The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-06-07

lind good reliable fertilizer and stick to
it.
Mr.. Frederick L,chary said that good
cult alton is lnr best for t.Gilization.
Glover Iike- the hest vrlr:v the ground
has been r.iur..tly plowed.
Mr.. W. Beatty Harlan said that this
subject was the foundation of all good
farming. You cannot always expect an
answer from an analysis of the soil, so go
further and experiment with the soil.
Five years ago he applied oyster shelllime
on tomatoes, corn and wheat. He saw
no material difference from where it was
applied and where it was not, but now
that part of the land, which is all in
grass, is much better where the lime was
applied Soil often lacks hunts which
should be obtained by blowing under
cow peas or crimson clover.
Mr. William W. Finney said that good
many people formerly had a prejudice
against Rock" but now it is used a
great deal. Experiment Stations cannot
find out what land needs in a great many
cases and the only way to obtain this in
formation is by personal experience.
Mr.. John B. Wysong said it sounds like
old Foggism but he did not believe much
in chemical analysis-it will tell you so
and so, but only BY practical experience
can you find out the best fertilizer to use.
Mr.. John Moores agreed with MIR.
Wysong about analysis. He does not
think that experiment stations help the
farmer much. An ounce of practical
science and elbow grease Is worth a good
deal more. He recommended the use of
| lime.
Mr.. Jane Lee was not acquainted with
the scientific study of the soil but plenty
of barnyard manure and bone 10 good
enough for him.
Mr.. Frank H. Jacobs has used lime with
no apparent advantage to the first crop
but two years afterwards the result was
very marked in the grass crop.
Mr.. William B. Hopkins has used bone
principally. He cannot raise clover any
more. The late Col. Stevenson who
owned where he now lives applied So, 900
worth OF lime with no good results. He
| thinks ashes would make clover. General
| Stump remarked that his father had used
quantities of ashes on the Darlington
Farm with good results-also offal fish
Rev. c. d. Wilson said he could not in
| terest the farmers very much on the proper
| fertilization of land, but he might of the
mind and soul. You must fertilize the
mind continually to keep up. That is the
reason why 80 many ministers lag behind.
They don't study enough and this is the
came way with the farmer. He must
fertilize to keep up. He expressed great
qualification to be able once more to talk,
cat and smoke with his hearers and con-
graduated the club flor itspersonnel, which
was not surpassed for intelligence by any
in the country.
Mr.. r. Harris Archer said the longer he
farmed and the deeper he studiedits mys-
teries the less he knew about it.
Frank E. Gorrell was elected delegate
to the annual meeting of the Farmers
Organization of Maryland, which will
meet at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege on June 7th and 9Th.
The club elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, John
Moores; secretary and treasurer, Frank
H. Jacobs.
General Herman Stump, president ofthe
Hartford Agricultural Society, presented
to the club his views In regard to further.
ing the associations interest and asked
them to assist in making the coming e1-
hibition a success. A committee consist.
ing Of Messrs. Worthington and Finney
were appointed to consider the matter
and report at the next meeting, which
will be held at Indian Spring Farm" by
invitation Of It's owner, Mr.. John D.
Worthington.