The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-09-18
DEER CREEK FARMERS CLUB
Planting Corn After Corn.
THE CLUBS RACE AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Rennrtad for The Egis.

Planning corn After corn.
THE CLUBS RACE AT THE COUNTYFAIR
Reported for The Egis.
| The Deer Creek Farmers Club held its Septem.
! Der meeting at the residence of MIR. Thomas Loeb
airy, near Kalmia postoffice. There were present.
besides the host, Messrs. James f. Kenly. Presi
dent; VIM. ID. Lee, Secretary; James w. Hanna.
| John B. Wysong, John Moores, Edward P. Moores
h. Harris Archer, Wm MunnkhuySen, Samuel
| NJ Lee, John Kerr, John McCommons and f. w.
Baker.
Messrs. Hanna. E. P. Moores and Archer were
appointed to examine the condition of Mr..
Lochary's farm. The entire club joined IN Il tour
of inspection, and when it was concluded the COM
mittee reported. through Mr.. Hanna, saying that
they could scarcely do Justice to Mr. Lochary' $
farm and stock The buildings are substantial
and in good repair. The stock in the barn look as
il they lived at home, being fat and well-kept.--
He has pair of fine work horses his cattle look
well, the committee being particularly struck with
Jersey calf remarkably large for its age Mr..
Lochary has in his barn yard rick OF Clean bright
wheat straw which reaches nearly to the top of the
barn. The committee thought the man who put it
up deserves credit. Mr.. Lochary has 40 very fine
sheep. He has two good fields OF corn. The sod
on his grass fields is good and he has as nice set
of clover as the committee had ever seen. 1t is on
ground which had been in corn two years i'll sue
cesSon. with no fertilizer applied to the corn but
some fertilizer on the wheat which followed the
corn. Mr. Lochary has Chester hog one year old
which would dress 400 lbs His Fultz wheat yielded
SO bushels to the acre and is very dry and clean.
Mr.. Archer added that those who knew the farm
before Mr.. Lochary took it can appreciate what
The question selected for the evenings discus
sion was as follows: rs it Good Farming or VIII
it Pay to Put Il Field i'll Corn Two Years i'll Success
sion?''
Mr. Lochary remarked that we don't plant
enough corn We have climate and soil well
suited for the crop, and rarely fail to have good
yield. We have had our corn crops. as we thought
ruined by cut worms in the spring. dried up by
by the roots by storms, and yet at harvest have
good crop. Our corn will bring the highest mar
for il at home as Western corn brings i'm Balfi-
more; or we can feed IL to cattle or sheep and
make more than by selling it. An acre of corn
acre of timothy hay There is great deal of land
in the county which would produce, in two years.
without any fertilizer from 20 to 80 barrels of corn
on each acre, or enough to fatten head of cattle
in two years. Mr.. Lochary said he had an idea that
it would be well to pillow sod. plant 1t IN corn two
years in succession, then In wheat and clover. let
the clover stand two years. then pillow it for corn
and pursue the same succession. Thus the land
If the corn, fodder. hay anu straw are consumed
the land and only wheat. cattle and sheep sold,
il would not be hard on the land. He had tried
up. There may be objections to it and he would
like to hear them before adopting the plan.
Samuel NJ. Lee said the plan MIR. LOchary sug-
gests might be good course of farming ON some
lands but would not do on others. On chocolate
or sandstone land it would be very Objectionable.
The loss to the land by washing would be very
heavy. 1t might be advisable in Mr.. Lochary's
case. He has brought his land to high state of
to counterfeit any loss from blowing the second
time.
+. P. Moores had seen good crops of corn on
land planted twice in succession. Situated as Mr..
Lochary is his farm not being large and with the
quality of land he has the plan might do but it
would not work on many other farms. He likes to
NOW clover one year and pasture it two years be-
fore blowing it down. You have then chance of
raising crop without fertilizer. II a man could
be governed by what he knows is the right course
he would not NOW field more than one year.
To do so is not treating the land properly.
Lochary's method. The first one is that on many
soils it is not good plan 10 pillow too Often In the
second place, after pursuing such system Tor a
few years the ground would get so light that you
could not get good set of clover. and without
clover the land would wear out The second crop
of corn wonld require some fertilizer.
r. Harris Archer said circumstances alter cases.
II the land is level and the ground pretty good
there would be no objection to it. 1t would not do
on Deer Creek land as IL would encourage the
growth of running briars. He was opposed to
sowing wheat and grass on corn ground as it leaves
the ground in bad condition to NOW.
Mr.. Lochary said be breaks the corn stalks
down with long pole to which horses are hitched
and mOws with the rows.
Mr., Lee said if you SET your pillow deep and have
the shares sharp there will be no difficulty with
James W. Hanna said sheep had killed all the
running briars on his place. 1t matters little how
often we plOw field il we can always raise a pro-
ftable crop. He knows field which has been
every year gave good crop. There is no better
fertilizer than clover and you are certain of crop
of corn or wheat after it.
E. p Moores suggested that it might be well to
sow the clover at the last working of the corn and
pasture it the next year.
5. M. Lee used to do this but found it don't pay
to pillow down clover year old. 1t must have time
to collect nitrogen from the air and soil to be of
value.
wheat OFF. The next year he mOws II and pits
stock on it at once. Clover grows better after
being moved or paStured. $3.50
James F. Kenly had sowed clover on sugar corn
and had fair set but the next year weeds came
up thickly. He had observed the same result on
Vim. ID. Lee thought Mr. Iochary's plan would
not do on all farms. On small level place 1t
might pay to raise corn after corn, but he would
John Moores also thought it would not do to
establish such rule. IL might suit MIR. LocharyS
farm. He covers heavily with manure the clover
sod he is going to put in corn and turns 1t down.
The next year he turns the decomposed manure
up and thereby gets all the benefit he could get
from it, Then he applies fertilizers for wheat. and
has it in clover half the time. Mr. Moores said he
had occasionally raised pretty good crop Of corn
the second tlme but oftener the yield is small On
billy land Mr.. Lochary'S plan would not do on ac
count of washing. and besides such land could not
be made level enough to now
John Kerr thought corn could be grown profita-
bly, the second time on level land. He has fiat
which has been in corn five times i'll succession and
the fifth crop was the third best. Then he put it
in wheat and had nice crop and a splendid set OF
clover. An advantage of this system of farming
is that 1t gives the hills chance to improve and
there is no danger of level land washing. He
would prefer putting manure on sod field and
use something else on the ground the secoud time.
He prefers to broadcast commercial fertilizers.
MIR. Hanna also broadcaSts commercial fertilizers
for corn but Mr. John Moores prefers to drill them
Mr.. S. NJ. Lee remarked that too much money
is spent by Hartford farmers for commercial ferti-
liZers. 1t amounts, as he has ascertained by sta
tistics, to half million dollars year.
Several members remarked that farmers who
use the most commercial fertilizers are getting
along the best.
VIM Munnkhuysen has had no experience in
planting corn two years In succession and would
not like to do it. On billy land the course OF farm
ing proposed by Mr., Lochary would not be judi
ciouS
The President Mr.. Jas. F. Kenly. said that Mr..
Lochary's plan, on a small farm which is not too
hlly might do, but it would not do as a rule. 1t
would be better to let the land lie awhile in grass
then pillow for corn. then put it in wheat and back
clear of weeds you not apt TO have them by
seeding corn ground in wheat. He would not pillow
field long as it had good sod on 1t. 1t is
move difficult TO keep corn clean when second
crop is planted. and in that case you are more
aptto have weeds when seeding it in wheat and
grass.
THE DEER CREEK CLUBs FARMERS AND
BREEDERS RACE.
The club discussed the race for Hartford three
year old colts, to take place on the Fair Grounds.
on Friday of the county fair. The terms were
modified so as to read as follows:
$50, $50 to LIST. $40 to I'd. $50 to Sd, $50 to
4th, SO to 5th2 offered by, the Deer Creek
and owned in Hartford county. and to be not over
three years old the spring previous to the fair
Younger horses may be entered: Entrance fee
50 80. No horse to enter which has ever before
started in a race where public record has or
might have been made by such horse. Race
to be under rules which may be adopted by the
Agricultural Society. An owner will not be per-
mitted to start more than one horse in his own or
any other name.
r. Harris Archer, VIM. d. Lee and Bennett HI.
Barnes were appointed committee to make ar
rangements for the race.
The resignation of Mr. Geo. r. Stephenson as an
active member was accepted and he was unani-
mously elected an honorary member.
A Merry Straw Ride.
Reported for The Egis.
PYLEsvILLE, Sept 14.-On Wednesday OF
last week Mr.. Merryman GLADDEN., of the Rocks,
gave straw ride to the young ladies and gen.
tlemen of the neighbordood The party met at