Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-04-11

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Spring election in our State today, April
LIST. No general political interest in our
county.
Weather foreground iu One tx for
plowing-thousands Of acres Of oats sown-
but little blowing for this crop Is ever done.
Our general plan is to cut aud cross with
Disc harrow and SOW with drill. Il bush
els per acre is the amount OF SEED generally
used by drill. II bus. where sown broadcast
and the average yield per acre is about 40 to
80 bushels. We began sowing just two
weeks ago and that is coming up nicely
Many of our early bird" farmers planted
potatoes last week. Moon was right" they
said. We will wait until about the middle
of April and if the the ground warns up
nicely down 60 our potatoes; moon or no
moon.
Since my last to THE CLARION, a wonder
full effort has been put forth il the line OF
blowing r,r corn. Not day tor the past
three weeks has plowlng been interfered
Will. on account Of rain. Fully one half the
ground IL now turned over. Wheat looks
fne-prospec,s never better here at the sea
son. Great complaint among our farmers of
poor success in saving sprins pigs. The
failure is attributed to cholera, or. its effect
on the brood Rows. causing weak, sirkly pigs
which die within few days AFTER birth. l
will report just one instance: MIR. s. NJ.
Corbitt, u near ncighhor, bred thirty Poland
China sows: due to farrow March to l5th,
and has now bu. twenty eight pigs saved,
but don't let this report lead you to believe
the hog crop will be short and prices accord.
ingly high This is II big country and the
West vast expSnse Of fertile stuck raising
land, and guarantee full crop reported by
December 23th, but the prevailing opinion
among our thinking farmers is, hogs and
corn for money
Wheat positively has not been grown
here for The past four years save at loss,
and doubt if the same is not true Of West.
ern Maryland. While the acreage, taking
the country lying between Chillco,he on the
east and Dayton on the west, "a distance of
80 mlles,) seems great, yet 1t is not over one
fourth the usual amount sown when We were
certain of Sl.09 per bushel. Rotation Is
now followed by GA s--corn to oats to GLOW.
cr and this rotation IN quick succession
II is seldom clover sod is left over one
season now where 4 few years past two to
three was the custom.
Another revolution with US in the mode
of farming is that of shallow blowing and
level culture, and SIMPLY ask any of your
enterpIislng farmers to try it, care not
what the nature Of your soil is. pillow shall
low. Turn your burrows even and regular
and cultivate your cora level, but thorough
keep d,wn the weeds by beginning in
as your corn is well up. l use
walking cultlva'ors and double shovel
(Nulta) plows on each for first and second
blowing use all small shovels (bull.tongues)
then finish up with large shovels but never
throw up ridge. Just think moment
what are the requisites to corn crop fertile
soil, heat and moisture; for best soil Is the
top; heat is generated to the roots by good
cultivation; moisture is retained by level
culture rather than BY the ridge process
with furrow between.
Well, I started out to say something about
the horse and poultry but am reminded of
this growing too lengthy and will reserve
those topics for another time save only to
ray good road horses always find ready
market and "Circulator's" card in CLARION
would be 70 bad chance for first.cla road
horse.
The poultry interest among our fanciers is
still booming. Our farmers are grading up
with pure bred Cockerels turned Loose
among any variety and report best of re-
suits. There Is just as much advantage
however IN having the best Of some choice
variety as farm tull Of mongrels or dung
hills.
We here keep about 1875 head of chickens
and every one on the farm is pure bred P.
Rock. and we get dozens of nice fresh yellow
eggs every day; but do we just indiscrimi'
nately gather up eggs to set! Not much:
we are farmers just as you are readers and
try to be progressive in every branch of it,
We yard three yards Of our choice Rocks.
pen them in November, there they stay till
June and from those choice hens and pu!lets,
mated with the best males we can produce
or procure come. all the eggs we raise chicks
from. II / never sold an egg for Matching
I would yard for best results.
Glad TO hear from Gracehan,-what Of
Creagsrstown and Sabillasville
q. NJ. E.