Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-05-11
Farm Demonstration Notes.

The meeting at Burtonsville last Satur-
day evening. under the auspices of the
Liberty Grove Grange, for the consideration
of the Farm Loan Act. was well attended
in spite of the bad weather. Mr.. Frank
Wilson, publicity agent for the board, ex-
planned the benefits of the law very clearly.
There seem to be many popular miscon-
ceptions as to just how the loans are made,
the peculiar benefits derived from loans
from this source. and the class of people
who are finding it to their advantage to
secure their farm loans from the Land
Banks. The Land Bank is giving to the
progressive American farmer an opportu-
nifty which many European farmers have
been using for years. 1t is matter well
worth the careful investigation of every
farmer and every community. Now that
the Land Bank for this district has been
established in Baltimore and is ready for
business, the first loan having been made
last week, it is good time to 90 over the
matter carefully. 1t will provide needed
improvements, stock. machinery. fertilizers.
etc, at lower rate of interest than can
be had elsewhere. and enable many a
farmer to put his operations on a more
secure financial basis.
That the farm-tractor demonstration was
well worth while is evidenced by the num-
Der of farmers who have bought tractors
either during the demonstration or since
Five orders have been placed. with several
more in prospect. No county in the State,
except possibly Baltimore county. is taking
such an interest in farm tractors as Mont
eomery. Read carefully the detailed state
ment in another paragraph of the actual
pared with horsepower farming under
local conditions.
Farmers Day at College Park on May
30th should be attended by an unusually
large delegation Of Montgomery county
farmers. Three features will be of special
interest-the laying of the cornerstone Of
the new $4,000 Agricultural Building,
the big farm-tractor demonstration on the
old aviation field. and the annual athletic
meet. The latter was postponed from the
5th to the 30th on account of the weather.
The soy-bean situation is getting steadily
worse. Seed has never been as high as at
present. This is particularly unfortunate.
as many farmers in the county were plan
ming to SOW soys for the first time, and
manu- mora m ;nrraaoa thair acraada The
cheapest, and quite satisfactory under the
circumstances. is a mixture of soy beans
and cowpeas for hay. hog pasture or soil
improvement Orders should be placed at
once, as June LIST will find all stocks short
and prices still higher.
I. W. Henderson and nephews, of Lon
donderry farm. near Germantown, Md,
made a record for narrowing Wednesday.
May End. A field containing SO acres
was narrowed in hours. The work was
done with their Sandusky tractor. pulling
two 25-tooth spring tooth hanows, and one
23-tooth harrow. making spread rs feet
6 inches wide. The 8 hours was actual time
in the field. including all stops, save that
for dinner. The field had IS to 20 per
cent grade extending from one side to the
other and was narrowed up and down the
HILL Numerous punches of running briars
made it necessary to have second man
with the outfit. who unclogged the harrows
and forked in piles and burned the briars
This increased the labor charge. The cost