The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-11-16


THE DEER CREEK Farmers
CLUB.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club met
at the residence of Mr.. Stevenson A.
Williams on Main street Bel Air, asst
Saturday afternoon. 1t was an en-
joynble occasion to all present and
the evening was spent in u profitable
talk. The committee on inspection
consisting of Messrs. Fred. LochHry,
John Il. Wysong aud r. Harris
Archer, accompanied by tho entire
club, inspected the farm of Mr.. VIII
liams which lies contiguous to Bel Air.
They all commended the ncatnrss OF
the property, which is aItuost entirely
pasture land, and were especially
pleased with the splendid hnildipe
site which fronts on Rock Spring
averue The ground sloping, on al
sides, make it one OF the most desirh
bic locations near the town.
The members present were X. Harris
Archer, John b: Wysong, J. Lawrence
Mccormick, w. Beatty Harlan, Henri
b. Rruus, John Moores, Fred
Lochary, William F. Hays, Thomas
H. Robinson, James Lee, Frank H,
jacobs, John u. Worthington and e.
q. STREET.: Tne visitors being John Il.
Rouse, William Z. Sawyer, J. Il. G.
Hopkins, William H. Harlan, K
Harry Webster, DR. G. A. Ho!lings'
worth, DR.. j. G. Butler, Edward H
Hall, George Il. Catrncs, George L.
Van Bibber and w. Boyd Bell.
The subject selected for discussion
was How 0ftea and how heavily
should we lime and what fertilizer
should be- used in connection there
with"
Mr. Williams, the host, in opening
| the subject said that he selected thin
| because he was at this time very mnci
| interested. He is using lime OF
| several Of his farms and is applying
about 25 bushels to the acre. He
| recently wrote 10 the Maryland Agri
| cultural College on this subject nnt
received the following reply:
"ln reply to your questions vii
statr that whether the lime is apple,
| before or after the fertilizer viii make
| little difference So far Ms the compost
ton of the fertilizer is concerned an'
/ | would recommend the same for boti
cases.
An excellent formula for wheat il
the following.
1900 lbs. Dis. s. G. Rock.
200 " Muriate of Potash.
100 " Nitrate of Soda.l
500 " Fine ground fish or tankage
This will analyze about as follows
Available Phos. Acid 8 to 10 per cent
Potash
Ammonia 3
| ANY of the standard makes of ferti
lizer with nearly the above analyst
would be good. Apply 400 to 500 lbs
lper acre.
| Would suggest that you SOW whea
a little late Oh account of fly.
(Signed)
H. b. Mcdonnell.
The cost of the above formula N;
XVill;,u,s s+ataI wonId ha ohout 81
per ton.
Mr.. Mccormick said that his e1
perieuce with lime was very satis
factory. He wouid use it if possibl
every third year. The best result
generally followed its application o
corn. Good sets of clover, whic
therefore, seemed impossible, general
followed. He would recommend siua
but frequent applications and woul
afterward use barnyard manure. H
always avoided following lime wit
bone.
Mr.. Archer never had any q
perience with lime and thought tina
it was too expensive an experiment i
his neighborhooG where hauling wa
such an item. He had seen some use
on Mr.. Lees place and it did no COCO
He thought that Mr.. Woolsey la
abandoned it's use of late years. On
Williams said that Mr.. Wooisey ha
always regarded it as the basis OF a
good land.) Continuing MIR. Archie
said that ii was such good thing h
did not see why more people did nc
use it.
| Mr.. W. b. Harlan had tried oyste
shell lime. He had purchased q ca
load, loco bushels, in Baltimore an
got together a lot of old useless timbr
and burned them. He applied the,
on some ground which had bee
plowed for corn. The corn SCENE
worse where the shells had bee
spread and he could see no ditferenc
in the grass until this summer. lt
now apparent in the set of clover jus
where the lime was spread. This per
has splendid set while the rest
almost DEVOID of any. Lime as
we'll known is not a plant food bu
makes the humus in the soil nor
available for plant food. He wou!
follow with stable manure or guanc
Mr.. Bruins has used lime for tire
Iyears. He applied some on poo
Il On s.
lowed with some cheap fertilizers
He had two good crops of corn, Il fai
yield of wheat and now there is an es
cellent set of clover. Where no lin
was used the grass is not so good owe
on portion of the field which was
potato patch and about 1000 los o
fertilizer had been used. Across Or
large field he had sowed q strip abou
fifty feet wide and it's effect can b
lpainly seen by the Iuxuriant growtI
of white clover. 1t should be apple,
as lightly as possible, In reply to
Iquestion Mr.. Bruins recommended tn
following formula as u good cheaI
fertilizer. He said it, would cost ahon
1880 per ton.
400 South Carolina Rock.
400 Kainit.
200 Tankage
Apply about 400 pounds per acre.
Mr.. Moores recalled the time whel
lime was in general use. This Wa