Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01
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ArRTL 2lsr, 1890.
"While the earth rcmainelh, seed time and
harvest, and summer and heat and cold shall
meyer fail" So says King Solomon, but We
the people Of Faye',e Co., o. won't he as car
ly in getting IN the seed as the bamy days of
January promised. Cold rains and occasion
al freezing have kept us out of our ground
vet on we'll drained farms. oats has been sown
for the pas, ten days, while under like con.
dtinns potxtors have been planted and gar
dcns made My place IL creek bottom I'M
drrlaiu with gravel. hence soon dries, and
while | can boast of OSls s0wn tic, many
| farmers are debating the question Of too
| wet to SOW
The prospect for fruit is only moderately
, fat,criny: hut few peach bloom, and they
| the late varieties. Apples arc not blooming
t. any extent yet, hence cannot definitely
report prospects. OF plumbs, the blue and
| yellow have abundant bloom while the dam
/ son /. II failure.
Wheat is in SPLENDID condition where not
killed by water standing on ground too long.
and while ne justly clam tn" ms, til d. or
underdraincd county ia tho state, hundreds
of acres are ruined for want Of drainage.
One mile from my place is the Gascock
ilr E,c,cry, one of the best equipped of the
kind in the state. Here tile In size from 3
! inch to 19 inch are made in immense guam.
Titles, and the prices range from IL Cts. per
| rod to $l.50 per rod, according to size. Mr..
| G. put up n 0nr.h horse ill., factory eight year.
ago to make tile, to drain his f,rm of $50
acres. His neishbors found 1t such II con-
vrnirncc to get them To dra Z their farms that
! MIR. &. could not keep enough on hand to
h.v litf.h,s JIn n A. o.,
rnlarging hi, work until ,lr pre.cni factory
represents cost OF SIC 900 to build and
equip, while it turns out yearly $4,000 worth
of tile Mr.. IT, has kept an accurate book
| account of every rod of dit II he has put in
and actual cost. and II few days ngn he in
formed me that at the end of August 1889.
he had laid down 90 miles rf tile ditch in .izc
from ,s l8 inches and in depth from 9 feet
6 inches to 8 trct cutting for outlet, and that
for the present spring he las contracted tor
ov r 600 rods more to go under ground. He
knows ii pays! cd"
If the farmers of the west end Of Frederick
county had access to tile, At prices we have
here. and drained their land ami cleared ju.
liciOusly, there Is rot n limestone farm in the
Glade could compete with them and no use
for commercial fertilizers. The question for
these farmers get to settle is that of under
drainage, and that thoroughly. lnls " not
id'e theOrv-is as certain to he met AS the
CLARION has warned you concerning im-
proved roads.
don't want to I've considered unduly gen
crous but before leave off taking with the
CLARIoN's farmer friends. will for Its sake
just give you something for nothing; GER
tam remedy for founder in horses il 2ounces
oil sassafrns given with | ut. unl'oiIcd linsccd
oi-drench Never knew it to fail. For
sweenv, battle the shoulder we'll with ho:
wafer and apply twice weekly, hot Venice
turpcnline. And I an, assured that hot fish
oil applied twice weekly will curc string hal
I err Never having case cannot vonch for
it. Several years ago had case Of poll evil
on II promising draft FLY: after spending
much time and money, haG it cured by Il
Springfield, o. veteran for Is and recipe CIV
en-, will give YOU the benefit of IT in my next.
Gntjnued ns,t trceh