The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-31
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
March Meeting Held At The Home
OF J. Harry Maxwell.
High-Grade Dairying the Leading
Subject Discussed.

of J. Harry Maxwell on the 22nd of
the month, present twelve members:
John H. Kimble, President; 1.
Wayne Reynolds, James H. Maxwell,
VIM. R. Cameron, Martin L. Thomp-
son, Maurice c. Reeder, C. Ross
Biles, J. Harry Maxwell, Abram H.
Mendenhall, Reuben Reynolds, John
8. Cullen and G. Candy Balderston.
A severe storm of rain and sleet
cut down the attendance. Three
visitors were present: G.. H. Hib-
bard, Curtis Maxwell and Austin
Jenness.
The. President reported that
several organizations. had signified
their intention of participating in
the Farmers Day Exercises at Tome
Institute it such should be held the
coming summer.
The President having announced
that our Secretary, now Delegate
in the state Legislature, had auvlsev
him of the necessity of urging the
passage of the bill tor the reorgani-
zation of the Maryland Agricultural
College, the following resolution
was UNANIMOUSLY adopted, and the
President authorized 60 send copies
to the Governor and to our Senator
and Delegates in the Legislature,
also to the Baltimore and local
papers.
Resolved, That the Cecil Farm
ers' Club urges Governor Harrington
and the members Of the Legislature
to unite and pass the foundation
bills to aid Maryland Agricultural
College namely, the New Charter.
the the State Board Of Agriculture
Bill and the Appropriation bills pro-
viding funds for the work, and the
several supplementary bills trans
ferring the work of the various state
agencies having to do with agricul-
ture to the supervision of the State
Board of Agriculture, which is also
the Board of Trustees of the Mary
land Agricultural College. These
bills have been recommended by
practically all Farmers Institutes
and business organizations in the
State.
The President reported the pro-
gress of legislation at Washington
on the bills regulating immigration,
providing for road improvement,
curtailing the usefulness of the
parcel post, and establishing sys-
tenn of rural credits; and the mem
bers Of the Club were urged to write
to their Senator and Representative,
also to the President, urging action,
in these vital matters.
The Club discussed the difficulties
which the County Agent sometimes
experiences on account of the
scarcity of public houses in the rural
communities, and it was the sense
of the meeting that entertainment
should be offered him at the houses
where he is at work when that is at
distance from his base.
Experiments being called for, A.
III. Mendenhall reported very salts
factory results from feeding ensilage
to hogs. They grew and fattened,
on ensilage alone.
/. Wayne Reynolds mad good sue
cess in keeping celery by applying
very slight covering in the rows
where it grew.
Reuben Reynolds, M. L. Thomp-
son and M. @. Reeder were appointed
to inspect and report on the prem
Uses and the Club took a recess
for dinner.
The wives and daughters, and
mothers and sisters and wives-to-be,
Of the members Of the Cecil Farm
ers' Club have reputation much
wider than the county itself for the
Club dinners which they prepare
evolved mainly from the products
Of the farm itself. The only omis-
sion noticed on this occasion was
the rising vote of thanks to the
ladies who set before us such re-
past.
On reassembling, the chairman of
the inspection committee after
splendid effort to make words do
justice to the dinner, reported on
the pile of sawed and split wood, on
the horses and COWS, buildings, feed,
machinery etc. The IA Holstein
cows were pronounced the best
high grade herd in the neighbor-
hood.
The hollow-tile silo was pronounced
the best and cheapest. This one is
10 It < 80 #, and win hold five acres.
of average silo corn. The commit
tee reported good supply of hay
land fodder, and 400 bushels of corn.
A New Idea manure spreader was
declared by the host to be a success.
Ia discussion here and later brought
out the suggestion that it is good
thing to haul manure to the field in
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