The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-27
THE April meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club was

u held at the home OF Jas. ID.
Maxwell, near Pennington, on the
1Sth inst.
President Robt. T. Cameron
called the meeting to order and the
following responded to roll call r.
T. Cameron, Elwood Balderston, G..
Ross Biles, A. j. Kitchener, j. P.
Wilson, Jas. H. Maxwell, j. Harry
Maxwell, M. G. Reeder, j. S. Scar
borough, Wayne Reynolds, Alfred
Kirk, r. X. Rawlings, Cecil E.
Ewing.
Visitors present: w. R. Cam
eron and Sam'l. D. Fryer.
Minutes of previous meeting
were read and corrected.
The present bad condition of the
roads caused that topic to be taken
up and discussed informally at
some length. The discussion
ended in the hope that something
would be done and done soon, but
none present knew just what or
when would be done.
Under the head of experiments,
Mr.. Scarborough stated that be
had planted 40 Keifer pear trees
many years ago. They bore early
and then blighted. He sawed off
the tops and deeply scored the
bark and the trees had been bear
ing abundantly since. AS Keifer
pears would only bring ten cents
per basket, he had decided to
change the variety and was now
grating for that purpose. Asked
about the Wilder pear and Was
told it bad a good reputation.
Bartlett. Sheldon, Duchess and
Bordeau de Anjou were also recon-
mended. He intends in June to
shave off all the rough bark with a
sharp draw knife.
Mr.. Reeder advised him not to
do it before the 18th of the month
Can old resident had once told him
the longest day in the year was the
best time.) Mr.. Reeder did not
favor the draw knife method of
removing the bark but thought it
better to remove the diseased por.
lions only, by scoring deeply all
around and then removing.
Mr.. Rawlings spoke of blight in
peach orchards having been cured
by taking off all the limbs.
Mr.. Kirk said he had tried that
method on a ounce tree and it
died.
Mr.. Reynolds said he had sowed
clover seed last fall and it did not
show this spring, so he had sowed
over again. Others thought fall
sowing would have shown later.
Mr.. Kitchener stated the past six
years. experience had satisfied him
that fall sowing was the better.
The host was called upon for an
essay and responded with letter
of regrets from one of the profess
sors in the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington, who had
expected to be present to talk on
seed corn. Mr.. f. E. Williams
had responded to an invitation by
sending an essay on the selection OF
seed corn. which was read and
elected considerable discussion.
Mr.. Rawlings said he had been
changing seed for several years in
the hopes of improvement and now
wished he was back to where he
started.
All were of the opinion that the
seed should be selected from their
own crops, the best ears each year.
A difference of opinion was, shown
regarding planting the small grains
from the tip of the ear. Some
thought it advisable in order to
follow Nature, on the theory that
like begets like and if the tip
grains were discarded in planting,
in time the cobs would not fill out
over tip and butt. Others did not
think a tip or butt grain was
necessary to produce an ear prop
erly filled.
Mr.. Wilson advocated destroy
ing the barren and smut stalks in
the field as the best method of im-
proving the seed.
The following eulogy on the COW
was read
Col. r. n. Woods tthe AuctOneerl Tribute to
the Cow.
Grand and noble Brute OF all the
animal friends of man she is the greatest
To her we owe the most. Examine into
all the different channels of our commerce
into which She enters and note the result,
IA.