Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-25

HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY-HOW TO RAISE CORN
THE LIME QUESTION

HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY-HOW TO RAISE CORN
THE LIME QUESTION.
For THE EVENING STAR.
The March meeting was held at Isaac Snow
den's on the 2Sth (the day SO promising and
springlike in the morning ending in northeast
rain stormy; D. p. Smith in the chair and n W.
Pierson secretary. The report of the committee
of inspection being called for, one of the men,
bers said he had intended writing one that
morning, but unfortunately he had an attack
of something like 'spring fever and had failed
in his duty; would make verbal report If
acceptable. Decided that they should have a
write: report at next meeting. A member
suggested that we ought to have report ,aow,
dozen eggs a day, and he wanted to know how
they persuaded the hens to shell out in that
manner The host + was questioned as to the
were fed every morning with a hot mess of corn
meal, bean and cotton seed meal, and in the
Tse aen house %as Kee
clean and clear Of yermin; The fowls We're
mostly Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns mixed.
Papers on the subject of this meeting "How
to raise crop of corn were called for, and Mr.
A. w. Harrison stated that he had intended
preparing an essay, but in reviewing the SUBJ
ject and comparing his own experience with
that Of others, he was very much sat sea" and
had come to the conclusion that he did not kno,o
mission of the club would read an article ON
the subject from an agricultural paper written
by some one In Ohio, which contained some
that he had lately changed his notions about
corn-growing, and believed that it needed COM
to to
duced to a dust on the surface. The drift of his
essay seemed to be that compact soil retained
from growing was about all that was e needed.
The general opinion of the club did not accord
with the method Of cultivation for this section
of country.
John Ballenger then read paper giving his
method of growing corn; his land is level, has a
we'll adapted to corn growing. He would not
plant corn at all, except to prepare the land for
grass; but it seemed necessary to do SO when
timothy and clover runs out in q few years,
weeds being prone to take possession. He plOws
a sod early in the spring as possible, about
ferred SO as to be followed BY some freezing;
then covers with stable manure and harrows
well, marking out ga feet apart each way;drops
in each hill with the corn; covers with double
furrow; harrows down well before the corn
mainly with the double shovel
The secretary read q poetical essay On the
same subject from some western paper. He sup
the festive granger could MARBLE the tuneful lay
Is he sits the sulky-cultivator and drives his
BY the Various ar
Giles seemed to develop the fact that no rule can
be laid down by which we can raise corn sue
country renders it necessary for the farmer to
study the nature and requirements Of his par.
ticular soil-expertment, read, reflect and work
accordingly.
The subject Of lime and how to get It into this
neighbOrhOod to the best advantage, having
claimed the attention Of some Of the members
for some time, resolution was adopted for the
appointment of q committee to investigate the
suits. Whereupon CORTLAND Lukens and N.
w. Pierson were charged with that duty.
The inspection committee for next meeting
are N. w. Pierson, Stacy II. Snowden and Ben
jamin Hunter, which will be at Valentine
Bakers, ON the 25th of April. g.