The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-12-20

Successful Farming Operations.-Mr.
Arthur Chenoweth, the manager of the fine estates
of Patrick H. Walker Esq, of the Sd district of
this county, and who is known as one of our most
successful farmers, has kindly sent us account
| of his farming operations. He says ~ extend
you a cordial invitation to pay visit to Mr.. P.
| III. Walkers farm, not that we have anything
particularly beautiful to exhibit, but would like
| to show you farm that is exclusively run for
dollars and cents. This year has been tough
one on farmers with wheat selling at little up
| wards of so cts. per bushel. At the home place
| have only threshed little over 500 bushels, but
at the lower place have threshed the wheat from
| 81 acres and sold S84 bushels at prices ranging
| from SO to 90 cts. This sold as "seed wheat"
and the profit per acre was about $37, even at
these low figures. This demonstrates that good
land will pay, even if but small percentage.
awe keep our land in good condition by feed
ing cattle during the winter. We have now 1877
steers stabbed. They consume abouE barr
corn per day, mixed with some mill-feed -
about 400 bushels of cut fodder. The Gait
kept well bedded with wheat straw. Of e.ner
stock we have Is mules, s horses, ponies and
cows, besides 16 horses used in operating the Bal
timore and Pikesville railway Mr.. Walker
owns this road and Mr.. Chenoweth manages it
Eps7 All this stock is fed from the farm, and
all the manure goes back on the land. Of course
we don't raise corn enough for all the stock emu
merated above Last year we bought 7S1 barrels,
but this year can do with less, as we raised more,
our crop running up to 1922 barrels. In one
field of 66 acres had S27 barrels of good corn,
and I had it husked at 20 cents per barrel. A
man from the vicinity of Towsontown, whose
name is Richard Dunn, husked II barrels and
basket in little over nine hours. I measured
the corn myself and would swear to it if necessary.
"This year we have only sold 40 tons of hay,
the price having been so low that we have waited
for rise. We have about 800 tons ready for
market. Last year we sold 800 tons after feed
the farm stock and 204 steers. You will under
stand that we feed all our fodder, besides buying
some from neighbors We bed all the straw that
we raise and feed from 1900 to 900 barrels of
corn every year, so that you can imagine when
spring comes we must have a very large lot of
manure to 60 back upon the land. I make an
effort to get this out as quickly as possible so thu
there shall be no loss from the washing of heayA
rains. Already this winter I have hauled out l
over 100 four-horse loads and hauled to the barn
62 loads of corn fodder and have upwards of 40
loads yet to haul in, and four horse loads atthSts
"Come over; would like to talk with you and
will take pleasure in showing you through the
stables and about the premises generally l can
exhibit "a CATTLE all in straight line of stalls,
and to see them you might think that you had
accidentally stumbled upon little cattle show"
We regret that Mr.. Chenoweth did not gire us
the number of acres in Mr.. Walkers farms, but
from our own knowledge of them know that
they are large and splendidly titled. The fine
residence, barns and other outbuildings, which
are but short distance east of Pikesville, the
old Court road are models of neatness and at once
attract the attention of all who travel that way.
We shall be glad to avail ourselves of Mr.. Cheno-
weth's kind invitation.