The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-04-20
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings OF March Meeting Held
At Home OF Frank b. Evans.


AT Home OF Frank b. Evans.
The Cecil Farmers Club met at
the home of Frank B. Evans March
81. The meeting was called to or
der by the President, and in the abb
sence of the Secretary, Norris j..
Reynolds was appointed to act. for
the day.
Business was then taken up and
the following members responded to
roll call: John s. Cullen, Frank B.
Evans, Reuben Reynolds, Thomas B.
Miller, A. H. Mendenhall, Robert T..
Cameron, M. l.. Thompson, w. p.
McFadden, H. M! Mccullough, M. c..
Reeder, Norris J.. Reynolds, Lloyd
Balderston and Carroll Tyson.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved as corrected.
Visitors present were A. d. Rade-
baugh, Stanley Evans, Reginald Con-
stable, Sterling Evans, and Professor
Gamble of the University of Mary
land.
In order that Profe Tor Gamble
might get an early train for College
Park the President asked permission
of the Club to change the order of
business and hear the speaker first.
Professor Gamble then entertained
the Club with very instructive and
interesting talk on ''Dairying and
the influence we'll bred sires could
have on the milk production of
cows" He then gave statistics of
two pure bred bulls to show the in
crease and decrease of their daugh-
ters' production compared with that
of their dams. He emphasized the
fact that every dairyrnan's aim
should be to produce number one
product which could be produced so
cheap that it could be sold at a
profit in competition. One way to
do this is to produce more legumes
on your own farm to feed your cows
instead Of buying high priced feeds.
Experiments were then called for.
T. B. Miller asked the Club what he
should SOW for early pasture in the
field he wanted to sow later for
permanent pasture. He was advised
by Frank B. Evans to SOW ACanada
field peas and oats, but they must be
planted by the middle of April.
Reuben Reynolds advised that he
had had good results by. sowing oats
alone, but they must be sown early
and the cows turned in before they
had grown too high. Lloyd Balder-
ston reported that they had had a
pruning demonstration in their or
chard last week, and that Professor
Shaw of the University had advised
him that heavy heading was be-
coming more preferable. M. G.
.Reeder reported his cows doing bet
ter since he had stopped feeding. soy
beans and started to feed second
crop clover. He mentioned that he
had been in the pure bred Jersey
business for the last fifty years, and
had had seven pure bred bulls.
AeCuUSA. AtOy AOluo 1OpOiICu IAdC AO
was in the habit of sowing a few
acres Of oats each spring and seed
ing clover in it. H. M. Mccullough
reported that he had gotten about
100. rod Of headrow cleaned this
winter. A. D. Radebaugh reported
that he knew of field of winter
oats in the. First district that was
doing well, and that the grower said
his winter oats out yielded his
spring oats about ten bushels to the
acre.
Dinner was then announced, and
Lloyd Balderston, John S. Cullen
and Carroll Tyson, were appointed
committee on inspection.
After reassembling Lloyd Balder-
ston as chairman of the committee
made the following report: Splendid
dinner very nicely served, which
everyone enjoyed immensely. Found
on the farm pen of IS White Leg
horn chickens which looked good
and were laying well. In the barn
were 16 heifers in good condition,
II milk cows and 4 bred heifers, all
very good individuals; calves, one
splendid individual, a yearling
show calf, 2 young .heifers, / bull
calf, 2 stock bulls, one four years
old, the other 20 months, both good
Individuals; A. good work horses,
100 bushels of corn. Stored in the
barn "a good supply of fertilizer, IL
to Is tons Of alfalfa ana mixed hay
good lot of straw. about $50 bushels
of oats, grinding outfit consisting of
mill and tractor. All implements
in good shape, and tractor ready for
the coming season. Place well kept
and neat
Upon request Frank Evans stated
that he was feeding his dairy cows
the following ration: 1000 lbs. Of
corn and cob meal, 700 lbs. of oats,
800 lbs. of linseed oil meal, 800 lbs.
of peanut oil meal
T. B. Miller, c. c. Balderston and