The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-05-05

8 ~ SAMSSA0J9 ARAAA ~ $500 $50
following members and visitors in
attendance: President, I. Wayne
Reynolds; Corresponding Secretary,
A. r. Brown; Recording Secretary,
Cecil 3. Ewing; Treasurer, James
Fl Maxwell; r. X. Rawlings, r.
T. Cameron, M. G. Reeder, Elwood
Balderston, j. T. Grove, j. Harry
Maxwell, M. r. Thompson, @. r.
Biles, "a. Ell. Menderhall, Rev.
Saml. Polk, w. r. Cameron, Pal
mer McFaddep.
YisitorsC.. 3. Moore, VIM.
Silver, R. w. Steel, 81. G.
Gillespie.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
r. T. Cameron reported that he
had not been present at the gang
pillow demonstration at j. s. Cullen's
a few weeks previous, but since
then had seen Mr.. Cullen operating
th6plow and it seemed to be doing
satisfactory work.
Mr.. McFadden said his ex-
perience with gang pillow had been
very satisfactory provided he used
four head of horses.
Mr.. Reeder said he found the
ground where his COW peas had
been SO loose and porous that it did
not need blowing this spring.
Mr.. Rawlings thought alfground
was unusually mellow this spring,
while others said it was mellow
only on top and not to any depth.
Harry Maxwell said he had just
plowed for corn, part of the ground
having been in COW peas and part
in oats and that he could not notice
any difference in the looseness of
the soils.
Mr.. Rawlings said he could.
always notice the difference in his
ground, both when.'plowing and
when using the binder on it.
Mr.. Polk said he had recently re-
Sceived a shipment of one day. old
barred Plymouth Rock chicks
from northwestern Ohio and that
they arrived in good condition in
q fireless brooder.
j. Ell. Maxwell said he had
arranged to put corn on clover
ground which was perfectly bare a
few weeks ago but since then was
showing good set of timothy, and
Messars. Rawlings and Thompson
reported the same experience.
al communication was read from
"a. B. McVey stating his inability
to be present and inviting the Club
to attend the commencement ex.
ercises of Calvert Agricultural
High School on May %.
The Postal Progress League was
in session in Washington at the
time of the Club meeting and
Elwood Balderston introduced the
following resolution which was
unanimously adopted and on
motion a copy telegraphed to the
secretary of the League:
RESOLVED: That we, the Cecil
Farmers Club, now in session,
fdlly endorse a modern parcels
post.
The president reported that his
neighbor, Samuel Tyson, was
drilling oats and working it in with
a disc harrow without blowing.
The host when called upon for
an essay responded with the
following:
I am glad TO again welcome the members of
the Cecil Farmers Club together with the
visitors to Colora farm today. 1t Is with q
degree Of apprehension offer to you new
subject for your consideration, that Of apple
culture. Not that have anything to boast Of
but more from conviction that the farmers
Of Cecil county are distinctly In the apple belt,
and am sure that most of us are aware of the
fact that we need something in addition to
wheat and hay to measure up our accounts.
Some Of us are growing potatoes with success.
Others have side crops Of tomatoes that prove
more or less profitable. Most Of us are trying
to make dairying pay and the increased prices
paid for milk and butter seem encouraging
nut when we cnarge up the warehouse feeds
at the present prices. the wages and the high
prices Of fresh cows when you want to buy,
the receipts are well nigh consumed, True we
have the manure. and can do much at inn
proving our crops, But another factor is
now looming mp broad and serious. The city
fathers Nare beginning to take hand in this
dairying. The clean, dry stables with the
sheltered yards where the manure is trampled
fa1 abeIh
for generations must be all overhauled.
Cement floors and CUTTERS, old stabling torn
out, ventilators and windows put in, barn
yards scraped as clean as barn floor. The
manure, by the way, thrown in a fermenting,
filthy. wasteful pile over the barnyard fence,
Tor else compelled to remove it In all weathers.
Here is expense on expense and when we
have it all fixed we don't know what day the
Inspector viii be around and tell us that our
500 COW must be sent to the shambles and
elauohfered and If she is found to have tuber-