Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-09
-" STATESMEN OF THE PLOUGH ."
TIE LANCASTER COUNTY EAisEi Ei;S.
Monthly Meeting of the i:crt:cmlsurIsts ana
A-ricuIturis.-Essays and Discussions.

TIE LANCASTER COUNTY FAKE l-i's'
| Monthly Meeting of the ;:or;:cml:urIs,s and
| A:ricu!turis:s-Essays and Discussions.
The following members Of the Lancaster
! county agricultural aud horticultural
| society attended the November meeting
| Yesterday: Mcss-s. J. F. Wilmer Para
| disc Il. d. Kcnds. Cresswell Calvin
| Cooper. Bird-iu-Eaad S. P. Eby, city
| F. K. D;AenderGer, city: ". ". Griest,
city; c. \. Cast, Getty; II. M.sEng!e.
| Marietta; DR.. c. \. Greene. city c. T.
Hunseckcr, Mannheim /. L. lands. city:
Daniel Smeych, city j. Il. Hershey.
| ROhrcTstown.
The committee on r,cri. certificates laid
| before the society the c2r5 .tic"tes procured
and was discharged.
Cop Reports.
tIr. kcmdir yep olta.: TIC wheat crop il
| Manner fine :lc corr crop large. Many
| clttlc would be fed in t!li; section. The
rainfall for the month Of October was
| 3 10 inches. Farmers ;i.c beginning to
| take Gown tobacco; the ticas ave don.;
| the crop damage ii. Il: houses.
NJ. En.lc reported the corn crop liz Ills
! section not large one. Winter wheat
l,o.; :,.;,ch better tl.a:l it did few weeks
ago. Grass has been pasti:rcd down very
| close, in consequence Of the sho!trcss OF
the fodder crop. The rainfall was 2 1-1G
inches. The apple crop is small, tic dry
| season havin~ caused the crop 10 drop PIE
,naturc'y.
Nv Hershey said the grain looked well
in i!cmpficld township about an average
crop OF corn some OF the tobacco has
been taken down the flea no doubt work.
ed liz the sheds {: the people had cpTEicnc-
cd stripping there was :: good deal OF il
| more or less damaged fair crop OF apples
in tiii.; section.
Mr.. Lands said that in Mannheim. town
ship there was 4 full crop of corn. The
sane could b. sa:,i ot wheat, oats and pr-
tatncS ; the tobacco crop was being dam
aged By the Ile, some patches, however,
had been unmp,oa!ed the yuGns grass
fields look promising.
Ir. isucs.ckcr on =" ccs;<.
The following paper on "Wccds was
rca.! by Mr. c. ilunscc.:cr:
Il have been !cl: 10 tni; subject ~ The
remark o. one OF our agricultural Journals
stating that our farming $50 defective
that we annually raise %.0Go 600 t':iS "i
worthless weeds Now think il :. very
difficult matter to arrive n :. fair estimate!
oc the amount @! worthless plants tina:
spontaneously grew; i'll our :icl';s, an': the
figures above are CrrrmnTS i! tue.
But, thea what is 4 vcoho Richardson,
says it is :. plant that i; useless or
troublesome. uu,icibEsh, low snr;shs,
o. anything useless, Webster says,
tic aror1 rect has no Gcfa:'c ap-
species cf ?IAn's whatever plants @vow
in! !,G1,r, I,i
where and w.lc!. are of no Use to MAJ, i'll
iurio;,, to crops. or un,igltiy. OF out oI
place, arc dcuo.,:uatch weeds. Recording:
to these definitions from eminent authors
it is lca.iy;. matter OF si.:nb: what c'n>;i-
tu.cs an entirely useless weed. We will
suppose, however, that any plant i:at
grows III clril:iclG> in gardens other than
! the farmer and gardener plants for y crop
are useless weeds il these places an:i hii:-
der and choke the growth o. th,lS. !!icT
cultivate for prciit.
lin \ very poor sell few wcp;,s sl,:in
ap, no matter how wei! or il! Tie !i:i! j."
titled in a ric:l, weli-nanurad sell it is CT
iircly the other way. Weeds il; let t."
have their Way viii! spring ilp with Il r.s1':;
lliXnli;iEcc truly amazing too much ma
i.urin" filed that field will, weed, i; :,
:;!ct of daily observation,
':Thc destruction of all cxtra:lcnrs
plants but those grown for i crop is Il,
Thorough. tillagc. 70 raise u field 81 corn
10 perfection. requires constant wDr:, /"
Keep the weeds down. Ii is said that at
nnc Of Tic large nurseries ut nucilcs!cr,
New York. the !ila-c o: this @ipun,: i; $,
thorough aid complete tia: it is 4 Siea!
rarity to sec :; weed.
DR.. Greene recommended the subject
ior discussion and practical attention.
Weeds grow ;hici;cst GA richest Sss:i and
their no:;ious subject .sn i.a&t Dc pre-
vented by pulling tl,e,n "nG ''y the rort
when hall grown.
$:,ou:i ,:c Farmers Of ,,aru.Stcr :'o"n.y
Produce their o.,h S:':,mr:
In answer to this ;;Ics,ion. referred 70
N.r. En.lc. he Urgently recommended ct-
,,.-in,-uts in s"gar beet culture There is
abundance of land i'll lancaster county
iittc.! Tor raising The >u:9.aT beet and with
..uri"lpro.ct; mode: %! agriculture and -c''-
.,,..l progress we s!.ouu 20 into this branch
Of in.Iusyry. It is altogether practicable
a,..: tx; pln:icc rfstnc bee Gcln bc proii5
at.!y used for cai:j, feeding.
.iIr. Ely thought that sugar couil !tava
been made from sorghum when grown hex:
i.;d it been properly refined. Mr.. D!ic:,-
,ler,f:,r knew Of Western firm who made
.:0. coo pounds Of fine sugar from sorghum
last, year ard Thought the cnly: difficulty
in sugar making from sorghum had been
lilat it was cut when too green or too ripe.
Better ;,stigman; as 10 gathering, i cuu:!
have i.ti t. better results III sugar prncluc
ton.
J. County Fair
The suLipe! o:' q county fair being under
discussion. DR.. Greene reported that lac
had b;.cn approached by q number Of citi
=ci,*. who promised, il the fair woH!'! be
made 4 representation cf the industrial in
taleSts.. ..of the county.to raise a nucleus O.
s.. 900. Mr.. Enyle thought that the oppo-
Sition of SO many farmers in the county
10 such displays, on religious grounds. was
The great local drawback to Il successful!
cc;.nty fair. and even TO the present soci-
ETY..
/ discussion also cnSrlca rs TO the best
way to promote Il wider interest in the
monthly meetings. of the society. NJ.
Wilmer i;;uc;c,i :|,:t new officers
right quicken interests in TIE meet
ings DR.. Glccnc, Mr. Eagle and
Mr.. Coopcr approved the i'!c. Of getting
meE from outside the ccunty to come and
lecture before the society OH the subject
Of agriculture, and inviting ali thc farm
crs t, bc present. Or. Greene ai!d Nj.
DiGcldrri!cr were appointed i; committee
to correspond wild, Mr.. W. 4. Eurpee, Of
Philadelphia, and invite him t.',ltlivcr u
lecture before the society at its next meet
ing.
Mr.. Cooper repnGtcd that he hal PIE
scented the bill oT the county i'll reference