The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-29
JUNE MEETING OF THE CECIL
FARMERS CLUB


buildings, across a ravine, and be-
yond a piece of woodland from the
Blue Ball+Newark road, is unique,
but once reached, they are conven-
iently, and withal, beautifully locat-
ed.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Frank B. Evans,
and the roll cali showed the pres
ence of the following additional
members: Reuben Reynolds, John S.
Cullen, Joseph T. Grove, A. H. Men
denhall, Robert T. Cameron, Martin
L. Thompson, C. Candy Balderston,
James H. Maxwell, VIM. B. Gamer
on, Henyr M. Mccullough, Maurice
C. Reeder, Norris J. Reynolds and
Lloyd Balderston, III. Others pres
emit were: James Reynolds and Paul
l.. McCommons, the present farmer
for Reuben Reynolds, he being nee
essarily absent from his farm much
of the time, on account of his duties
as County Commissioner. The min
utes of the last two meetings were
read and approved.
Two letters from DR.. Anterior,
specialist in charge of Hog Cholera
Control in this State, were read.
The aim of his efforts is to keep be-
fore the farmers of the state the
necessity of scrupulousyl avoiding
sources of new infection, and also
their bounden duty to report immed-
lately tothe Department every sus-
picious case among hogs, and submit
to, and assist, in complete quaran-
tine, if cholera should develop. Ac-
cording to the findings of the De-
partment of Agriculture, 80 percent
of the cases of new infection are
traceable to the feeding of house re-
fuse, containing trimming of bought
pork to hogs. 1t was stated by a
member of the Club, that it is the
practice of some of the large feed
ers, if they discover a suspicious
case. to kill and market the hogs
that do not show the infection, and
in this way the Cholera infection
which did not show is spread, or
binary curing of pork not destroying
the vitality of the germ. !,
The Presidents having informed
the Club that the Newark Post,
Newark, Del, would, like to have
our minutes for publication, the Sec
rotary was authorized to send copy
to that paper, as well asone to the
Midland Journal, as has been our
practice. In the absence of the
county Agent, who was expected to
give us food for thought, the Presi-
dent called on the Secretary, who
had spent four months, including
the three Calendar winter months,
in Florida, to tell the Club some Of
the things which are going on there.
Dinner being announced the Chair
appointed H. M. Mccullough, Norris
J. Reynolds, and Maurice G. Reeder,
committee on the premises, and a
recess was taken till 2 P. M. On re-
assembling H. NJ. Mccullough,
Chairman, on behalf of the Inspec-
ton Committee, reported first on
the hospitality of the hosts, and the
views from the house and grounds.
The Committee found on the place,
ice house and wood house, well fill
ed; in the orchard Poland China
sow and seven shoats; barn and i'm
plements in good condition, specify
ing clean manure spreader. Had bal
ed 43 tons of hay. There are Ia
Holstein cows. Growing crops in
clude 16 acres of. corn, well advanced
for the season, 16 acres Fultz wheat.
16 acres timothy and the same acre
age of mixed hay. About so apple
trees, mainly winter varieties.
On call for experiments Jas. H.
Maxwell reported clover on oat
stubble much better than clover
following wheat. The clover on oat
stubble was sown with the oats.
and MANFRED on top. The top manur-
ing was given tentative credit for
the better yield. John S. Cullen sees
this as favorable season for Glow
er. Hen sed Western seed. VIM. K,
Cameron reports tomato plants in
very bad shape. compared with last
year. Lloyd Balderston had a letter
from the Agricultural Cooperative
Feed Corporation, recommending
farmers to unite, buy, grind and
store feeds when prices are low, if
they have to buy at all. James
Reynolds, raising own feed, and
keeping surplus milk off the market.
F. B. Evans mentioned a case where
oats and sweet clover were sown
together, threhed for oats, and the
mixed straw fed. He raised the
question, does sweet clover perpetu-
ate itself? If you buy sweet clover
seed, be sure to scarify it.
Reuben Reynolds called attention
to the large number of farms in
parts of the county with nothing
growing. Frank B. Evans answered
the question raised by this condition,
giving a synopsis of Henry Ford's
page in a recent number of the
Dearborn Independent. Ford points
out that Agriculture is one of the
many industries controlled by the
law of supply and demand, right in
with manufactures, transportation
and all the rest. That just now, the
trades and transportation are behind
and can afford to offer inducements
to farm workers to come and help
them catch up, and as soon as this
happens labor will flow back to the
farm, and neglected farms will be
brought up. Let US hope Henry's
head is as level on this question as
it is on the questions of supply and
demand as related to popular priced