The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24

ConkiNned L10m RaEe E0Ny

4 ulDhEA dtIAt COLA tho AtS'koh
ess and her daughters on the. ex-
lfcellent repast, a brief stroll was
taken about the premises. When
{. the members 'reasSembled COM
sments on the essay were resumed.
In commenting on the essay, the
members complimented the host on
his production and said the theme
being different from the usual pro-
dnctions Indicated that it was
neither too soon nor too late to adj
vance from past conditions and on
/ this line Mr.. Polk took occasion
to again~sbringSbefore the club the
matter Of securing an appropriation
from the legislature for the purpose
of enabling the trustees of West
nottingham academy to introduce
an agricultural course of study at
that institution. He spoke at some
length on the subject, stating that
lit had been the intention of Mr..
Wilson to present the matter to
the members of the club. A motion
was made that committee ofSfve
be appointed to take the subject
under advisement.
On motion it was decided to defer
action until more time could be de-
voted to the discussion of the sub
| ject and the motion was laid on the
table until the next meeting.
Gov. Crothers was then asked to
address the club and responded by
saying he had accepted the in
|vitation of the host primarily with
1.-THE idea of soliciting the help Of
1.-THE club in formulating some plan
whereby the Maryland Agricultural
college could be made of more
practical benefit to the agricultural
linterestssof the state. He said he
was surprised and highly gratifed
to find his visit had been SO timely
and thought some plan could be
worked out whereby both the Col
Ilege and the Academy could be
made more useful institutions along
agricultural lines and hoped that
the club could give some suggestions
leading to that end. With the
present endowment from the Fed
eral government and the State. the
College was equipped to be of much
more benefit to the farmer than it
had been in the past and he hoped
the matter would be brought before
the forthcoming session OF the legis-
lature in such shape as to commend
itself to everybody.
/ On motion rising vote of thanks
was given Gov. Crothers for his
interesting talk.
| A request was made for infor.
Formation on best methods. for set
Ting outs apple trees and Elwood
Balderston responded with the
following instructions Fall plant
ling is the best, as it allows the trees
time to become thoroughly i'm.
bedded in their new location and
start an early growth the following
Ispring. From now until November
Iis,the best time for planting. 1t is
better to manure and pillow the
ground and prepare it thoroughly
lin this manner than to depend
upon mulch in the hole. Would
mot advise using very heavy mulch.
Trees should be set 40 by 33 feet
apart and deep enough to set
crown three inches below surface.
lone man should attend TO the
spreading and packing of dirt
around the roots and too much care
cannot be taken with this part Of
the work. For late varieties of
fruit any of the following have
been proven good for this section
York Imperial, Stayman Winesap,
Grimes Golden and Jonathan.
| The committee on inspection re-
ported having noted everything in
nice shape about the well kept
premises, well filled granaries, fine
Iyield of hay, including 45 tons of
Timothy from 16 acres, also a large
NOW of mixed hay, wheat not yet
threshed, "a patch of broom corn
which had been cut while in the
very best condition., apple trees
loaded with fruit. Among the
stock were six horses in good order,
Ieight hogs, one SOW and five shoats,
a fine winter herd of fifteen head of
dairy cows.
| Mr.. Reeder produced some ex-
cellent specimen grapes of the
Moore's Diamond variety which
were sampled by the members and
pronounced very fine in both APP
pearance and flavor.
On motion the club adjourned TO
Inject with 7 II Grove IN Oct On