The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-12-26

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DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB.
Talking over the Years Operations-A
Good showing for Hartford County.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at the resi-
dence of MIR. Hosea Barnes, last Saturday. Be
sides nearly all the active members there were
present Key: e; ID, Wilson, key. Gen G. barnes,
J. w. and w. II. Bailey, OF New York; 5. W.
Barnes. WIN. H. Bayless, Geo. j. Finney, Amos
Bailey, Ask. Gilbert, Dr. John Finney and John
w. Gibson. MIR Barnes house is one the oldest
in the county having been built in colonial times
1t was formerly the residence of Gen. Nathaniel
ramsey, n soldier of the Revolutionary war, who
ing is beautifully situated and the farm one of the
most productive IN the county, having been
made so by Mr.. Barnes judicious method of
farming.
IN tho absence of the President Mr. John
Moores was called to the chair
Messrs Webster, Rogers and Munnikhuysen
inspected the premises and reported everything
in good condition. They were especially pleased
with the horses and with a beautifully shaped
colt, probably the finest in the county
In regard to a question about some stone near
the house Mr. Hosea Barnes said they had been
broken by means of fire. The earth is thrown
from around large stone, so as to expose 24 or
three feet. A fire is butt around and over it, and
1t is allowed to cool without throwing water on
1t, when it is found to be cracked so that the
pieces can easily be taken out. He had taken out
rocks from 10 feet through in that way. 1t IS
cheaper than burying them.
Mr.. Bennett IL. Barnes said he had raised this
year 30 bushele OF wheat TO the acre, and would
have had more If IL had not gone down before IL
was headed. and If one tine of the drill had not
become choked. He drilled in with the wheat
$50 lbs. of bone The Fultz yielded better than
the Russian, and sold for higher price, On one
lot of 10 acres the yield of was Ii barrels to
the acre. This lot had never been Il azed and no
stable manure was ever put on it. 1t was moved
for six successive years and the sod plowed down
last spring. Ten years ago the lot yielded 20
barrels to the acre. ON part of the field with ha #
u Another X
ground wheat did not yield so well. Mr.. Barnes
said they had cut on the farm 40 tons of hay, be-
ing an average of about II tons per acre. He
had found hay as profitable rs any other crop. HE
feeds 80 head of cattle, including COWS and young
stock. He fattens from 10 TO IA head of steers,
and made $50 a head last year, which he regarded
as equivalent TO selling his corn on the place at
so cents bushel. The manure paid for the at
tention and fodder, and the advance in weight
was an offset to the corn and hay they ate. He
had raised steer, paying $40 for it when six
weeks old and weighing 1856 lbs. selling it for
S14 at the age of years and months. 1t pays
TO raise good calves.
VIM Webster's corn averaged II barrels to the
acre wheat u bushels oats 30 to 40 bushels hay
to y tons to the acre He did well with his cat
tie and pretty well with sheep. He found apples
more profitable than anything on his farm, and
mad also found poultry source of profit. He
Keeps from l5O to 200 pure-bred game fowls and
sells their ee rs. His experience in cider that
II is better to make IL out of one variety of apples
alone. as you thereby preserve the flavor peculiar
make a barrel of cider.
X. John Rogers said he had raised good crop
of corn on sod ground. but that on ubble ground
was not so good, on account of the dry season.
The latter was also feriized with phosphate,
which he regarded as a decided disadvantage in n
but fired about caring time.
Mr.. Janney did not think the phosphate fired
the crop.
Mr.. Rogers said he had never seen corn fire
where bone dust was applied. South Carolina
rock Will make good corn in wet season, but
shows the effects of dry weather He raised 10
n m has .,I md M A,
out any fertilizer, except that since has been in
sod II has had top-dressinR OF barn yard ma
nure. His wheat on 81 acres yielded 100 bushels.
by machine measurement, or an average of nearly
Al bushels by weight. He thought good phosphate
xcellent for wheat. His cattle are wintered in
the barn-yard, on fodder, straw and some hay
and fattened on grass. The gain is usually from
$50 to 800 lbs. on each steer. Last year he bought
small cattle, weighing 200 lbs. and put 400 lbs. on
each of them, wntered in the yard. This fall they
had some corn in the fodder and short corn. He
thought cattle would do better in dry than
In wet season, provided there is rain enough to
keep the grass growing; Drought rarely Injuries
corn on sod ground. and he had found it better to
Piow early for corn than to pillow and plant imme-
diately.
Geo. j. Finney summed up the results of his
farming operations during the year in one SEN
tence: Good crops and no money" His expe-
Renee was that it is better to sell crops soon
aged V barrels to the acre. 1t was yellow corn.
He would not plant white, If the seed were given
produces as much to the acre as white corn, More
money is made on cattle by wintering them on
fodder and straw and fattening them on grass
profit is about $40 a head. and the increase in
weight from $50 to 400 lbs, without fe-dinR era in
In his experience corn pays better than any other
crop He has used no fertilizer for corn for the
last IL years, but plows an old sod. His average
yield this year was Ia barrels He had found that
the sod will not bent A. the first crop of corn as
with wheat, applying bone dust.
H. Spaulding said his corn crop was failure,
until knee high then it turned yellow. He at
tributed that to the phosphate used. 1t was stalk
ground and was aft cited in spots on the lower
ground. The year before it was in corn, when a
sod was powed down. His sugar corn made a
good yield, and brought $40 per acre Some
phosphate was applied to it. His wheat crop was
His oats yielded 40 bushels to the acre. In reply
to question, Mr.. Spaulding said he thought it
more profitable to raise young st, ok than 10 buy
1t half grown. H had bought calves for 81 and
sold them for $50 in less than three years.
VIM Munnikhuysen said his crops were ordi-
nary, except sugar corn The yield Of 10 acres, NJ
an acre. 1t was checkered feet each way, and
300 lbs. of phosphate was sowed in the rows. He
thought sugar corn more easily grown and could
be harvested with less trouble and expense than
field corn. lie had found his stock would eat the
sugar corn fodder entirely up, including the
stalks, and he believed the fodder from an acre of
sugar corn would winter more stock than
the fodder from an acre of field corn. 1t would
pay, he thought, to plant sugar corn as feed for
he had had some ground, but found
the bread extremely unpalatahle, tasting as
though it had been mixed with strong I've.
Thomas A. Hays said he had made nothing on
cattle, but had made good crop of wheat which
he hauled In, threshed Immediately and sold for a
good price.
the past year as above the average for crops, and
prices below the average. Their wheat crop,
which is never very large, averaged this year %
bushels to the acre, and field corn IL barrels.
They cut no hay except for use on the FARM
Their cattle did well, having been sold for an ad-
vance Of 81 30 per hundred weight. the increase
being 4l9 lbs. average on 80 head. From as close
a calculation as he could make they had, as 1t
wer-. sold the corn at home and had good pile
of manure left. They had put field in wheat
and had good prospect for wheat. They sold
this year q home raised steer, 2h years old,
weighing ,220 lbs. for $40. They handled about
which were ready for market early. The Easter
market is the best for lambs. A lamb of 40 lbs.
will bring more money then than one of 90 lbs.
will have time to get In condition by fall for the
butcher or for keeping over. He considered
sugar corn fodder better than field corn fodder.
When cured nicely stock will eat it up entirely,
stalk and all. They raised on fleld of 10 acres
!, 100 cases of sugar corn.
Johns this
cases Of canned corn. In all he packed 1900
cases. His sugar corn crop on the l75 acres, at
30 cents per 100 lbs, was worth $3.50. He was
nvinced that there Is more money In sugar corn
II 30 cents per 100 lbs. than in field corn at 81
barrel. He had three fields in sugar corn one of
which was planted the first time, an lthcr the
The second crop was planted was rather the best
One field that had been IN corn three years was
put in wheat and yielded 81 bushels to the acre,
He had never had better sets of clover than he
mad after sugar corn. The great mistake farmers
make with sugar corn Is not to put IL In q ailo.-
He was satisfied that from his lT5 acres he could
nave wintered 200 cattle. The oobs, too, which