The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-28
WHE Cecil Farmers club met
. y at the home of the president,
N Wavna Roun0l1r uaor

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.tober 10, with the following mem
hers and visitors in attendance: i.
Wayne Reynolds, j. 81. Maxwell,
r. X. Rawlings, Jos. 8. Scar
borough, Elwood Balderston. M L
Thompson, j. n. Maxwell, A. n.
Mendenhall, j. a. Kimble, M. G.
Reeder, Cecil E Ewing, Palmer
McFadden.
VisitoFs-Prof. A. L. LawsiDg,
Henry NJ. Mccullough, Frederick
T. Haines, VIM. King, DIR. G s.
Dare, Chas. 8. Pyle. Saml. Tyson,
Henry Bnrkins, Norris Reynolds.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved. =
The secretary read letter from
Or. Richard s. Hill, Director of
Farmers Institutes stating that
the Institute would be held in
Rising Sun about February LIST,
and that a program would be ar
ranged subject to the desires of the
local committee in charge. An
Institute will also be held at Elk
ton the day preceding or follow
ing the Rising Sun meeting.
Mr.. Cameron was asked to make
a statement regarding his exper-
fence in raising hogs. he said he
had bought 80 hogs Feb. l for
which he paid sos and sold them
on October 3, for $780, He
could not say how much it cost TO
fatten them, but from the large
quantity of feed and work it took
was convinced that he had not made
any big profit.
Mr.. Mendenhall was asked to re-
port on his hogs and stated he had
not marketed them yet but would
be able to report in detail atrt
next meeting.
Mr.. Kimble who had jnst re
turned from attending the Farmers
Congress at Lincoln, Neb., stated
he was wonderfully impressed with
the alfalfa fieldssof the west, espec-
tally in Oklahoma. One party
with whom he was personally &C
qua1nteu seemed 10 nave q fortune
in his alfalfa crops. Mr.. Kimble
read the following newspaper clip
ping showing the party's enormous
800
MoLouD' , oSla., October IA pnenomen-
farm s = = Ewar ., white nssr here White IL
member Of the state board of agriculture. His
farm is in the fertile valley of the North Cana
dian with . noantiful suDirrigation. HIS
;aa .s sawait,or s'sn's A0'sS 'noer
Early last spring white decided that he
would spend much Of his time travelling in the
summer, ana to tighten his farm burdens
tea 4C y % ~ ~ =
For the Arst cutting his. neighbor cot $40
For the second cutting he received the net sum
Of sls en- acre, orssss1 The third crop showed
sU1s = mIa,u = M aor sssa paspOses
% Give his neighbor SEQ an acre for The third
cutting. which brought the income of the
eighteen acres e more than $1,000. The lessee
w SSS ftn vas cuts,nq ard .hs anu
should insure an additional season, ; income Of
SIS an acre or $3.50. A conservative estimate of
the value Of the alfalfa from the eighteen
asT ws, Nv season wOa'a 3 q an,s
bring him small fortune.
Thosa Who 90 ..o,a;,tod w;.h
tba crow;ng oe olfalfa and hara
mads st,,Sr - The so;, 49,, ~
msta 80 ,n;s sa.,;on stata tha4 =
can "a crown hare nros;,a,,,, al
tho,,.,h 81 ta.ha av,ert !. 5 !, !,
;n',hs Was, 0na - ,ha s :. s.p srs
= ~ f.,r,oars, ,naa,ina Ma -
ssa,ishn," !. fau veal,s a.,,, cot, tha,
g soon ~ tha f.rmars &c tha rs.
an shnsa u ~, 90 ,naa s.f ,ha noss;h;,;,;ss
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