made.
When the club reassembled the
committee reported having noted
Is barrels Of fine apples, corn cribs
we'll filled with excellent corn,
2. potato crop looked well, the host
stating he had received 200 bushels
from II acres, hog pen much larger
and better than the average, con.
tanning a fine lot Of hogs, shoats
and young pigs, tool house con-
veniently arranged, an ice pillow,