The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-08-10

BAGLEY, AUGUST THE July meeting of
the Wilma Farmers Club was held at the home
of Mr.. Amos Is Holiingsworth. His farm lies
on the hills overlooking the valley of winters
Run, and you have from his porch and lawn
one of the most charming views that | have
seen i'll Hartford. The rich fields nnd rictur-
CSlue farm homes. scattered amid Gr.:uTitul
ylumps OF beautiful fuIeSt, are spread ont be-
fore You along the eastern hills GeTrul the
run, more charming than III ANY picture ever
painted To dream away Il summer adah upon
that porch, swinging ~ your hammock; now
gazing luzily over to the busy larEs beyond;
now reading line from your daily paper nt
the striving striking, noisy, contentious world,
so far, so Tar away, OF no more personal ini cr-
est than chronicle of 5000 years ago, is pleas
ant indeed.
Mr. Hullingsworth mas been an enthusiast ic
farmer and gardener from bnyhG,d, aud now
he mingles farming and gardening in almost
every ted / suppose he has II record Of some
OF tn" best icds of wheat, corn and tomatoes
ever grown i'll Hartford. II he hears "f Il good
variety of seed, fruit, vegetable or gram he
secures and proves it. y beautiful feature OF
his surroundings is his thrifty well-kept
hedges. Rare plants and flowers also mad there
IL home and tender care tai rrs.
Quitting the t;tststully served, delicious ana
bounteous supper, the interesting feature of
the meeting was an address by Professor Rob-
inson of the MARYLAND Agricultural College
The subject for discussion on that evening
was: what shall farmers substitute Tor
wheat?" The speaker advised them to con-
| tstics showed that the wheat acreage had di-
minished 100000 acres, i'll the fail! seeding of
1898. A persistent cabbage-grower Of his
section realized last year only about so per
planting just many this year, while most of
the farmers about him planted none, he will
now realize s. to 50. This grower, 10y SUI
perior cultivation, receives always hctter
prices for his vegetables. He gave us the de.
tails of I'm experiment ut the college on Il held
of wheat sown the previous fall, to which hi
trogenous fertilizer was applied the next
sprirg. ON marked plats of this field the fer
tiizer applied in varying quantities, ut
the rate of 100 pounds 10 pounds and 60
pounds per acre; to the balance of the field
none was applied The difference i'll appear
ence and finally in the yield was very striking
and proportionate to the application. From
this experiment he deduced the advantage OF
the spring application of fertilizers on winter
crops: The plant-food supplied must be re-
duced to II fluid state before the plant can
utilize it. In the fall and winter the plant Is
not in condition to feed, and the food applied
taste of it. He spoke of the wastful, ignorant
application of costly fertilizers. We ought to
know how much the plant can utilize, and we
ought to know how much we are applying
Dissolve some fertilizer in water in a glass
vessel, place in this a rooted plant, 1t will
grow thriftiy, and fill the vessel with its
spongioles; In other vessels place the same
fertilizer, and the difference of growth will in
dictate the proper amount. II you put in too
much you may Kill the plant, as in with
holding all. 1t occurs to me. in this connec-
ton. that we never know what we are putting
on-bone or sand. Professor Robinson adj
NlSeu plOWlilR Ill CiONtT cheap Cctldiil
fertilization. He answered many practical
questions asked by members of the club. He
set forth encouraging facts of the profits of
cultivatiHg berries and fruits, the cultivation
of early tomatoes for market, &c In this con-
nection he stated that the tomatoes were us
ually planted too thick; that in picking them
while the closenesS did not admit of nice cul-
tivation. | have given but a meagre report of
what was u very interesting and instructive
lecture.
The club adjourned at Il late hour, to meet
next at the home of G. G. Curtiss Au-
gust 10. Il. u. Z.