The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-27

Minutes OF Meeting Held At Home
OF James II. Maxwell


The Cecil Farmers Club was called
to order by John 8. Cullen, Pres.
pro tenn, at the home Of James H.
Maxwell on June 20. TheA following
members responded to roll: A. II.
Mendenhall, Reuben Reynolds, Mar
tin L. Thompson, e. Wilmer Jack
son, James H. Maxwell, Clarence d,
Cullen, Howard G.. Barnes, Maurice
G. Reeder, John s. Cullen, Geo. e.
Tyson, Geo. B. McKeown, Robert X.
Rawlings, Jr., and Lloyd Balderston.
The following visitors were also
present: John H. Kimble, Carol
Cameron, Ralph Wilson, Harry Max
well and Harry Smith.
The minutes of our last meeting
were read and adopted. The Treas
urer was authorized to send to the
Treasurer Of Cecil County Council
the sum of $1,000 to aid with Farm
ers' Day expenses. Our Treasurer
reported the payment OF our contri-
button to the Cecil County Welfare
Association. Lloyd Balderston and
John H. Kimble members of the
County Council urged the Club
members to advertise and personally
attend this years Farmers Day to be
held at Tome Institute on Aug. IL,
and help make it the greatest of all
our Farmers Days.
Experiences and experiments were
then called for.
A. III. Mendenhall reported that he
had planted potatoes after alfalfa
land that when they were just up he
covered them with dirt using a
double corn worker. He says that
this has aided him in keeping very
clean field. He said the wet wealth
er had practically ruined the first
cutting of alfalfa.
Clarence Cullen reported that he
had also covered his potatoes with
good results and that he had planted
Certified Seed along side of his home
grown seed, and he said the fromer
was much more vigorous. Now,
just before harvest he, says that he
can see no difference between Grimm
or Kansas alfalfa or between French
and American Red Glover. He re-
ported that his herd Of IS cows was
producing $50 lbs. of milk daily, and
that a Is year old cow was still a
profitable producer giving so lbs. a
day. Maurice Reeder, Wilmer Jack
SON and James Maxwell reported
that corn was doing well.
Geo. B. McKeown reported that he
had harvested 1000 crates of aspar-
agus, the yield per acre being very
good, averaging about 24OO punches.
He said that he had applied fertilizer
ahead of the grain drill in planting
20 acres of soy beans and thus he
expected to climate the damage to
termination which heavy appIica-
ton of fertilizer often causes. He
said his 100 acres Of wheat was good
and he was just ready to start to cut
it.
Carol Cameron reported that
corn was looking better on ground
which was MANFRED last fall than on
ground covered this spring.
We then adjourned for dinner and
the following committee of inspec-
tion was named, Reuben Reynolds,
Geo. B. McKeown, and A. H. Mend.
,enhall.
Upon reconvening Reuben Rey-
nolds reported for the committee.
We had very nice dinner which
was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Outside we found the garden, s
acres of good sweet corn, 10 acres
field corn, 16 wheat, 8 oats, soy
bean, 80 hay. These crops were all
in splendid condition. The live
stock consisted of horses, 8 cows
and heifers, young Holstein Bull,
2 Heifer calves, 13 hogs, rs hens, 5
sheep, lao chickens. He had baled
SO tons of hay and had about 10
more to bale, had 100 bushels of
corn in the crib. The tile silo was
considered permanent and paying
investment. The machinery was
housed and in good condition, and
the barn and premises all reflected
the care Of a good farmer. The
committee recommended and the Club
approved of having the Secretary
add to the minutes an expression of
admiration toward our host who this
year has completed his 5Othe year as
an active member in the Cecil Farm
ers Club. James H. Maxwell has
been a true inspiration to many of
the younger farmers of our county.
He has been real success as citi-
zen, as farmer, and as the head OF
beautiful home. His words of
counsel and advice are always time
", and whether it is matter close
to our daily tasks, or those relative
to State or National Agricultural
legislation he has done much in his
half century of membership to aid
this club in producing the very en-
viable record of, achievement which
hao snI. So Il ~,