The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-19
Deer Creek Farmers Club.

reported for The -Egis
The Deer Creek Farmers Club met at tire
residence of Mr.. Harry Silver, last Saturday
afternoon. The members present were w.
Beatty Harlan, John Moores, w. B. Hopkins,
Frederick Lochary, II. Harrie Archer, William
W. Finney, John l.. Kelly, John b. Wysong,
and William Silver, or John; the visitors being
Albert P. Silver, Griffin L. Milton, S. Martin
Bayless. DR.. John Sappington, Gilp!n Wilson,
David III. Silver and Sylvester Silver.
In the abscnce of the PRECEDENT, MIR. VIM. D.
Hopkins was called to the chair The coId-
mittee on inspection consisting Of Massr5 W..
d. Harlan, William Silver ard John Moores
made fluttering report on the condition of
the hosts fine large farm and the prosperous
appearance of the stock and buildings. They
also congratulated Mr.. Silver on the appear
ance of his hogs.
The subject selected for discussion was
Grasses" and proved to be an intercstin5
theme for all present.
Nc. Harry Silver, the host, in opening the
discu ssiou said that while it was a subject he
knew very little about yet, it was matter of
vital importance to the farmers, especially in
the region of the members of the Club. OF late
years Deer Creek land will not hold grass. He
thought that the cause was on account of it
being q sandy loan and needed tramping. 1t
seems now of very little use to SOW clover as
it is so hard to get 1t to stand. Either the dry
weather in summer or the cold of winter kills
| it but people continue to SOW it neverth less.
| He was favorably inclined towards Kentucky
| blue grass. Had sowed some once and had
| also tried orchard grass. The right time to cut
| timothy was when the blossom falls and clover
| before the head Is dead. He did not consider
| the former good for beef cattle as it will not
produce fat. Orchard grass makes watery
| hay.
Mr. Albert P. Silver had had no experience
1 expect with timothy and clover and 1t was al
/ most impossible to grow the latter. Even il
/ the stand Is good it will afterwards disappear
/ Formerly the first crop of grass cut was near.
| ~ all clover and the timothy came in gradually
| afterwards. The farmer is now lucky if he
gets any, even the first year. He believed il
sowing early. Stone lime he considered bene
fetal for grass. Oyster shell lime is injurious
His theory for the cause of the light grass crol
was that the soil was gradually growing light
er. Mr.. Harry Silver said that he spread &
strip OF lime across his grass field and the grass
was much better where it was.
Mr.. Griffin T. Milton thought that the ligh
soil was the cause of the lack of clover. Blue
grass will not grow except on good ground
This grass he said was not indigenous to Ken
lucky. 1t was brought from sherman Valley
Virginia, in 1850. Only fifteen counties o
the former State now raise it. There is blue
grass in this county. One of the fields on thu
Woolsey farm is set with it.
Mr. s. Martin Bayle said that this WAS al
important question. The best thing to use WA
stable manure and lime. He thought that
small field of orchard grass was also goot
thiug. 1t is also good thing to sow i'll gutter
and will choke out sorrel. He had tried Grim
son clover and rye and found that the stool
would eat the rye and leave the clover. Linz
will make clover grow and he was going to tr!
it on corn. Will spread about forty bushels t.
the acre. Too much will sour the ground Thu
right way Is to use little and often.
| Mr.. Frederick Lochary had not had any ex
perience except with timothy and clover an,
he had obtained better results by sowing then
| alone than it'll wheat or oats. He had uset
lime and succeeded in getting O good set o
clover. The portion of the field he skippet
using 1t was very apparent. The best way t.
improve q grass field was with u light top
dressing Of manure.
Mr.. John Moores' experience was like thu
other members of the club. He had neve
seen timothy fail. He sows it before the drill
not later than the twentieth of September i
possible. Sometimes he has little clover
After two crops are cut off then the natura
grass commences to grow, but the grount
must be rich. At the present prices of pre-
duce there is however no money left to buy
fertilizers. We take too much out CT IT,,
ground to pay these bills. Grass come,
natural on good eround and this is the hes
kind. lie would buy nearby cloyer seed i
possible.
Mr. K. Harris Archer eaid that any one wht
has good old sod had better keep it, as gras
land pays four times better than any other
Speaking of line, he noticed field of Mr.
james Lee which was covered with limo abou
three years ago and now it has no grass on ii
He thought that grass land needs trampng n
1t is too loose. 1t Is equal to fertilizing, to pu
stock on it. He would SOW rblue grass TO
; permanent pasture.
! Mr.. William ". FIpney had wheat stubbl