The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-07
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THE,AMERiCANP PRESS ASSOCIATION
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings OF September Meeting
Held At Home OF Carroll E.

Hel0 AT Home VI GaRfOhI II.
Tyson.
The September meeting Of the
Cecil Farmers Club was held on the
21st of the month at the home of
Carroll E. Tyson, near Woodlawn.
President, John S. Cullen in the
chair, and the following members
present: James H. Maxwell, Maurice
c. Reeder, Martin l.. Thompson, Jos.
T. Grove, A. H. Mendenhall, w.
Palmer McFadden, Reuben Reyn-
olds, Thos. B. Miller, G. Candy Bal
derston, Frank B. Evans, end the
host, Carroll E. Tyson. Others in
attendance were: F. D. Radebaugh,
County Agent; F. w. Gutenberg,
Agronimist from the University of
Maryland; Jos. SINNERS, Edwin
Brown, Geo. E. Tyson, Howard
Barnes, Chas. Gibson.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
The Presidents call for experi-
ments and questions started an in
structive discussion of about an
hour in length. Frank B. Evans
reported a field of late planted corn,
husk and fodder dead, grain dry,
stalks fallen over, worm in the ears.
identified from description as the
ordinary sugar corn worm. 1t was
the general impression that the con-
dition was the result of over ferti-
LIKING. John s. Cullen had yellow
stalks in sugar corn which yielded
Az tons per acre. F. B. Evans
has fourth crop of alfalfa ready to
cut. Some members considered it
Tyson has beans in ensilage corn
and they seem to be an advantage to
the corn.
A. H. Mendenhall-Bean are not
good for corn.
F. W. Gutenberg Beans take
water from the corn, and under ord
mary conditions must detract from
the vigor of the corn plant and con-
sequently from the yield of grain.
An exhibit later in the day, of few
plants of Tyson's beans showed
great numbers of nodules on the
roots, which may have more than
made up to the corn what it lost in
moisture.
M. C. Reeder had cultivated corn
with single cultivator when well
grown, making dust mulch for
conserving the soil moisture. Fifteen
rows left without this late working
is ripe, while the cultivated is still
green. The cultivated part will out
yield the other by Is bus. per acre.
A. H. Mendenhall had similar result
Reuben Reynolds had given half
his field the late working, but saw
no difference in the resulting yields.
Jos. T. Grove put oyster shell
lime and rock on corn. Has very
heavy crop. Puts on lime every
rotation. Advised to have his soil
tested for acidity, when he can
probably save the expense of lining
every time.
M. G. Reeder, planting soy beans
for forage the 18th of July finds 21s
bus. per acre the, right quantity Of
seed. He sowed the Virginia, a
larger bean than some. other varie-
ties. He soils his cows with sor-
ghum, sown thick and cut over
twice. Advised not to feed sor-
ghum when wilted. as it then con-
tains Prussic Acid, as wilted wild
cherry does.
w. P. McFadden finds the second
crop of soy beans better forage than
the first.
T. B. Miller has good stand Of
crimson clover in corn. F. B.
Evans, sandy land is ready to plant
sooner after .plowine than clay land,
as the sand readily runs down and
washes down to fill up crevices in
the soil.
F. D. Radebaugh has had much
experience in growing prize seed
corn. The Johnson County White
is the greatest yielder, very closely
followed. by Reid's Yellow Dent.
These are long season corns, espe-
cially the Johnson County White.
Its season here is $50 days. During
a trip through Indiana selecting
seed corn he had found that whereas
the season for this corn IN southern
Indiana is $50 days, in Northern
Indiana it is only 100 days, on ac-
count of the greater length of day
in the northern counties. If you
get these long-season corns plant
early, plant in April.4
Chas. Gibson has proved the
utility of drai a ga on tha xUh;takar