The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-09-02
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings OF Meeting Held August "a At Home Of
NIL. Thompson, Near.tW oodlawn

Cecil Farmers club met
q y at the home Of M. u.

August "a, with the following
members and visitors in attendance:
/. Wayne Reynolds, prest.; j. II.
Maxwell, treas; Cecil =. Ewing,
rec. Sec; r. X. Rawlings, A. j..
Kitchener, Elwood BaldeTston,
Palmer McFadden, j. Harry Max
we'll, A.. j. Mendenball, r. T.
Cameron, j. H. Kimble, Jos. s.
Scarborough, M. L. Thompson, j..
Ts Grove, Rev. Saml. Polk.
8 VisitOrs-Prof. Thos. 81. Spence,
vice president of the Maryland
Agricultural College; Fl. s. Coudon,
George Tyson, j D. SINNERS, r..
B. Marshall, Carroll Tyson, Howard
Barnes, G. L. Thompson, =. L..
Duyckinck.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The road committee reported that
Samuel Tyson was putting the road
leading from Rising Sun to the
state line in first class condition
aud that no repairs had yet been
commenced on the Rising Sun
Pennington macadam road.
Mr.. Cameron reported having
cut Oh tons of timothy from 81
acres.
Mr.. Mendenhall said be had
about 80 apple trees 10 bearing and
that he had tried Bordeaux mix
tnre spraying on ten<of them at the
time the blossoms were falling, to
see if they showed the difference
later. The ten trees now were
literally loaded with perfect fruit
and the foliage was a deep rich
green, showing a great contrast to
the other trees. The sprayed trees
were York Imperials and Fallowater
and this would make the s cond
successive heavy crop.
Mr.. Grove said had been spread
ing lime last fall and had about 4
acres left which he tried putting on
his wheat in December. 1t did not
show any differenceson the wheat
crop but the clover showed it
plainly now. He had used Stand
ard lump line and Stacked it.
Mr.. Kimble reported having re-
ceived the same results.
Harry Maxwell reported having
thTeshed his oats and had gotten
"a bushels per acre by measure
from his White Plum variety which
was six pounds heavier than his
home grown seed variety produced,
the latter yielding So bushels per
acre and weighing 26 pounds.
Elwood Balderston said he had
been spraying his trees for the past
two years for Sac Jose scale but
had not tried the Bordeaux mix
ture for the coddling moth. Mr..
Mendenhall's experiment was a
revelation to him and he would
make use of it next spring.
Mr.. Kitchener ;said: "When the
club met at my place some Of the
members thought my oats ground
should have received more fertili-
zer. I got 472 bushels from 81
acres, which satisfied me. Ny ten
acres of grass yielded 80 large
loads, my potato crop promised
extra fine until the dry spell and I
will now only receive a fair crop"
Mr.. Grove was asked how he had
treated a patch whore he had cut
clover and the roots had rotted and
died, leaving the ground bare. He
replied he had sown and narrowed
timothy on it.
Clover seed was reported-to be
high in the west this fall and
Messrs. Reynolds and Balderston
said they would therefore try
raising seed instead of second crop.
Mr.. Scarborough said he had 20
acres of oats sown late, with
plenty of fertilizer and that it had
grown very thick and tall. A rain
came and the oats laid down to
rest andsdidn't get up again The
man who had attempted to cnt it
with a binder had troubles of his
own and they finally got 10 acres
cut from which they got $40
bushels and left 200 bushels on the
ground.
Mr.. George Tyson said he had
been planting second size seed
potatoes for 20 years and gets a
good crop every year.
In lieu Of an essay the host intro
dnced Prof. Spence who said he
was present representing the presi-
dent of the Maryland Agricultural
College who was unable to attend.
He spoke very entertainingly Of the
need Of co operation in education
and said the day had passed for
ndiuidnal aunoaaa in this line