The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-09-22
MANY FARMfRs AT MT. CARMEL.
A Large Gathering Of Agricultural Pic.
nicers-They Have q Fine Time and
Hear Some Good Speeches.
Secretary OF Agriculture
and Governor Were
NOT proaonf


Hear Some Good Speeches
Secretary of Agriculture
and Governor Were
Not Present.
Upwards of one thousand persons were at
Mount Carmel, Baltimore county, last Satur-
day to attend the farmers picnic gotten up
under the auspices of the Senior and Junior
and Georges Creek Agricultural Clubs. Mr..
William D. Curry was in charge of the pro-
ceedings and introduced Mr.. Laban Sparks, of
the Junior Club. as chairman of the gathering.
The meeting was the first picnic of the three
farmers clubs and was one of the largest of the
season. The families for miles around filled
the WOODS and the fences were lined with car.
riages. The occasion was a real reunion Of
farmers and their friends.
Hon. J. Fred G. Talbot and Mr.. Robert
Garrett, the rival candidates for Congress, cir
cnlated among their friends and made political
nay IN the sunshine. but did not deliver adj
dresses, the occasion being purely agricultural.
MI. James b. Ensor, of the Senior Club,
spoke earnestly on the cooperation of farmers
Mr.. b. s. Sampson, of the Division of Soils,
United States Agricultural Department, repre-
sented the interest of the instruction of agri-
culture In the public schools and said that in
November the first county agricultural school
VIII We cStdDllSne0 IN Cecll county.
Mr. Thomas B. Symons, of the State Horti.
cultural Society, spoke on the importance of
growing fruit and the controlling of the insects
effect.
Prof. W. J. spillman, chief of farm indus.
try, said:
1.-THE difficulty in farming is to get good and
competent labor. We are approaching crisis
because of this. We are raising our boys and
girls to feel that farming or work is disgrace
and that it is shame to work and to despise
laborers. There are not enough boys left to
manage the farms.
Our agricultural colleges need better equip
Ment to teach agriculture. We have made 9
feeble effort to bring about better results and
the Government is remedying all draw backs to
agricultural colleges and stations should be
equipped with live stock and machinery.
Labor culture should be encouraged. In the
Washington schools the teaching of agriculture
is doing better work than any other two
branches of study.
"Our boys should be taught to be freemen
and that farming is decent business. To the
question of Where shall l get labor? the
answer is: Raise the labor by giving the
young encouragement to remain on the farm
"Ihe amount of labor is not sufficient to
meet the demands of the farm or manufacto-
ries. Would it be doing anybody any wrong
by asking Congress to give the farmer the
privilege OF getting labor from foreign coun.
tries for thedairy and other interests?
when imam comes here under contract to
work on farm, have it understood that the
foreign labor should stay on the farm for two
/ years, and if it does not it must return to its
old home.
Another remedy is to hire whole family of
{ laborers and give each member of it something
to do on the farm. In some instances schools
and churches are established for their conve-
nience on the farm. American girls are already
III made IlqqfnI
but it has been the rule for them to object to
B the farm work, and often foreign girls are
|. brought here to make farmers wives.
) Men who would give us a square deal
should be elected to Congress. You have men
here who are out for Congress. See what they
will do for you.
THE average farmer is the one that only
raises enough to support his labor or what
labor earns. saw as came here where the
corn is excellent and will give profitable re-
turns for labor.
1.-THE possibilities of farming are what farm
ers should live for. The kind of farming is
that which pays for the labor and keeps up the
fertility The eye of the master makes fat
beef He sits on the fence and watches their
needs in the way of wellset grass and other
interests. Good blue grass is exceptionally
good for fattening beef.
"Hog raising is profitable when conducted
on scientific principles, and good management
will give an average of $50 per acre in pork.
The bOll-weevil in cotton caused the loss OF
many farmers, and many found that the
growing of alfalfa brought them remuneration
in the raising of hogs.
when man can make an acre bring 500
then he can be called successful. One acre
can be made to support cow, which should
produce 800 pounds of butter per year, that
can be sold for 20 cents per pound, but more
than 300 pounds can be gotten. Alfalfa helps
to bring the best results in dairying and helps
to enrich the land for the most successful
results Limestone soils are best for ALFALFA
He referred to Mr.. Charles A. Councilman's
80 acres of alfalfa and said he was pleased to
say that the farmers in this section are doing
better than the average farmers.
5 Mr.. William L. Amoss, of the department
of Farmers Institutes; Mr.. A. Trappe of the
State Bureau of Immigration, and Mr.. j. B.
aAger, master of the State Grange, also made
addresses.
A good many farm exhibits were shown and
it was generally conceded that the corn shown
by Mr.. G. w. Hoshall was the finest, the ears
averaging IL inches in length.
Many were disappointed because Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson and Governor Warfield
failed to put in an appearance. The latter, no
doubt, was so overdone by the work incident
to jubilee week that he did not fell equal to the
long Mt. Carmel trip.