Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-04-08
Farmers Column.
Farmers, Club.

Farmers Club.
Regular meeting of the Cedar Val
ley Farmers Club, on Saturday,
April Cd, 1870; President q. I'll.
Rownd in the chair.
The Committee on Selecting Flow
ers reported as follows:
Your committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter of selecting list
of flowers suitable for Farmers
would recommend the following as
being the least trouble and very
good:
FIRST CHOICE.
White and red pnonies, gladiolus,
dahliae, lilys, (tiger and others, pinks
(several kinds, violets, phlox, astors.
irose lowered and victoria, mixed
balsan camelia, (flowered, mixed.)
SECOND CHOICE.
Astors, coreopsis, (mixed and ger
man, zGnias, verbenas. sweet VIII
liams, marigolds, double peoples.
lalkspur, bachelor buttons, morning
glory.
EXTRA CHOICE.
Phlox drummondi, ten weeks
stocks and pansies.
PIONEERING sHRUBBERY-FIRsT CHOICE.
owballs, wigila roses, roses
mixed.
SECOND CHOICE.
Lilacs, Towering almond, upright
honeysuckle, climbing honeysuckle.
S. III. RowND,
8. A. BISHOP,
Committee.
A motion was made and carried,
that the Club take up the discussion
on grasses first.
An Essay was read by Mr.. Speer,
on grasses; also, one blythe Secretary
rs reported I'm the proceedings of the
Waterloo Farmers Club, published
In the State Reporter, from the pen
Of Mr.. n. b. Choat.
Nr. Ter.nyson said farmers should
be careful in the selection of grass
seed. Four or FIVE years ago he
bought some seed purporting to be
genuine blue grass, but it proved TO
be very good article of horse sorrell.
sows in the fall with rye. Said he
did not like hungarian grass for
horses, but thought it might do for
cattle. Likes clover better for green
food. Has seen horses foundered on
hungarian grass; thinks it is the
fuzz on the blade that does the dam
age.
Mr.. Speer said he had fed hunga-
rian to milch cows with good sue.
cess. His cows left other hay and
eat hungarian in preference. Has
fed 100 pounds in one night to one
COW and thinks she would have eaten
more if it had been before her. He
would prefer it cut green, before The
seed gets too ripe, as in bis opinion il
Is the ripe seed that does the damage
to horses.
Mr.. J. @. RowRd said he had fed
hungarian grass mixed in the stack
with other grass and liked it frs;
rate fOr Horses and cattle; thinks
they do better Oh il mixed than on
clear wild hay.
Mr.. Bishop said it was his opinion
that it was the seed of hungarian
that caused founder in horses.
Mr.. Anderson, had had great deal
of experience with hungarian grass,
and is Convinced it is II first rate
kind of grass to raise. He cuts il
before it becomes entirely ripe, feeds
1t to horses and cattle, and they have
always done well on it; thought it
was the ripe hard seed that hurts
horses.
Mr.. Shields said the fault was in
the feeder, and not 80 much in the
feed. The most of farmers feed ns
much corn or oats when feeding
hungarian as when feeding ether
hay, and the result of the over feed
Ing is, horses are foundered.
1t was the general opinion of all
persons present, that meadow land
should not be pastured, nor the SEC
ond crop Of hay be cut from it, rs the
ground would be left too bare, and
consequently the grass roots would
be exposed too much in winter.
A short discussion on Farm I'm
plements, was engaged in by Mr.
Tennyson, Mr.. Speer, and Mr.
Shields, when the Club adjourned.