The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-04-21
Deer Greek Farmers Club.

Deer Creek Farmers Club.
The Club met at the residence of Mr.. VIM.
Webster, on Saturday, the Sth instant Present
-Mcssrs. Archer, Ball, (Pres't y Barnes, Bayless,
Glasgow, James Lee, W. D. Lee, Lochary,
Webster and Willis, Active Members Messrs
Thomas A. Hays and James {. Lee, Honorary
Members; and Messrs. Joshua Rutiedge, Geo.
j. Finney, w. Hays and j. I. Webster, Visitors.
The subject discussed was "Fcnccs: what
| kind is best and most recommended ~
MI Webster opened the discussion by saving
that in building his fences he should he Soy2
erned by circumstances. If he had Timber on
his place. he would put up for outside or road
| iences-a post and rail fence CONSISTING Of
white oak posts and chestnut rails but il he
had to buy timber, would buy yellow locust for
! posts ana chestnut rails. Yellow locust MS
posts would last 80 years. Forcro fences and
through woods would use worm fences, as thew
are cheaper and more lasting Has bud no cy-
pcrlcncc with hedges or wire fencing. Has
| found that cypress boards nailed on will bear
! very little pressure. In buying timber for
posts would prefer either yellow locust red
cedar or mulberry. On a hillside would only
use -four rail fence; has found that chestnut
posts will not last half as long Ms white
oak.
Mr.. Archer prefers fencing with locust posts
and chestnut rails; would only use three or
four rails. 1t would require very little trim.
which had been in use for forty years. Thought
worm fences were liable to be rubbed ont of
trim by cattle; also thought it would take
twice as much timber TO put up II worm fence
as it would require 10 build post and rail
fence.
| Mr. James Lee preferred locust posts and
| chestnut rails. Thought locust posts would
! last twice us long as oak. Said they would cost
! twice as much as oak. He has his posts cut
| seven aud one half feet long, would not bore
] 10 M hn1n fl.r
use four rails. Would set the posts two and
one.half feet in the ground, has reset some To-
Gust posts that have been in use some thirty five
| years, and thought they would last fifteen years
! longer.
Mr. Rutledge thought the worm fence the
most economical. Had had no experience with
| hedges.
Mr.. Finney said in preparing the ground for
Usage orange hedge plants would dig trench
! one or one and a.half feet deep, fiji half full
! with manure and cover with dirt. Would set
| out plants one year old, aud place them four
/ inches apart Would not SOW the seed where
he wished the hedge to grow, as it would be
| difficult to obtain regular hedge from The
seed said that one could regulate the width
of the hedge BY trimming, and that narrow
hedge was preferable as it would not occupy so
/ much ground
Mi. Moores said he had used locust black
oak and chestnut. Would prefer locust for
| posts and chestnut for rails. Thinks locust
| cheaper in the end than white oak Said well
seasoned black oak boards would not warp
| Thought the worm fence the cheapest, and
would last the longest
Mr.. Hays thought the board fence was the
cheapest For posts would use either locust,
mulberry or rcd cedar. Could put up post
! fence for 81 pcrpancl, not counting the hauling
! Thought i'll putting up post and rail fence he
would use only three or four rails and would
have the rails well seasoned, otherwise they
would shrink in the socket.
NJ wit
| in thinking the worm fence the cheapest and
would use whatever kind of timber he had on
F.. his place. Prefers for posts, walnut, chestnut
and mulberry, in preference to oak.
Mr.. Parker likes post and rail fence; it cost >
more at first, but in tho long run finds it TO be
the cheapest; said he saw in Chester and Lam
caster counties, Pa, mostly three or four rail
fences, n great many hedges and some wire
| fences.
MI. Willis read several articles on fencing :;
didn't see much difference in the cost of pos t
| fence or Il worm one.
| Mr. Bayless thought worm fences the cheapest,
though he preferred post fence; said in most
post fences there were, as u general thing, too
many rails, and set too low.
Mr.. Ball said the manner of building worm
fences in New Jersey was 10 have the rails all
sawed the same length and at each corner, when
the rails were of sufficient height, drive in two
stakes and iasten them together at the top with
wire,
last onc-third longer than any other kind said
locust does not last rs long MS it used to.
Mr.. Moorcs said he had seen where stakes had
been driven down beside broken of posts and
nailed to the top rail, and lasted some seven or
eight years.
MIR. glasgow, for outside or road fence, would
use board or post and rail fences for inside
or cross fences, thought the worm fence the
cheapest.
Mr.. Lochary would use the kind of timber he
l,n.1 l,till
could use timber that would not do to put in
any other fence; preferred locust posts TO any
other.
Mr.. w. D. Leg said lie would use for outside
fences only four rails, and for inside only three
| rails. Would not fence against hogs.
Mr. Barnes likes a board fence for a lane and
thought with Mr.. W. Hays and j. +. Webster,
that the worm fence was the cheapest.
Mr.. Parker read letter from Mr. Hancock
and Mr.. March, respecting Spanish soil, its fer.
| tility rotation of crops, fertilizers, sc.
A vote Of thanks was rendered to MesSrs.
Parker, Hancock and March,
The following preamble and resolution, pre-
scned by Mr.. II. Harris Archer, were adopted
before adiourning;
Whereas, We know that there has been and
now is a great quantity of spurious fertilizers
on our markets, such us Phosphate of various
kinds, Dissolved Bones, Poudrette, Peruvian
Guano, (so-called,) and Il score of Others
WhcrcGS, We know, not only from hcarsay,
bNb uCtuni cApCl ihII lliclc DdS bCCil II
great deal Of money sunk in our neighborhood.
Whereas, We, members of the Deer Greek
Farmers Club, are not only an organization fol
our mutual profit and protection, but also that
of our neighbors. Therefore be it
Resolged, that VIC disapprove and condemn the
use Of these so.callcd fertilizers, mentioned
above, and not only approve but earnestly re-
commend bountiful use of such Guano, Ground
Bones ms are made bya manufacturer whom We
know (either personally or by reputation) and
in whom we have confidence
Adjourned to meet at Mr. S. B. Silytr's May
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