The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-11-10
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings OF October Meeting
Held At Home OF w. r..

The Club met with VIM. r. Cam
eron, Pennington, 10 Mo- 90, 1922.
The President, Frank B. Evans, in
the chair, and the following other
members present: John S. Cullen,
Reuben Reynolds. Robt. T. Gamer
on, Martin L. Thompson, James Fl.
Maxwell, VIM. r. Cameron, Maurice
c. Reeder, Norris ]. Reynolds, Lloyd
Ba1derston and G. Candy Balder-
ston; also the following visitors
Prof. F. w. Gutenberg, Walter Cam
eron, Clarence clifford, Stephen
Dennison.
Minutes OF last meeting read and
approved.
The host announced that he had
secured Prof F. w. Gutenberg, of
the University of Maryland, to adj
dress the Club, that he would have
to leave early to examine and pass
upon the agricultural exhibits at the
Community Exhibition now being
staged at West Nottingham, and he
therefore suggested that the usual
order of business be changed to give
him an opportunity to- address us
before the noon recess. This hav-
ing been agreed to, Prof. Gutenberg
gave us some facts and cautions in
reference to garlic in wheat. Some
of the points mentioned
Wheat sown in the Spring, Is
nearly free from garlic. Winter
wheat in this locality is very liable
to show garlic and wheat following
wheat is particularly liable to be
infested with it. This is because it.
takes the garlic bulblets two years
to mature, that is to form the heads
of full sized bulblets which by their
presence, contaminate, and spoil the
sale of wheat He has seen wheat
fields down on the Eastern Shore
where the crop from the first year
bulbs, is that which shows in the
wheat field in the fall, like crop of
very fine grass. The way to get rio
of the garlic is to cultivate it out OF
the ground, and to SOW absolutely
garlic free seed wheat. Thorough
drying or freezing, or both, will
shrivel the garlic bulbs, so that they
may be blown out. At this point
little discussion of special seed
grain fan was introduced. This ma
chine is intended to separate seeds
into two qualities depending on the
actual weights of the individual
grains, and in practice does it with
remarkable accuracy. The operator
may divert any proportion desired,
say from FIVE per cent to ninety-five
per cent of the heaviest grains, for
the seed drill. F. B. Evans with
Hoffman's pure seed wheat uniform
ly got at least five bushels per acre
more than with seed of his own
raising, and no garlic in it. He had
one record on a measured plot of
one and one-twelfth acres, of fifty
three ushels,-forty-nin bushels
per acre.
Prof. Gutenberg answered some
questions in reference to the weevil
in wheat, the same that sometimes
infests corn especially If kept over
the second summer. Just when the
miller or moth lays its egg, was not
definitely stated, but the egg patches
and the larva eats its way out few
weeks after harvest. Wheat left in
shock or in the NOW for several
weeks after harvest is liable to be
badly infested, when the same
wheat was free when harvested. The
answer to this is, thresh your
wheat Immediately, treat 1t in tight
bins with Bisulphide of Carbon, or II
not wanted for seed heat it to 100
degrees to kill the eggs that may be
in it. Wheat badly eaten by wee
vii is declared by sanitary boards to
be unfit for food for man, and even
for hogs and poultry
Reference was, made to Winter
oats. This locality is just about.
the dividing line between where
Winter oats may, and where 1t may
uOL SuCCG0u. L d. AcVoAAo As~0 1890
it and produced forty-three-pound
Winter oats, against twenty-eight-
pound ordinary Spring sown oats.
The Winter oats ripens earlier be-
fore the hot sun has checked its
vitality.
On call for experiments, James
H. Maxwell had soaked white oak
bark in the drinking water of hens,
to check cholera Before obtaining
results he added copperas, and the
hens recovered.
Norris ]. Reynolds two cows on
test in New York State, are now
producing about 60 pounds each,
per day, AZ milk. One has been ON
test for seven months, and the other
for six months.
Maurice C. Reeder's second crop
sorghum is ready to cut for green
feed fer cows. Cautioned not to let
it wilt as that is liable to develop
Prussic acid. If entirely cured, the
Prussic acid is decomposed and the
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