The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-03-07
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB

The Cecil Farmers Club met at
the home of Robert T. Cameron on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1928. The. fol-
lowing members responded to roll
call: Thomas B. Miller, Joseph T.
Groves, A. H. Mendenhall, Robert T.
| Cameron, M. L. Thompson, Lloyd
Balderston, James Fl. Maxwell, w
r. Cameron, John S. Cullen, M. C..
Reeder, Henry NJ. Mccullough, F. B.
Evans, Reuben Reynolds, Norris j.
Reynolds. Visitors present were Har-
ry Maxwell, Jesse T. Cameron, Car
roll H. Cameron, Ernest Cullen,
jerks Smith, Joe Cameron, Walter
| Cameron, Mr.. Ballard.
In the absence of the minutes the
reading was dispensed with until the
February meeting. Upon motion Jno
H. Kimble was made an honorary
member of the Club.
Experiments We're then taken up:
Henry M. Mccullough asked the ad-
vice of the Club on planting sweet
cloverN with oats. Several members
cited instances they knew of where
sweet clover had done reasonably
well when planted with oats; sever
al others told where it had failed.
M. C. Redder reported that he had
grown 7 wagon loads of pumpkins
this year. He had fed the majority
of these to his cows, but while he
was feeding them the cows gradual
ly went down in milk, but after he
started to feed soy beans the cows
returned to their former milk flow.
Lloyd Balderston reported that he
had been feeding his sows a good
grade of clover hay, but when he
Switched from this to alfalfa hay the
cows dropped off in milk flow,. but
after about ten days they gradually
returned to their normal production.
Also reported he still has some ap-
Piles, but York Imperials did not keep
so well this year. Ben Davis is prob
ably the apple most preferred by the
commission men.
M. L. Thompson reported that his
soy beans yielded Is bushels per
acre. Had a neighbor whose beans
yielded 80 bushels per acre.
w. R.. Cameron planted millet with
his soy beans, made good hay and is
feeding it to both horses and cattle.
A. H. Mendenhall drilled one bag
of fertilizer on part Of his soy bean
field, but could not see any difference
| where it was, but soy beans must be
enoculated to make good crop.
James H. Maxwell reported that
part of the field he planted in wheat
last year had been soy bean ground.
| Whole field produced good crop,
but this year clover did not take on
soy bean ground, although it was a
good crop on the rest of the field.
Why was this? Lloyd Balderston
suggested as the soy beans were no,
enoculated they took all the nitrogen
out of the soil, and it was necessary
for clover to have nitrogen, to grow
on Il
T. B. Miller reported his cow
were doing very well, and were be:ns
fed on soy beans and alfalfa hay.
Norris Reynolds found that h.s
cows MIXED as well when fed corn
fodder once a day and alfalfa ha.
| once a day IS when fed alfalfa twice
a day.
Frank B. Evans did not put ferti-
iizer on soy beans. and had gooc
CROP Ploughed under sod that has
oeen manfred.
| Carroll H. Cameron had good crop
of soy beans. He is feeding his steers
all the corn and cob meal they will
clean up along with little oil meal
and brand. Cannot get them to eat
soy beans.
Walter Cameron sold bunch of
pigs 235 days old, which averaged
ESQ pounds. Fed them on corn, mid
| ilings, fish meal and mineral matter
Harry Maxwell reported that from
Il dairy cows during the past year
he had received 96,579 lbs. of milk,
which returned him $2.631.33. Sale
If calves from these cows $157.3O,
making total of $2.768.63. During
he year he had bought $s48.9O
worth OF. feed. Had fed some corn
rom the farm. but had not baen
'eeding it since Spring until the last
few months.
Dinner was then announced and
he President appointed T. B. Miller
henry M, Mccullough, Reuben Rey-