Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-06-05
COUNTY farm AGENT
Mr.. WHITEFORD
Takes Local Dairymen On In
spection Trip.
VISITED BALTIMORE COUNTY.
Delegation Attended Holstein Clul
Meeting---Other Work Done.

County Farm Agent whiteford saws
he considers the day well spent last
week when he and a number of local
oalrymen interested in the Holstein
breed, attended the meeting of the Hol-
stein Club of Maryland, at the home
OF State Treasurer John NJ. Dennis. in
Baltimore county.
After short business meeting of the
Club the barn, housing fifty pure breed
COWS, was visited, where everything
was in fine condition. One yervim-
portant point was in regard to the feed
on the farm Mr.. Dennis believes in
sllos, having five. One of them and a
haI OF another is still being filled.
Brooklandwood( the farm of Captain
emerson, superintended by Mr.. G. III.
Hlbbard' was also visited, where lunch
was served.
In the barns of this farm were seen
some fine specimens of the dairy COW.
both Holstein and Guernsey. One COW
IN particular, seemed to be the favor
lte, she having finished a years work
and given in that time $4,000 pounds of
MILK or about $500 gallons. All the
practices necessary to the production
OF pure, sanitary milk are in operation
at this place
The last place visited, Mr.. Shoe
makers place, where Walker-Gordon
milk is produced, and which is looked
after very ably by Mr.. Robertson. prov
ed the most interesting of all. Those
who saw how this milk is handled will
agree as to its purity. On this farm
was seen the Guernsey sire, NE Plus
Ultra" whose first twelve daughters
have averaged 10000 pounds of mill
per year, and not one of them sold for
less than 5000.
Mr.. Robertson was heard to remark
that male calf from this sire and his
best COW would not be sold for less
than $4,000. However, with all these
pure breeds to look at, the one animal
which provd most attractive in point
OF performance, was the Grade Guern-
sey, Golden Squaw," who, for ten con-
scutive years, has given 10000 pounds
of milk or IL, $50 gallons in that time.
On this farm las acres are used for
dairying purposes, and 14S COWS are
kept. The COWS are not allowed on
pasture, but are stabie-fed, silage be-
ing fed the year around Eighty acres
are in alfalfa, which last year cut 400
tons of hay, an S-foot mower is used,
together with a side-delivery rake.
Other work done the past week was
the attendance at the meeting of the
Boys Club at Davidsonville where
each member had a part to take and
did well. Three new names were pro-
posed for membership and will be vo-
ted in at the next meeting.
At Mr.. w. X. Boswell's, six hogs were
inoculated at cost of 40 cents each as
a preventative against cholorea. Mr.
Boswell's orchard, like many others in
the county, is badly blighted, and the
strawberry weevil has done quite a
lot of damage.
Mr.. Fulton Keily's was visited to see
the effect of the spray of bordeaux-zinc
and the zinc alone on tomatoes in the
field as protection against the potato
beetle. 1t was found that after seven
days this spraying should be again
done. During this time two inches of
water fell, so the results are very sat
isfactory. on this farm.
At Mr.. Chaney's, near Mr.. Kelly's
even better results were obtained, both
on the little plants in the beds and on
those which had been transplanted
After eight days the spraying, using
the arserite of zinc two pounds to fifty
gallons of water, was still controlling
the bugs.
Two days were spent with Mr. Wal
colt, of the Dairy Division, visiting
dairies and dairymen around An
napolis. 1t was the hope of the County
Agent that perhaps some kind of an
organization could be affected for the
good of all concerned, but it was de-
cided that it was not advisable at this
time to attempt anything of this kind.