The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-28
CECIL COUNTY TOUR
One Of Interest and Pleasure For
All Who Took 1t U

| Upon the arrival of the party at
Mr.. Emstrom's the first order Of
business was lunch. Mr.. Emstrom
had most generously provided lemo-
made for the party and allowed us
the use of his beautiful lawn for a
picnic lunch, one of the most en-
joyable feature of the tour. After
short rest following lunch the
party inspected Mr.. Emstrom's al
falfa field, which gave an oppor-
tunity to compare the results obtain
ed from the use of Northwestern
non-irrigated seed with Mr.. Miller's
use of Grimm seed. An excellent
field of corn growing on field
which had previously grown only
Indifferent crops showed the result
obtained by the judicious use OF
tile drainage in increasing the pro-
ductivenous of farm land.
A wide variety of interests
awaited the party on the farm OF
Geo. McKeown, our next stop. A
canning exhibit arranged by Miss
Grimm with the assistance of Mrs.
McKeown and Mrs. e. B. Milburn
proved of especial interest to the
ladies and aroused lively discus
sion in canning problems. The
women of the party had an oppor7
tunity at this time to become
acquainted with Miss v. M. Kelar,
state home demonstration agent.
who was Miss Grimm's guest on the
tour. The men Of the tour were
much interested in inspecting the
helds OF tomatoes and sweet corn
which are included in the same
saving demonstration as Mr.. Mil
ler's tomato fields. Mr.. McKeown's
propagation Of blackberries, his
cultural practices on asparagus, an
experiment which showed the value
tof proper fertilizers for soybeans,
and his asparagus seed proved OF
especial interest.
The trip was concluded with a
visit to the beautiful farm of Mr..
f. S. Brown, below Chesapeake
City, where the party was very
cordially welcomed by Mr.. Brown
and by his manager Mr.. J. 1.
Griffith, Jr. The party was delight
ed with the beautiful flower garden
and the wonderful view of the Elk
obtained from Mr.. Browns home.
After an inspection of the buildings
the party had the opportunity of in
spectlng one of the largest grapes
vineyards in the state, a field of
rorty acres in one planting, where
extensive fertilizer experiments are
nelng carried on under the direction
OF the state extension service with
the cooperation Of Mr.. Brown and
Mr.. Griffith. Following the trip to
the vineyards the party inspected
the large apple and peach orchards
on the farm where similar. expert
ments on the pruning and fertilizing
OF orchard fruits are being carried
on. Mr.. Brown in reply to the
many expressions ofNadmiration of
the farm from members of the tour.
was very emphatic in his praise of
Mr.. Grifith's excellent ability and
interest as manager of the farm in
keeping everything so ship shape
and productive.
1t was with regret that we were
forced to give up our plans for
swim in the Elk River as the con-
Guiding the feature of our tour but
lack OF time would not permit this
bit OF enjoyment. From the ex-
preston of opinion by the folks who
made the whole tour, it was a decid-
ed a success and most thoroughly
fenJoyed by all, we hope that when
the time rolls around for our county
tour next year, not only those who
enjoyed the trip with us this year,
but many more in addition will
come out with us to spend at least
this one day of the year in seeing
what their neighbors are doing with
the same problems that confront
us all.
THOMAS H. BARTILSON,