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VOL. VII. RISING SUN. CECIL COUNTY. Ml)., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1883. NO. 47.
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Deer Creek Farmer’s Club.
Farm Implements.
[We are indebted to th eJE ; /i 8 for
the following interesting report ol
the August meeting of the Club. It
would be well if our more progress
ive farmers of Cecil would organize
Farmers’ Clubs. An interchange
of ideas on their business would be
of immense advantage to all.]
The August meeting of the Deer
Creek Farmers’ Club was held at
Friendship Farm, thejresidenee of Mr.
Wm. B. Hopkins, August 22d. This
farm formerly belonged to the late
Col Wm. B Stephenson. Itissitua
ted on the ‘-river hills” of Harford,
from whence a magnificant panorama
is spread before the eyes, taking in
the Susquehanna river and a long
stretch of Cecil county, with Fort
Deposit nestling under the hills.
The farm contains 300 acres of rich
land, of which 135 are in grass, 35 in
corn, *2O were in wheat this summer
and the remainder in woods. The
land has been highly improved and
it is no uncommon thing for the fields
to produce from 18 to 20 barrels of
corn to the acre.
The meeting was largely attended
by active and honorary members
and visitors fiom the neighborhood.
In the absence of the Bresident, Mr
John Moore was called to the chair.
Mr. Hargraves Spalding, Secretary.
Messrs. R. Harris Archer, Wm.
Munnikhuysen and James W. Hanna
weee appointed a committee to ex
amine and report upon the condition
of the farm and premises.
Mr. Archer on behalf of the com
mittee, said that the farm, no doubt,
had had more fertilizers, principally
bone, applied to it than any other
farm in Harford county. The barn
is very large and if Mr. Hopkins suc
ceeds infilling it once a year both he
and ihe place will be doing their duty.
The lower part of the barn is arrang
ed for stabling 50 cattle and more
stalls could be put in. Col, Steph
enson, however, never stabled his
cattle but once. The cattle stable
and put of the barn yard are paved-
[Entered at the Post Office in Rising Sun, Md., as Second-Class Matter.]
There is a pump in the yard and a
hydraulic ram from which water can
be brought from a spring. Mr. Hop
gins has 35 stock cattle grazing on
splendid sod. One of his permanent
pasture fields has not been plowed
for 35 years, another for 25 and
another for if years. The grass is
rank and luxuriant and would suffice
to pasture much more stock than is
on it. The farm has on it much stone
fencing, which Col. Stephenson had
built immediately on the surface of
the ground, believing that to be a
better way than digging a trench for
for a foundation for the fence Some
of the fencing was erected more than
50 years ago.
The subject previously announced
for discussion was ‘ Farm Imple
ments.”
Mr. Wm. B. Ilopkins thought that
the improvement in farming imple
ments during the last 25 years as
great as anything else. The plows
of that period would not slip in any
soil: now they are made to do good
work and good plowing is essential,
to good farming. The mowing ma
chine, too, is a great labor-saving
implement compared with the old
scythe. Theieisalsoagreatadvar.ee
from the sickle to the self-binder but
he did not know whether the self
binder would work on the steep hill
sides on his farm or not. The im
provements in farming implements
have been so many that it would be
impossible to enumerate them. He
had used a double riding corn work
er on steep bill sides and it worked
as well as in any land. To carry on
any farm properly it is necessary to
have good implements.
Wm. C. Wilson said that the best
implements arc the kind for a farmer
to buy. The improvement in plows
has been one of the greatest. lie
uses a Crawford mower, but thinks
nearly all of those offered for sale are
good. It will pay' to have the latest
improved labor-saving machinery,
but he would not advise farmers
going t< o much in debt for them.
E. C. Ilopkins of Lee said that to
be successful a farmer must keep up
with the times. Jndgment, hew
ever, should be used in buying ma
chinery, as what would suit some
farms would not suit others, ami
many f armers make a mistake in this
direction especially in buying plows.
Buy one kind of plow and stick to
that. The Oliver Chilled is good for
smooth land, but on rough land he
prefers the Wiard or Syracuse. A
man on a small farm is apt to buy
too much machinery’, lie thought 1
it would be a good plan for persons 1
owning small farms to buy some ma |
cliinery together.
Win. Stephenson considered that <
money is saved by having the best
machinery. Hands work betteu if 1
they have good implements to work i
with.
Geo. R. Stephenson said that from
observation he considered it econom
ical for a farmer to have a mower, a
horse rake, a hay fork and a corn
sheller. It would pay a farmer to go
in debt for these. Other machinery,
such as a reaper, a binder, wheat drill,
&e., are not to essential, lie had
seen as heavy crops of wheat grown
from broadcasting as from drilling.
It is cheaper to buy the best machin
ery’ even at a higher price than to buy
inferior snides.
Dr- W. W. Hopkins said every far
mer ought to have good machinery.
In buying, also, he ought to look to
the source of supply in repairs. Oth
er things being equal, he would rath
er give $lO more for a mower or $25
more for a binder if it were conven
ient to get repairs for it. In buying
machinery a farmer shou'd consult
with Ins neighbors and find out, from
their experience, what is best before
buying.
John Craig said he wanted good
implements on the farm. He regard
ed the Oliver chilled plow as the
best and was the first farmer in his
f
neighborhood to use one. He had
never broken a point and his land is
rough. A mower is so important
that he would go in debt for one. On
hilly land he thought the cradle al
most as cheap as the reaper and bind
er for cutting wheat
8. B. Hanna was also in favor of
having the best farm implements. He
considered the mower as the most
labor-saving machine and the hay
fork next. The binder does good
work but the high price asked for
them makes them objectionabb . The
Oliver Chilled plow is the best he
had yet tried.
James Lee said that before buying
much machinery is important to
have a proper place in which to store
it- lie did approve of buying every
thing offered. He thought the self
binder could be worked on any hill
side.
11. Harris Archer said the average
farmer is inclined to buy too much
machinery. Three-fourths of them
are in debt, and he would advise them
if they have agood self-rake reaper
to use that instead of buying a bind*
er. A poor man with only a pair of
horses can frequently buy IbrdO cents
a plow which would have been con
sidered a good one a few years ago, and
.Mr. Archer argued that it is better do
this than buy an Oliver Chilled plow
at sls. A farmer can hire a wheat
drill, which is better than going in
debt for one. The poor farmer abo,
had better begin by working his corn
with the ordinary cultivator instead
of buying a riding cultivator, It lakes
many a bushel of wheat to pay for a
binder or corn worker.
S. M. Lee said that to keep up
witli the advance of the day we must
use improved machinery. The amount
of land to be farmed must be consid
ered in buying machinery. We
should have such plows as do their
work properly, whether it takes more
or less power io work them. He of
ten has to get out a plow he made
20 years ago to take the place of
plows of the present da}*.
R. John Rogers said that a farmer
can not get along without improved
machinery, and the best is always the
cheapest. A man with small means
should buy very little. Farmers are
too much disposed to buy machinery
with the latest improvements, often
throwing aside a good machine for one
more expensive and doing no better
work. The kind of machinery to buy is
a mailer of opinion He doubted
whether there was much difference.
Above all things it is important to
take proper care of machinery. The
binder appears to be a success, but
there did not seem to be last enough
O
in them to justify farmers in buying
one. The saving in the use of a bind
er is trifling over a reaper.
Win. Munnikhuysen said farmers
ought to have labor saving machinery
but not too much of it.—Almost all
kinds of plows are good, but he
would in additon recommended a Mc-
Cormick mower, aMcCormic binder*
a Thomas hay rake, a Thomas hay
tedder and a Superior grain drill.
Plowing is done better now than for
merly and with more eas cto the plow
! mar.. Thomas Lochary said there is
economy in getting the best imple
ments and keeping them in the best
• order. Hands work more cheerfuly
1 with good implements and do more
1 and better work than with poor tools.
There is such a thing, on a small
1 farm, as getting too much machinery
A farmer ought to consider whether
1 his place will justify him in getting
• certain machinery or not.
Wm B. Hopkins asked if it did
not require some knowledge of ma
' chinerv to run a self-binder.—The
‘ Presidcht replied that any one who
could run a wheel-barrow could run
a self-binder.
' 11. Spalding thought it a great dis
advantage to have too much machin.
! ery. He had used a Champion reap
-1 er and mower for eight years and it
had cost very little for repairs- The
Oliver Chilled plows do better work
' than any other, lie had used the
! wheel cultivator on wheat ground and
found that it works well.
Rev. F- C. Lee said a farmer ought
to be familiar enough with the imple
ments he uses to be able to repair
them ordinarily they might be saved
a great deal of trouble and expense.
Win-D. Lee said that while it is
important to have a I the improved
machinery neccessary, farmers should
not encumber themselves by buying
too much at one time. For a small
place expensive machinery can often
lie hired to advantage. He thought
the new plows much easier and bet
ter to work with than the old kind-.
A double corn worker is of great ad
vantage, as with it one man can do
the work of two with the ordinary
cultivators.
Wm. F. Hays believes in good ma
chinerv. A man with a bad tool had
better not undertake a job at all.
John Moore said every farmer
should have the best kind of rnachin
ery—good mattocks, picks, shovels
and forks. If he had from 15 to 20 i
acres of wheat to cut he would have i
a self binder. He had been using :
one for three years and it has not i
cost him 25 cents for repairs. He
only knew of one kind of machine
that farmers use too much, and that
is fine buggies and carriages. They
are, also, much apt too put them un
dcr cover while their useful machin
ery is left in a fence corner. Among
good neighbors several expensive
machines, such as the self-binder, &c., I
might be owned in common. With .
a binder to cut it, wheat may be al- <
lowed to stand teu days longer then 1
when cut in any other way. There
is also a great advantage in double
or riding cultivators, as lazy men can
work with them. Farmers ought to
consult esch other before buying an 1
important piece of machinery. If
farmers all used the same kind of
binder, for instance, it would pay the
manufacturer to have a man in every
section five miles squre to furnish
repairs.
Dr. John Sappington regarded it
as a mistake in manufacturers not
One Dollar per Annum in Advance.
sending suitable persons to adjust
self-binders and other expensive ma>
ohinery. A binder is more conven
ient but probably no cheaper to use
than a reaper, They are besides
more complicated and when out of
repair tlie farmer cannot manage
them. We ought to have a machine
shop in this country and farmers
ought to patronize it. They ought
to be willing to pay a little more for
machinery in order to have it repair
ed at home.
An Old Document.
Through the kindness of Esquire
Ta> lor, we had the pleasure of inspect
ing the deed to the lot of 6 acres on
which the little brick Kneads’ meeting
house of West Nottingham stands.
The deed bears date 17 ”7-8. We copied
a tew extracts from the obi brown and
faded paper, which will serve to show
the language and style of speaking and
writing of that day. The< Reynolds
name appears in the Society’s records
<>f that early day and seems to have
been as active and influential as at
present.
The Friends’ denomination has
pioved a potent element in Christian
ity and civilization, but lias not been
so aggressive or progressive as other
denominations What work it per
formed it oid well, 'l'lie historian can
not place bis finger on asingle unchar
itable word or act emanating from that
sect from its organization to the pres
uit day. The old deed recites —
To all whom these presence Shall
come, llenrv lleynoids, William rey
nolds \\ illiain hauby fc Thomas
Browne all of y° Township of Not
ingham. In county of Chester A pro
vince of pensilvania Suids Greeting
Whereas James King & William
Harris by their Indenture of Lease
<fc release hearing Date of lltli of
y e first month lor y e Consider
ation therein mentioned did grant &
confirm unto us \ ® almvesaid Henry
lleynoids William lleynoids William
Han by & Thomas Brown a Certain
t ract of land situate in nntingham a fd
Containing Six acres together with
all y e buildings woods, ways water
courses rights liberties beriditauients
and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing <fc reversions remainders rents
Issues & profits thereof etc. etc.
After reciting at considerable
length, this old deed deelates that—
y® a fsd six acres of land s ll be dedi
eated to y e use of y® survivors of y a
above named trustees and y® heirs of
such survivors upon v® re iuestCost&
charges in y® La w of y® monthly Meet
ing {thereof y® principall thereof pay
ing y® quit rent or purchase accru
ing thereupon unto y® proprietor or
Chief lord of y® See thereof.)
The old deed is dated y° 12th day
of y® first month 172 J.
The oyster season commenced the
first of the month. The tongers are
allowed to take oysters, but the dredg
ers are prohibited till the Ist of Octo
ber.
From Superintendent Milligan.
Woodbury, N. J., Sept. 18, 1882.
G. Iloldstein: —l have used Aromanna
during the past three years, as occasion
required. As a remedy for liver affec
tions, dyspepsia, and malarial fever, I
do not know its equal. It does all you
claim for it. I most cheerfully recom
mend it to the afflicted.
William Milligan,
Supt. Public Instruction.
For sale by Dr. L. 11. Kirk, Rising Sun.