Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-11

Session Held at Boyds, Nd, Saturday
Last.

Special Cerrespsnaenee sf The sfar.
BoYDS. Nd, March o. 1907.
The Farmers Institute under direction
Of the Maryland Agricultural College. held
its second annual meeting here today.
Through the efforts Of Mr.. r. C. Hutton OF
Choppers and B. c. Colt Of Boyds meet
ing was made possible here last year. ana
the success attending 1t caused repetition
this year. and may lead to an annual gath
ering here Every section OF Montgomery
county was represented. The ladies. aided
by Messrs. B. C. Colt. Darby. Lewis,
Maughlin. James e. Williams and others.
gave to the large gathering free lunch
The ladies' In charge OF the lunch were Mrs.
B. F. Hicks Mrs. B. III. Dutrow. Miss
Georsianna Lewis. Miss Florence May VIII
liams and Mrs. Sara Boyd.
Mr.. william L. Amoss. director OF the
Farmers Institute. who was to have been
present. was kept away by Illness. Ine
meeting opened at 10 o'clock In Boyd Hall
]. T Campbell of Hartstown, Pa, opened
ture." Mr. Campbell said the grower should
be exceedingly careful IN selection OF the
seed for the crop. which should De pianteo
as early as climatic conditions In the county
will allow. He also said q field which has
had its first cutting of clover taken from It
and allowed to Erow again In the taA
should. after 1t reaches fair neignt. ne
turned under and allowed to remain until
The UNDERMINING Of this valuable sod. he
added, makes a good fertilizer for the po-
tato. to which other high grades OF fertiii1ef
may be added. He argued against the use
of manure. which. he said. causes the po-
tato speck.
The next speaker was Prof. Shoesmfth OF
the Maryland Agricultural College, VINO
spoke entertainingly upon "Alfalfa. which
has been tried here by MI u. Hnlnenart'
who has charge of the farm Of Mrs. Sara
E. Boyd. and raised a crop of aifaifa last
season He spoke upon the effect of ell
matte condition on the crop. Following TINS
address the meeting adjourned for lunch
con.
In the afternoon Mr.. Campbell made an
address upon Poultry and Its Commercial
Value" Market gardening. as wei as the
management of orchards. was also u.s.
cussed The session closed at O'CLOCK.
The subject Of labor was a question dis
cussed among the farmers at recess. The
general report from every farmer present
was that good Iaborers are scarce.
The general railroad improvements under
way were mentioned as responsible for
much of the scarcity. The effect of getting
foreigners to settle was also discussed:
Among those present were Messrs W. F.
Boland. E. A. McAtee. c.. w. Clum A b.
Reid. B. f. Hicks. John William Brown,
Alfred Ray F.. C. Hutton. L. B. Scholl. Ern-
est Darby. Roger Darby. Samuel D. BYRD,
Horace Bennett. C. F. Purdum, James
Trundle. Judge R. B. Darby John w.
Boyer. Lewis Mainhart. Jos. T. White.
John Darby. R. E. Darby. George DARBY,
Robert W. Allnutt, Joseph D. Byrd. Ernest
Allnutt Jos. Darby. Edward Darby. Ed
ward Chfswel1 Jos. Allnutt. j. Henry Will
liams. William Williams. Charles WI -nams
r. b. Colt James II. Jones. ]. A. Reid,
John L. Burch. J. C. Reid. John Reed,
Thos. A. Burdette. David Rhinehart. Fred
Hays. Herbert Diamond. Zadoc Cooke. H.
B. Gardner James E. Williams, William NJ.
williams s. T. Williams. R. ]. Green, Geo
B McAtee Rev. T. D. Richards. James b.
Maughlin, Mr.. Beall. George c. Smith, c I.
Gingsbury, NJ. T. Lewis. H. B. Gardner.
and many ladies. including Mrs. r. F.
Green Mrs J. T. Burch. Mrs. B. F. Hicks
Miss M. F. Williams. Mrs. NJ. t. Lewis,
others.
The next meeting will be in Hagerstown,
Monday and Tuesday next.
George w. MaXley of LaytOnsville met
with instantaneous death yesterday after
noon while at work in saw mill MI
Moxley's son and several laborers who
were assisting him were busily engaged at
the time. and it is stated that Mr.. Monkey
was offbearing slabs from the saw. In
some manner he stumbled and fell onto a
log which was just entering the saw. His
right arm was caught and severed from
his body, the carrier gradually drawing him
in None of the workmen witnessed the oc-
| currence as it happened but when their at
| tention was finally attracted they were al
| most paralyzed with horror at the sight be-
| fore them Mr.. Monkeys mutilated body
was lying at the side Of the carrier and his
severed arm a few feet away. Yesterday
was Mr.. Monkeys sixty-fourth birthday an
niversary. He had for years run grist
mill at Goshen, a few miles distant and
until it was destroyed by fire. His wife
apd three children survive him.