The midland journal., 1917-05-11
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB.

Interesting Meeting Held At sunny
SLOPE" Near Colora-POtatO
Culture Discussed.
The Cecil Farmers Club met with
C. c. Balderston "SunnysIope" farm
near Colora, on the 25th of April,
1917.
The meeting was called to order
by the President near the usual hour
and the following members respond
ed to roll call:-John H. Kimble,
I. Wayne Reynolds, Jas. H. Maxwell
Jos. T. Grove, M. G. Reeder, w. P.
McFadden, C. Ross Biles, ]. Harry
Maxwell, J. S. Cullen, T. B. Miller,
A. H. Mendenhall, Reuben Reynolds,
C. C. Balderston, E. Balderston. The
minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. The
i Committee on Speakers for Farmers
Day read letter from DR.. Clyde L.
King, U. of P, accepting invitation
to be present if practicable at that
time. Visitors present were Honor
airy member D. H. Kaufman, County
Agent, Prof. H. J. White, Md. State
College of Agriculture, s. Morris
Jones, West Grove, Jacob A. Preston,
Ernest Preston, Levi H. Balderston,
Lloyd Balderston.
The President gave an interesting
! report of the National Agricultural
Society meeting in Washington. The
help problem was also discussed and
the efforts being extended to relieve
farmers. The County Agent dis
tributed application blanks from the
Department of Labor, that may be
filed and sent to the Department
and they will send out help. Any
one wishing these blanks my obtain
them from D. HI. Kaufman, Elkton.
Experiments being called, R.
Reynolds reported his alfalfa largely
winter killed, only one-third of a
crop He thinks he pastured it too
close last fall. c. c. Balderston
presented samples of his corn grown
from seed selected from the Thomas
variety popular in Chester County.
His selection was for large cob and
number of rows,-18 to the ear or
over, growing it for two years, but
he is convinced that this seed is not
adapted to this locality, as it did not
produce as we'll as the Tyson corn,
on another field.
His conclusions are that corn
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this corn had reached its maximum,
whereas the Tyson and other varie-
ties of corn has cob room to spare
and hence will grow larger under
| favorable conditions.
In lieu of an essay the host intro
duced Prof. White who gave an in
teresting discussion on Potatoes.
Potatoes" he said, "are natives Of
the mountainous sections of central
America and prefer cool climate
No seed he said should be saved
from potatoes maturing in midsum-
mer, as they lose their vitality by
being kept through the hot weather,
They should either be put in cold
storage, or what is more common
and practicable, procured from
northern grown seed. He also call
+ ed attention to small sprout"
tubers, and showed samples of po
tatoes, showing the difference in the
vitality of the large strong plant,
over the "small sprout." All the
latter should be discarded for seed,
as it is this "small sprout" disease
that causes the running out OF
varieties of potatoes, planted con-
tinuously in warm climates.
Main thing for potatoes is to have
good land. Use sulphur for scab.
Plant potatoes in July to get hardy
seed for another year.
] A RECESS being taken for dinner,
r. B. Mllev. w. P. McFadden, Jas.
II. Maxwell were appointed com
mittee on premises.
On re-assembling with vice-presi-
dent c. r. Biles in the chair, T. B.
Miller on behalf of the committee
reported, that they were first in the
dining room where the Club was
very we'll entertained, being presided
over by Mrs. c. C. Balderston and
Miss Marian BalderstOn. The sub
stanial home, though q portion of it
=. over a hundred years old,-the new
well arranged barn and substantial
construction we're commented upon.