Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-07


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result OF six tests q alvert county
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Despite the inclement weather, repre-
sentative farmr's from almost every sec
tion of st. Mary's gathered at the Cour,
House Tuesday, the 18th, to attend the
Farmers Institute, and every one left
convinced that he was repaid Tor his TRIP
by the useful information he had gained
The meeting demonstrated that Farm.
ers' Institutes are of practical value and
will prove very beneficial to the farm
ing interests.
Director w. l.. Amoss opened the In.
stitute with few appropriate remarks
explaining the uses and objects of the
Institute. He said the two meetings al.
ready held at Marlboro and Prince
Frederick had been very satisfactory
and he thought had accomplished much
good. The Institutes were not confined
to county towns but would be held in
any section or as any place where suffi.
cient interest was manifested to warran,
the holding of an Institute. He invited
cooperation and correspondence look.
ing to the advancement of the farming
interests. The program, he said, showed
the uses and purposes Of the Institute
and was of interest to every farmer. He
pointed out question boxes, convenient
ly placed wherein questions of interes,
to the farmers might be put and would
be answered by some one Of the gentle
men present. He invited the naming OF
q committee OF flve TO select committee
of three from each election district OF
the county who would constitute com.
mittee on organization. The following
committee was named: j. II. Parsons
jas. L. Abel, w. b. Dorsey, Jno. I. Bal.
u ager, John w. Tippett.
The Director introduced Prof. III. ]
etterson VINO delivered an interesting
ndress upon Food Tor Lands and Crops
Prof: Patterson attr1buted-the worn out
condition OF our lands 20 the failure &c
prepare home fertilizers, and pointed
out the great Importance OF barn yard
manure saying 1t was valuable outside
OF the plant food or organic matter II
contained IL introduces into the soil q
ierment tnat cannot otherwise be OBJ
tanned. Ciover-sick lands are produced
py the absence OF TINS alkaline fermen
which may be restored by stable manure
Inc nitrogen In land Is burned out b,
scorching sun ana washed out by leach
ing rams. he explained the growth o.
clover and told how II fed and lived
said that after the needed alkaline fer
ment was restored to lands it was mo-
hard 10 keep II there. Rye plowed II
oniy returns 10 the SOIL what II has takeI
from IL. IL Is dinerent with leguminou
plants which absorb nitrogen from thu
air and thus store 1t In the soil. Nitro
gen In commercial fertilizers costs abou
10 cents per pound.
The Cow pea, in Mr.. Patterson's opin
ion, is the best crop for green manurin.
and its only disadvantage is that 1t is OF
the land when we want it for some othe
use. The advantage of Crimson or Ital
ian clover for enriching land is that
can be planted at the last working o
corn or at the cutting of tobacco and
will make sufficient growth to protec
the land in Winter and be developed il
time to be turned in in Spring. Tn
greatest evil to land Is working organi
matter out of it and leaving it bare fo
the erosion and teaching of winter rains
The professor next explained the bene
fit of dry seasons showing that If tn
land be properly treated they have thei
uses. He said that the decomposition O
of organic manures produced an increas
ed solvent action for the soil waters b
saturating them with carbonic acid. i
tobacco growing the humates are take
up directly into the plant and the rea
son We are not growing tobacco of tn
same texture and character as formerl
is that the humates in our soil are nov
exhausted. Restore the humates to th
soil and you restore its fertility. If yo
do not have the proper proportion Q
organic matter or humates In land You
crops will be q failure.
The distribution Of rainfall was ne,
touched upon and the action Of the In
direct fertilizers-lime, gypsum and sa
explained. Indirect fertilizers have nt
the fertilizing element In themselves hr
act by developing the fertility alread
in the soil.