The midland journal., 1917-03-30
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
March Meeting Held AT Home OF
Prcsident-Deplore Enticing
or Labor From Farm.

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9 The Cecil Farmers Club met at
Maplehurst, the beautiful farm of its
President, j. H. Kimble, near Port
Deposit, on Wednesday, March 21st.
The meeting was called to order
\ by the Vice President C. r. Biles at
the usual time with fourteen mem-
bers present-President j. H. Kim
lie. Vice Pres G. r. Biles, Robt. T.
Cameron M c. Reeder, T. B. Miller,
peuhen Reynolds. A H. Mendenhall
III. L. Thompson, Jas. H. Maxwell,
ff NJ. Mccullough, W. P. McFadden,
j. s. Cullen, c. c. Balderston, E.
I0sl 7crston.
The visitors present were H. B.
-rendrick Dept. Farmers Iusts..
cate Relations Service, Washington,
j.. c., D. H. Kaufman County
AGENT. Roy Kimble, Nottingham,
Va. VIM. T. Patten, Carroll Thomas,
Jas. Eshelman. Edw K. Burlin, c. T.
Kimble, Rev. F. x. Moore.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and with a slight cor
rection approved.
G.. C. Balderston in behalf of the
Farmers Inst. Committee, reported
the Hall-the nominal charge of
three dollars for janitor's fee that
the meetings were attended by ap-
preciative audiences.
On behalf of the Farmers Day
Committes only one, so far had been
named,-The Committee on. Speak
ers and Publicity, ]. H. Kimble
chairman and Elwood Balderston.
The chairman presented letters of
acceptance from DR.. A. T. Woods
of the University of Minnesota, the
Glnewly appointed President of the
flEsfaryland College of Agriculture,
TIon. Clifford Pinchot, Washington,
DA c., and Governor E. c. Harring-
ton.
In the call for experiments Fl. NJ.
Mccullough replied that he had
sowed some Soudan grass last year
very late and during very dry time.
That his farmer had cut and fed the
product and it was relished by both
horses and cows, and wished to
know if other members had ex-
perimented with it. He stated it
was two to three feet high. Other
members who had tested it out
giving it a long season, found it
more like Sorghum for size and un-
pnlatable for stock
H. p. Hendricks suggested seed
ing it with SOY beans and COW peas,
as a forage crop. He did not give
any experiments along this line, but
M. C. Reeder, H. M. Mccullough and
others had used millet, Zone bushel
to ten acres) with soy beans with
good results. H.. B. Hendrick
further stated that he was familiar
with the use of Soudan grass in the
semi acid regions of the West
where it is a valuable feed for cat
tie and horses.
j. H. Kimble called attention to
the serious question of farm help,
and the necessity of some relief, if
the farmers are to continue in busi-
ness. At the afternoon session the
following resolution was unanimous
iy adopted by the Club: viz
Resolved, That The Cecil Farm
ers' Club of Cecil County, Maryland,
deplores the systematic efforts of the
great Industrial organizations,
Manufacturers, Railroad Corpor-
ations, and others, to entice from
khe farms the men needed to culti-
ate them, and it calls attention to
1.-THE fact that if this practice is not
stopped the farmers will not be able
to produce the food supply neces-
sary for our people. We further
ss'ggest that these Industrial organi-
cations should cooperate with the
farmer, and see to it that fair pro-
portion of labor be allowed to re-
main on the farm.
Our host then introduced H. B.
Hendrick of Dept. Agriculture,
Washington, who said in part:
"It impresses me that through such
groups of men as are here gathered,
great things are worked out
chief of my departement has often
said that it is not through govern
ment assistance alone that works
out the problems of Agricultural
Education, betterment of roads and
kindred subjects, but with the CO.
operation of just such farm groups
of men nd women. The farm labor
problem is a serious one, and will
not be solved in a snort period of
time. A movement cannot be start
ed too soon for it's relief"
The subject of "clover" was then
discussed at considerable length,
and Nj. Hendrick pointed out the
necessity of keeping down the acid
ity of "clover" soils with liberal
though not excessive use of lime