The midland journal., 1917-01-05
NINTH DISTRICT FARMERS
CLUB.
NINTH
Meets with Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Onicers Elected-Es-
saw On the Dairy Cow.

say MA ~AAO DeeA' NOvse
The Ninth District Farmers Club
met with Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Brown,
wednesday, Dec. 8, 1916. The /
meeting was called to order by the
president. The following were pres
ent,. Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Kirk, Mr..
and Mrs. C. w. Mckinney, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. SPOTS, Mr.. and Mrs., w.
F. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Brown Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Taylor, Mr.. Har-
old s.. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis j.
Brown, Mr.. D. HI. Kaufman, Mr.. w.
T. B. r. Robertson, Miss Clara Rober-
son and Prof. R. H. Ruffner, of the
Department of Animal Husbandry,
Maryland Agricultural College.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following officers we're elected
for the next year: President, How
ard Brown; vice-president, A, M.
SPOTS; secretary, E. r. Brown;
treasurer, H. L. Kirk.
Mr.. Kaufman, the new County
Agent, told of meeting to be held
at Chestertown, Monday, Dec. 18, for
the purpose of organizing the coun-
ties of the Eastern Shore, and asked
for delegates from the Club--Mr. s.
c. Smith and Mr.. w. F. Gibson were
appointed to represent this club.
MI NTH fn11nxn.
ing:
The Dairy Cow.-It is matter of
no little interest to the breeder of
cattle today, that the large producers
are not confined to any one family.
line, herd, or state. It is the breed
as a whole that has shown it's ability
to bring forth repeatedly animals
of great capacity that lead the world
in production, we will take for in-
stance the Guernsey COW despite the
fact that she is greatly outnumbered
by two other leading breeds, the Jer-
sey and Holstein, ,-she has shown her
ability to outdistance all competi-
tors. These high record cows are
not in any sense freaks, but the re
suit of careful breeding and deve-
lopment and they show the result of
scientific feeding and care.
You know cow is just like g
boiler, if / had boiler here today
and wanted to get up some steam to
do work, I would have to put in
some coal. Now suppose l put in
just enough to hardly getsup steam,
would I get much good out of my
engine, why no, 1 would get very
little use out of it. But by putting
in just one more shovel full of coal
/ would get more power out OF my
engine. A diary cow is very much
like that.
Can we, as farmers, in the dairy
business today afford to let our
young stock go with out care and the
proper feed which they should have
to develop them into a first class
dairy COW. the answer should be by
all means NO, but / am afraid we
sometimes forget and think they 90
not need much care. Did you ever
stop to think that a. COW is our
market? Is there any better market
from which we can derive as much
profit as from the COW? The better
the cow the better price we can de-
mand when we go to dispose OF her.
The three great important things
to consider, the first is feeding, the
second breeding and the third care.
So in order to build up a strong
digestive system you hayea to feed
right, when you look over COWS with
records of severaI hundred IBIS. of
butter year. what kind of cows are
they, big strong, we'll developed
thorogs gsnbred cows-cows that can
do kne work.
NO man can afford to be without
good sire because that is the only
way the common herds of this coun-
try are going to be built up, and he
wants good one because this life is
mighty short space of time after
all, and as soon as any farmer dairy
man sees the need of better stock
and begins to take pride in such
stock as he has, he will begin to give
thought to his work, and there is no
man in this country who needs to be
business man more than the farm
er if he is going to make success
of this life.
After which H. L. Kirk, w. F,
pson and S. c. Smith were appoint
a committee on inspection OF
mises; then adjourned for lunch.
fhe afternoon session was called
to order by the newly elected presi-
dent. The report of the committee
was given by H. L. Kirk,--Sevel
cows, 2 registered Guernsey cows, 3
registered heifers, l registered SIRE
4 horses, l colt, 5 hogs-1 mother
and 8 little pigs, lot of chickens,
4urLavs peese guineas Barn we'll