THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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must be left to individual effort. He helleved the 

 trouble to be that we have only recently awaked to 

 the reality of the (jreat issue. Perhaps now that all 

 begin to see the masnitude of the evils from cnttlng: 

 down trees, more eaulion will he used in this matter. 



Mr. Eby said his proposed act was not Intended to 

 Interfere with private enterprise in the same direc- 

 tion. Sonii' Inducement, he lliouirht, should be held 

 out by the State to bring about the desired result . 

 He gave examples of successful timber culture in 

 Germany. He also showed how lands so set apart 

 would soon begin to yield a revenue. He thouirht 

 we should begin now. We may not have beneUt 

 from this ourselves, but our children will have. 

 This society ought to urge tljis matter upon our 

 Representatives, and see that sonn tiling is done at 

 ODce. Souiething must be done if we would avoid 

 the evils that have come upon other lands from the 

 cutting down of timber. 



C. L. Hunsecker said in this eounty a large area is 

 still covered with forests. This was the case at the ear- 

 ly settlement of the Slate. The early settlers had to cut 

 down their timber. Most of our oaks are under two 

 hundred years old. What will be the result of such 

 a law as the one proposed! It will remain on the 

 statute books an idle tiling. He was not opposed to 

 tree planting. But our land is too valuable to be 

 left standing in timber. 



Henry Kurtz was not oppoped to tree planting. 

 But he feared that liberties might be taken with the 

 private lands of owners that would not be agreeable 

 or desirable. 



Johnson Miller took the ground of Mr. Kurtz. 

 He was opposed to give any company the right to 

 take away your property to plant trees on. He was 

 opposed to have any forest planted yvitliin two hun- 

 dred yards of his farm buildings. 



Dr. Greene called attention to the great needs of 

 the county for timber. Our timber is rapidly going. 

 When it is all gone it will then be too lute to lament 

 the matter. !f things are not so bad with us now as 

 in some other countries, the time will come when 

 they will be. There can certainly be no harm in 

 such an act. But if even one man in this county 

 adopts its views, so much at least will be gained. 



Mr. Eby wished to have the sense of the society on 

 this suliject. He hoped some action would be taken 

 In the matter. 



Johnson Miller moved for the appointment of a 

 committee of three to prepare a resolution to be pre- 

 sented to the Legislature, asking that some action 

 be taken in the matter. 



Calvin Cooper asked for immediate action. If 

 left to a committee, there would be delay ; no time 

 should be lost. 



That portion of Mr. Eby's bill allowing the pro- 

 posed companies to take lands at will was stricken 

 out, and the document then endorsed. 



On motion, the society then adopted Mr. Eby's act 



and it will be accordingly laid before the Legislature. 



Election of Officers. 



A motion was then made to go into an election for 

 officers to serve for the coming year. 



Mr. Witmer was re-nominated for President. He 

 made a speech of declination, which was uot heeded, 

 and he was unanimously re-electtd. 



J. B. Garher and Henry .VI. Engle were nominated 

 for Vice Presidents, aud promptly elected by ac- 

 clamation. 



M. D. Kendig was nominated for Secretary and 

 Treasurer. 



John H. Landis was nominated for Corresponding 

 Secretary. 



For Managers, Johnson Miller, Calvin Cooper, 

 Ephraim S. Hoover, W. H. Brosius and John C. Lm- 

 ville were nominated. 



It was moved that Mr. Eby cast the vote of the 

 society where there were no opposing candidates. 



This resulted in the election of all the above named 

 gentlemen. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Messrs. Eby and Miller were appointed a commit- 

 tee to audit the accounts of the Treasurer. They 

 reported having examined them, and declared a 

 balance of 847.:i8 to be in the treasury. 



On motion, the report of the auditors was accepted 

 and the committee discharged. 



Miscellaneous. 



A number of small bills were presented and or- 

 dered paid. 



Dr. Kathvon, to whom was assigneJ the duty of 

 paying the awards made at the late fair, repor'.ed 

 bavlDg done so. 8H;a.42 were put into his bands, of 

 which he paid out $124.95, leaving iu his hands 

 $37.34. He also reported two certificates as uncalled 

 for, those of North &, Co and A. V. .•<i)encer. 



On motion the society adjourned. 



POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Lancaster 

 County I'oultry Association was held .Monday morn- 

 ing, January Mrd. 



The following members were present : William 

 W. Griest, ciiy • Christian A. Gast, citv ; Era: k K. 

 Diffenderffer, city; Jacob B. Lichty, city ; Chas. E. 

 Long, city; H.H. Tshudy, Lititz ; WUliam H. Amer, 



city; W. A. .Sehoenberger, city ; J. B. Long, city t 

 Charles Lippold. city ; Dr. E. H. Witmer, Nelfsville; 

 George A. Gever, Spring Garden; J. B. Garman, 

 Leacoek;T. F. Evans, Liiiiz; Samuel G. Engle, 

 Marietta; Edw. C. Bnic klilll, Strasburg; J. W. 

 Bruekhart, Salunga; Washington L. Hershev, 

 Chlekles; J. M. Johnston, city ; Joseph F. Witmer, 

 Paradise. 



In the absence of President Warfel, the meeting 

 was called to order by Vice President Geyer. 



Minutes of previous meeting were read and ap- 

 proved . 



Reports of Officers. 



Treasurer Evans made a report for the past year, 

 from which it was seen that the total recel|)ls during 

 the year were 81s(5.91 and the expenditures $11.5.40, 

 leaving a balance in his hands of 571..51. 



On motion, the report of the Treasurer was ac- 

 cept ed. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Secretary Lichty read his annual report, in which 

 it was stated the number of members is now 7'), of 

 which 3li were elected during the past year. 



On motion the report was accepted. 

 Unfinished Business. 



The principal item transacted under this head was 

 the payment of dues for the present year. 

 New Business. 



Nelson Dyson, of New Providence, and Charles A. 

 Gruger, of Columbia, were nominated and elected to 

 membership. 



A committee was on motion appointed to nominate 

 officers for the association during the current year, 

 and present the same for the action of the society. 



The chairman named Messrs. Lippold, Engle and 

 Bruekhart on this committee. 



After retiring for consultation they returned and 

 reported as follows : For President, S. N. Warfel 

 and J. B. Long; for first Vice President, S. A. Geyer 

 and W. A. Schoeuberger ; for second Vice President, 

 M. L. Greider and H. S. (iarber ; for Corresponding 

 Secretary, J. F. Reed aud Colin Cameron ; for Re- 

 cording Secretary, J. B. Lichty and Charles E. Long; 

 for Treasurer, T. Frank Evans and H.H. Tshudy; 

 tor Executive Committee, H. II. Tshudy, T. D. 

 .Martin, J. B. Long, Charles Lippold, W. A. Schoen- 

 lierger, John E. Schum, M. L. Greider and John A. 

 Stober. 



F. R. Diffenderffer withdrew, by authority, the 

 name of S. N. Warfel as a candidate for re-election; 

 as that gentleman would be away from home the 

 greater part of the year, and consequently unable to 

 serve. J. B. Long having also declined to stand, 

 the committee reported the following new list of 

 officers, who were unanimously elected : 



President, H. H. Tshudy ; First Vice President, 

 Geo. A. Geyer; Second Vice President, M. L. Greider; 

 Corresponding Secretary, John F. Reed ; Recording 

 Secretary, J. B. Lichty ; Treasurer, T. Frank Evans; 

 Executive Committee, H. H. Tshudy, John F. Reed, 

 J. B. Lichty, T. Frank Evans, J. R. Trissler, John 

 E. Schum, J. B. Long, W. A. Schoenberger, Chas. 

 Lippold. 



The secretary stated he had received a number of 

 letters from the secretaries of other societies, stating 

 that they would permit entries up to certain dates, 

 to accommodate exhibitors at our own association, 

 thus giving them opportunities of showing at both 

 places with the same birds. 



There was a willingness shown to permit such as 

 ilisired to exhibit at two places to have special 

 l.ivurs in order to enable them to do so. 



Chas. E. Long was not in favor of receiving birds 

 from the Reading exhibition after our own has been 

 opened, thereby delaying the judging, which has 

 been fixed for a certain day, and with which it would 

 interfere. 



It was finally agreed to allow birds from the 

 Reading show to be entered up to the 14th at noon, 

 and those from our own show to be withdrawn on 

 the 19th for exhibition at other places, if exhibitors 

 so desire. 



On motion of Charles E. Long, it was decided to 

 offer a third premium for birds on exhibition, In the 

 shape of honorable mention. 



It was also resolved to hold a special meeting of 

 the Executive Committee during the comiug week. 



It was ordered tiy the society that a dozen addi- 

 tional coops for turkeys and geese be procured for 

 use during the exhitiiiiou. 



On motion the society adjourned. 



FULTON FARMERS' CLUB. 



The December meeting of the Fulton Farmers' 

 Club was held at the residcec of Franklin Tollinger, 

 Fulton township, quite a number of visitors being in 

 attendance by invitation. 



F. Tollinger exhibited a patent open link. Wil- 

 liam P. Haines a numl>er of reports and public docu- 

 ments that had been presented to the club by Dr. J. 

 C. Gatchell. 



E. H. Haines exhibited Lawrence and Vicar of 

 Winklield pears. Wm. King, an apple for a name. 

 No one present was able to identify it. 



Layman C. Blackburn, a visitor, asked if bored 



wells generally give satisfaction. Most of members 

 and visitors thought them rather expensive and not 

 satisfactory, the well being too small to contain 

 water enough to stand much pumping. 



John Grosnian, a visitor, said that a neighbor of 

 his had dug a well Ibrly feet deep. It was then 

 iKired forty feet deeper with a three-inch drill, but 

 still they got no water. He thought that It would 

 have been better to have blasted the rock, as it 

 would have a tendency to open it up. Besides, in 

 making a larger hole, as In digging, water would 

 often be found which a small auger would be apt to 

 go past without striking. 



E. H. Haines asked If there was any advantage in 

 racking olf eider that was intended for vinegar? 



Franklin Tollinger said that if the barrel was kept 

 full all the Impurities would work out of It, and that 

 racking was unnecessary. 



Amos Smith and several others have had good 

 vlni'gar from cider that had remained In the same 

 barrel that it had come In from the press. 



Montillion Brown has always thought it best to 

 rack. He had a barrel that would not go to vinegar. 

 He had thought that It was for the want of racking, 

 but what he had heard had nearly upset his Ideas. 



A member asked what the members were going to 

 do with their cornstalk ground I 



The answers given to this question showed plainly 

 that oats was regarded as very uncertain, but no- 

 thing had yet been found to take its place in the 

 rotation of crops. 



At the afternoon session Jeseph Griest read an 

 article he had found in the papers, on what he con- 

 sidered rather a novel suljject, viz : Feeding hay to 

 hogs. It should be cut as for horses, and they will 

 soon learn to like it. 



Several of the members had noticed that hogs 

 were fond of clover, hay and cornfodder. 



Selections on different subjects were read by Mon- 

 tillion Brown and Wm. King. 



Carrie Blackburn and Mabel Haines delivered 

 recitations. 



The question, " Do farms in this section pay, as a 

 general thing, four per cent, on the money invested 

 in them ?" was then taken up and discussed. 



Joseph Griest was of the opinion that they did not, 

 outside of the labor of the owner, unless the increased 

 fertility of the soil was valued along with the other 

 products. 



John Grosman had not much experince in this part 

 of the country, but where land would bring $:iOO per 

 acre, the money would bring more at 4 per cent. 

 interest than could be made off the farm. 



S. L. Gregg said that a man with $10,000 at In- 

 terest could not rent as fine a house and take as 

 much time for pleasure and live as well generally ae 

 the farmer did, although his money was bringing six 

 per cent. He thought if farms were not bringing 

 more than four per cent., there would be some as- 

 signees to appoint before long. Land that would 

 bring «ixty dollars per acre would produce tweuty 

 bushels of wheat and fifty bushels of corn to the 

 acre. A farm of 100 acres at $1)0 per acre would 

 cost $f),000. This, at 6 per cent., would produce 

 gSliO. Ten acres of woodland would be sufficient. 

 Fourteen acres of wheat, 280 bushels, at one dollar 

 per bushel, would bring J280. The same number of 

 acres in corn would produce 700 bushels, worth 

 JMO. Fourteen acres in oats would produce, say 

 $140 worth. This woijld be In all $770. One-half 

 would go to the cropper, leaving 8 i8.5 as the profit 

 of the farm ; the remaining fifty-eight acres being 

 left for grass, which should pay for all fertilizers 

 and repairs. 



E. H. Haines said farmers, as a general thing, 

 were men of only average capacity, and they could 

 not command large salaries. Allow hira to have 

 86,000 at 4 per cent, interest. This would bring 

 8 40 per annum, which, with a salary of $.500, 

 would be 8^40. A house as good as farmers gener- 

 ally live in could not be rented for less than $150. A 

 A horse and carriage would cost $150 a year, and 

 they would both be depreciating in value. Take 

 these from h s income and he would not be able to 

 live as well on the remainder as the farmer does who 

 always has fresh vegetables on his table and fresh 

 meat at his command from his poultry yard, and 

 lives the best of any man in the worlil He then 

 went into a calculation, which showed that land 

 worth $60 per acre could be farmed at a profit of 

 8-.40 per acre. All are in the habit of keeping too 

 much woodland. 



Montillion Brown thought that perhaps they had 

 better be farmers than try to be Congressmen ; but 

 if they farmed out their farms to croppers, they 

 would not get four per cent. If a man and his wife 

 would work, manage and save, he might make four 

 per cent., but not wi hout. 



The question, '• Which is better — to buy hay and 

 corn and feed to stock, in order to make manure, or 

 buy stable manure from the city?" was adopted for 

 consideration at the next meeting, which will beheld 

 at .Montillion Brown's, at the regular time next 

 month. 



LINNiEAN SOCIETY- 

 Agreeably to previous notice, the annual meeting 

 i of the Linntean society was held on Saturday, the 



