Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-02


Club met. The President, j. OBJ. Rem
lex, callt the meeting to order. These
meetings are becoming very interesting
The room was well filled with an attentive
audience, made up of the most intelligent
farmers of the county.
/. There were also some visitors from other
counties and States who added not little
to the instructiveness of the meeting
Welcome all, come again and bring your
neighbors and friends; we will try to ben
eft all or receive instruction from all
The first subject was an address from John
II. Klippart. on the subject of Bees, bee
keeping and beehives. Thelectur.r showed
that he had given the subject much careful
thought and study, as we'll as some prac-
tice.
After Mr.. Klippart concluded, those pres
ent interested in bees, had a free and easy
conversation concerning their habits, man.
agement and swarming, as well as their
treatment. the different kinds of hives,
bee palaces. and as to the propriety or i'm :
proDriety of setting the hives under shade
trees or in houses. or under other cover.
The general conclusion was that most of
the patent hives were humbugs. That the
old fashioned hives with honey boxes on
top. and set promiscuously around under
shade trees, II kept clean and free from the
moth, and not allowed to weaken them
selves too much by swarming, was the
age bees; unless, indeed, the operator is
we'll skilled in bee culture.
w. Ii. Innis then exhibited some of his
Honey Greening apples. These were in
perfect state of preservation, although they
are late fall apple. They were just as
solid and perfect as when put away last
fall. Did not see even speck on one ap-
pie In barrel he opened in the morning.
His manner of keeping was to put his ap-
pies into old flour barrels, head them up,
lay them in a shed or outbuilding where
they would keep dry, arrange them so they
would be three or four inches apart every
way; then fill with saw dust, packing it
well around the barrels, and covering them
over the top four or five inches. On the
out>ide it should be thick enough to pre-
vent freezing. All the apples he had tried
appeared to been In as good state of pre-
servation as when put in and covered. In
fact they had not even wilted. Could not
say how long they would keep, as this was
his first experiment.
The Club then took up the subject of
spring wheat. Mr.. Upton exhibited SAM
pie of spring wheat of his own growing.
He lives In Clinton township on the old
DIR. Wetmore farm. The soil was partly
common clay, beech land and partly black
swaley land. such as is common on the
back lands east of the Olentangy. On the
black soil the crop was much heavier than
ou VIC SH1 VOlOTcu clay ldnu. I1du SOW6Q
fifteen acres last year, and harvested twelve
or thirteen bushels per acre. 1t made very
sweet, good bread; but not as white as
bread made from goo,l winter wheat.
Alex. Jackson wanted to get informa-
tion here that would be of some benefit
believed SO far all agreed that the best
spriDg wheat was not et. ual to our winter
wheat. He thought the culture of our
winter wheat should not be abandoned nm
til We were sure we could do better.
Let us improve our lands, use more ma
nure, especially ashes, lime and salt thus
returning the salts to the earth we had ex-
hansted from its soil by too much crop
ping. always taking away and returning
nothing to our soils. With a iudicious
system and good drainage. he had no doubt
we could yet raise as good crops of winter
wheat az we did twenty years ago.
A. X. Innis had done quite an amount of
threshing last fail with steam power ma
chine. Spring wheat yielded from six to
eight bushels per acre better than winter
wheat. although the past season was a ia
vorable one for the latter.
VIM. Merton had poor luck with spring
wheat; did not like the flour; it made poor
bread. was runny. and of dark blue color.
He wanted no more of it unless it was bet
ter than what he raised. The second sea-
son the crop was not worth harvesting.
George w. Ineham had been compelled
had proved failure. He found in every
case his best land had produced the best
crops. This was true as to his neighbors
so far as his observations go. Spring
wheat when properly ground will make
very good bread. 1t had to be managed dit
ferently, however; even the women had to
learn how to bake it.
Mr.. Klippart thought the great necessity
of our back lands was a good system of
drainage. He was we'll aware of the diff
culties to be overcome, yeG he was sat-
isfied it would pay.
G. S. Innis said he was almost ashamed
to own 1t, bat neither as q county or State
have we farmers produced wheat enough
Tor home consumption for the last ten
years. Farmers should arouse themselves.
The material interests OF the country de-
mand of US that we should at least raise
our own bread. What we want is more
labor applied to agriculture. This modern
notion that we must not work more than
six or eight hours day would ruin any
people. No one can better his condition
unless he gives more time to his crops
than six or even eight hours per day du-
ring good weather. In the winter season
and during rainy weather, we have COM
paratively little to do. We can, therefore,
in the summer season, while the weather
is good, and our work pressing, afford to
work ten or even twelve hours day. Next
W iOIC WoT anu UclCeT CULTURE, our great
need is more manure and thorough drain
aye.
ttThere is nothing pays better than drain
age. OF all the drains l ever dug or had
dug got all my money back the first year,
and then each success i've year. 1t pays one
hundred per cent. per annum. Don't be
afraid of getting your bitches too deep.
You should lower the water line at least
eighteen inches below the surface.
Look at Lancaster cOuntv Thar
lands were, naturally, no better than our
own, yet by good system of tiilage, ma
nuring and fallow. they continue to raise
heavy crops of good winter wheat.
Virgil D. Moore said this was a very i'm
portant subject. He did not like the bread
from spring wheat did not know, however,
but we would be compelled to use it,; had
sowed some sixteen acres last fall in good
order on land underlaid with gravel where
water could not stand on or in the SOIL
1t come up well but it appears all dead
now. My neighbor Mr.. Nathen Vincent
lad very fine piece of wheat last fall, it
covered the ground WELL the best saw
anywhere; he told me day or two since it
was all dead, not one stalk could he find
alive. This was on good second bottom
land, underlaid with gravel aud dry; more
so indeed than any land can be made bv ar
titicial drainage. What is the matter?
G. s. Innis said he thought the trouble
was CnaG Wnen we had heavy SHOWS and
then the weather turned suddenly warm or
rain should succeed, thus making the wheat
fields all in slosh, then turn very cold
and cover the whole surface with ice, the
air was excluded and the wheat was smoth-
cred.
This was proved by the roots being killed
as well as the blades. 1t died for the want
OF air.
The Club will meet again on next Satur.
day at O'Clock P. M, March z, 1868.
Subjects for Observation-Disclosures and
setting out of trees, shrubs and plants, and
seed corn. Specimens of seed corn will be
exhibited.
THE RrrrR,Nc. AuDrrop This morning