The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
NHE Cecil Farmers club met
9 9 at the home of Wayne
\ RaUnnlds. near Rising SIM.

Il. rawlings, COr. sec. Amos n.
Brown, Rec. Sec. Cecil e. Ewing,
Jas. q. Maxwell, ]. Harry Max
we'll, F. r. Cherry, M. l.. Thomp-
son, A. 81. Mendenhall, Joseph I.
Grove, @. r. Biles, J. P. Wilson,
M G. Reeder, 1. Wayne Reynolds.
Visitors-Samuel Tyson, VIM. r.
Cameron, Prof III. G. Gillespie, E.
l.. Duyckiuck, William Reynolds,
William Reed.
Minutes of the previous meeting,
Feb. II, were read and approved.
The road committee stated they
had no further report to make to
the club, as nothing had been done
since the last meeting.
Mr.. Brown reported he had SOW
ed some grass last fall and it now
looked better than his wheat stubble
ground.
Mr.. Reynolds reported he had
sold his steers, for which he paid
81 20 and received S1.O0 advance
When purchased they weighed S46
lbs. aud when sold 1191 lbs, a gain
of 345 TBS.
Mr.. Maxwell said his steers had
gained 299 lbs. on a short feeding
J. Harry Maxwell said his steers
had gained 25O Tbs. on feed of
corn and fodder.
Mr.. Wilson spoke of the benefits.
Of electricity on plant life and said
it had been demonstrated at the
Gilpins Falls electric light plant.
The superintendent there had
placed an electric light bulb in a
bed of young plants and they show
ed a marked increase in growth
over plants in other beds not
lighted.
Mr.. Duyckinck said it had been
clearly proved at Cedar Farm that
alfalfa grew much better on low
ground than high ground.
Mr.. Reynolds showed new style
milk bottle, to be used once only,
which he had received as a sample.
It was made of paraffined paper,
with close fitting cap.
Mr.. Reynolds spoke of the great
amount of trashy feed in number
of the patent dairy feeds.
I Mr.. Mendenhall agreed with him
and said the best and cheapest way
was to mix the feed yourself; chaff,
mixed hay and molasses making a
feed equal to the best.
Mr.. Rawlings spoke of the extra
large amount of garlic which was
appearing this spring.
In lieu of an essay the host had
the secretary read a very interest
ing paper on the conservation of the
country's natural resources, by
Clifford Pinchot, CHIEF of the U. S.
Forest Service. The paper was an
address which had been delivered
before the National Geographic
Society and showed that the Amer
lean people had been so WRsteful Of
the country's natural resources in
the past that at the present and in
the near future we would be facing
a famine in some of the resources,
among others being coal, iron,
tim Der and free water power.
In commenting on the paper, Mr..
Brown said one way for the farm
er to heed the warning contained
therein was to keep his land always
in state of first class fertility and
not further impoverish the soil by
taking off each year a little more
than he put on his acres. AS an
instance of depreciation of the soil
in this section he cited that a few
years ago Cecil county hay com
manded higher price than any
other in the Baltimore market but
now it did not.
All present expressed themselves
as much pleased with the paper
and considered it most timely as an
effort to check the woeful waste
going on all over the country in the
struggle to gain an extra dollar
today without making any pro
vision for the future, when it would
take many dollars to replace what
is now being ruthlessly wasted to
gain one.
Mr.. Duyckinck condemned the
post and rail fence as an extrava-
gance and advocated wire, with the
posts 60 yards apart and stakes
between.
Mr.. Mendenhall said he preferred
the post and rail and grew his own
material for that purpose.
Messrs. Brown, Maxwell and
Grove were appointed committee
of inspection of premises and an
adjournment was taken for dinner.
After ENJOYING bOuntiful repast,