The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-06-08
From The Milford Argus.
= IVITI TIIU NITIIO u y 5U7 :
Discussion by the Milford Del.
Farmers Club.

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enrn lie has p, GOOD FARM ~ Snssox-Lhet.
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hns thraa GeIJs IN E.rm, ~ so"antr ,nres
lie LnL i Gr,nnn ,nors I, ,yos y.r,, nnor
whcn hn cn, , t;,Inc G.nrsIa ~d
frnn, shallow ,,io,ying and Constant cultnrn
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SoiI lie usns j;mn ,uT nhovnhnIes th;,Es
hat ono GREAT d.t,irnnnt IN land bara Is
close nas,Slrinr. Ind rather Love land in
Grain every yror ,h.n tn nasinre if close
every wear lie Allows in Green cover in
INV mr. Auou.tI nud thinks r eounl 70 200
nonrds Of nhosnhotc ner acre In q very
dry season he md n corn cr,n snoiled hy
,bc pse of Dauoh's nhosnhate: thinks The
salt in il caused il to burn; thinks deem
plowino the best preventive of burnino, =
lie takes his stable manure fresh from The
stable and puts il on where he wants to i'm
next. bcn't believe in comno,tino il ;
thinks it :, waste ofIohor. Hoattributes ~ =
success to deep blowing. the use of phos
nhatrs and lime and the ,urniag in clover
noSlurino as lit1leas pos,ihle. lie finds oats
,burious, and sows them but little.
Mr.. Yardly plowed a field deeply in 1860
and planted to corn, aller lining H. and got
n very GOOD crop, II was n way dry sea,
SON tht. land was Door and he attributes
his success to deep blowing.
Mr.. Wales would never 90 into the yellow
dirt more than am inch any one season, but
would subsuii Il.
Mr.. Roberts thought the mixing of the
yellow subsol with the light sandy surface
would rermanentlv stinen and improve it.
The Chairman thinks that the ordinary
method OF COMFORTING IS one OF the greatest
humbugs Of the day-that is, mixing up
ienrc row, rch art barn-y4rd manure &c.
&c, and handling and rehanding III he
thinks that there is nothing added TO. 1t. -
lie would put 1t right ON, the top, and let
The elements decompose II, and thinks there
Is not so much loss OF the volatile prtncipl les
as IN so much handiing' muck bed he
THINKS might ne proiitahIy eompos'ed. 'Mr.
Hardly Is II believer IN ,op'"re'slns' e
W. N""u ih4ul'eu y manure WIS worm
anything '"ntil II was decomposea' NO
out II Is constantly accomplishing ahd the
rams are constantly taking II oo"n INTO the
>o'l' where me plants 'ake II up Inc tiub
thought VT. iara!ey iafm was silent bnt
emtna'lc 'lho'ca'l"u OF nus theory.
Mr. simpson IA" known Stra" 'reSh from
the lhreShi"S 'afa spread oroa' cast upon
Tue i"hn' ana me eNperlmen'ef 'ho"%ht mat
ne 4iao never he"ef results from any aPpl'
cation
Mr., "ooI thought wnea' straw was better
as muIc4 IMAM as a manure Several
gentlemen 'hohgh' wheat "'ra" maize hut
very mite manure,
.Hr' ho"ertS Sa'u w"sah 'oau "oo'ah
make more than H. "nee'-NarFow load OF
manure:
Inc CHAIRMAN said that n pile OF buck.
wheat straw, when decompoyrd ,couid ieare
4 ho'e N the grOnnd! Laughter.
MIR. Wood thought that clover turned I'M.
der green would lcimenC and volatile princ.
pies be evolved, aud waste would be the
result. tie thinks i: the crop ripenS it viii
he hetter--lrss waste
Mr. Roberts thought the soil would absorb
all the grasses generated in the process of
fermentation.