The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-27
Deer Creek Farmers Club.

This association met at the residence of Mr.. VIM.
Webster, near Churchville, on Saturday, August
2st. The usual inspection of the farm was made
by n committee consisting of Mcssrs. Johns II.
Jnnncy, X. John Rogers and Bennett Barnes.-
They expressed their pleasure mt what they saw,
| and mentioned especially the fine asparagus in the
garden, planted in single rows, and worked with n
horse. Mr.. Webster said ii yielded abundantly.--
They also admired noble straw rick, GO feet long,
81 feet wide and 20 feet high MIR Webster's Short
Horn grade cattle were in fine order and nearly as
good rs Thoroughbred stock. An Alderney COW,
advantage of the Short Horn over other breeds
for meat purposes. An eighteen months old
| steer. bought by Mr.. Webstcri in the neghborhood,
and of the same stock us his cattle, was not so
large, although six months older. The committee
thought this demonstrated the advantage of feed
ing. Mr.. Webstcr's hay in the barn was pretty
aud nice, but that stacked out was somewhat
damaged. Tho committee said this showed the
advantage of putting hay in barn or barrack
over stacking out.
REST TIME AND MANNER OF USING DARN YARD
MANURE.
Mr.. Webster opened the discussion of the Ques-
ton, rs above stated. esaid that coarse manure
should be applied on sod but with fine it madclit
tie difference whether applied to corn or wheat.
Some years ago he top dressed corn with good re-
suits. 1t pays equally as well to put 1t on fields
that are to be put in corn next year. Twenty
years ago manure was put on oat stubble and fall
low and plowCd in for wheat That practice has
been abandoned, because of tho tendency of the
manure to sink and be lost. If applied to corn
and the ground turned up the manure is made
available for wheat. As for straw-which may be
regarded as manure-when at all damaged it
should be spread from the machine. Enough
should he saved for bedding, but it pays better to
spread the surplus.
Johns IL. Jainey said his plan was to haul out
manure on grass the year before ii is put in corn
Then you have both sod and manure for the corn
When commercial fertilizers are used they should
be put on wheat. In applying manure on grass he
the long manure until tho last. 1t must be
waste to put manure on frozen ground, but old
farmers say differently.
think that manure must be plowed under as soon
IA spread, in order to prevent tho evaporation of
the ammonia Hisviows had changed. The right
tive and ready to take 1t up. Prefers putting 1t
on for corn two years ahead BY producing bet
wheat which follows IL. Straw can be spread to
advantage from the threshcr, but he was of the
opinion that If the straw were used in the barn
yard as an absorbent 1t would make better ma
nurc. Manure loses in bulk but not in value. 1t
must be a loss to put it on frozen ground.
ThOs. A. Hays spreads tho bulk of his manure
on grass land during tho borrowing season of spring.
| summer and fall. Would not hesitate to spread 1t
also in winter i tho fold was level and would not
would prefer it in the barn yard. In spreading in
advance for corn, no never saw any difference be-
tween one ana Two years Iho best 3n season sn to
straw. He would not spread coarse manure on a
moving field, but rather on field he intended to
break next spring. He would not advise holding
manure to spread at any particular season, except
A. M. FuIford prefers to spread manure on por-
mancnt pasture or to touch up the poorest spots
in wheat fields. That ensures it being near the
surface, and where there is less doubt of il soak
ing down below the reach of the roots. lie had
seen il applied in the summer time, hauled direct
ly from the stables, with good results. lie likes
to treat manure In tho barn yard with plaster and
by turning it oyer until 1t becomes fine Then it
will not he in the way on moving fields Straw
produces good effects If not spread too thicky-
IT acts more as mulch than from any virtue in
itself. 1t pays better, however, to use it as bed
ding.
Horsea Barnes believes in putting ont manure as
fast as made, except when the ground is frozen.
He halls IL out during winter and spring, on
grass and plows It down for corn. In the fall he
pows the same field deeper, and thereby brings
the manure near the surface for wheat. Hecould
see no difference In the corn between the manure
hauled out In winter and In spring.
": d; Lees plan Is to put It out on grass for
wheat through the winter or spring, whether the
ground is frozen or not.
Geo. X. Glasgow prefers to put 1t out on sod
carly in the spring. whether the grass is started or
not. Lets 1t stand n year and plows the following
year for corn. Even through the winter he haus
5 sod field and il whether the
early, and finds that the manure is well cut up by
the cattle and by the use of plaster by the first of
April. lio uses great deal of straw in his barn
yard. and spreads tho surplus over the fields
John H. Herbert, of Howard county, said
be hauled out between the LIST of juno and LIST
of September. Hodiffered with some of the mem
bcrs about applying it exclusively to grass. 1t
had seen satisfactory results from powing it
under for wheat. He did not think corn land
could be plowed too deeply, and said he had found
corn roots three feet below the surface, as large
as those at the surface. Manure, he thought, does
not leach much below the place where you put It.
In top dressing grass lands no would choose Sep
tembor, October and November, i'm which to
spread all that was not hauled out before the LIST
Of June. A,conyenient way of applying straw I'M
and keep one under the thrcsher all the time. 1t
regular distances, so as TO be spread regularly
Mr.. Herbert alluded to the advantage of cutting
down all the weeds and other summer growth on
wheat stubble. Let them remain on tho ground
ms mulch for tho young grass. All billy land
should be top-drcssed, at the time of seeding with
straw, especially the valleys and the slopes lead
ing to them. II will prevent the soil from wash
ing and tho fertilizers from wasting. If much Ia |
applied IT will produce rust in the wheat but he
had never been able to determine whether 1t was
any injury to the development of the wheat or
mol.
Il. John Rogers was also in favor of top dressing |
grass lands, and his experience led him to say 1t
did not mako great deal of difference when II is
applied, provided IL be not hauled out on hard |
frozen ground. There Ia too much risk of sud- |
den thaw or heavy rains carrying much of 1t on |
He had hauled manure out on thin places when |
blowing for corn, and could see little benefit from
II, but when hauled out three years ahead the |
benefit Ia marked. All straw beyond that needed |
for bedding and for making the barnyard COM
Portable for stock should BIO hauled out and spread
on grass
Geo. j. Finney said 1t was decidedly the best
way to top dress grass. He would prefer hauling
y out to the field In piles fast rs made rather
Than leaving IL In the yard, unless under cover
There Ia moro Less waste I'm the ward Iinud |