The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-16

VI Stbth, ibHdb luCluittt uOTStS, III les,
cattle, sheep aud hogs), aud the principal
susteuance of all this stock was grass This
shows that to carry on this branch of farm
| ing successfully nothing We cultivate
Is of more Importance than grass, and it
should t., Give more attention than we usu-
alv give il. In 1880 in this country we pro
duced in round numbers $50, 900, 900 dollars
worth of wheat on 81, 00O, 600 acres; 474 900.
| 900 dollars worth of corn on 81. 000, 900 and
372, 900, 900 dollars worthof hay on 26, OO0, 600
acres. We have no account of the value
of pasture land on the number of acres.
But in proportion to the numbers of acres
in hay that crop is more valuable than
wheat or corn, at least it amounts to more
money. Now [ think it a mistake TO spend
so much labor on wheat and corn to make
one crop than we do on grass which we
expect to yield three, if not more, and which
sells for more money. Are not clover,
timothy, and blue grass entitled to more
attention than they receive?
Comment on the essay being in order,
| Mr.. John II. Bond asked the chairman
what system be would recommend i'll
preparing ground to seed the crop OF
| grass after wheat had been harvested.
| WOULD he plough 1t, drag it. or SOW it OH
the stubble? Mr.. Carson replied that he
would burn off the stubble, plough the
land and SOW in September the seed as
sepel ate crop.
Mr. Erytp ann ha nd
thought that our lands were gradu ally
losing in their productiveness by neglect
in sowing clover. That he regarded il
as very valuable fertilizer.
Mr.. Moore agreed with the essayist
that our farmers too generally over looked
the value OF grasses Yet he was not
altogether prepared to endorse Mr.. Car
sons opinion as to ploughing in the tall
to SOW grass seed. He thought the bet
ter plan was to SOW the grass seed with
the regular crop. As between clover
and timothy he preferred the former. 1t
was true that timothy grown as hay
brought better price, but he valued
clover very much more as fertilizer.
Mr.. Sutton while he approved the essay
generally, yet preferred the system OF
fall sowing with wheat rather than fall
ploughing for sewing grass seeds.
Mr.. Noyes thought the best pasturage
was the result of leaving the land uncul
tivated as long as possible. He approved
Mr.. Carson's suggestion as to the separate
sowing of timothy. He did not approve
his views as to heaves in horses. his
opinion being that that disease was eli
matte.
Mr.. Michiuer said he was a firm be-
lever in the value of clover both as a
feed for stock as well as fertilizer. He
did not think timothy near so valuable
as clover. The reason why most farmers
he thought was that many farmers did
not prepare their ground properly.
Mr.. Henry S. Coudon approved gener-
ally the essay. He did not agree with
Mr. Carson in the new method of grow
ing timothy. He thought the old method
the best-that is-to SOW it with the
wheat in the fall. One inducement to
plant wheat is to secure good grass set
after it. He did not think the new
method of sewing grass as suggested BY
Mr. Carson was the most economical
method of sewing it. He did not think
it profitable method to plough for the
sewing of timothy as separate crop.
He never had sown it so. But he had
known case in which it proved fail
ure. He thought generally it would
prove too expensive to SOW it separately.
Besides the farmer had not to wait so
long for his grass crop when sown with
wheat, and he thought 1t paid them bet
ter than when grass seed was sown
separately.
Mr. Ewing thought favorably of Mr.
Carson's suggested system of ploughing
wheat stubbe and sewing timothy be-
cause better and cleaner ground could
be secured for sowing it than when sown
with wheat. He spoke of one case par
ticularly where great crop had been so
produced.
MIR. Wilson thought that farmers pos
sibly would be we'll paid by more atten-
ton to grasses He had no experience to
report IN the sowing of timothy as sep
craze crop, but the arguments advanced
by MIR. Carson in its favor seemed plaus-
able.
Mr.. Adam R. Magraw had not adopted
the plan suggested by Mr.. Carson, but
seemed to think the method would help
the wheat crop, as in several cases, he
noticed the strong growth of timothy as
being in his opinion injurious to the
growing wheat He thought perhaps
| the crop of VIII ,at would be increased by
sowing it alone and turning the stubble
down afterwards for grass, to be sown
separately.
Mr.. Noyes thought iavolably of a sys-
tenn of separate seeding for timothy. Its
cultivation, when sown with wheat, was
not profitable because the grass took its
chances as a crop, the wheat being
looked for as the most important crop.
He thought if the same attention was
paid to the timothy as separate crop it
would be profitable one. He cited it's
very profitable cultivation in Dakota
| from seed separately sown and cultivated
as crop.
Mr.. Henry S. Coudon wanted to know
why the members of this club did not
practice what they preached. They
talked here and advocated a separate
sowing of timothy, yet invariably prac-
ticed the old method of sowing it with
wheat. The force of Mr.. Coudon's re-
mark was evidently appreciated by his
fellow members.
This closed the comment on the essay.
Messrs. Noyes. Ewing and Sutton having
been designated the committee to examine
premises and stock, the club took recess
for dinner which was served with char
acteristic taste aud hospitality. At the
plate of each member was an artisticaliy
decorated souvenir, which, the host in
formed his guests, were executed by a
gifted lady formerly resident in Port
Deposit but now of Philadelphia-Miss
Martha Beach. These souvenirs were
retained by each guest as pleasant re
mlnders of an agreeable dinner.
Upon re assembling after dinner Mr.
Noyes, as chairman of committee or
examination of stock, &C., made very