The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-08-08
The Egis and Intelligencer.
Bel Air, Nd, August s, 1854.
DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB.
Economy i'm Farming.


Economy in Farming.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at the re
sdence of Mr.. VIM. Munnikhuysen, Thomas
Run, last Saturday, and discussed the question
of Economy in Farming.
Mr.. Munnikhuysen said his idea of economy il
farming might by some farmers be called extra
gance. The most successful farmers are the mos
liberal in feeding their stock and land. 1t is MOI
economy to feed to two animals what one ought
to eat nor try to feed TWO acres of land with wha
should be applied to one. The best implements
should also be used. Liberality in this direction
may be carried to excess but slinginess is more
likely to be the case. A man will sometimes con-
tinue to work for years with poor implement,
at a loss of time and labor, when with good i'm
plement both could be economical. farmer
will tie up his harness with tarred rope rather
than pay ten cents to have few stitches put in
II by saddler Or he will work all day with a
dull tool rather than step few minutes to
sharpen it. 1t is to farmers interest to give
his men the bestmplements to work with. There
is also want of economy In sowing bad seed.
There is no use in sowing bushels of cookie with
every 100 bushels of seed. If his own seed wheat
cents bushel more for clean seed. Using good
material for fencing is also economical, although
1t may cost more. The same with labor. The best
Is the cheapest, even though higher priced.
Geo. Il. Silver said that wise expenditure is
true economy. Economy does not always mean
reduction of expenses. An increase of expense
may result in increased profit. More time and
muscle is frequently lost in working with dull
implement than would pay to have it sharpened.
well as the big things. Time, mental and physi-
cal labor are all wasted because we fail to give
close attention TO business details. 1t is economy
to have things convenient for work. Americans
try to grasp too much. Whatever we undertake
should be done thoroughly. If crop is planted
in time, and in a proper manner and worked in
time we may expect reward If we are faithful
on our part 1t is economy to hire good labor
even at greater cost A man at $50 month
may be worth three times as much as another at
$40 month. 1t is almost always the case that
the most expensive machine is the best. In
selecting animals, whether milk stock, hogs
chickens, it is economy to get the best. 1t is also
source of economy to keep strict accounts OF
same thing is to be done again we can know
whether being overcharged or not A
little book farming is also essential and II is there
fore economy to take and read the best agr
cultural papers. Wagons should be kept in re-
pair. If tire is loose don't send your wagon
the road until it is frightened. 1t may come off
or miles from home. and the felloes be mashed,
involving cost of $40 in the end instead of So
Stock should also be we'll fed.
Edward p. Moores said that with wheat at So
cents bushel economy is an important study
a farmer should have no more stock than is
quired 10 work his farm. 1t is economy to have
the best machinery, but not too much of it. 1t
is false economy to pillow with an old Wisconsin
or Atwood pillow when you can get an improved
implement at a low figure.
f. Harris Archer said that as general rule it
is economical for a farmer not to buy anything
he can raise. OF course he needs some things he
can not raise, but he should sell something he
does raise and substitute what he wants for what
calves than in colts. He should therefore raise
calves. sell them and buy colts.
A discussion thereupon took place upon the re-
ative cost of raising calves and colts, opinion be-
Ing, about equally divided.
Mr.. Archer reSumng, said that farmer
might think clover seed is cheap and it will cost
more TO hire hands and save his own seed than to
buy it. In the spring, however his bushels of
coverseed will cost $50. when he could have rails
ed it cheaper One-half the farmers have more
horse stock than they ought to have. 1t is also
a mistake to feed so much nice timothy hay o
horses during the winter and give them no corn.
Timothy is now worth about of cent ID, and
corn about the same. 1t is economy to feed more
and nCc hn 10 lDOc in Incl
corn than in feeding hay. There is also economy
in buying fertilizers and implements for cash.
The credit price is always much greater than the
cash price. Machinery is apt be overdone.-
He had seen good Champion self-rake reaper
sold for S24 1t is economy to buy and use one at
that price rather than pay Sl15 for binder. If a
man has good cultvator it is not economy to
throw it away and get fancy one.
DR.. James M. Magraw thought clover hay bet |
ter for horses than timothy. The idea that clover
hay gives horses the heaves is a mistaken one. |
Heaves is caused by rupture of the air vessels
of the lungs and dusty hay will cause irritation. |
JAS II. Ball said that he had cured a horse of
heayes by placing water near , him. in the stable,
John Moores said that it is economy to do |
everything on the farm well and in good time. !
farmer r should be ready for every crop and not
let man cut his wheat with self-rake and tie
1t up for nothing if he could get it cut With a
binder. binder saves all the wheat. The bun
dies being of regular size can be handled more |
rapidly and one-third more can be placed in the |
NOW than when cut by self-rake In looking at |
a straw rick you first examine the bands to see il |
1t is well threshed. 1t is these bands which stop |
the machine and which are not properly thresh-
ed. 1t is economy to have binder.
Johns ii. Janney thought 1t want of economy |
TO use old implements. They had better be burn
1t economical to throw them away and get dou-
BILE cultivators. binder is an economical i'm
plement. You can send it into the field with |
three hands and have your wheat cut. One touch
stone in the matter of economy is to have place
for everything and keep every thing in its place.
He thought it cheaper to raise colts than to buy
them. good should
good horses If you wantgood colts.
James ii. Ball regarded 1t as important to
keep working stock in condition to do the work
required of them. 1t is also economical to do
work at the right time: It's poor economy to
taken possession of the field
S. B. Silver said that in order to practice econo-
my, at the beginning of the year farmer should
lay all his plans and make arrangements for all
the crops he intends to raise. Labor should be so
arranged that it could be used to advantage so
that when one crop Is of another will be ready.
Economy in time and labor are two essential
points, 1t is difficult to economize in stock, but |
it is better to have deficiency than surplus
because during the winter months and at times
during the summer we may have more than we
need.
in farming five things at least are essential to
success The first is liberal manuring. 1t would
be n to 60 in debt for manure What he
bone to acres and Of barn-yard manure, to
put NON on l acre what is generally put on
thorough cultivation and clean harvesting
Get the best seed you can. The third is good |
stock and implements. 1t costs more to raise |
and keep inferior stock than good. The fourth |
is pay more attention to fruit. If he had only 25 |
acres he would have all the fruits grown in this |
latitude. There is not only economy in it, but |
pleasure and profit. The fifth point would be to |
see that all implements are carefully housed. 1t |
would be economy if a man owning a large farm |
would plant an acre every year in locust chest. |
nut or oak. In rs years it would be source of |
profit. The destruction of the forests is causing |
the streams to dry up and produces destructive |
freshets and cyclones. To sum it up, liberal
manurng is wise economy. The farmer who has |
been most successful is the man who has |
MANFRED his land most literally.
X John Rogers said that a majority of farmers, |
particularly small farmers keep too much work |
ing stock. AS matter of economy little as |
possible should be kept He had repeatedly cul- |
tvated 40 acres with one team and had had but |
one pillow for many years. One season he powed |
40 acres with one pillow.
w. d. Lee thought that in erecting build |
iDgs 1t was economical not TO go too fast In top
dressing grass he thought 1t more economical to
spread manure thinly and evenly. He had
found it cheaper, sometimes to hire than to put
large amount of money in machinery.
Messrs. Geo. E. Silver, Bennett Fl. Barnes and
VIM. ID. Lee reported through Mr.. Silver, saying
that Mr.. Munnkhuysen's farm compared well
rows were clean and the crops well harvested.
The committee saw some good Berkshire hogs,
of Mr.. Fuford's stock The grass on stubble is
short but well set. They noticed q marked diff
ference In the grass on tomato ground and on
oat stubble. On the former there were many
weeds and brars. Mr.. Munnikhuysen said the
having been planted late. They saw several good
looking COWS, two OF them buffaloes. Mr.. Silver
said he had lost two or three sheep by having
them gored by oxen, and thought polled cattle
for domestic use better than horned cattle.
The club adjourned to meet at Mr.. John
Moores,', Saturday, August Both, Question for
ground for wheat and best variety of seed