The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-09-14

The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at the
residence of MIR. John B. Wysong near Bel Air
last Saturday afternoon. "Vineland" Mr..
Wysongs home has been in the possession of
his family for more than two hundred years.
The house in which he now lives was built by
his great grandfather Bernard Preston in 1904
and is still in good repair. 1t is constructed oil
stone, of which there is an abundance and
contrary to the usual habit of the careful
gentry of that day it was erected on seauti-
full building site which not only gives COM
manding view of all the three hundred and
eighteen acres of the farm but of the neighbor-
ing county seat of the county, from which it is
distance of about two miles. Ill 1879 an
addition was put up by Mr.. Wysong, which
adds materially to the attractiveness of the
place. Last summer handsome new porch
was put to the front part of the dwelling. The
posts of this porch are of solid walnut and
were sawed from tim be raised on the place
They Ii ID been seasoned for fourteen years
before using. No one would recognize the
place If they had not been there in recent
years. Unsightly fence rows have been
cleaned out and the thu fifty hand of the care
| full owner Is everywhere apparent. On this
one point the committee on inspection which
consisted of Messrs. Archer, Lee and Lochary,
| took occasion to comment. Mr.. Wysong as
fine flock of Shropshire sheep but he COM
plains very much of the Bel Air dogs killing
| them. His Guernsey cows look like pictures
| and were greatly admired by all present.
The subject for discussion WAS weeds"
| 1t proved an interesting AMI instructive topic.
| Mr.. John b. Wysong, the host, said that the
| farmer who keeps his place free from weeds
| deserves much or, dit for it is both trouble
| some and expensive. We should always SOW
| clean gra- 8 seed. Make it a rule to buy the
| best on the market. If possible cut all weeds
before seeding and this should be done before
| they get ripe. The most troublesome varieties
are the horse nettle and moth,mullien. There
ia no use of grubbing any of them up as thai
| will make the next seasons growth worse
| 1t is hard for one farmer to fight these pests
alone as the setd is ea lily carried on the snow
| crust by the wind and snow birds.
| Mr.. Frank H. Jacobs said he thought the
/ host had selected this subject cause his place
| was 80 free of weeds. 1t is an expensive pari
| of farming to get rid of them, June and
| August is the best time to get rid of them
He experienced trouble with the button weed
1t grows in the richest " ound. Where his
| wheat fell down it is most abundant at present
| Mr.. X. Harris Archer said that it took gOot
land to raise weeds. The most troublesome
| were plantain. dock and horse nettle. The
richer the land the bigger the weeds. The bes
| way to get rid of them was to cut them OIL
He recalled the TACT that forty years ago
when horse nettle first made its appearance il
was said that the farming land would be ruined
but time has proved the contrary. Weed
should be cut once year. Ofcourse it would
be better to cut twice but not many farmer
can spare the time. They should be cut abou
the first Of July when In blossom. He advised
the husbandman TO keep Ilenty of stock to en-
the weeds up aud cited as an instance how
steer out on pasture will eat everything ths
com $ in his way. Cows and horses howeve
| will not do tlis.
Mr. Harry silver thought that tn IN ut effec
Tive way to get rid Of weeds was to tqlto'