The midland journal., 1908-11-27
Cecil Farmers Club was
= = entertained by Rev. Samuel

= Polk at the Manse at West
Nottingham on Wednesday, Nov.
IS, the following members being
present: President r. K. Rawlings,
Corresponding Secretary A. r
Brown, Recording Secretary Cecil
e. Ewing, Treasurer Jas. III. Max
well, a.. j. Michener, Jos. s. Scar
borough, Frank r. Cherry, M. O..
Reeder, Jos. T. Grove, J. P. Wilson,
A. B. McVey, G. Ross Biles, A. n.
Mendenhall, r. T. Cameron, Ell
wood Balderston, Rev. Saml. Polk
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The secretary read the revised
historical sketch of the club and it
was ordered sent to Prof. Sampson
with any photos of club members
or their homes which may be for
warded to the secretary within a
week.
a communication from the Farm
ers' League of Maryland was read,
requesting the club to send dele
gate and alternate to the next
annual meeting to be held in Balti
more on Dec. /.
On motion M. c. Reeder was
elected delegate and Elwood Bal
derston alternate.
On motion the Treasurer was in
structed to send the. amount of %
in payment Of yearly dues to the
League.
Elwood Balderston presented a
blank received from the Agricul
tural Department requesting a
statement of the acreage of different
crops raised in the county as com
pared with the report complied
during the census of eleven years
ago. No definite figures could be
given by any member of the club
but it was thought an increase had
been made during that time in the
acreage OF potatoes, rye and buck
wheat and possibly decrease in
oats and hay.
A blank containing questions re
lating to the present conditions in,
cident to country life, issued by
the Government, was read and the
different questions discussed. 1t
was decided that the individual
members should answer the ques-
tions rather than the club as a body.
Mr.. Reeder had just returned
from several days attendance at
the annual meeting of the Grange
in Washington and stated he was
much pleased with what he had
seen and heard at various sessions.
A representative body of farmers
numbering several thousand bad
gathered in the Capital city from
all sections of the United States and
Cana Ia and the discussions on
topics relating to agriculture and
kindred interests were very instruc
tive and entertaining.
Mr.. Reeder also stated that when
in attendance at the corn show in
Baltimore last year he procured nine
ears of prize winning corn which
he shelled and weighed. They
averaged a pound of shelled corn to
the ear. May 9th he planted the
nine pounds of corn on 8 of an acre
and this fall had cut 81 shocks 6x8,
aud when husked they made three
loads or SO bushels he had received
from the nine ears.
Mr.. Biles reported be had husked
1902 bushels of corn from I6 acres
this year.
Elwood Balderston reported 20Ot
bushels in the crib from "a acres
besides what he had fed before
cribbing. Some had yielded 81
bushels tofhe acre, other seed had
returned 60 bushels and his Tyson
corn was not yet husked but gave
promise of being better than his
other varieties.
In speaking of the mixing Of the
different varieties of corn, Mr.
McVey said he had demonstrated
the fact that red corn would no,
mix with white or yellow bat would
retain its distinctive color even il
planted with other varieties.
Mr.. Wilson asked whether early
or late planted corn had turned
out the better this year and was
told that the late paintings had
gived best results.
The host when called upon for
his essay read the following:
Fellow members of the Cecil Farm
ers' Club: 1 give you a cordialwelcome
to West Nottingham manse. 1t was
with some hesitancy and trepidation
that | accepted membership in your
body, to which ! had previously been
elected, because l felt / was not able
to return to you value for value re-
ceived.
Nod coma f~0r, homo IN home