Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-14
From Damascus Township.

EDITOR NORTHWEST: Please to an
nounce that the next regular meeting
of the Henry County Pomona Grange
will be held at the West Hope Grange
hall, near Malinta, the last Friday in
May. After the regular business, the
following programme will be taken up:
"Poultry Raising" by E. M. Hollo-
peter.
Recitation by Miss Melinda Sheats.
"Small Fruit Culture" by S. Over
hOitz.
Essay, "Flower Culture" by Hattie
Fiser.
"How to Entertain Tramps," by the
Grange.
Select Reading by Lulu Sheats.
"HOw to Prepare a Breakfast for q
Family of Six" by Mrs. Garster.
Corn Culture" by George Kryder.
Music will be furnished by the Harri-
son Grange Choir.
Our last meeting was well attended,
although the day was the worst one
that we had to contend with in the last
year.
1.-THE Profits of Cattle Raising'' vas
well and ably talked upon by our
worthy Lecturer, J. Garster. The
speaker thought we should keep more
cattle to consume the rough feed. such
as fodder, straw, and a poor quality of
hay that would necessarily be lost, but
which should be made to produce a
source of profit. He has "hobbyr for
pure bred short-horns, grades if noth-
ing else, but he thinks there are some
other breeds nearly as good. For fat
tening purposes, he would feed corn
and cob meal, and gave some figures
showing the results of experiments of
corn and cob meal, over ear corn and
pure meal. He will give it thorough
trial, in the near future, and report the
results.
Mr.. John Sheats gave his method of
wheat raising. Mr.. Sheats is one of our
best wheat raisers, and knows whereof
'hc speaks. He puts his ground in thor
ough condition, before planting; thinks
it time and labor wasted to plant upon
poor ground; plows the manure under
and but shallow; thinks that since the
advent of tile draining, the old idea of
plowing deep can be dispensed with.
If for raising one crop off the same
ground, thinks that top-dressing would
produce the best results, but would not
advocate it as he does not practice it.
Believes in drilling, rather than in
broadcast sowing. Would drill from
north to south, If possible, as it gives
the sun better chance to affect the
ground. He does not object to the fur
row made by the drill. if the ground is
thoroughly drained.
Mr.. Eli Culbertson, in speaking upon
root Growing" would urge upon the
farmers the Importance of growing a
root crop for milk cows. He believes
that there is nothing that can he grown
which will yield such large amount
of milk-producing food from a given
amount of ground; it has become q
necessity with him, as much so as a
crop of corn. Raised eleven two-horse
loads off of one-half all acre, less three
rods. The varieties were Norbitant,
Giant and Yellow Ovoid. Would not
advise person to try to raise a crop,
unless he begins with the determina-
ton to plant we'll and cultivate thor
oughly.. To obtain the best results, one
must not plant until the ground is quite
warm. If sown when the ground is
wet and cold, the growth gets stunted,
and the crop is a partial failure. The
ground should be well plowed and put
in>as fine a condition as possible. The
better this is done, the easier will be the
cultivation, and the more satisfactory
the returns. 1t should be planted in
ridged drills, about thirty inches apart,
the seed covered lightly, and should be
sown rather thickly. When we'll up,
thin out, leaving the plants not over
twenty inches apart. When young, it
will be necessary to cultivate often, and
hand-hoeing will have to be resorted T.,
as it is impossible to cultivate as closel,
as it should be, when the plants are
young and tender; and, if done in a
good, workman-like manner, until they
get large enough to shade the ground,
but little further work is necessary.
Some good music was rendered by
the Harrison Grange Choir. SEC.
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