Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-03

fara Ne Did Not Watse Corn Eaough
s"r ats Own Use-ssts Farmer >"o-
cessers M Nsuas yersea are Doing
quite ~ Well. as Least.
The woodlawn Farmers' club. Virginia, met NJ
the residence OF John Ballsnger, February "a
PRESIDENT ferson In the chair. SECRETARY Gil-
nngham reported having communicated with sen-
retsry Aeruck, Of the Farmers Assembly. ss
directed, and the latter replied that lac would
send proceedings % tie assembly as soon as pub
iisned- A Circular from the T,rbtas once
resd, ana petition 20 Congress asking Cor In
creased duties On various agricultural products
was signed by most of the members a.
were also two ether petitions IN favor 90
pure food and tue bureau Of animal IN
dustry, bills now before Congress As pertinent
70 the tarin subject, A. W Harrison read an eN-
tract from late address OF the president % me
cussng the subjects embraced IA the p,.titiuns
mentioned, In connection with the prcprie,y of
it appeared evident that the PREVAILING opinion
was In fayH of high ucen-e rather than prshiea-
ton- President Pierson then announced ths
standing committeeS follows: Gu Ceuasls--
John Balenger, - N. buckman Frank Wilkinson.
on I've stook-A. W. Harrison. .. ". Roberts, J.
y. Gibbs, II. W. Pers0a. On Agricultural Implo.
ments-C. Lukens, 4 Walton. 4. tsObS On Ma
nures and fertilizers-k L. Mason, ". Hunier ir-,
ID. W. BaIlenger. Fruits aud Vegetables a d..
Lukens, James Hunter. Jr.. y NJ. fruth. t,rasss
and Forage CTops-T. ". Blunt. g. >noNdea. a
Buckman. Roads-w. Walton, l. oininghAIa, A
II. Roberts
How TO pisCoUshsk CROWS
Crows and their depredations and how 10 chegk-
mate them was talked about Tor awhile. aud A. ".
Harrison said he had prevented them frOm pulling
up corn BY mixing a small quantity VI coai-ol NtIn
me, the seed before planning The discussion then
minded OF the allusi0ns made ln J. " Ruberts'
essay al the farmers convention OF tue marvellous
growth OF the business IA this section since tho
war. 1t was admitted that good article OF ,le-
made butter would keep better than that made %
quoted as having said thai the mils senI 20 that
city was superior, as a RUE u that furnished anN
other city Ia this country. President llersoa
lnought that was going too far he said n the
truth were known much Improvement was ne,'l-l
and IL was thought congress ought 10 MAKE pro
vision Tor mix Inspectors there. very mahs 90
the milk dealers In the city need careful looking
after
the CRITICAL REPORT iron nR. BuIENGFR's F.Es
was then read by ". Hunter. ir- as follow:
1--WE, as a committee, have been called upon e.
perform a rather delicate and, perhaps unnec,--
sary duty. The two previous commlu r,,sorissl
as nnding nothing 20 criicise. and su-h t-lug the
case our commijtee IL needless Institution. a.
Is with considerable reluctance that weentrr upon
the discharge az our duties. because cur hosi has
grown gray n hls calling. and with better uppOr-
tuntles than have fallen 90 the hot OF your conit
tee and with the experience OF added years a. Ne
write this report it forcibly comes 10 uliuds
that we should look at home The task. however,
shape our report 50 that IS may not b. c0nsidrred
either as rulsone nattery nor as harsh aud unjust
The farm OF our host consists OF seven nelds or
farming land OF 80 acres each, with Woodland u
bring the area up 10 over roo acres une OF these
neldS, the one nearest the barn, has been IN pas
ture for twenty years. The remaining six n,ld-
have the following rotation; Two Ia wheat cue
after corn 20 be followed next year by wheat
again. the other In wheat after wheat generally.
but owing To the wheat last year having be,a
winter-killed this wheat II after oats. Thu other
four fields VIII b. this comm. season a. follows.
Two Ia moving grass, one In corn, and one la pA.
ture The wheat after oats looks we'll ana ths
cortland wheat not 50 well, the earliest sOsn 90
the corn land looking the best. The chances tot a
crop Will be very much influenced by the charac-
Ter Of the weather furnished % Us through the
month OF March. We were shown thne siuPs
through the cortland wheat which NrTo
msnured with three direpnt IertIlz,rS
namely, snsauehanna, Bryaats ammoniated,
difference Was perceptibe. strip OF Fulcas-
ter appeared 60 have made more growth taan the
fuitz by It's side. We are unable W rsport on the
other branches of farming on account OF tue
son and the extreme softDess Of the land from the
product himself IN Washington and Alex andrla.
Your committee would call the attention OF each
Individual member who n engaged In butter
making 10 the churning apparatus which Is az
the same time cheap and effective. The churn,
one OF SPANS patent has churned ~
the mule, who has shelter % work under,
aud rather enjoys the performance. Any Que
OF the members OF the club contemplating I'm
provernent In this direction should sfe lhis ar
rangement. The dairy consists OF fourteen mich
cows OF grade shorthorn, With several heiiersrang
ing from TWO years TO a few months. lie has two
bulls Jerseys, one three years and the other psr.
haps SIX months In age. The CIDER bull Is confined
times he has considerable trouble 90 get the gen.
tleman 10 enter We would suggest that he MOulo
De more easily managed II The stall IN which he IS
lie, IL he were stalled with them when
young, would enter as matter OF course.
The genus taurus Il very much Ike the
genus homo In that respect, that those who
manage them the easier and most successfully do
not crack tue whip nor keep the fact thar they
a prominently before tlpfn-
has three work-horses ana one mule: also. three
other horses whose profitable usefulness Is over,
and are now pensioners upon hts bounty. The
committee suggested an Improvement "a the horse
stable, which they thought advisable. The change
has since been made The flock OF sheep consists
OF twenty ewes, seventeen Of which have
twenty lambs, with eight Yet % be heard
from. Our host seemed 20 think there would have
been full as much proni In the nock II no lambs
had been raised, and the sheep mad been sold fat.
unless tne iamls came carrier IN the seesoa- Ne
found Two brood SONS and one boar, OF grade Jer-
sey red one OF the sows had piga
how TO HEAD orr RATS
Our attention was called 10 the fact that cur
host, like the inhabitant OF THE famous Hamelln
town Of old, was troubled with "rats- To over
come this dlficulty he has laid a cement door IN
his COW hangers, and has bullt feed OOk OF brick
and cement, both OF which are excellent from our
standpoint, but bad for the rats
We lind young heifer, which had been union
tunate enough % have broken one OF It's legs. Dui
with some care was standing on all fOurs again.
not much The worse Tor the accident Perhaps we
are sometimes too nasty In slaughtering valuable
animals thus afflicted
Your committee think the extra labOr expended
at lhrasing tine TO bring the wheat 20 be IhraShed
10 the barn would be more than Compensated by
having the straw AT Or near the barn yard, as
straw Is the meanest OF all farm products TO move
and the high winds and muddy roads uf winter
would be avoided.
We found a new hay carrier for unloading hay,
which can he changed from one nov 10 another IN
q few minutes from the barn fioor our visit 10
our host unlntentionaily fell upon a DAY memOra-
bic 10 all Nirginlans ana especially 20 us VINO
succeed him IN possession Of tins land-the
birthday OF Washington Being thus reminded our
thoughts naturally so back and compare some VI his
agricultural exploits Win our own. History
tradition tells US that with one hundred cows he
al times bought butter Tor his own use, ana with
this Immense area OF land he did not raise enough
corn, but sent 10 MesUmoreland for a supply 90
this staple. We certainly are doing fully good
farming as that We know along these winter
roads his coach wallowed 70 PoAlck or Alexandria
been digniiicd, rather hard-headed old virginia
gentleman, member OF the established church.
To-day the same land supports scores OF dlssenteA
fully as independent, not always as dgnined. and
rather more hard headed than illusirlOus pred
ecessor. We have taken up his wOrk as farmers,
and when we at times grow weary ana dissatisfied
with results, we at least have this satisfaction
that, tiers Of the soil, We are as successin as
the Father OF his Country"
The idea seemed TO peryaie the meeting That the
committee got through with the "delcate aud I'M
necessary duty" tolerabS Well The alluslon Ia
the report 10 the recovery OF
TIE HEifkR WITH TBK BRokE leg
reminded the members OF several similar In
stances and it appeared that the usual tendency
with cattle was 20 have the use &C broken limbs
r<sfnrtd AZ they had hall a cuance. a. W. Blunt