Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-11

farms various parts Of the county.
| am dying to lay out the work so
thai will cover the entire county,
mat devoting several days to one
dlstrct. and then moving on to the
next until finally / have visited all
inc arms where invitations have heen
received TO visit and looking up others
Who have not asked the Agent to call.
Every other week is known as
BOYS Club week" during which time
a coed part Of the day IS devoted to
meeirg the Toys
Fruit Crops Slim
Robert Werntz's place was visited
near Arnold Station and the condition
Of the orchards are credit 10 Dir.
Spriggs. Tho orchards. like most or
ebards have hut a slim crop of fruit
bu the soil is worked up to such q
fine condition that it is a pleasure to
visit the place and see what has heen
done. Mr.. WerntZ expects TO SOW
son alfalfa and judging from the way
swea clover is now growing on the
plo sof land he expects to put down
to afalfa, there is not q chance Of
missing the crop
4nother alfalfa man was visited this
week and his soil tested for lime re-
lu.-emonts. fortunately for him, it re-
CURED no lime This farm also grows
splendid sweet clover. Armiger and
Cock way out at the end of Mountain
Road expect to sow alfalfa this sum-
mer@ The orchards here show littl'
more fruit than is generally seer
around. but there is hardly enough tC
speak of ii commercially.
George Schmidt on Rock Greek was
+ planting squash the day | was there
He also has some cantaloupe's in thu
he'd but he is not as well pleased with
them as he might be. His strawber
ries, however, are going to give hin
a good crop.
Hog Manure Showing Results
j. w. Stevens is showing some o.
The results of using the manure oh
tanned from the Hog Farm He is de
voting a large part of his place tc
poultry which he claims paid him ex-
cellently during the winter.
The Ruth Brothers were visited
They are bringing their place up tc
khere it should be. Flowing was the
main order of business here but an
EXCELLENT garden was noted nearby.
Whey were blowing for corn al
lsmere the day l was there and the
nager, Mr.. Sewer. was pleased with
way things were going.
The Sprywheel tractor demonstra-
IN held at Frank Duvall's, in st
|rgaret's, was we'll attended anC
i ch interest was shown in the little
ctor.
Boys And Girls Club Meeting
my one who attended the Boys
Girls Club meeting held a
ensville Saturday week ago was
repaid These children. carried
q a day which would have been ;
q lit TO many older people. TIL
n tic rendered by them was a credi
I'd them and their instructor. TIL,
I'd Drts from the various clubs wa
n in a business-lke manner. an
/ til themes written by the variou
/ m nbers were we'll read and shower
Ia pod amount of intelligent research
! TIL meeting was interspersed wit
tn singing of the club songs and con
ell led with a playlet written by Mr.:
Cd rgiana Linthicum, setting forth tn
va he of the club work. The first cpl
sod showed a mother who refuse
to teach her daughter the neeessar
thi hes all girls should know about ia
no he. The next showed the poo
/ d2i ghter married to a poor man an
thd results and finally the awakeLin
to Ihe value of the Home Economic
and The Junior work, showing a ell.
me4ting in full meeting. This wa
wela rendered by the members of tn
various clul $ Of the lower end of Il
COUNTY and as interesting and ente
tanning. The awards for the girl
worE was made by Miss Adice Jone
Stat3 Girls Club Agent, who made
few short remarks.
Boys Going After Prizes
Til boys in the various club r
port show excellent progress Wi
| prod cts which is a part of their eli
work Many of the boys have pot
toes p and some of the boys repo
that heir pigs have continued to ga
a POI I'd a day since they began the
feediIM IL projects. The Friendship Gu
has ised ten dollars among ther
selves which is to be awarded the 81
who tins first place in the conte
with lis pig. These boys are goil
out er this prize with all earne:
ness.
The boys who grew tomatoes Ia
year In he interested TO know tn
George limerick. Jr., and waite
Peak pon I'VE dollar prizes and n
Lean yelch won $3.50 The larg
prizes kent to winners on the Easte
Shore: This contest was held und