The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-23
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Senator Baker has introduced bill to amend
the charter of Aberdeen.
Senator Baker on the 18th instant, reported
the House bill with reference to the game laws
of Hartford county, with al amendment TO pro-
vide for wOodcock shooting from June 10 to
August 10 only. The amendment was adopt
ed.
Senator Talbot has introduced hill iu-
creasng the powers of County Commissioners
and the appeal tax Court of Baltimore city
as to enable them to remedy to large extent
the existing inequalities in taxation. Probably
such a bill would accomplish all that could be
accomplished by new assessment aud with
out additional expense to taxpayers.
Mr.. w. Cabell Bruce proposes an amend
ment to the constitution providing for home
rule in taxation for local purposes.
Mr. Wilkinson made an unsuccessful effort
in the House on Monday to resurrect the
Hayes assessment bill.
4 bill was introduced by Senator Baker to
amend the charter of the Mutual Fire lnSur
ance Company in Hartford county
Senator Benefits mortgage tax bill was
vigorously discussed in the Senate, on Tues
day AS showing that the borrower would
have to pay the mortgage lax Senator liubner,
Of Baltimore county, said young man is now
negotiating a loan of 5000 on his property.
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he will pay 6 per cent. 1t they are not taxed
he is to get the money at per cent. This, in
Mr. Hubner's opinion, settles the question as
to who pays the tax.
A general bill has been introduced for
the destruction of noXious weeds within
the State. The bill makes it the duty of the
road supervisors to destroy them along the
public highways. Town corporations are re-
quired to destroy them within the corporate
limits and farmers must destroy them along
line fences.
Efforts to revive the Hayes assessment bill
and to tax mortgages were defeated, both in
the Senate and the House, on Wednesday.
The free school book bill, which has passed
the Senate, was favorable reported by the
ways and means committee, on Wednesday
and made the special order for Thursday
night. 1t is opposed by school examiners who
fear elimination of funds to keep the schools
up to their present state of efficiency. 1t is
also stated that if it should become law the
State tax would have to be increased.
The child labor bill was amended in the
Senate, on Wednesday, reducing the age limit
to ~ years and excluding canning factories
A number of counties, including Hartford,
were exempted.
Mr.. Scarboro has leave to introduce in the
House bill relating to justices of the peace
and constables in Hartford county, and Mr..
Bevard one to regulate fishing in Bush river,
Hartford county.
Experimental Tests at the Maryland Sta
tion.
Bulletin No. %, of the Maryland Agricultur-
al Experiment Station, which we have received,
gives the results of experiments with corn, pc
| tatoes, tomatoes Strawberries, grapes &c. 1t
| was found that narrow rows, thin seeding,
shallow cultivation and the application of lime
| each gave better yield of corn and fodder
than wide rows, thick seeding, deep cultivation,
I and the Withholding of lime.
Queen potatoes gave the largest yield. Hill
| ing culture was found to be no better than fiat
culture for potatoes subsoiling was apparent
ly disadvantage and treating potato seed
with corrosive sublimate proved effective in
preventing scab on potatoes. Spraying with
Bordeaux mixture prevented blight and in
creased the crop Al per cent.
The experiments were conducted by ProfS.
Robert H. Miller and E. II. Drinkley.
Prof. James s. Robinson also conducted mis-
cellaneous experiments in the horticultural de-
partment. The tests were of different varieties
fertilizers and the profit of shipment to distant
markets. Of Is plants of each of a number of
varieties of tomatoes the Ten Ton, which is red,
large, smooth and rank grower, gave the best re-
suits. Of shipments made on August ID, 1898,
| tomatoes brought II cents per bushel in Balti-
more and Washington: 81 cents in Wheeling and
ed of ], 900 lbs dissolved South Carolina rock.
500 lbs. dried fish, 300 lbs muriate of potash
and 200 lbs. nitrate of soda used at the rate of
600 lbs per acre, broadcast Nitrate of soda
gave the largest returns of any single fertilizer
and bone black the next largest. Muriate of
potash gave the smallest return and colnbi-
nation of nitrate of soda and bone black gave
the largest returns of any test.
The bordeaux mixture is recommended to
kill insect parasites and rosin wash to destroy
vegetable parasites on grape vines. The Bor-
deaux mixture, No. 2, of half strength is made
as follows:
Dissolve lbs of quick lime mot air-slaked
lmeD in a small quantity of water. When
thoroughly slaked, add enough water to make
a good white-wash. Dissolve q lbs copper sui
phate (blueStone) in ten twelve gallons of
that will hold about 45 gallons of water. Strain
the lime solution into this. If it does not pass
through the bag well add water until it does.
Stir thoroughly and add enough watert TO make
10 gallons of the mixture. 1t should be used
with Il spray so as to coat all the foliage.
The scale insect may be removed by wash
made OF so lbs. of rosin, lbs of 20 per cent.
cauStic soda, pints of whale oil to 100 gallons
of water This is for Il winter wash. For Il
summer wash use Is lbs of rosin, 5 lbs. cauStic
soda De pints of whale oil to 100 gallons of
water.
OF AZ varieties of strawberries the best were
Michel's Early, Hoffman, Van Deman, Lovett's
Early, Bubach No. 5, Haverland Shuster's
Gem, Mrs. Cleveland, Candy. Stayman's No. 2,
Great Pacific, Fecht, Jessie, Warfield and Ores
cent.
OF blackberries Early Harvest and Wilson,
Jr.. gave the best results. Raspberries-Br Bran
dywine, Turner and Cuthbert made good
succession of reds, while of the blacks Souhe-
gan, Lovett's, Kansas and Gregg are recon-
mendeG.
Van Arnum's Superb and Vanguard potatoes
gave the largest yields.