The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-05

Farmers Discuss the Experiment Sta
tion:-At the last meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club the principal subject
discussed was what benefit has the Mary
land Experiment Station been to the members
OF the Junior Club?' We append the views
OF some of those present:
MIR. Granville Matthews said at is a broad
quesIlon in money point of view. The analy-
SIS OF fertilizers has been of great benefit to the
t hhemoers OF the club as well as the farmers of
tue state. The station tells us which are the
DesI grades and whether we are getting the in
gradients we pay for. The analysis of mixed
REEDS has taught us the impure from the pure
article. A course in dairying can be obtained
ana while none of us have taken it, yet it is re-
Selved through the information we get in bull
iSe ,!a Farmers with limited means can get
practical benefit from the station. We need the
enlightenment that we are getting. Our visits
t thhere have been helpful to US, as we have seen
the results of practical work.
Mr.. Joshua G. Bosley said the Experiment
station is doing work for us that we would not
nave Time or ability to do. We have the expe-
renee OF the officers there without much loss to
US. The general branches of farming are tried
mere. The ravages of the insects are better
met by the information we get. We get much
to help us and the Individual farmer is saving a
great deal through the analysis of fertilizers.
MT; VIM. M. Curry said !: Il agree with Mr.:
Matthews that the station has done great deal
Oh good through the analysis of the many brands
OF fertilizers and this information we get
through the bulletins that are issued. A great
many farmers lose much by not peruslng them.
Inc plots of growing wheat of different vari-
cues, so as to ascertain the best variety and
What ingredients of fertilizers did best, have
Deen profitable object lessons. We were shown
Inat we were paying the most money for ingre-
9lents that we did not need to grow wheat.
Our visits to the grounds were very beneficial"
Mr.. E. E. Scott said 1.-The information l re-
celYe from the station has enlightened me
great deal, and now am not led by the fertil-
Zer agent as to what should buy. We have
the station to direct us and help us. sent tim
othy seed to the station to ascertain if any foul
SEED SEED was in it and was informed there was much
W. c Info hn inf rr1Q In
analysis of fertilizers and feeds we are told how
to meet the ravages of insects. Our State hav
! ing diversified husbandry, makes it more diff
cult for the station"
Mr. U. H. Tarbert said: 81 think our State has
no more diversified farming than other states.
+ Our station should give us more information re-
specting exhaustion of the soil. The informa-
ton as TO the best wheat the station, through
an OF its experiments, gave us the Eultz variety,
which has been generally sown. The fertilizer
bulletins give us much information that is val
liable. Il think our State is rather behind other
states IL some respects in results through the
station and college,"
Mr.. L. Y. Richardson said: II can say the ex-
perimentsin lime have been benefit from see
ing the effect of lime on several plots of ground
at the station, so experimental and now get
better setSOf grass. / get more plant food for
money expended by following the advice given
IN mixing Fertilizers which have done myself.
The bulletins from the station have been benef-
clal more reports would be better and some
progress Prog Should always be reported and what
seen no report as to the best variety of grasses
we should grow"
Mr.. ID. S. Pearce said: "Personally have been
benefited by my visits to the station and also
by the bulletins received giving information as
to the analysis of fertilizers and value of the
Mr.. Frank G. Scott said: IF have not been
personally benefited it is my fault, as 1 have
not taken advantage of the opportunities. No
doubt there is great deal to learn at the sta
ton and much gain has been realized by farmers
generally as well as the club. For years we
sowed fertilizers that we knew nothing about
md
visited the station but once, yet gained some
thing. In reference to the college many con-
denim it and say it has no right to being called
an agricultural school. If we are not up to the
times we are apt to get left We should get all
the knowledge we can. 1t is not necessary to
put the boy behind the plow at the college; he
goes there when at home on the farm
Mr.. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., said: Il saw today
two boys from classical school doing work on
a farm and going about it most cheerfully. If 1
had boy would expect him to be farmer.
He might be Lincoln. Circumstances deter
mine the future of many boys. find from my
visits and bulletins that the information gained
is most valuable. If want Prof. Patterson to
give any information as to anything pertaining
to dairying can get it. He is receiving from SO
to 100 letters day respecting many important
questions. We do not realize the resources of
the Experiment Station. Boys are taught in
the West to appreciate the advantages of farm
life and attend the agricultural colleges with
expected benefit. They see their fathers sue
cess, they live nicely and are in closer commu
nication. The Experiment Station and Agri-
cultural College have been most valuable to the
individual and the State at large.'
Mr.. Laban Sparks said I'VE should get all
the knowledge possible. A great deal of good
has resulted from the Experiment Station. One
trouble is that we do not profit by what the sta
ton is doing for us. The boys especially should
be impressed with the great benefit the station
Affords"
Mr.. George E. Shelley said: For my part 1
have derived much benefit and no doubt the
members of the club have. The individual is to
blame if he does not make use of the opportu-
nifty, for knowledge. The station has demon
strated that we should not apply at one time
more than 80 bushels of lime to the acre. The
treatment of wheat and the test of seeds are
important experiments conducted at the station.
Nine-tenths of the farmers of the State do not
appreciate the information the bulletins give.
One days visit at the experiment grounds is
most helpful. The spraying and trimming of
trees the use of tools and machinery are taught.
There are but few students that are taking the
classical course, the large majority preferring
the practical work or agricultural course"
= Mr.. G. G. Cole said: 1.-The station has been q
great help to me as | have noticed with interest
the experiments in the use of lime. L now lime
with the knowledge obtained"
Mr.. Charles Fl. Price said Il visited the sta
ton three times and was much pleased The
most important information has been from the
analysis of fertilizers and feeds. sent seed
corn there to know how much protein it con-
tanned and have sold much corn owing to the
favorable analysis"
Mr.. George Frame said I'm the ANALYSIS of
fertilizers alone the station has been of great
benefit believe if no analysis had been made
and no supervision of the manufacture of fer
cheap fertilizers. The knowledge that fertili-
zers are to be analysed prevents fraud. One
hundred bushels of clover seed was bought and
to know its condition sample was sent to the
station. 1t was ascertained that less than two
thirds was pure seed. The soil is very different
from ours. but we can see at the station what
they do and how to do, which is an education.
We know not the tendency of the boy. 1 had
an uncle that had eleven sons and one daughter,
and FIVE or six of the sons turned out to be far
mers."