The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-10
GUNPowDER AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
1ts Regular Monthly Meeting Held in
Baltimore-Questions and Answers
Matters of General Interest Dis
cuSSed, etc.,, etc.

cussed, etc.,, etc.
She The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club met
saturday, November Sd, at the home of Mr.
TGSSOrge Frame, North Calvert street. Baltimore
dnose present were Mr.. John Bond, foreman
and Messrs John Crowther Jr Lewis NJ Bacon
George Frame, Asa d. Gardiner, Jr, Walter S
fTraanklin, William H. Knight and Paul Frame
.hn ar; calvin d. Price, the appointed delegate OF
N. Bacon was appointed to attend the meeting
OF t1at club. to be held Saturday, 10th inst, at
6 9ne farm of Mr.. Daniel s. Pearce, near Belfast
Respecting holding farmers institute this
t runtn the club is awaiting the action of the
James Ii. Ensor and Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., of the
senior Club. and Messrs. Granville Matthews.
Ia hhaward E. Scott and Thomas V. Richardson, of
A letter was read from Messrs William G.
HosKins and William L. Amos, committee of
tne Fallston farmers Club of Hartford county,
asking representation of the club at a meeting
OF the farmers clubs of the State, November
iStn, 70 be held in the lecture room of the Geo.
logical Survey, Johns Hopkins University, Bal
IIn more. Messrs Asa b. Gardiner, Jr. and w. w.
Y. stewart. secretary, were appointed to attend.
wv, HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
w nat information can be given about a ma
cnlne that husks corn and shreds the fodder at
tne same time? Reference was made to ma
chime of the kind on Mr.. Henry A. PARIS farm
thatdoes the work we'll.
Or two fields of corn-one grown for ensilage
anu the other for the crop-which takes the
greater amount of fertility from the soil? Ans
Wer-There may be no difference; one lacks in
corn and the other in forage. Mr.. L. NJ Bacon
sai1 they take about the same fertility from the
SOIL, vet the field where he grew ensilage the
wheat on it was not so good.
MI. Gardiner having year or more ago
| plowed his ensilage corn stubble ground against
the advice of the members, land sowed the same
IN wheat said the wheat was about the best he
harvested, but the grass set was not so good,
owlng,he thought, to heavy growth OF straw and
the dry weather.
One or two present said they have had good
results in grass when the growth of straw was
heavy.
Mr., Bacon, who is making trial of it, said his
sown with it the grass looks better.
Nd Gsrdner r said th bis OF seeding
resulting fayorably SO far, as the grass looks
well. He was prompted to do it from the ex-
perience of Mr.. George H. Clark, of Middlesex
county, Connecticut, whose lowest acreage was
tons and the highest 64 tons per acre. He
sowed nothing but timothy and red-top grasses
and II qts o. timothy to the acre. He used
nothing but commercial fertilizers to enrich
the soil; 500 pounds of bone, muriate of potash
and nitrate of ,oda to the acre had been applied.
The thing to know is how much and what kind
and at what time in the fall one composition is
needed and in the spring another. Potash makes
the grass strongand the nitrate of soda aids and
rushes the otherplant food. Perseverance and
intense cultivation is the watchword, wrote Mr..
Clark.
Mr.. Bacon remarked that he had not ten feet
of ice in his house as was supposed; it is about
gone and he expects to buy some and have it
shipped from Baltimore. His house is a large
one and keeps ice, ne thinks. very well it has a
natural drainage and there is no need of artifi-
cial drainage. He was advised to put rails in
the bottom of the house to keep the ice from the
warm earth. Mr.. Bacon deemed it a good plan
to cut blocks of ice into squares so as to pack it
better. He thought marker could be made to
guide the cutter when blocking theice Advice
was to use saw in cutting, and this has been
done with advantage. The great difficulty with
ice in this climate is that it does not freeze suf
fciently thick TO prevent it from breaking to
pieces when storing it in the house. Mr.. Bacon
ane IL onSr Than the thin home Mr.
Knight spoke of common ice-houses, built of
locust boards and placed upright, which kept
ice very well.
Experience was asked respecting results from
sowing clover in the fall. Mr.. Bacon said he has
done SO and even earier-at the last working of
the corn-but he was discouraged from continu
ing it. Mr.. Bond said he sowed timothy and
clover together on a north hillside this fall and
the clover looks fine. He Sowed the seed in
front of the drill spouts.
As to the right season to SOW orchard grass
seed it was said spring is the time. This was
plainly seen in corn strips sown in oats IN the
spring, where orchard grass was seeded. 1t was
said in Kent county orchard grass was sown on
the surface from December to February in
stead of the spring, depending on the rains and
SHOWS of winter covering the seed. Mr.. Knight
said it is chiefly sown there to reap crop of
seed for the market, which pays better than a
crop of wheat. He said he thought of sowing
SO acres for that purpose. Twenty bushels per
acre can be grown and the price offered for it
is 70 cents per bushel. He also said the straw
from the seed is not good for much. Wheat
straw he endeavOrs to get rOtted and what does
not rot he hauls out as it is: He aims to make
all the manure possible and haul it out in the
spring and fall and plow under the green ma
nure as soon as he can, He said large crops of
mers get quantities of straw. His farm of 300
or more acres produced $500 bushels of corn
and $500 bushels of wheat, besides other crops.
His farm property has paid him per cent,
counting the farm at $50 per acre, and it has
never paid less than per cent. One of his ten
ants, who has been farming for him for about
fifteen years, has done so we'll that he has pur-
chased farm and another small place besides
and still continues in his employ. Wheat, as
l,0la I,ndh
that county and the fertilizer mostly used is
South Carolina rock, with or more per cent. of
petasM lie pays cents per bushel for freight
What is wheat worth? Answer-71H cents
per bushel and not much prospect for better
price. 1t was thought if wheat can be sold on
the at to cents less per bushe it is better
than hauling to market.
1t was said that Baltimore has lost its standing
as good price market or the best port for for
eign trade. owing to the inferior grading of
wheat by some shippers, who get certificates of
grade better than they deserve.
The next meeting of the club will be Decem-
Der 1St, at the residence OF Mr.. John CroWther,
Jr., at Lutherville.
So much interest was manifested in the po-
litical situation that about as much time was
taken up in the discussion of it as was given to
farm topics. The sentiment was rather favora-
BILE to the election of Mr.. Mckinley. 1t was
prosperous as now as the surplus in the fac
tories &C., will affect the business situation no
matter who is elected; but if Mr. Bryan Is
elected, it was thought, the financial and bust
ness interests will be disturbed very much.
Mr.. Frame is much interested in agriculture
and next to his church and business interests he
values very highly the association of his far
mer friends. He owns a farm near Phoenix, N.
C. r. r., which has increased very much in fer
tility since it came into his possession, and he
now gets good returns from it.
Mrs Frame and her daughters dispensed an
excellent supper to their guests.
Religious Services.-Attention is called to
the following announcements:
Great Falls Circuit N. Il. ChaTch.-Sunday,
NJ hos w Il Rohorfo xx,ill Inv
at Hiss and Providence. and Rev. l.. NJ. Fer
guson at Back River and Ebenezer.
Toacson H. H. Church.-Autumn Day will be
observed on Sunday, November 18th. Preach
ing at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ. by the pastor, Rev.
j. r. Edwards. The church will be appro-
priatelv decorated.
Lakeyiew M b. Church.-Preaching by the
pastor at $3.50 P. NJ.
50. Lakes p. b. Church, HarriSonyille. -Ser-
vices Sunday, November 18TH
Church of the Holy Comforter, RosS0ille.-
Services every Sunday at IL A. NJ except the
third Sunday in each month, when evening
service will be held at o'clock. Rev. w. b.
Mcpherson, rector.
North Point Station, H. Il. Church South.
" Print Road, near Eastern AVenue.-Preach-
ing at II A. NJ. every Sunday during summer
months; Sunday school, $50 A. NJ; cottage
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday, at 8 P. NJ.
Rev. Will e. Henry pastor.
Sater's Baptist Church, Chestnut Ridge.-Bible
school, 10 A. NJ; preaching by the pastor at IL
A. M.
Peisterstown Baptist Mission.-Bible school,
245 p NJ; preaching at 345 P. NJ.
Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gar
denville.-Engsh services the second Sunday
of every MONTH at 1870 A. NJ. Rev. Karl Buff,
pastor.
Pdtapsco M E. Church, Betaoeen Fifth Avepue
Extended and Weis A0epae, North Point Rood
Services every Sunday at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Rev. E. G. Gallaher, pastor.
An Enjoyable Affair at Mt. Washington.
The annual chrysanthemum tea and exhi-
bition of needlework and sketches of the Lend
a. Hand Club was held Monday afternoon from
| 4 10 o'clock in the Casino, Mount Washing
ton, which was beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves and the needlework and
sketches were artistically arranged about the
walls A musical program, under the direc-
ton of Mrs John w. Mealy, was also given.
The prizes for sketches were won by the follow
ing First, SO, Miss Augusta T. Sickel second,
81 Mrs. A. L. Ebaugh. Each of the prize
sketches were in water colors and were marine
views. The chairman of the committee in
charge was Mrs. George w. Sadtler, and Mrs.
| john NJ. Carter was assistant chairman. The
following is the list of committees: Decora-
tiOn. Miss NJ. NJ. Pigott, Mrs Ira Day, Mrs. o.
f. Hershey, Mrs. John T. Ensor, Mrs. John
Todd and Mrs. Clarence H. Forrest; art Miss
Cnvder Mrs John NJ Carter. Mrs. q. w.