The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-01
.oRN IS KING.
1t the Present Prices What Crop Pays
the Best P"

1t the Present Prices What Crop Pays
the Beetq"
This was the subject discussed at the last
meeting of the Deer Creek Farmers Club. We
huote below the views Of sc.ne of the mem
pers as reported in the Bsiair <Egis:
Mr.. william 2. Hopkins said that years ago
Eheat was said t6>b be the best paying crop, and
was the one on which the farmer relied
bis ready money, but of late years, owing TO
eeE fecated price, It AMOUNTED to n4 { 1Hs
Marketing, including fertilizers. so 1t was APP
parent even when 40 bushels were raised to the
acre that there was not much margin left. Hay
was all right, but the short crops interfered
very seriously with the margin OF profit: IL
costs very little to harvest and house. Nothing
pays so we'll as tomatoes, but If every farmer
went at that they would soon be drug on the
market. Taking all in all he thought that corn
the pest ana i would pc inc cron Which
cannot be relied upon, and as for potatoes. ms
experience had been so bad that the subject
Railways brought up so many unpleasant mem
Iories he did not wish to mention it.
Mr.: w. Beatty Harlan said That the wnole
e farming He was DcGue eem
4 wise for the farmer to put all his eggs IN one
basket. He should raise all kinds of crops. me
best paying is tomatoes, but when the husDand-
Imam attempts to extend it to large acreage
Nhiure invariably follows.
Mr.. John M0ores spoke of his own corn neld.
which few weeks ago gave evidence OF big
crop and now was so badly fired that the most
he could expect was crop of nubbins
i fact that there has been no absolute failure OF
the corn crop, such as the present OUTLOOK
promises. since 1916. That year. 50 ne had |, been
growing cereals were destroyed.
Mr.. William Silver thought that this was
and Conditions. No one crop should be the
Enef. but we ought to raise all. One may be
she best in one section and so on; He had
never tried tomatoes, but it seemed to be an
uncertain crop. He would advise intensive
farming. Many farmers are land poor. They
noud sSs ana eales are az too e
pensive. By grazing more manure is manufac-
fured. Corn Is the most important crop. but for
the most satisfactory results general farming
must DO followed.
Mr. James Lee thought that corn was the best
crop, as IL could be utilized in so many different
ways. He strongly recommended the slo.
DR.. Ephriam Hopkins regarded corn as the
and the same acreage should be planted each
year. OF course the margin OF proflt depends
on the season and crop: Tomatoes are n nc +,
raising them. The most substantial farmers In
the neighborhood were those who combined
Mr. John Moores thought that mixed hus-
bandry ought to pay, but talent was scarce.
Most men are specialists and their tastes run
only In one direction. We ought to raise some
thing OF every kind, but of any single crop, corn
is the best. Too much ground, however, should
cS Us This IN valuable prodpct IS once in every
seven years. 1t will stand adrouth much better
on sod than fallow ground and therefore should
not follow tomatoes or wheat.
Mr.. ]. b. Wysong said that IL he were COM
PEELED to select one crop he would take corn. as
there were less failures Wheat Is not as BAG as
sOmeifarmers picture it, as One-thrd of the fer
tilizer used should be charged to succeeding
crops; 1t is a cash money crop: He did not be-
lieve in tomatoes for IL the fruit were failure
there was nothing left while we always bad
the fodder from corn or the straw from wheat
although there might Ii! be no grain; :, -.,.,u al
crops. While corn was the surest 1t brought
very little ready money. Wheat. hay and toma-
toes produced the necessary cash the farmer
must have to conduct his interests properly.
When diversified farming is followed the failure
of any particular crop does not fall as such
Mr.. Fred. Lochary thought that in this part of
the country corn is the best as there is less like
crop record the average Weld for MANY Years
had been 12K barrels to the acre. Many of these
were second crops. The stalks add considera-
fodder from corn is more valuable than the
same acreage in timothy hay.
Mr.. Asel Tollinger believed in the rotation of
crops and urged the farmers not to depend on
any one in particular. In the long run the best
paying is corn, as more indirect benefit is de-
are no more exhausting to the soil than one of
timothy hay, and it is impossible to get good
hay after the second moving
Mr. Harry Silver did not think that farmer
ought to put all his eggs in one basket. but II
there was any one crop better than another 1t
was corn. He advised mixed husbandry as it
seemed the most natural, as no two crops have
to be harvested at the same time and the work
can thus be better mapped out He thought
that IL barrels of corn to the acre was better
than three tons of sugar corn.
Mr.. j. ID. W0rthingt0n said that although 1t
was an age of specialties he thought mixed hus-
bandry was the best. This county seemed to be
naturally adapted for that method of farming.
II man only plants one crop and that fails, he
Is placed in q very unpleasant predicament. A
man should have something to do all the time
in order to be successful not only in husbandry
hut any other pursuit. Tomatoes and sugar
corr both help, but they are only catch crops
'nStesd 81 ths 81 gQaak CaT aas
bore than it would bring in Baltimore.
AZ. Frank II. Jacobs said that if there was
Wy one crop he would take corn. for it can be
utilized in a diversity of ways. For instance, If
the price was low it could be stored away or fed
to stock cattle. He would advise diversified
farming, however, and suggest raising some of
each crop. For instance, some products which
are failure one year are good the next, and so
on. He would raise all kinds of young stock.
His experience with sheep had been very salts
! factory.
Mr.. &. G. Hopkins thought corn the most i'm
portant crop. but the farm could not be kept in
order If it were raised exclusively. He once
moved and pastured a field for seven cOnsecu-
tive years and then planted it in corn, putting
nothing on 1t. 1t produced IL barrels to the
acre. He thought that timothy could be done
without and he was using field sorghum as
substitute. The former is difficult to harvest
and Is hard on the land and the stubble does not
make good pasture.