The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-28

Despite the threat of mud roads
due to two days rain preceding
last Saturday, August 22nd, a large
number of Cecil county farmers, with
their families, turned out to enjoy
the annual county tour, held this
year under the direction of County
Agent, Thomas H. Bartilson and
Home Demonstration Agent, l.. R.
Grimm. The tour was general in
character, wide variety of interest
being included in the visits, made
the day apparently made to order,
most enjoyable time was had by all
who attended.
The tour got underway at about
nine o'clock with a trip through the
corn canning plant of the Colora
Canning Company, at Colora. = Here
many of the folks on the tour had
an opportunity for the first time to
see the canning of an important
Cecil County product on CONNER
cial scale and it proved most in
teresting to them.
A short visit was then made to
the home garden of Mrs. M. H.
Tatum, at Colora, where we had an
opportunity to see an example OF
the most intensive use OF land for
the home gardening purposes, by
the use Of intercropping and inten-
sive succession of vegetable crops,
showing the possibility of every
home garden. 1t is a sad but true
fact, that due to the pressure of
other activities on the farm and
lack of sufficient farm labor, the
home garden is rapidly disappearing
from many of the farms of Cecil
county and our little visit to Mrs.
Tatum's excellent garden seemed to
stimulate renewed interest in this
phase of farm work.
At the farm of Mr.. Ennis McGrady,
at Upper Principle, our next stop, an
excellent opportunity was offered for
seeing one of the best herds of
dairy cattle in the county, herd of
purebred Jerseys of which Mr.. Nc
Grady is justly proud. 1t was un-
fortunate that all the young animals
of the herd were on pasture away
from home, but the inspection of the
older herd was we'll worth the time
expended in this visit.
From Mr.. McGrady's the tour pro-
ceeded to the neighboring farm of
Mr.. VIM. T. Dinsmore, where the ex-
cellent herd of purebred Poland
China hogs were to be seen. This
herd includes some of the best blood
lines of the Poland China breed and
contained some former prize winning
individuals. OF especial interest were
the results secured by Mr.. Dinsmore
with his young stock this year by
the use of rape as pasture crop in
growing out young pigs. The con-
dition of the pigs very wildly at
tested to the desirability of this
practice.
Our next stop was made at the
farm of Mr.. T, B. Miller, Cherry
Hill, to see Mr.. Miller's fields of
tomatoes and alfalfa, both of which
added interest to the tour. Mr..
Miller this year has an excellent
field of tomatoes, which is included
in seed saving program, and which
showed the value of using the
proper fertilizers and cultural prac-
tices in the growing of tomatoes
The alfalfa field seeded in August of
1924, had already been cut twice
this y ear and was ready for the
third cutting with an excellent stand
at the time of our visit. =
The members of the tour where
next very enjoyably intertained by
the Appleton Woman's club at their
new club room at Cowentown. A
sewing exhibit had been set up
which was of interest to the ladies
of the party and the entire party
were served with home made cookies
and lemonade before leaving for the
farm of Mr., G. E. Emstrom. near
Elkton.