The midland journal., 1909-09-24
THE CECIL FARMERR' CLUB
Proceedings Of Meeting Held
September 15 At Home
Of R.-K. Rawlings.

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September 15 At Home
Of r. K. Rawlings.
."HE Cecil Farmers. club met
= y at the home of the presi
= dent, r. K. Rawlings, near
Woodlawn, on September 15, with
the following members and visitors
in attendance Wayne Reynolds,
j. T. Grove, Elwood Balderston,
r. K. Rawlings, r. Il. Cameron, j.
FL. Maxwell, j. Harry Maxwell, M.
G. Reeder, M. L. Thompson, j. s.
Scarborough, A. J. Michener, Rev.
Samuel Rolk,. A. r. Brown, @. r.
Biles, Cecil E. Ewing, Visitors
Governor a. 4. Crothers, q. Il.
Duyckinck, Fl. s. Coudon, Wilson
L. Coudon, Rev. j. III. Gray,
Roscoe Rawlings, Leslie Rawlings.
Vice President Wayne Reynolds
presided and suggested that owing
to the critical illness of John P.
Wilson, one of the Oldest members
of the club, who had been stricken
with paralysis the day previous,
that the meeting be opened with
prayer. After a prayer by Rev.
A. r. Brown the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
approved.
The first topic brought up for
discussion was potato raising and
many and diversified experiences
were related.
Mr.. Brown said he had planted
inferior seed and got a good crop.
Mr.. Thompson had planted scabby
seed and grew a good smooth crop,
Elwood Balderston had tried hill,
ing his potatoes and received half
a crop or about 100 bushels per
acre. He had planted apple trees
on potato ground and on some oats
ground and found the trees on the
potato ground were the more
thrifty. Mr.. Polk had planted
patch of potatoes on low wet ground
early in March, with small seed,
and got at the rate of 45O bushels
per acre. Mr.. Cameron said to
always plant potatoes either early
or late, the first Of April or the
latter part of June, that he found
there was no middle season for
planting to get good results. Mr..
Grove had noticed quite a lot OF
extra long slim potatoes in his yield
last year, of the Carmen variety,
and had picked them out for seed
this year, but found they produced
a round potato. Mr.. Duyckinck
had tried planting both large and
small for seed and found he got
one-third more from the small seed.
Robert Cameron had seven acres in
potatoes and, got a crop of about
1000 bushels, largeSand small.
Mr.. Brown said he had two fields
of oats and that the dry weather
had prevented him getting one
field in good condition for seeding
but that field had made the better
yield.
Mr.. Polk had put in oats for
forage and cut while green. It was
fed to his stock and one of his
horses had died. The veterinary
told him it was caused by feeding
oats straw which he considered bad
for horses. Prof. Spillman does
not agree with this idea, provided
the straw is cut before too ripe.
Mr.. Polk asked if manuring corn
would produce smut and was told
it would not unless the seed was
forced through very heavy appli-
cation in which case it might come
in contact with enough smut germs
to become infected.
Mr.. Reeder said the smut was
caused from fungus germ in the
ground and that there was corn,
wheat and oats smut, each, from a
different germ. He said great care
should be taken to eradicate this
as doubtless therein lay the danger
tostOck. He also, said he did not
believe in sowing more than two
bushels Of oats per acre. Had re-
ceived 800 bushels from 16 bushels
| on seven acres and considered 800
lbs. acid phosphate per acre best
for oats. Believes in fall manur.
ing for corn.
Mr.. Biles said rock and, potash
was good for oats.
Mr.. Dayckinck asked how rock
was stimulated from a certain per
centage to higher and was told it
could not be done but on the other
hand was reduced from a higher to
| a lower by adulteration.
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