The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-28
CECIL FARMERS CLUB

The Cecil Farmers CluD met at Cne
home of William R. Cameron, Farm
ington, on the 18th of March.
The minutes Of the previous meet
ing were read and approved The
committee on Farmers Just Manage
ment reported the meetings held the
Sd and Ait inst, with good attendance.
The Legislative Committee was not
ready to report. Small bill for sta
tionery was ordered paid. l. Wayne
Reynolds and R. T. Cameron were ap-
pointed to look after the proper care
of our records to date.
Prof. Schmitz stated that expert de-
monstration work is now conducted in
eight counties of the State. The work,
he says, is undoubtedly doing good,
but added that much depends on pro-
curing a good demonstration. These
men, he adds, "are free from politics,
that they are in sense bureau of
information, that every farmer in the
county may consult and have an i'm
mediate consultation on all important
subjects" AS an example he stated,
"a demonstration may consist in the
growth of seed wheat or of spraying,
ETC." The subject was freely discussed
and it was decided to invite DR.. Stab
Ter, who has charge of the demonstra-
ton work, to lay the subject before
the Club at future meeting.
Experiments being in order, John
Cullen reported that the milk sheets
for keeping the milk records such as
he uses, are furnished free of cost by
the Experiment Station.
II ,fny 1Det @xry1
pigs from feeding ground wheat, oats
and corn, mixed with warm separator
milk. Wayne Reynolds also stated
that his pigs "went off in their feed"
from using too much milk. He also
showing much better where it had
been covered with snow than bare
places unprotected.
first year he was a member of the COW
testing Association had averaged
5000 lbs. each, that with the increased
knowledge and care of his herd he has
brought it up to 1000 lbs. for the pres
ent year, or to be exact $4,000 pounds
from eighteen cows for the eleven
months to date. This he attributed
solely to the fact that he knew exact
ly what each cow is doing, and was
able to feed accordingly, especially in
July and August, when the pasture
fails. An acre of sweet corn more
than offset this feed and kept the milk
flow up. He drilled with wheat drill
every third tooth open and worked
once.
R. X. Rawlings stated that October
and November were also important
months to keep up the milk flow with
additional feed.
M. c. Reeder noted particularly
green piece of wheat where he plowed
under alfalfa.
Dinner being announced, A. II. Men
denhall, R. T. Cameron and Jos. T.
Grove were appointed committee of
inspection. A we'll served, substantial
"home" dinner by Mrs. Cameron and
her daughter Helen, and their "aides"
was fully appreciated, as was attest
ed by the frequently replenished
plates. So was it recorded by the
Committee.
In lieu of an essay the host intro
duced Prof. Schmitz, who gave an in
tereStlng and instructive talk on corn
Improvement.
He emphasized the necessity of test
ing the seed corn for termination even
when it has been selected and cured
carefully. frequently loss of five
or more bushels per acre is directly
traceable to poor or weak termination
even when all grows. "Select the
seed, he says, Gin the field before
husking enough to plant four or five
acres. Let these ears be we'll placed
on the stalks, and never above your
head-drooping over-to prevent its
being damaged by rains-husk and
select for well developed ears. Assert
these again before putting on racks
for curing. The following year select
again from this 5 acre plat for the fol-
lowing season and so on. Thistle says,
SIS much more practical for the gen
eral farmer than the one row breed
ing system adopted by the colleges"
Discussion relative to the amount of
corn or number of plants should be
grown on an acre. Prof. Schmitz stat
ed that ground that will grow 65 bus.
per acre will mature three stalks to
the hill, 8 it. s in. each way, whereas
poorer ground will require more room,
the rows must be further apart or less
planted per hill.
Shallow cultivation was urged and
some cultivator teeth called Sweeps"
were recommended, especially where
crab-grass or weeds had started, as
they will cut or destroy all such be-
tween rows.
Fertilizers were also discussed at