The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-09-29

went 10 look AT Mr.. Moores fat cattle Each mem
| per made an estimate of the average weight of
| the ten cattle, placing his estimate on n sin of
paper The cattle, which had been previously
| AMI the average of the estimates made by tho
members was lNla lbs. One member Mr.. A. f.
| average weight
The committee of inspection. Messrs. Rogers
Arcner ana Janney. reported that Mr. Moores'
| Moores has hcgun cutting up corn and has fair
| crop lie finished sowing one field of wheat on
,Mednes.hy: the ground being wet and muddy
| dne committee did not fully examine the farm.
They saw sample Of the seed wheat Mr. Moores
Is sowing and found 1t free from cookie, sc.
| They were also shown fine sample of timothy
seed, of which Mr. Moores had raised ten bushels
on less than an acre. 1t was free from Nth and
| weeds before cutting it,
Inc subject announced for discussion was
WEEDS"
Mr.. Moores regarded the subject as OF great I'M
portannce to every farmer 1t had been suggest
OF " arfo"d county, where he found the front of
the farms clean and free from weeds while the
was foul and unsightly. He asked the friend with
whom he , was driving IL there was any sale for
convince themselves Of this fact that there is no
sale Tor weeds. Visiting neghbor, he saw in his
Held three mullen stalks, each with capacity of
| The ground for many years without losing their
power 70 terminate, and surely it would be good
| thing to have eradicaied those three stalks Null
| ein, thistle, iron weed &c can he cosiv de-
stroyed by pul ling them mp; Mr.. Moorcs exhibited
| specimen OF moth or black mullen. weed
which is taking firm hold in this county. 1t
biennial. pro il1es many seeds and spreads rapid
| ~ If this club does no other good than by call
ing attention to this particular weed and Undue
my farmers TO exlirnate II, it will have accom-
pshed much for the farming community. There
,rr more than 100 different kinds OF weeds, all of
which can be easily pulled UP and destroyed
Every farmer should save his own grass seed and
by keeping it free from the seeds of weeds
would be assured of having clean seed There,
| q of
weeds. one is by cleaning up stubhle fields about
tnn , Isl OF September another way is by hauling
ynn put stable manure on wheat you will be sure
| To have n large crop of weeds Many weeds such
out early in the spring. Weeds start early and
when grass Is scarce the cattle will eat the weeds
IT. turned out as early as the 18th of April they
viii aid In Keeping down the weeds. On stubble
| fields the OK Dyed daisy. wild carrot milk weed
&c., may be easily pulled up. A few hours dcvo.
ed TO each acre will destroy them. In recently
| passing through arich portion of Baltimore cOur-
| ty the land looked as IL weeds were being farm
Ell to profit. Pastures that have not been heavi-
| ly graZed should he moved, to destroy the weeds
All weeds should be cut when in bloom TO pre-
vent them from going to seed. One of the worst
| stroyed by two heavy plowings for corn and by
agood after hoeing before the corn is cut up
Not single plant should be left to breathe This
pestilent weed had been introduced on his farm
| by single load of manure hauled from Bel Air.
legislation on the subject of weeds is needed
We all buy cattle from the Baltimore scales
| There are some pens In which cattle can not he
placed, on account of the horse nettle growing in
them, When lot OF cattle are bought they
| should be placed In wood lot for few days be-
fore being put in the fields. In that way much
trouble from the Introduction of strange weeds
may be avoided. A law should be passed compell-
ing the employees at the cattle scales to keep the
place free OF weeds A few years ago much wns
said about color blindness. Pilots were found to
be color blind. We all know many road super
visors are "atone-bnd," and from the looks of
many farms we might conclude that many farm
Johns Fl. Janney said he had an experimental
lot OF two acres, which he had cultivated on high
farming principles, applying each year for three
years large quantity of stable manure and bone
dust The fourth year it was added to large
field and sowed in wheat. That portion of the
field contained not q single rag-weed, while the
remainder of the field contained many How can
you account for that?- Mr.. Janney thought the
reason we have so many weeds Is that we have
Judge Walters did not think the absence of rag
weeds was owing to the richness of the land. On
the contrary his experience is that weeds grow
rankest where the ground is richest. The alb
| senre OF rag weeds was due to the heavy set of
grass on Mr.. Janneys experimental lot He did
not consider rag weeds or Richardson's pink (ox-
| eyed daisy) II serious trouble. If you run now
ing machine over them, when in bloom. you can
| destroy them. Wild carrots hide the ground some
seasons and the next season they are all gone
| by moving down rag weeds when in bloom. You
not only destroy the seeds but get clear Of the
hard stalks in your hay the next year. II the
| land CONTAINS much fox-tal with the rag weeds
II would pay to rake 1t unapd haul it off for feed.
| White mulle in may elsily he puled up. If this
ties are cut down to the ground there is no diff
| Guilty in getting clear of them. Black mullen ia
troublesome weed on account of its thickness
on the ground. Garlic is also troublesome, and
| so is horse nette or Sodom apple 1t would he a
good thing II something could he done to cradi.
| right hard that the cattle scales should ho Kept
| up as a nursery for weeds for the whole State. III
moving machines are OF no other uso they would
| be worth all they cost TO cut down weeds In the
| fall of tho year.
Capt. Il. e. Duval said that while he believed
| 1t necessary to extirpate certain weeds he was
satisfied that there are many so-calcd weeds that
y would pay give attention to ms food for stock.
aluninntly near Bel Air. which is eaten with av-
idity by hogs and which he thought might be cul-
| tivatcd with advantage as hog-food They pre-
m arrangement of nature to keep the land from
being bare md Incoming impoverished. If
turned down they furnish a supply of vegetable
matter, to the soil II cut down and allowed to
lie on the ground they. afford mulch. Nothing
comes out of the earth that is not of value to us
Il we knew how tn use il Alright. Our progress in
| Hartford county proves that fact. When he was
boy the tomato w9s esteemed OF no use except
as an ornament Now see the thousands of poo.
pie engaTed 1 CAPTIVATING and canning it. Capt.
DnVal adyert61 To tho question OF saving ma
nnres He estimated that the waste of fcrtiliz-
rich and sustain three three red acre farms.
He hoped "a SEQ the minds of farmers awakened
to this subject.
Il. Harris Archer said that when farm is in
good condition keeping down weeds is small
job: Pasturing closely and early is one great Sc
crct Of accomplishing It. Two men going over
the fields in June and August. will he able to de-
stroy a great quantity Of weeds Of vii kinds. cx-
ccpt. perhaps, the horse nGtte. That IL the worst
| weed he has to contend with
John b Wysong asked how tiger lilies in his
lawn GOULD be eStrpated. Mr.. Rogers thought it
Or b G o az sS o them % f"9 Se dn
will destroy them Fish pickle, 1t was objected,
would XII, the ss grass and being on the lawn It
putting pile of straw over them.
james Lee said he had not noticed tho moth or
| black mulioin on HIS farm until this year. He
had pulled up and carted away two carloads
from ID acres. He had gotten rid of horse nette
by be- 6n In his HpweS Acids
ton to rag weed and had no trouble with wild
carrot. The ox-eyed daisy appears to be preva-
Thomas A. Hays said the subject of Graduating
weeds was OF great importance to farmers, He
classed the horse-nettle as the worst weed we
have; Canada thistle next and docks and wila
carrots are also troublesome. He makes a husi-
ness of going over his place. cutting and pulling
up MULLEN, wild carrot, dock and horse nette.-
Has been pulling up the latter every year and no.
tiees that It Is decreasing. The man who sue
%sds goS e W. Ba ss Sseas t sa s
grow where one grew before The srost secret et
in getting rid, of weeds Is to make the land rich
other weed seeds lie dormant for years ana then
come up. A good idoa, therefore, is to cut them
when in blossom S They will serve as mulch
DIR w. W. Hopkins thought the subject an in
teresting one and no had listened with attention
and he hoped with profit. Last year he had an
abundant crop of rag weed in his wheat stubble
and thought he would have no grass; but he had
had better crop than ever before. He thought
1t would be profitable to engage In eradicatlng
weeds and should turn over new leaf and do
| some of 1t.
Robert W. Holland ssId the best way to get rid
Of them IL 70 Keep nghting Them. n farmers
would put out more lime and SOW more grass
| seed they would not have so many weeds One of
his fields was covered with white mullein a few
years ago, but he had plowed 1t down and had
seen nothing of the mullen SINCE 1t stood
year. after the mullen went to seed, before 1t
| was plowed down.
VIM +. Hays said he had always had hls share
| of weeds hut fought them hard. Garlic Ia tho
worst pest he has He considered Canada thistle
the worst weed we have In the county. He did
not CONSIDER cafroe e anS rag weed PAD weeds II
any rag weed. Half the seeds of weeds are car
| red to the fields In grass seeds you buy.
| Judoe Walters Thought farmers should accus-