The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-02-04
January Meeting Of
Cecil Farmers Club
Held At The Home Of A. H.
Mendenhall, Blue Ball

Lippincott at the home of A. H.
Mendenhall On the 10th of January.
Eleven members responded to rou
call and the visitors included Har-
yey Mackey, Jesse T. Cameron, Jos.
Mendenhall and County Agent ]. q.
Miller.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved with some
corrections. The committee appoint
ed at our last meeting to ascertain
the reason for the almost monthly
change of the day of the month on
which the Conowingo Power Com
panys bills become due. explained
that the Company had informed
them that it was a necessary pro-
ceedure with them as these bills
were payable certain number OF
DAYS after the meters were read and
holiday ETC., often ten changed this
time. We, however, fail to see why a
certain average date might not be
used for each community and that
adhered to from month to month.
The committee was released.
Farm practice and experiments
were then called for and Robert
Rawlings reported that small fock
of Leghorn pullets were laying about
Co.,. He also reported his cows DO
ing well.
Geo. Tyson reported over SO cords
of wood cut and ice house filled.
Reuben Reynolds reported that his
wheat field did not seem to WASH
as much as most fields with heavy
Fall rains. He wondered if the Level
unrolled surface as left by a faster
drawn tractor disc drill was respon.
sible.
E. Wilmer Jackson expressed salts
faction about the growth of late
seeded wheat.
Leon Ewing reported both hi,
chickens and cows were producing
well.
Howard Mendenhall reported mar
keting 10 hogs which weAs q months
old and averaged EOS lbs. He has
manure out thinks a snow covering
would be good for the wheat.
Clarence Cullen reported sod all
plowed and he was breaking mead
ow on the Reeder farm. He has 7S5
young chickens about 3h pounds
while the balance are three weeks
old and are doing nicely. He has
harvested SO bushels of Eureka
Ensilage corn for seed. This is very
tall growing variety sometimes
reaching nearly twenty feet high.
His dairy herds are producing about
1000 lbs. daily.
wallace Williams prefers Lancas-
ter Co. Sure Crop Corn for silage.
He reported gains of about 500 TBS.
Der head on steers fed for one yea1
on roughage and pasture without
grain. He was much interested in
the promising experimental results
in treatment OF mastitis with prom
tosil.
Our hostess then invited US to
dinner and Wilmer Jackson. Wal
lace williams and Lloyd Balderston
were appointed the inspection com
mittee.
Upon recovering Wilmer Jackson
reported for the committee;-We
had a very lovely dinner which was
enjoyed by all. We then went to the
two chicken houses and found 400
happy Hampshire Red pullets which
are laying 500. At the barn we
found 8 horses and good herd of 81
COWS, IS heifers and bull. He has
ample fodder and straw and Is tons
OF alafalfa, is of mixed hay, 1000
bushels of corn and full line of
good farm implements which were
under shelter. Growing crops con-
sist OF "a acres in wheat, IL in bar
ley and Q of Fall seeded alfalfa. The
farm and buildings are in good con-
tiition.
Llody Balderston then reported
his experience with hay silage. This
year he used alfalfa as the crop and
both molasses and phosphoric acid
az the acid producing preservative.
These materials were used separate
" in different parts of the silo and
both were satisfactory with the cost
favoring molasses. He feels this is
the ideal way to handle coarse hays.
especially first cutting alfalfa, sweet
clover and soy beans. He reported
that So head OF steers were feeding
well.
J. 2. Miller our Co. Agent then in
formed US OF the probable work
against the Japanese Beetle that will
be attempted in the county this year
with the help Of state funds. 1t is