Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-07-30
Jeiiersonviilc d. Jottings.

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JelIersOnviIlc u. JOttings.
Summer as of We oldcn time is upon U.s.
Up to July 10 days were moderately cool,
while nights suggested the use of quilts and
! blankets.
Rains then, were of scmi-weelly occur
renee which kept the atmosphere cool. For
the past week no rain has fallen, while all
the breeze we have had has been gentle
blow from the south, which you know is not
very refreshing. Mercury has marked for
the past six days from 80 to lO5. or course
the change from plenty of rain to none for
six days brings forth the complaint or
drouth, corn suffering, &c, which in fact
docs not exist and will further add if prov
idcncc has the entire control of this matter
of rainfall, he is certainly acting in wonder
Gus wisdom. The past week Ter just one
week later than yours has been our wheat
harvest fully IS days later than usual for this
latitude. The crop is fully half weeds of an
unusual rank growth. All fields are cut
with binders, and as II rule all binders make
large shcavcs Now had there been rain or
damp cloudy weather, the small wheat crop
of Southern o. would not haye been worth
the Irvine it cost to bind the shcavcs, but the
clear hot sun soon wiltcd the weeds and now
we begin to think Lafayette Co. at least has
enough wheat for bread and seed, with
enough for market to pay harvesting and
thrcsling,
The use of binders for saving u crop Of
wheat or oats, has certainly reduced the
dread of its former hard hot lahour, to al
mos, II pleasing recreation from the long
monotony of blowing q big com crop-yct
who has had the experience of the use Of one
for four years, but have their mistortunes, or
disappointmcnts to narratc. When the OK
pert agent put up your machine and told you
to start up" it Just did the work so fine You
thought there never would be any trouble,
but when perhaps the first harvest was end
ed your experience was worth more than his
assurance, that Our machine never fails. =
Within radius Of two miles square around
me- Is perhaps aS many as ten different pat
crn binders in use All do we'll for awhile,
while all possess more merit than the aver
age owner has of their nee hanisn, or the
care they give them while in USE or rest My
experience for four years with Mccormick
binder is that it is practically as good as the
day first hitchcd to it, will do as much
work and AS well, and runs as smooth, and
why--hccausS keep all bolts tight use
only the best of lard oil, oil on an average,
every hour of work-kccp in a good shed
when not in use, and every night and day
when in field and not in use cover witt! Il
good canvass cover, winch my good wife
made four years ago ut Il cost of jus! 81 ~.
To the contrary have nciShlors whose
machines are Il constant source oi ANNOYANCE
or expense. The knoltrr don't tie right, the
trips don't work half the time, and dozen
other things out of order every day. Has
this been the experience of any Of YOU. old
friend farmers of Frederick Co. II so get n
good machine to start with, become familiar
with it, mechanical arrangement, take prop
CIR care of it and it will wear YOU out, if YOU
are not too young to begin with.
Our oats crop is ready for harvesting the
prcscn, week, and it is simply immense In
hci-h, fully four feet average have one five
acre lot over five feet.
The varieties sown are perhaps much as
with YOU Some Use the old fashioned white
oats other, prefer the large white or Russian
while others prefer side oats, Il large grained
white variety, really mcrltorious anywhere,
while not a few have invested in the Bohc-
milan oats, which, whether proven to be Il
swind.c or not remains to be seen.
They were operated in this county last
Spring solely by one of our thrifty farmers,
on this wise: He claimed to have purchased
for sale here $4,000 worth of Bohemian oats.
Agents Travelled the whole county and con
trac,rd with farmers to SOW bus, the agree
mtnt set forth in written contract being
that every hlshcl raiscd should be thrcshcd
and delivered at railroad to said Mathews at
40 cts per bus. | did not invest, but friend
who did told me u few days ago, he sowcd
A. acres and he felt confident they woudav-
erngc IS bus. per acre.
These oats YOU are aware are of hullcss
variety. fno promissory note turns up
from his contract, he will have made a good
investment. Corn is taller than | ever saw
at this time, July IS. Higher than Bill Wood
Of Rocky Ridge If he was riding J. r. ID.
Mil1rrS tall horse Longstrcct owned in 1870.
Hay harvest Uimothy) about half secured.
In former issue of CLARION | see refer
cncr made to the cheese factory enterprise Of
the Mcssrs. Biggs & Barrick Of Rocky Ridge,
and by way of comment would like to say it
speaks well of the business enterprise of two
srions of as worthy families as that commu
nifty can boast of. Again it indicates enter
prise among the farming community of your
ncighhorhool.
To run Il successful cheese factory, prcsup-
poses plenty of milk, and that Of course pre-
supposrs plenty of COWS, and that again
plenty of grass and forage. You must have
an abundance of the former and to spare,
else the necessity Of cheese factory at X. X.
| have not read any Md. agricultural papers,
neither have seen any notice IN these col
umns of the kind of beef or dairy cows you
have. | thcorizc then that you have the
same strain improved of course as of yorc.
These are good enough as far as they go,
but if your Rocky Ridge cheese factory is to
consume great quantities of milk, they want