The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-08-08

| the crops increased. If none of us sowed too
| early he did not think we would have any fly The
| last of September is early enough to SOW. The
ground should be plowed carly so as to make 1t
compact. He would prefer clover sod, but that
would be determined by convenience. We have
| corn ground broken up and left without grass and
must do something TO get it in grass. Until the
| last few years the main object in sowing wheat
| seemed to be to get the ground in grass. But If
we can raise good crops of wheat we should give
| 1t more attenti on Judge Waters said he would
not use raw bone on wheat, but dissolved bone,
which acts quicker. farmer runs the risk of
| paying money for nothing in buying manufacture
ed fertilizers. If bone is ground very fine it will
have good effect Manures can not make ground
rich by mixing them with the soil. They must be
Incorporated with it chemically, so as to be absorb
Mr.. ,ianney said he puts corn ground in wheat
and clover, then again in wheat and sets in grass
Clover is best for wheat. If only for wheat he
would use s dissolved bone, and next to that fine
bone. If he wanted grass afterwards fine bone
would do themost good. The theory has been ad-
Vanced In some parts of the State that fertilizers
mixed with acid produced sorrel He did not know
how true the theory is. Mr. Janney said he sows
IL bushels to the and not before the 9th of
September Likes to get his crop in by the 18th of
| October
Mr.. Lochary said he was not very successful in
raising wheat and for that had little to say
Last year he had over 20 bushels to the acre, on
stalk ground. Onegreat help to raising wheat, the
| last few years, he thought, was the practice of
drilling fertilizers in with the wheat.
roll the ground, and sow the matter eats
what kind, so it is good. Leave the bone as near
the surface as possible so to let 1t have the
ton of the sun, air and water He did not regard
phosphate as good on our land on dry sandy land
1t will do better than bone. On our land bone dust
| is the proper thing to use. 1t should be put on
pretty heavy as soon as the land is plowed. Some
should be drilled in also with the wheat He pre-
ferred Fultz wheat and thought farmers all soWed
too early. Fly as general thing attacks the FultZ
more than any other kind Of wheat. He regarded
the rust as greater enemy of wheat than the fly.
a Al great deal of fy-struck wheat is pretty well
filled. The Fultz can be sowed later and ripens
earlier than any other, and thereby avoids both
the fly and rust.
S. b. Silver favored early blowing as it gives land
time to settle and become solid. Wheat should
| not be put in deep, but should be thoroughly COW
| cred. The Fultz wheat, he said, stands up well
and yields moro than the Red. He had sowed corn
ground in wheat and clover; pastured the clover,
let 1t lay one year and then put it in wheat The
clover took well.
Mr.. Thomas A. Hays in reply to question by
Mr.. Silver, gave his experience in blowing down
green crops. On the 18th of July, 1877 he plowed
20 acres. On one-third he drilled in COW peas, one
| bushel to the acre. on one-third he sowed X
bushels rye to the acre and on the remainder one
bushel of buckwheat to the acre. 1t was a very
dry season, but the buckwheat grew splendidly,
the peas very little and the rye worse. Plowed all
down from the 10th to 18th of September for wheat.
sod ground adjoining, and where the buckwheat
had stood the wheat was the best. The difference
In favor of the buckwheat could be seen this year
| in the grass; Mr. Hays continued, saying that he
preferred Futz wheat for everything except for
bread, as it gets dry too soon He likes to have
few acres Ter, of Red wheat for family use. From
what he had learned, clover sod is the surest hit
fora good cropof wheat. Likes to pillow early and
let it lay awhile Would work the ground up
deeply and thoroughly before seeding. Would
not pillow but cultivate stalk ground for wheat If
possible would SOW or drill in the fertilizer about
six weeks before planting, thereby giving it a
chance to decompOse and become incorporated
with the soil. Would also drill in with the wheat
few hundred pounds. Likes to SOW from 10th
September to 10th October and thought farmers
more likely to have drawbacks from late than from
early sowing. On good ground would drill in IL
bushels and on poor ground ~ to bushels per
acre. In sowing late we should always SOW more
than when we SOW early Generally uses fine bone.
Has used vitrolized and mill bone with other in
gradients to advantage. 1t is considerable work,
but you know what you have then. Had better
wheat last year from fine bone and little kainit
than from dissolved bone.
Mr. Allen said he had no difficulty in raising
plenty of straw, but it will not fill as it should
He prefers the ground compact, and the general
view was that from the 18TH Of September to the
best crops seem to have been made by drilling in
the fertilizer with the wheat. He would like to
find some way to make the wheat stand up. If
large crops His idea was that ii should be plant
ed upon clovorsod. A statement had been made
without his authority that he had raised 80 bushels
to the acre on II acres, 1t was erroneous. But
he had straw enough to make more than 80 bushels
to The acre Il it had tilled properly As was it
is yielding 30 bushels to the acre. He was inclined
to think that pasturing I'm the spring would make
| the wheat stand up by strengthening the stalks.
Mr.. Webster said he thought ii essential To a set
of grass TO harrow wheat in the spring and roll it,
before sowing the grass.
Mr.. w. ID. Lee preferred good clover sod for
wheat, and liked the Futz better than the old Red.
Sows from the 18th September to 10Th October
Prefers pure bone drilled in with wheat. In pow-
ing We should turn up some new soil each time
Stalk ground should lay over one year before pow-
ing. That is, should sow clover on wheat, and let
| it lay one year and put in wheat again.
Mr.. VIM. II. Hays said he would be much Obliged
to Mr.. Allen If he would tell him how To raise big
straw. Mr. Allen replied that he would pillow down
| heavy clover, rolling the ground after every har-
rowing to make it compact, and then make it rich
with the cheapest thing that would enrich it,
Mr.. Moorcs said he would thoroughly cultivate
stalk ground instead of blowing it for wheat
When it is powed the following fall for wheat
again, you bring near the surface large quantity
of thoroughly decomposed manure previously
powed down. This is ut once available for the
| He would recommend cutting seed wheat not be-
| fore it is thoroughly ripe, and all cookie, rye,
cheat, &C.. should be carefully pulled out before
| the wheat is cut. Then you will have pure, clean
seed wheat. As to the time of sowing, he gave
| the experience of a successful farmer friend of
acre, by sowing from the 10Th to I'D of September
| For few years he sowed later and the crop fell
| Off.
Mr.. Archer said it depended upon what system
| of farming man practiced-lOw, medium or high
pressure. If a farmer is poor and can only afford
to apply from 200 to 300 lbs of pure bone to the
acre, he should turn down some vegetable matter
would not advise sowing phosphate. Wheat raised
j by phosphate can readily be distinguished from
that produced by bone dust. The latter is bright
| or, plumper and better. Fine ground bone is the
| best fertilizer for wheat.
| The club adjourned to meet ut Thomas A. Hays's
| August 3Oth. Subject-"Top-dressing; how and
| when?"
|