The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-06
FALLsToN FARMERS CLUB.
Meets at Home of Mr.. Fl W. Hays and
Discusses Leaks on the Farm"-Dt-
rector Amoss' Institute Poll

cies Approved.
The Fallston Farmers Club met October %
at Beaumont, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. W..
Hays. Those present we're Messrs. H. w. Hays.
G. E. Wiggers. Carville E. Amoss, Joseph B..
Twining, William A. Harlan, W. G. Hoskins,
James o. Watson, Walter P. Reckord, William
L. Amoss, director of the Farmers Institutes ;
w. d. Curry of the Junior Gunpowder Club, and
Noble L. Mitchell of Bel Air.
Messrs. Hoskins, Carville E. Amoss and Reck-
ord were appointed an inspection committee.
A recess was taken and, accompanied by the
club, the committee, headed by Mr.. Hays, pro-
ceeded to the pasture field where they found
ten very fine steers, two horses and two cows; !;
thence to the wheat field, which had been nicely
prepared and seeded, but on account of the dry
condition of the soil the wheat and grass seed
did not grow as fast as Mr.. Hays had hoped.
The corn ground seeded to wheat did not show
up so well. One field of corn had been husked
and seeded to wheat and grass and the fodder
hauled to the barn. This field husked eight
barrels of corn to the acre. Five acres of the
cornfeld. which was seeded to grass at the last
working, did not take well on account of the
drought; this field looks good for ten barrels to
the acre. The orchard was thrifty and good
lot of apples had been picked.
nays DEccuo w ulIO WydhNOOeSo ohu DNn
Orpingtors, of which he has over 2OU especially
fine birds. His barn is well filled with fodder
and hay. His wheat has been threshed and sold
at $l19X, delivered in Baltimore. One sow and
pigs were especially fine and he had ten shotes
almost ready to kill. The bulk of his hay crop
was in the barn upon his adjoining farm.
Since the club met here last Mr.. Hays has
made many improvements to his premises and
married, and things altogether look very much
like they should be. The host was wearing the
"smile-that-won't come-off,' - and forgot to men
tion his oft-repeated desire to go back to Florida
to live. Now that the members know, they con-
gratulate Mr. Hays he did not go.
The committee on sign boards reported and
was continued and given power to act.
Under the head of new business, Mr.. William
E. Amoss director of Farmers Institutes, said
his department has been placed under the super
vision of committee, selected from the board
of trustees of the Agricultural College, and the
committee has ordered that the institute season
shall be extended over the whole year, instead
of doing the work in three months. second
order is that lecturers for the institutes be
selected from men in the Agricultural College,
the Experiment Station and farmers in our
own State. Mr.. Amoss asked the opinion of the
club on these two orders. After full express
sion the following motion was unanimously
adopted Resolved, That the members OF the
Fallston Farmers Club agree with Mr.. Amoss'
policies in holding and conducting Farmers
Institutes
The subject selected for the evening was
Leaks on the Farm which was discussed
fully, and no doubt proitably to some. Mr..
Harlan had prepared paper in which he said in
part:
kIo cko nf horr do nnf
properly there will be leak, the same is true in
farm operations; if the work is not well planned
so as to have one thing fit in with another there
will be leak every time. To illustrate: In
getting ready to thresh we gathered up all the
empty barrels we had on the farm, among them
was one which looked pretty good, but when
we filled it the water spurted out of about so
little worm holes and found it rather difficult
to stop them all before much of the water had
leaked out. We find this the case when we
undertake to do too many things without sufh-
cient help some of them are sure to be poorly
done. Some of the things which will cause leaks
on the farm are: To undertake more than one
can do we'll not to have the ground well plowed
and prepared for the seed 4; not to select good
seed not to plant in the proper season; not to
cultivate thoroughly ; not to supply manure or
commercial fertilizer in sufficient quantity; not
to harvest and house when the crop is most
valuable; not to market where and when the
price is most remunerative; to keep poor stock
of any kind to feed only enough to sustain life
in an animal kept for milk, butter, beef, mutton,
pork, or in fact, to keep anything standing still,
which is to sell at a loss; to farm with poor
team or poor, dull machinery; to allow manure
to be wasted or to allow the soil to wash away.
could add a great many other reasons for the
leaks, among them is the buying in small guam
titles and paying some 10 to Is per cent. more
than the same thing would cost if bought direct
from the manufacturer in larger quantities.
This would lead to the question of cooperative
buying"
After bountiful repast the club adjourned to
meet November 27 at Ivy Vine, the home of W.
G. Hoskins near Bel Air. Mrs. Hays was as
sisted by Mrs. S. B. Standiford, Mrs. G. E. Wig
gers and Mrs w. d. Curry.