Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-12-08

ammonia: that nobody should pay more
than 81 for each percent of phosphoric acid
that South Carolina bone was no good; that
the farmers of each locality should club to-
eether. find out what fertilizer best suited
their soil and buy it at wholesale.
James n Douthett read an essay on
farm improvements. He favors placing the
buildings near the road side, with ample
grounds. buildings arranged to save labor,
and all made as beautiful as possible. de
believes in comfortable and pleasant
etc. Nixon told a brick or frame school
house story, and Edge followed it with one
about the red or blue dress.
Mr.. Terry then talked on clover. de Is
a great believer in clover and well he may
be if he gets the results he says ne does.
He sa, 5 ne can grow twice as mucn clover
on an acre rs timothy, and that 1t is worth
one-third more fer fertilizer. He pract IS
a three year rotation on his little farm Ia
hiIly one) In northern Ohio-clover, pota-
toes and wheat; says clover Is worth one
third more for feed than timothy and that
a pound of clover hay equals pound OF
oats: he cuts his clover when in full bloom
or soon after he feeds clover TO his horses,
G. small feed morning, small feed noon
and all they will eat at night II they are
working: feeds no oats or timothy to MS
horses and they are always in good con-
dition; has done it for eleven years; clover
gets its nitrogen from the air, clover fur-
nIshes more than twice the plant food 10
thc land as compared with timothy, clover
sends its roots into the subsoil and orlngs
up substance from the farm below the one
| YOU are tilling; in porous soil ne mas
| traced clover roots down eight feet; clover
| keeps the farm up, shades the lana anu
makes it richer; clover land must De drain
ed; commercial fertilizers do his clover
| land no good, he has tried it up to 3o0
| pounds to the acre; he sows bushel OF
| clover seed to six acres; sows as soon as the
| frost is out Of the ground; don't harrow
after; uses common clover; would use ma
| nure or fertilizer for the first crop-Heaves
are produced by coughing which ruptureS
the air Ills of the horses lungs; sprlnkles
| water on the clover hay if dusty; feeds but
8 or 10 pounds morning and noon, at night
| all they want if working; moTs IN alter
noon, cures in winrow next day and hauls
/ in next; rakes same way he mows and turLs
ND butts; land can be made sick by too much
| clover; lengthen rotation; use potash OF
| lime; has barometer and seldom gets
| hay caught in rain; keeps his land busy and
surface shaded. he harroWs down Ine
| second growth of clover.
/ JOS. Ii. fuTFle Iedu OIL ccSoJ oh NA"A.
| ing land. He uses tile 2 to inches IN d.
ameter, places the laserals 25 to 80 feet
apart and to feet deep. Draining i'm
| proves wet land, makes it warmer.
II. r. Carskaddon of West Virginia told
how he irrigated his farm down there, put
| the subject did not seem tn interest the
| audience very extensively.
Nixon wanted to know how much phos-
| phate an old horse would make, and said
| ne only got So for one the other day.
| Sec'y Edge said acid could not be used on
| W hole bones that they must flrst he bro
ken with hammer, when they could be
| treated with acid and mixed with wooo
| ashes, there should be bone mill IN every
neighborhood, an old threshing machine
would do.
During the afternoon and evening sessions
| Misses Beulah Timblin and Nellie Nixon
| recited.
Friday evening Mr.. Carskaddon made
spirited address against tue over-capit-
| alization OF corporations, and combination oi
| capital, and favored the forming OF new
party to stop it, though he could not say
| how it was TO be done.
Mr.. Terry told of several mean things
| that he had known married men To do
| (none that the women did) and made an
argument for the equal rights OF husband
| and wife as partners IN life
Saturday morning, James Magee, OF Va
| lencia, read an essay on dalrylng. lie
recommended good cows and keeping them
| cleaL thinks dairy farmers should get rid
of middle men, and that the future ior
| Butler county farmers is in the dairy.
| Cleanliness is the great point in keeping
| COWS. he has a stable without stalls, ties to
| rings sliding on upright iron rods; COWS
| stand ON plank about Al feet long, with
| trench 7x22 inches behind them Sec'y
| Edge said that in Chester county $50
pounds of butter per year was fair aver
| age;and gave his experience IN furnishing
butter 10 the Continental Hotel IN Phlla-
deIphia. His butter was "docked' cts. a
pound once becaus he fed his cows tur-
nips, but as they were paying him 70 cts a
| puund for il he could we'll afford the mis-
| take. He also gave his tests with corn,
| iertilzing each alternate double row WIN
| different fertilizers.
Nixon gave the Prospect Creamery a
uuff and called for somebody to read rules
for butter making but nobody responded.
A Babcock milk tester was placed on a
table In view OF the audience and four
| samples Of milk fIOm different COWS tested
| and The result shown to the audience.
j. d. HARRISON read an essay on raising
poIatoes. Mr. HARRISON is one of the most
successful potato raisers in the county. and
by his method, all OF which We could not
| hear distinctly, he makes that crop pay
| Alter hs digs his potatoes he seeds The
grolnd To wheat.
Mr.. Terry gave his experience in taking
care of seed potatoes, which, should be Kept
at such a Temperature as to prevent them
from sprouting. lie keeps them on rais-
ed floor in the cellar. or in long narrow
h.tra Gaahhu "a.
should be immersed in water in which 2
~. of pulverized corrosive sublimate for
each Is gallons of water has been dissolved
rhe sublimate should first be dissolved in u
nail of hot water. He cuts seed with one
eve and plants Immediately. He uses a
harrow, a weeder and one horse cultiza-
tor on his plants, and cultivates as long az
he can Weeds absorb moisture. He raises
potatoes at Is cents bushel or $50 an acre
and eets them off In time for wheat. Uses
clover sod for potatoes, no manure, dses
the manure on the clover. plows the clover
sod in the spring; don't believe in much
Milling; plants his early potatoes 81 inches
apart, and his late 30 inches; changes seed
every or years; the first sprouts are
better because stronger and produce fewer
but larger potatoes; and he burrows with a
double, sulbey, right and left plow, to gain
time.
Noah Henry gavexhis experience In gar
dening for market. He believes in gsod
ground, kept in good condition and well
iertilized; said that winter grown cabbage
seed was the best for early planting and
better than hot bed seed. Late cabbage
should be set ont about the 1st of July
Early beets, radishes, etc. should be sown
AS soon as the ground is ready and Tor a
succession every 2 two weeks; nitrate OF
soda is good for onions.
Secretary Edge said that if nybody was
cheated in fertilizers IL was their own
auIt. The law required all manufacturers
To send an analysis Of their goods TO the
Board, and also to put il on the packsgcsj
and besides this samples Of the stuff were
we're sent TO the Board from different parts
ui the state. Licenses TO make fertilizer
were granted aud persons caught cheating
were liable TO fines
Simeon Nixon made one OF his character
istic addresses with Forests" for his text.
lie believes in planting fruit aud nut trees
long the highways, also in planting or
chards on the north side of the hill and
babies, cats and chickens on the south
side, but he don't believe in millionares.
Col Thompson gave his experience with
fertilizers, stated the law on the subject,
said nobody need be cheated, and people
should fertiliEe according to the crop'want-
cd, thinks we all live better than people
did 60 years sgo and should continue To
live better. He criticized Carskaddon's
remarks of the night before.
Terry spoke on the rotation of crops; the
ground gets tired growing one thing, aud