The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-06-13


Silas ID. Silver.-Every farmer should think out
his working and work out his thinking. lie should
mo prctrcai use Today MS thoughts and his
FAMILIAR with his farm as a student with every page
OF his book, The leaks should be attended to- such
as waste OF time of means and of labor The great
seasons.
James Lee agreed with other members as tn the
Importance of a liberal application of fertilizers
even IL farmer is compelled to go in debt for
them. He would put ON half ton of bone dust to
the acre. and thought it would pay well His kew
note 49, always do the best you can with everything
success is, never put of until Tomorrow what can
he done To day If a fence gate needs repair
ing, do AT once No uSccss stock should he kept
| We ought to use only the best implements, so rs
tosave laborand cconomine time A farmer should
study every field on his place and see what is the
| best way To save labor and ensure Il crop.
Edward NJ. Allen said farmers do not appreciate
the Importance OF little matters in producing large
| results: farmer should reduce the expense
OF working crops us much AS possible. In the first
place II Is important to pillow the ground WELL har
| time the ground is narrowed roll it. The CROP
should be planted at the proper time. The most
successful farmers are those who plant and gather
| their crops M the right time. In saving hay he
| thought Hartford county farmers were far behind
their Cecil county neighbors The latter appre-
ner Here we sometimes let it stand too long We
| lose money IN many ways from want of thought
ana from following old beaten tracks. Mr.. Allen
thought more money is wasted by pasturng stock
| than in any other way. We could make twice as
much by Keeping up all the animals on the place.
| the year around. Grass should be cut and carried
| to them. One man can cut and carry grass to 40
catte, py proper management. In soing cattle
between two rows of cattle. Grass enough could
be cut in the morning to last all day. and arrange
| ments could be made whereby portion of the
grass could be fed at proper intervals with little
| labor. The time will come, Mr.. Allen Thought
when the soing system will be universally adopt
Thomas Lochary regarded close personal atten-
| ton as the great thing to ensure success. We
should save time labor and money in everything
| Bennett II. Barnes thought farmer to succeed
should consider well the quality of his land and
err fertilizers and work 1t judiciously
w William Webster REGARDED four things as essen
dustry, Brains, Fertilizers and Improved Machn-
cry. Industry without brains would be worthless
| He did not mean that man should work himself,
| business. With industry and brains he should use
fertilizers. lie would not apply them extrava-
to the acre too much. Improved machinery
| is also important. farmer who will use these
| four things will he n useful citizen and public
| benefactor. The causes of failure in farming he
attributed to stning the land of fertilizers, leav-
ing work to take care of itself and using old and
| TONED farming could be made as successful as any
| other business.
Capt. Murphy thought Mr. Aliens suggestion
| good one, ana said that in connection Herewith
| a mode OF fastening cattle conveniently was inn
| portant.
| tuolls on his part to thcorze such subject in
the presence of so many good farmers. He thought
| that OF all professions and callings the most diff
| ncult 10 learn was to be u successful practical
| farmer man may learn to be theoretical
| farmer, by observation, reading, &C., but no man
can bca successful practical farmer unless reared
lit. OF course there are some exceptions, but
| these merely prove the rule Mr. VanBibbcr said
Judge Waters idea of economy and of success
| in farming were totally different from his. His
idea of success in farming is to make money by it,
If farmer improved his land, made it very pro-
ductive and died in debt, he would not regard his
life as having been success.
Johns ii. Janney's idea of successful man was
one who obtained the most enjoyment and did the
most gOOd in life. the man who boards the most
money is not always the most successful. But il
man enjoys his blessings as he goes along and
| cducatcs and provides for his family his life is Il
success. How to attain this SUCCESS is the question:
He agreed with Mr.. Webster that industry and
also he used. a man should remember what he
sees and practices All make mistakes. The first
time it is not our own fault, but the second time it
Is. Close personal attention is one of principal
levers OF success i'm any business 1t is false econ
omy for farmer with 80 acres or more of land 10
as fonrplirs of hands BE with urhands.a great
deal Go about the place constantly, see what
needs repairing and have il attended to.
| j. NJ: street, said he was not practical farmer,
ana therefore mai no experience to give He I'M
dertook to farm for three years, but without sue
cess. This he attributed Ia want of attention to
| the business. He was certain that farming cannot
be made a success without special attention.
VIM: Munnikhuysen said il he had known how to
make farming success he would have practiccd il
long ago. lis ideas, he said, had been expressed by
other members. He thought successful farming
required constant attention, economy and indus
| try. We all ought to use our brains Il great deal
more, and perhaps our hands, too.
James II. Ball said he had come SO far short of his
ideal dreams that he hardly felt competent to say
| what might give success. Close personal attention
ne regarded as important: The mode Of farmns
| few years. We might manure more with great
success In this ncighborhood handling cattle
| has added to the fertility of the soil.
| JOhn MOOrcS said IL required close personal an
pllcation to business to make successful farmer.
| a good farmer must combine all the qualities of a
good merchant, good lawyer, good doctor and a
good mechanic He must be good buyer and Il
| good salcsmen, especially where cattle is the
monicd crop, us Is the case with majority of this
| club. As to what constitutes succcss-a farmer
| who improves his farm is successful a man
| might take good farm and make more money out
| OF IL than by improving poor land. But the man
| who improves the land makes good name A
| farmer should spend good deal of time in reading.
| We want theory with our practice. Farmers
| clubs are also useful
s. NJ. Lee said to be successful man must fertil-
| izc his lands and make them produce money, but
the expense of fertilizers should be inside the pro-
| fits OF the crops. Improved implements are also
| of the greatest importance to success With the
| labor-saving implements Of to-day he could do as
| much work with the assistance of one man. as his
father could do with ten hands and the old fash
| Toned implements OF his day. Native adaptedness
| and regular apprenticeship to the business are
| prerequisites to success as n farmer.
George H. Glasgow.-A farmer should not under
! take more than he can successfully accomplish
| 1t is necessary TO be Industrious, economical and
| persevcrng. Have fixed time to plant crops and
donot vary from it. DO not plant early one season
| and late the next. You may miss your crop both
| times. Also in selling wheat. Have fixed rule
Sell either in the spring OF in the fall, but always
| sell at the time you fix. He thought il safer to
sell in the fall than to run the risk of keeping it
| through the winter. The old provcrb SAYS;
| EARLY to bed and early to rise
| Makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise"
| Perhaps that is the secret of successful farming
| James M. Cain believed that any man who would
| attend personally to his farm manuring pretty
heavily, would be successful. In using bone dust
| he did not think half Il ton to the acre too much
On one OF his fields during the past six years he
| has put ~ tons to the acre.
| Robert Il. Morgan endorsed all Mr.. George Silver
had said about burning all the old machinery and
getting new. Many men have been successful in
improving poor land and after getting it improved
| the shrinkage in the land has been so great that
the land would not sell for as much us before any
| thing was put on it.
| VIM. +. Hays said farmer must have brains
and ambition. He did not think n little money,
| also, would hurt bit.
Thomas A.. Hays said successful practical
II he has two OF these qualities and not the other
| he can not get along What we undertake must
| be pursued vigorously to be successful. In put
| ting in crops till thoroughly before seeding and
afterwards. Watch the little leaks and do not put
| of little repairs until tomorrow, but do them
| now. 1t is useless to work with inferior TOOLS
We cannot expect good work from laborers with
| poor tools. Broken tools should be repaired as
soon as broken so as to have them ready when
needed again. a man can learn u great deal by
reading and observing.
success in farming depended very much upon his
| hertagc-upon the kind of land nc may be placed
on. If a man is placed on some very poor land he
can never succeed In his opinion success in
farming does not mean who dies the richest but
who does the most good to his fellow man.
Adjourned to meet at Mr.. Johns H. .Janney's
on Saturday, August2d. Question for discussion
"What is the best system of farmng?'