The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-03
Fail. Church Farmers Club.
FALLS CHURCH, VA, Jan. 81.

attended. Inc ulScuSSlon, Ho"eFoi, VI
tn. subject for debate, where and how
shall we apply manures" was very inter-
esting.
Mr.. j. Bramhall opened the meeting.
He would apply manures when most con-
venient. In the winter, having the most
spare time, he would haul out his manure
and spread it, and pillow it under IN the
spring. He thought it a bad plan to
manure near orchards in the spring or
summer. as it stimulated the trees to con-
tinue growing too late. He had once top
dressed hill sown to winter wheat, ex-
Meeting the manure to be washed down to
ihe foot of the hill, but found that wherever
the manure was spread luxuriant growth
OF wheat. He was in favor of manures
rather than phosphates.
Mr.. Riley inquired what manure cost
per load when hauled from Washington ?
and he inquired also, whether $50 in ma.
nures or phosphates would be of the most
value TO the farmer?
Mr.. II. II. Fowler thought that manure
hauled from Washington cost about 81
load He was decidedly in favor of ma
nure and attached little or no value to fer
tihzers except bone. lie said that the
farmer should be able to make from forty
t. fifty acres Of land as rich as a garden in
fOni to five years from the stock he would
We abIa n lann IN sush AN amount of
land. He thought he could readily make
ano loads If manure n wear from various
sources. He thought farmer would be-
come bankrupt in few years by using
fertilizers, and that clay used in the sta
bles as an absorbent, was an excellent
thing.
Nj lev; Parker said he would apply
manure in the spring after the ploughing
OF his land, and then drag lt III. he wouid
apply his manure TO a meadow lmmediate-
ly alter hlylng
MIR. j. ). Riley asked Mr.. Parker what
he thought. OF dragging the manure into
meadows alter haylng! :,
Mr.. Parker said 1t was an excellent
plan.
Mr.. Fowler said that by sowing grass
seed in September crop OF grass could De
moved IN following summer. =,
Mr.. Riley asked II II was not dement,
to SOW plaster on meadow IN the sum
mer as protection against drouth.
Mr.. Parker SAID that ne mad sown plaster
on his meadow at various tunes, OUT
though that ne had experienced the most
heneiit from 1t IN wet season. :.
Mr.. L.. ). Abbott, after some prelimi-
nary remarks delivered somewhat lengthy
argument IN favor OF manure as the thing
needed by the farmer to enrich the soil. lie
spoke as follows;
WHEN AND HOW SHALL WE APPLY
MANURE?"
pranaratorv to it's consideration some
doGn;t;nrs ara reon;ra5 Nv manure
mean M new. fanoled mixtures or maninn-
lated Substances comnonnded Of one or two
81 Tho elenants If manure horn oc The
tn;oi.;sh oharoctor of ths troti;cL;ng. ooa
n,aon on;n.I ovorementot;orc metters or
nrdnro or Sn.oved vaoat.t;on Mamma /,
no,nnound 90 ror;ons in ito const;,pant0
and 60 fnlj that r. will nradnca 10 tba Cnra 4
avtant ,,,;thont 10 ai5 ri ony other CHI.
s,a,,oa oii 40 Giants If ,ho yeoatohIa L;no-
,n,n No natte, What NAV hsya baen the
,iaGn;ano;as 81 tba coil nrev;ons n lie an
al,cat;nn Rnrn ,,lonts and we bavs lima
saJo nntasb magnes;a Silica snlnhates
and ,,hns,,hat.s NTH rome ,,;nsr.l ~, ear,b
snhStanca. &c rac;dnnm Mannrn ,nuSt
oanta;n most Of these Substances or ele.
wants
.syVbor obor ,yo .,,ly manure ou Go,-
era,,v when Won nrepare the eround fnr
~ cyo,. uor yy;sb 70 grow Van would
,ber ' anni y;t IN Tho S.}i and snr;no 10th
Int oI,v in the latter sasson far the
araatar nart of The GRAIN ia nlantad or
so,,,,, thd,, On, not Of oil 5;Onosad 70 a
,n;ntar onnIcation n ;s only = l;ttle not
tsr tbon sb oar ,aeta in INV INDIGNANT 70
10 90 Tba ,,,.1,re ar 81 iaas1 tha nee.
fni nronert;es ore wasbad awav ayano-
ratad or ahsorhed Inv the atmosn5ere 'p'
Rat ,sHow Shall Voc annlv rnonnre %,
answer .N1st GaneralIp Nv hroadcas,.
mo and n,ow;n- i, Of once Onr fathers
npaerstopd th;s method and re ntil;tu
frhay al NOT snread their mamma fas,ssr
tban tbav conl5 nIow # npder We are
.. ,nle ono vear ahead in tho ann,ioa,
ton or man,,ra Manure shon,d no
,hnronsbIv rotted nrevions to ia annlco.
inn II will 90 further then becapsa r
I, readv "a nour;sb tba nlant and will
,,osts lses yhatavar tho annl;cat;on ha
NJ ,ho far,,or i sbort nf ,n pp ana D.
aanar,Ilv in tbe hi mi hroadnast i Il ~
6as abundance ~ '
There are two excent;ons To nlow;no mn
der Meadows mnst ha ton.dresSa1 90
tbara i No CHER mode of annl;cat;on
Annlv 10 COON no the fai, ro;nS con,a o.
enraad 4 early in The snr;no 90 coon %
he frost leaves tbe oronpd When vo,
have a niece of eround that will .sheayeT
and vo, yysb re cow fall what to,,.dross