The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
VHHE Cecil Farmers Club met
y at the home of NJ. G. Reeder,


The following members and visitors
were present: Pres. R. 7. Cam
eron, Cor. Sec. M. G. Reeder, Rec.
Sec. Cecil E. Ewing, Treas. Jas. Fl.
Maxwell, Wayne Reynolds, J..
Harry Maxwell. M. L. Thompson,
A. J. Kitchener, DR.. J. /. France,
J. P. Wilson, r. K. Rawlings,
Elwood Balderston, F. r. Cherry.
Visitors-Prof. N. W. HUT,
State Horticultural; Prof. Thos.
B. Symonds, State Entomologist;
Jos. Naudain, James Holden, Geo.
Balderston, W. A. Reeder, Walter
Reeder.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The secretary reported the visit
of fiv of the members to the 50th
anniversary celebration of the o.
toraro Farmers Club, held near
Bart Meeting House, Lancaster
county, last June.
On the call for experiments R.
X. Rawlings said he had planted
COW pea June Is and it was now
waist high and very heavy and he
wished to know best method to cut
for hay.
Elwood Balderston said he had
no experience in cutting COW pea
for hay as he had always pastured
the crop, but had been in Chester
county where it had been moved
and turned with fork and then
cooked.
Mr.. Rawlings reported that his
tomato crop would probably prove
q failure and that his sweet corn
was not up to the standard.
DIR. France suggested raising
COW pea for seed, as he had paid
SLIGO per bushel for his and con-
sidered there was large profit in
the seed at that price.
Mr.. Kitchener said he had plow-
ed old timothy sod for corn and
had applied turpentine to the seed
as a preventative against worms.
Had used two tablespoons full to
the bushel. Had planted seed not
turpentined on May End and 9Th,
and some lightly turpentined seed
May 10. The untreated seed had
come up nicely but the other failed
to appear. He had then narrowed
the ground four times and the seed
came up nicely. Had also planted
corn June and it was now as large
as any on the place.
Elwood Balderston advised plant
ing about June l to avoid cut
worms.
Wayne Reynolds advocated early
planting. On account of his field
corn and sugar corn being planted
close this year he found that a por.
ton of both were considerably
mixed in the grain.
Mr.. Wilson advised putting acid
phosphate in drill with corn to
avoid cut worms.
Mr.. Naudain had found that by
using tablespoonful of kerosene to
gallon of water on seed protected
it from chickens and birds.
The host when called upon for
the customary essay responded by
presenting Prof. HUT, State Horti.
culturist, who prefaced his remarks
on orchard planting by stating
that after repeated experiments in
treating seed to prevent it being
destroyed by birds, he had found
the following method the best /:
Partially fill tub with water anu
spread on top very thin coating
of oil of tar; then drop the corn into
the water and each grain received
a coating of the oil which did not
impair its drilling qualities and
made it proof against being eaten
by birds. He stated the corn in
this section averaged the best he
had seen this year.
Prof. HUT said this portion of
the county was particularly IA
vorable for orchards, as the rolling
ground was good for drainage.
He cautioned against cropping the
orchard and also allowing stock to
run in it as the ground would be
pastured too close and be packed
hard under the trees by the tramp
ing of hoofs. An orchard needs
ali the sustenance there is in the
soil for the trees and hogs should
only be allowed the run of the
orchard when the premature fruit
is falling. He advised always
spraying tomatoes with Bordeaux
mixture as an insurance against
blight.
Prof. Thos. B. Symonds, State
Entomologist, followed with an in
teresting address:
Protect Your Trees.