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

manure would be better running over the field
than oozing out of the barn yard. His rule is to
apply anantlre Il year before he plOws for corn,
and prefers 1t TO bono. He can raise more wheat
to the acre by hauling out manure and blowing 1t
under. But in the aggregate has better results
from applying 1t on grass
John Moores puts manure on his grazing fields
for corn, and begins to manure two years ahead
He puts tho Held in corn two years in succession
and then In wheat also two years in succcssion-
He also uses bone for corn and for wheat. lie APP
plies manure at any time. If in winter when the
ground is frozen he selects the level portions
Stable manure is hauled out as soon rs made and
that from the barn yard after II is somewhat de-
composed. He could seldom sec any advantage
from hauling out one LAY and blowing the next
and differed with Mr.. Herbert in regard to spread
ing manure in August. lie had never seen manure
do better than when spread at that time.
Col; Il. H. Webster agreed with the most of the
members that II pays better to spread 1t on grass
1t don't make much difference MS to the time; hut
when the ground is frozen it should not be put on
hill sides, on account of thOdangor of the soluble
portions being carried Off during thaw. He had
noticed the difference of one third in corn CROP
| from manure hauled out and spread on grass a
| year before, over that plowcd in in the spring
The latter did not help tho corn, hut there was no
| difference in subsequent crops He did not agree
with Mr.: Herbert as TO applying manure in sum
as good MS any other timo.
VIM. i. Sawyer's experience induced him to
favor pdressinp on grass lands which he Spccts
to pillow IN year or two He likes To spread II as
| it is hauled out, as 1t can then be spread more
| evenly than when allowed to harden by remaining
in piles. lie hauls 1t out all the year, and thought
there is waste in letting il lie. In hauling it out
on frozen ground he would put In on the higher
land has been MANFRED.
VIM. Munnkhuyscn's practice is to throw the
| manure from the stable into a cart and spread at
once. When the ground Is frozen he selects spot
where 1t can not wash away. The amount of labor
saved in this way will more than compensate for
pile, composed of ashes, slops, Sc, and spreads
| that on thin places in his wheat field. Manure
| would pay as well as top-dressing for wheat as
any other way, If II could be kept without loss.
| Geo. L. Silver said he used barn-yard manure
| rs a top-drcssing for grass sometimes ahead of
corn and sometimes for permanent pastures He
| had plowed down some manure for tobacco and
| changing his mind planted corn instead. The corn
is one-tllir'l better than where manure was ap-
| piled. Barn-yard manure will do good wherever
applied Even rough stuff, If not great fertilizer,
| is of advantage in shading the land.
X. Harris Archer thought 1t pretty sight to see
| n team hauling out manure The hest manner of
| applying depends upon circumstances. If you
| have manure in your barn-yard and no money to
buy fertilizers, you had better haul out the manure
and pillow it under for corn. If you can buy fcrti-
| lzors II would bo better to save the manure for
| grass. Time and money are both wasted i'm haul
ing out manure in winter, ON account of the short
| days You had better wait until the LIST of April
and make business of hauling it out. All the
| straw to spare should be spread from the machine
and if straw is kept under cover there will be a
great deal to spare. He was opposed To the COM
mon practice of always spreading the bnrn-yard
| manure near the barn and applying the CONNER
cial fertilizers to distant fields. The practice
| should he reversed, as all land needs some barn
| yard manure.
WIN. Il. Hays said the best results are seen from
| spreading manure in April or May. He always
wants it on grass couple of years and don't care
if it lays twenty. He likes straw and If he has
not enough to spread on grass will buy it, lie
also believes in moving pastures over and letting
the weeds act as n mulch and as n fertilizer to
some extent.
James Lee, the President. said his custom was
to haul out manure directly from the stables
whether tho ground is frozen not. He goes
regularly the field, and prefers to have il or
n year or two ahead for corn. He also approved
of Mr.. Herbcrt's suggestion in relation to cutting
rag weeds on stuhbe, but that work Is generally
put off until the weeds get too hard.
"Mr. Herbert explained more fully the advan.
tagcs of cutting the summer growth, and said he
was not opposed to top-dressing grass lands, but
opposed TO being confined exclusively to that
The club adjourned to meet at the residence OF
John Moorcs on the 18th of September. Subject
Variety and Quantity of Wheat Sown per acre
| fertilizers used and Results of last years cr0pY