The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-07-28

The regular meeting of the club was held on
saturday at Highlands" the residence of Mr..
John MoorCS.
Mr.. w. Beatty Harlan, of the committee of
inspection. reported that the cattle had made
greater gains since last fall than any he has
seen this year. There are 30 acres in corn 6
of them being in sugar corn. The dry weather
has injured it, but it presents very clean ap-
pearance. Mr.. Moores is farmer who. can
give points TO all as to his success. His stock
all look well. even although he says. 1.-The cat
tie are living on straw and running-briers.'
HIS shropshire sheep are exceptionally fine.
Ihey have been bred for twenty years, the
| bucks being changed about every three years.
There are three young mules under four years
OF age, which are remarkable for size and ap-
pearance. Leaves are utilized for bedding i'll
tue stable. MIR. Moores farms on the same
lines as his fathers did, and he has succeeded
He has farm OF 400 acres, and has some very
line timber land There is room for some criti-
cism. however. The road in the yard should be
improved by broken stone, and the front fence
should he fixed. tMr. Moores here interrupted
by saying that he was going to remove the
fence.)
The subject for discussion, Farmers Ruts,"
was taken up:
MIR. Moores-One rut is to follow a course in
which there is no profit. The first and one of
the worst, is following in your pre- decessors'
rut in the road. Sixty years ago we rad no
regular rotation of crops was clover, wheat,
corn, oats, &c. Twenty bushels of wheat per
acre was considered an extra yield. We COM
menced the use of lime about 1910, the
Moores, Websters, Prestons and Ruffs being
among the first who adopted its use. The rut
of those early farmers consisted in clinging to
a bad rotation. Many of our present farmers
are in rut, by not locating their buildings adj
vantageously or wisely. They should not only
be butt to please the eye butsuttthe purposes;
also, don't put everything under one roof"
X. Harris Archer-Our farmers are not
working in ruts Men of wealth are expert
menting, and we poorer ones are reapine the
benefit. Many make mistake by trying to
avoid regular ruts. For instance, take the
modern fad of putting up wire fencing when
we have most excellent timber OF our own. |
believe that in making changes VIC should
move slowly.
J. b. Wysong-I consider the Hartford farm
ers pretty well out of the ruts, when compared
with other sections not very far away. Farm
ers of moderate means must necessarily move
slowly. Judging by Mr.. Moores' experience,
think our farmers are doing very well. The
cultivation Of timothy and tomatoes has been
radical step forward
William Silyer-I don't tn nix the farmer or
any other man should be too ready to make eX;
periments, but he, like every other man, should
keep abreast of the times and take advantage
of all which will be to his advantage. Itisnard
to make money on the farm, With the progress
sive West against us. | believe in letting
others experiment, and myself protiting by IT.
Mr.. Moores' experience proves that our FARM
ers are vastly ahead of their positions half
century ago.
Mr.. Robinsou-In the main, our farmers are
very progr ssive. Cur people are ready TO
farm too much land. I believe that the dis
Gu sion o. farm topics by this club has done
much to get our farmers out of ruts.
Harry Silver-AS d body, j believe Hartford
farmers are much too intelligent to get into bad
ruts, and many have gotten out. II one uses
bone it is all right. If he uses mixed fertilizers
he can do better by mixing them himself &C
cording to the requirements of his land. We
also do not use wisdom in purchasing machin-
cry. Those living in one section should use the
same machines, so that repairs could be secur-
ed conveniently.
W. b. Haran-I don't believe that the men,
bers of this club, or even our farmers at large,
are disposed to ruts. Wes should not ADOPT new
easily. One of our most expensive errors is |
buying fertilizers and agricultural implements
on time, instead of for cash. We are not pro-
gressive enough IN adopting new plans OF i'm
proving our roads.
f. II. Jacobs-aeing young farmer. l
know but little of the old ruts. believe that
as a whole, canning has been Injurious to Har-
ford county.
S A. WilIiams-It has often struck me that
one of the ruts our farmers are happily giving
up is a disposition to discredit what is known
as scientific farming. l believe that we will
great profit by taking advantage OF the ex-
pertinent stations.
of fifty years ago with those of today; think
they have lived out of the ruts instead OF stay
Ming industry has improved Hartford. Our
cows in their improved blood and condition.
are q marked illustration of our progress. So
in past years 10 barrels of corn per acre was
considered heavy crop.
Thomas Lochary The gentlemen seem to
have covered all the ruts, but as query, ID 1t
not sn error to plant wheat two years in sue
cessiOn Oh the same field?
II. Is. Bruns-One of the greatest of our ruts
is that we do not make manure enough. We
do not save carefully what we do make. The
hogpen is an excellent place to make it.
Always buy for cash.
J. d. Observation-Disclosures thinking over the
subject short time since could not see that
it was particularly fruitful for this club but the
discussion has brought out number of points
which members could ponder over with great
benefit to themselves. The farmer should get
out of the rut of not keeping satisfactory ac-
counts CT his business. No elaborate system
is necessary, but he should be able at any time
to know just where ha stands.
j. L. McCormiok-The ground has been well
covered The members of the club and the
majority of our farmers are progressive; One
of our greatest moves has been the siio. II
can be made to largely take the place of
pasture, which is one of the most expensive
foods.
MIR Mccormick exhibited jar of silage in
fire condition, taken from his silo on Saturday.
The club then adjourned, the time and place
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