Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-29

constantly advocated the adoption
OF the rotation that would bring In
one or two Iegume crops between
the corn crops by the growing OF
legumes and the turning under the
light crops and cutting the heavy
growth and feeding the hay to the
live stock, returning the waste to
our soils We can easily double and
treble our yield, and net profits too.
With this comes the means and the
need to get better teams and better
implements. In our work we have
been instrumental in the purchase
of many improved implements. rid
ing plows by which one man can do
the work of two; and other i'm
proved implements, such as harrows.
manure spreaders and riding culti-
vators. One point in which we
have saved the farmers many hum
dred dollars is in the buying OF
lime and commercial
fertilizers.
Our farms through lack of infor-
nation and neglect in studying the
needs Of the soil have been buying
elements of plant food they
need, in the most expensive form.
| will find one farmer who is paying
at the rate of ten cents per pound
for the phosphoric acid he buys.
while another will be paying three
and three-foarth cent per pound.
The great majority of farmers are
paying the high price too. Now TO
succeed at farming we must be wide
awake, business men; that is, we
must buy our supplies ut tine lowest
possible price, quality considered.
and sell our products mt the best
possible price, two factors in bust
ness which have been seriously neg
lected in Southern Maryland agri-
culture. Ii is hard for the indi-
vidual farmer TO combat these con
ditions which can only be remedied
by cooperative organization. Ii has
been done in other sections it can
be done here. IL il for this purpose
that there has been three clubs or
ganized in the county. The oldest
of these is the Chaptico club which
has been in existance about one
year. The experience OF the mem
hers of this club has been very
pleasant and profitable. The pro-
spects are that another year will
show very material benefits in their
methods OF doing business.
One means the Demonstration
Work has adopted for interesting
the boys, and through them reach
ing the Indifferent parents, is
the Boys Corn Club. This
was organized in the spring of 1913,
in ST. Mary's County. although it
was late i'm getting started aud the
season was most unfavorable the
results i'm some cases were very
gratifying. In many eases the corn
grown by the boys showed great
improvement over that grown by
their parents. and they knew what
it cost, something great many of
their fathers had not taken time to
figure out.
Our County Fair. of which we
all have n just cause TO be proud,
with the assistance of our energetic
and untiring Xaverian Brothers,
has received the heartiest support
of the Demonstration work. both
State and National, and has done
more to awaken competitive and
intense interest in improved agri-
culture than any other agency.
In conclusion let me say that ]
have endeavored to inform myself
as to the best and the latest methods
of impr> we'd farming through every
source of information. | am
at the service of every farmer in ~.
Mary's county who is interested in
improving his condition. Any
problem i'm farm management that
confronts You, let me help you.
am connected with agencies which
can help you if you want to help
yourself. need your cooperation
in this great work. Let us get to-
gether and throw off the yoke of
oppression. Bring back this grand
old county 20 the pc sition TO which
she belongs, and make our people
both prosperous and happy.
| thank yon.
g. +. Warns Js.
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