Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-06-27
Proceedings of the Milford Agri-
cultural Society t5tls5gi (


MILFORD, June 10, 1867.
Club met at the usual hour, President
Yardley in the chair. The day is beautiful
one, the crops are reported doing well and
farmers are in good spirits.
Ground Bone.--Mr. Wales says he be-
lieves in ground bone as a fertilizer. He up
piled lust fall about 100 lbs, to an acre for
wheat Wheat generally last year was
poor, but the bone has paid him bountifully
in clover and timothy-having heayy crop
where otherwise he would have expected
very little. ,
Mr.. jacob Prettymen said he used the
crushed bone and believed it an excellent
manure though slow to act. FIR
Mr. Yardly thought there was no contro-
yersy now inregard to the efficiency of bone
the only trouble now TO get it pure. Mr..
Miles said the pulycrized was easily adulter-
ated and difficult to detect by mere physical
examination. Not sowith the coarse article,
this could be detected with naked eye.
Lister & Sons ground bone, says MI. Wales,
can be had here by the single ton for $45.
In large qnaniities IL oan DO had for $40, CT
possibly in quantities of 20 tons as low as S35.
He thinks there is no cheaper fertilizer.
Strouberries.-The strawberry season is
pretty well over here. There are but few
yet who have engaged in the culture to any
considerable extent Messrs Yardly, Wales,
Cnderhill, Barker & Bro, are the largest
shippers-these men have shipped in the ag-
gregate some 10000 quarts. The prices re-
allied were on the whole quite remunerative.
They require great deal Of care to cultivate
properly but will repay all the labor expcnd-
ed. H4
How many strawberry plants should be
set 10 an acre? Mr.. Yardly though here
where there was plenty ofroom they should
be set far enough apart TO cultivate with har-
row. q.
Mr.. Wales said he had the handsomest
plants he ever saw set last November, IL by
10 inches. lie thinks this rather close-they
ran together. s,..1
Mr.. Wales thinks the "agriculturist" do bet
ter in hills than beds. Mr.. Yarlly said same
of the Triumphe de Gan.
Mr. Morley inquired the best disposition
he could make of 1000 crates of peaches.
MIR. Woodruff thought he would sell in the
orchard to highest bidder. Others thought
they would ship their own fruit. The
freight TO New York is about 80 cents
basket. The chairman stated that he I'M
dcrstood the price of a Car would be $I5S.
They will he responsible for no more than
400 baskets per car .,5 ,sl.
MIR. Yartley thought that much loss was
incurred by peach growers through ship
ping inferior fruit-he would advise those
who ship peaches this year at the high rates
of freight to pick them carefully and send off |
only the perfect fruit, the market is much
damaged by crowding in fruit in bad condi-
ton. The late severe storm had not DANA
ged the crop-it had thinned out the faulty |
ones and left the perfect better chance TO
mature. igt N ns.a LpsI
Making Huy.-Mr. Woodruff said the
best way to make clover hay, was to cut it
when heads are about half ripe, and the
next day as soon as dew is off rake it up
and cock it right after the rake, and next day
store in mow,t He finds this plan gives him
excellent hay without waste or loss of
flavor. t'.ss
Mr.. Seeds followed this plan for thirteen
years and fully concurs in Mr.. Woodruffs
statement. Glover will not turn rain, and
if hard rain falls ON it after it is cooked 1t
must be turned up to dry. Much clover is
injured by letting it get too ripe before now
ing if too dry it win waste much in hand
ling, and never has the rich fragrance and
flavor which makes it SO grateful to the
stock. . sn,.iil 4, .,t r aei5.s s.,..,.s
WhedtAThe wheat prospect is still very |
good Much anxiety was felt during the
late severe rain storm lest it should damage |
wheat, but the Weather cleared up cool and |
breezy and dried off the straw nicely The
cold, backward spring was on the whole
favorableto wheat Instead of growing off |
rapidly, it threw out large nun bers Of suck
ers, and many fields that were otherwise too
thin have good stand. ;Sci hss y.
Oats are represented as hooking very well
generally, although the long rains have
given some fields little sallow appearance.
Corn is generally backward but stands
well, and the present favorable weather viii
bring ton rapidly 's,sass IN ss ,iig ,e.