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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings OF August. Meeting
Farmers Position Discussed.

AEuCccu1lSS VI august. NAcCttHS-
farmers Position Discussed.
The Cecil Farmers Club met at
the home of James H. Maxwell on
Wednesday, August %, 1929. Tho
following members responded to-
roll call: John S. Cullen, T. B. Mil
Ter, F. B. Evans, Joseph T. Grove,
A. H. Mendenhall, Robert T. Cam
eron, M. L. Thompson, James H.
Maxwell, ]. H. KimbIe, w. R. Cam
eron, w. p. McFadden, H. M. Nc
Cullough, Reuben Reynolds, Norris
Reynolds. Visitors present were,
j. M. G. Carhart, ]. Harry Maxwell,
Harry Smith, Curtis MAXWELL Will
bur Maxwell, Ralph Wilson and Rev.
Mckee.
President F. B. Evans read let
ter from the Secretary, G. G. Bald
erston, Dry Mills, Maine. In his
absence Norris Reynolds was ap-
pointed secretary protein. A letter
was read from T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough stating that the proposal OF
putting duty on potash had been
removed from the tariff bill. A
motion was made and seconded that
the Club pay $40 toward the expen-
SEES of .the Farmers Day meeting
held at Calvert. The motion carried
and the treasurer was ordered to
pay same.
The President then called for ex-
periments. T. B. Miller stated that
he had cut his alfalfa three times,
but dry weather was hurting it at
present. A. H. Mendenhall reported
that corn on ground MANFRED in the
fall was better than corn on ground
MANFRED in the spring. w. r.
Cameron reported that in the spring
he had gotten 10000 Stone tomato
plants from County Agent Rade-.
baugh, and that SO far he had pick
ed 4 tons per acre from them and
expected to get that many more. H.
M Mccullough reported that he had
a piece of wheat ground that he
wanted to seed in alfalfa when he
got rain enough to pillow. He was
advised that it would be necessary
to get another rain on the ground
after it was ploughed in order to get
it in proper condition for seeding.
Reuben Reynolds reported that he
had 40 bushels of oats per acre and
80 bushels of wheat, and a very
good crop of hay still to be baled.l
James H. Maxwell reported "a bu'
of wheat per acre and fine cropzof
clover off his wheat stubble. j. Fl
Kimble reported that he had become
converted to cow peas and So
beans over alfalfa, although he hat'
one patch of alfalfa sown ten years
ago that he was still cutting. Ut.
Grove reported 5 acres of fine SOY
beans to be cut, which were still
growing. ]. s. Cullen reported that
he had 20 acres of ground ploughed
and in condition to plant eithe'
wheat or alfalfa.
Dinner was then announced, and
the committee appointed on inspec-
ton of premises-H.. M. McCul
Tough, w. R. Cameron, Reuben, Rey,
nolds. After dinner H. NJ McCul-,
Tough, as chairman of this commit :,
tee, gave the following repQys A
very good dinner. nicely served, so
good in fact that it was impossible
for anyone to do justice to all Of it,
although he felt sure everyone had
tried to. On the farm the commit
tee found head of good horses. L.
cows, l bull, 6 shoats, and about
200 chickens, mostly Rhode Island
Reds. In the barn 81. loads Of hay
besides second crop, 403 bushels of
wheat which had been threshed
from IL acres. Mr.. Maxwell showed
the committee field of corn which
had been divided into three plots.
The first plot was fortified with fer
tilizer of 1885 analysis, the second
with 169o acid phosphate. the third
with cannet. The plot fortified
with 1885 looked the best, the acid
phosphate second and the cannet
last. The whole field looked like it
would produce in the neighborhood
Of 100 bushels of corn per acre. On
the back part of the farm were
three acres of soy beans and millet,
l " acre of potatoes, 10 acres in
second crop clover and timothy, 3
acres of fine ensilage corn, and 8
acres of good sweet corn.
In lieu of an essay Mr.. Maxwell
introduced Ralph T. Wilson who
gave a very good talk on 1.-THE Posi-
ton of the Farmer Today and his
Difficulties" He said in part:
We farmers today are, as the
small boy says. up against it. We
are the only group who have taken
Imitation in full, and as l heard one
man COW VIC donsf nnod m Cat hacI