The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19

The regular monthly meeting of the Deer Creel
Farmers Club took place at the residence of Mr.
Thomas Lochary, on Saturday, November 18th
Messrs. Moores and Munnikhuysen, of the com
mittee of inspection, reported. saying that they
did not know where to find place which ha
been more improved than MIR. LOchary's during
the last year. He has done great deal of grub
purpose. Ills cows and horses look well an(
he has remarkably fine lot of sheep. Also some
100 lbs. each. His corn appeared to be fair crop
from 10 to IA barrels per acre, and was grown with
out fertilizers of any kind, the same field being
ing put in clean and in nice manner.
The subject discussed was "Soi.ing."
Mr.. Lochary said he was in favor of the song
system of farming. In pasturing we take up too
much land to fatten cattle, besides losing u great
deal of manure If Il farmer is well fixed, has
good fencing, his fields well watered and is a good
judge of CATTLE he may make money grazing. He
would not advise such farmers to pull down their
fences and soil their stock. But there are farm
ers who have not these advantages, and they
could adopt the soling system to advantage
Land that VIII yield 10 barrels OF corn to the acre
crop or use for soling than for grazing. One
great advantage in soiling is the saving of expense
OF fencing. a farmer cannot take n farm, fence
1t well and improve the land, unless he has some
other means of making money besides the farm.
1t is better to put money in manure than in fen
ces. Mr.. Lochary said 1t was estimated that
where the ground is good a COW or steer can be
kept on ~ acres of ground, the year around. The
tramping of stock is also great injury to some
lands. That would be avoided by soiling. The
buildings required for the winter care of cattle
COulu DC l1aue 10 answer SOlllflR. Inc LABOR
of soiling cattle would not be great deal. One
man who could attend to 30 or 40 cattle in winter
could attend to 80 in summer, because the days
are longer Much time and Inconvenience would
be saved by doing away with bars and gates. 1t
takes man two or three weeks after harvest to
wheat or clover where these bushes grow.
s. ID. Silver agreed with Mr.. Lochary on many
points, but thought he underestimate the labor
of soiling in comparison with grazing. He was in
favor of soiling for one reason. When farms are
fenced and cropped in rotation, we are often COM
PEELED to pillow Il portion which would not do
in soiling. In soiling would plant crops to snc-
coed each other, and have four five green crops
growing at the same time; That would require
Dor in hunting up stock; our horses would always
be ready to go to work and would do more work.
1t might perhaps take less green food to fatten
CATTLE out the exercise a steer gets is good for
his digestion.
John Moores said he could only give his opin-
ions, and not the results of experience. In this
county soiling could be put off a good many years.
until our timber gives out. Soling would require
extra labor, but would make more manure. He
did not think it would be necessary to furnish
green feed, by moving every day. Cattle will eat
dry clover hay as well as grass, and Mr.. Moores
believed IL would do them as much good as green
clover, They will eat hay all the summer if not
allowed to go on grass. In drying only the water
goes off, and that can easily be supplied The la
Dor of having green corn, rye or grass is very
heavy. If you will explain how water will fatten
animals then | am in favor of soiling Mr.. Moores
thought more stock per acre could be kept on a
farm by cutting the feed and carrying it to the
barn yard than by grazing but he would not haul
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into the NOV.
VIM. F, Hays could see two things in favor of
soiling-the saving of cost of fences and manure
There are also two serious drawbacks. Soiling
requires great deal of labor and he doubted If
animals could be kePtas healthy confined in sta
bleS as when allowed to Craze. There is great
deal of land which can be grazed and it will be
long while before it can be made suitable for soil
ing; ,
farms 1t is more profitable to soil that is to farm
land, have fences out OF the way and keep stock
up. 1t is not profitable to soil sheep. They must
be allowed to run and not be kept on one field
long at time small farm is not adapted to
grazing, but where n man has land enough it is
better to have fences and Craze. Some land is
Deneitted by the tramping of cattle, and roller
would not have the same effect Animals fattened
in the stable the year around will not be healthy
or make as iine meat as those fattened by grazing
Geo. f. Silver said there were several things in
favor OF soiling. We could do away with fences
and have no filthy fence rows. We could keep
more cattle on so acres, by soling, than by graz
ing. Thus men with small farms could do a large
business and soing would he a source of wealth
10 tne county county ne dld not see why stabilized
stables arc supplied with fresh air and kept clean
rs they should be.
BENJAMIN 5 mil silver Jr, was opposed to soiling
ers keeping 20 cows on 20 acres There is too much
work about soiling.
Horace Whiteford believed farmers could feed
more cattle on given amount of land by soiling
than by grazing. 1t might pay by doing away with
FENCING, which is q tremendous cost. BY doing
away with fences, we could take the interest of
that money and hire men to do all the feeding
Under our present management soing would not
pay.
James Lee believed soing would pay and agreed
with Mr.. Whiteford that by doing away with fen
ces farmers could afford to pay for the extra labor
required by soing. A great deal of land, howe
ever could not be used in that way.
The club ado urned to meet at Mr.. f. NJ. Aliens
December 1lth. In addition to regular members
Sne MGre e present Dr James MagraW Leonard
honorary members and visitors.