Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-18
Reported for The EVENING STAR.
VIRGINIA FARMERS IN COUNCIL
Does 1t Pay to Raise Wheat 1.-THE Mat.
ter of ASOads-DtscussiOn Of the Lime
Question.

The Woodlawn Farmers club met at T. w.
Blunts on the 18th OF September; President
Pierson In the chair and w. Dillingham; secre-
tary. The reading of the minutes of the pre-
viOus meeting introduced the Fulcaster wheat
again. and the members generally were averse
to trying new and high priced seed at the pres
ent depressing juncture in wheat growing.
Several objected TO the variety on account OF
it's being bearded. A. w. Hanson asked If 1t
was worth while to raise wheat at all. C.
Lukens queried whether it paid TO raise any
thing. Before we recovered from the effect OF
these knotty questions ]. W. Roberts asked il
we could afford not u raise wheat. That seemed
to disOrganiZe the reflections again and gave
rise to u multitude OF remarks. SO the secre-
tary failed to discover whether Tie grave Ques-
ton was settled at all, as drift i'm.
mediately followed into that phase OF the sub
tect relating TO the proper preparation Of tue
soil for wheat, and All article was read recon-
mending thorough stirring OF the soil before
seeding 10 the depth that 1t had been plowed.
THIS rather aroused those who favor u COM pact
and soliuifled seed bed iOr wheat, when Faien-
tine Baker suggested that perhaps the party re-
ferred to did not piow any deeper than he did,
which was three or four inches, 50 this lead
failed to pan out anything definite. 1t was
then suggested that the member who raised
The best crop this season tell us how he did it.
john Bailinger, being the fortunate one, stated
that his best held Was a wheat Stubble plOwed
twice, light coat of stable manure between
the piowinYs, last blowing shallow The wheat
Wa, drilled in with about three hundred
pounds Of phosphate to the acre. He used
three different kinds of fertilizer, but little
difference in the yield, which Was about
tnirty-ive bushels per acre. lie had another
field alter corn, which produced about twenty
one bushels.
THE SUBJECT OF ROADS
was touched upon, and an article relative
thereto read from the New York Tribune. The
Importance OF good roads was strongly urged,
and it criticised 80 sharply the roads of New
York state that 1t aroused one OF the club mem.
beers, who Is a native thereof, who declared that
the writer could not possibly have ever been
in Duchess county. In Illinois state cOuven-
ton had been held to consider this road sub.
ject, and among the reforms recommended was
u county superintendent OF highways. A COM
mittee, consisting OF &. Lukens, L. GiilinY ham,
aud the secretary was directed to procure from
Major Hlne copy OF the road law for this
county, that was prepared last winter, and re-
port II 10 the next meeting, with such changes
AS they might deem advisable.
from the Williams Grove fair, in Pennsylvania
called up the subject OF Lime again, aud sug-
gested that we make an effort 70 get il from
Cockeysvlile, Nd, as railroad comm unicatiou
Win inat place was quite direct. Charles s.
Taylor, jr., VINO WAS present, having business
relations with the freight officials OF the n. c.
iallro,ll, kindly offered TO ascertain the best
terms Tor transportation.
The report Of the critical committee WAS
read, showing Lhatt the barns were bursting with
the heavy crup oI hay, besides u number Of
stacks that We're scattered over the farm 1.-THE
result oil the use OF oyster-shell iime.) Tuere
had been marked improvement since the lasI
club held here aud as air b. had nearlv yMfan
through with his struggle with bushes aud
stumps on the home place, he had just added
his iarm, anu was losing NO time In clearing
that Oh.
Tie stock was reported as looking we'll.
though not AS much on the place perhaps rs
might he kept to advantage. There were MOI
as many potatoes planted Us usual by reason
OF the wet weather, but tuose growing looked
healthy.
Tue next meeting viii be at MIRA Rebeoca n.
Ballengers =, on the 9TH Of October.