The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-03-27

! Sweet and sour milk have same
i value in nutriment. but sweet milk
is considered more healthful for
stock.
/ Messrs. Scarborough, Maxwell
and Thompson we're appointed com.
mittee on inspection and adjourn
ment was taken for dinner.
After thoroughly enjoying a most
excellent ,repast and viewing the
premises, the club reconvened and
the committee reported having
noted nice corn crib containing
two varieties of corn, IN which they
found a few sound ears. In the
various pig pens were found A
pigs, Poland Chinas and grades.
Six cows, three heifers, Holstein
bull, pair extra good mules, fine
general purpose horses, one par
ticularly fine animal, machinery
stored in barn, fine NOW. OF
timothy hay, corn fodder, straw,
etc., about 700 bushels of wheat in
grahary, 400 bushels of potatoes in
cellar, small lot of apples, nicely
arranged chicken house and fine
flock OF barred Plymouth Rock
chickens, $50 bushels of oats in
wagon house, large pile of unsawed
wood and the premises appearing
in first class condition, except the
orchard which needed trimming.
In lieu Of an essay the host pre-
scented Prof. w. j. Spillman, of
Missouri, agriculturist in charge
of farm management Investigations,
of the Dept. of Agriculture, Wash
ingtOn.
| Prof. Spillman gave a very
interesting and instructive talk,
touching on many topics and an
swering a number of Questions. He
advocated a system of farm book.
keeping and said the Department
would furnish blanks free on appli
cation. The records are very easily
kept and if returned to the Depart
ment would be summed up and the
results transmitted to those keep
ing the records. He described the
habits of the aphis, an insect which
infests the corn roots and mentioned
oil of lemon and other remedies for
it's determination. Strongly adj
vocated the testing of all seed corn
this year, and Prof. Sampson, Prin-
cipal of the Calvert Agricultural
High School, said if six grains frons
each ear were sent to the school
tests would be made free.
Northern >seed potatoes were
better than southern, if they had
not been chilled. He told of a
good method to select home grown
seed potatoes; nse for seed only
potatoes which had produced six
good ones to the hill. This test
when kept up showed an increase
from IL to 20 per cent. When
first tried he. found only IL hills
out of 100 produced six good pota.
toes and in few years this had in
creased to 70. On account Of the
difficulty of getting a good stand Of
clover in this section he suggested
growing vetch, sowing five pecks of
vetch and one peck of wheat per
acre.
A vote of thanks was rendered
Prof. Spillman for his interesting
address.
A communication was read from
the Md. Agricultural College offer
ing free to the club seed corn suffi
cient to plant one acre of Leaning,
one acre of white and one acre of
sweet corn, provided an accurate
record of returns was kept and sent
to the College. Also number of
settings of eggs would be supplied.
| On motion the secretary was
authorized to send for the corn to
have it ready by the next meeting
for distribution. Mr.. Rawlings to
plant the acre of Leaning, Mr..
Scarborough the white, and the
sweet corn to be divided into
quarter acre lots. The eggs for
Matching were to be requested
shipped to Rev. Saml. Polk.
Harry Maxwell asked how many
quarts of alsike to sow on wheat at
present time and was told four
quarts per acre.
On motion the club adjourned to
meet with A. r. Brown on April
18th.