The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30
Discussing wheat--An important Sub.


cusseo was: 'Wheat-The Most Profitable
kinui how to Prepare the Soil and When to
SOW We append the views of some of those
plssSsenHI, as reported in the Belair 9gis:
MT. william b. Hopkins said After many
years Of experience T consider the old Fultz
wheat the best kind for the Hartford farmer.
Otner varieties have been tried with varying
success Id put year in and year out I prefer the
olo fultz. The ground should be prepared
early, and pulverized thoroughly I believe in
using plenty of fertilizer; use one-half bone,
and my experience is that the best time to sow
is DetWeen September 18th and October 10th.''
M; Cnarles Silver said II sowed wheat late
anu nave not much of crop the year before
sowed Canada Wonder. 1 think the Fultz is
snrer. over in Cecil they used to sow wheat
these same people sow about October LIST.
Mr. Wm. w. Wilson said II don't agree with
ne me otner gentlemen about Fultz wheat the
DetLer. l sow about October 1st and would
ratner De little ahead of that. Take it year in
yfar gut R sarly soiwing better ob
wheat; believe in sowing as early in October
as possible; get good. clean wheat without
fertilizer. put in wheat for Mr.. H. D. Hanway
anu USED one ton of bone per acre. He had
crfp ana M Mas now good set of grass o the
ground as early as / could would use Fultz
wheat, and sow from September 25th to October
would roll afterwards. We never had large
yieias OF wheat-say 40 bushels, until we got the
/ Mr.. F. H. Jacobs said: "As to the kind of
wheat want good, clean wheat regardless of
name = usually SOW in corn or tomato ground
think would prefer to sow earlier. There is
| no benefit in the lavish use of fertilizer. use
mg t ter g Il lT1 ndiciously.'
eflng period of Is years. is that we get the
best results from Fultz wheat. We try TO have
the ground ready for seeding from the 18th to
the 18th of September. My experience, with
over ~ years seeding done within that time
SHOWS that four of them yielded 35 bushels to
fc NYnnr ha6 HnSwn wyfald IN
| bushels. of sod ground another piece yielded
| 4gpoehels. have had such good results with
prefer 70 commune RAISING ma Ins k maj
| his observation for 80 years convinced him that
the best time to SOW wheat was from the 18th
| to the 9th Of September
Mr.. James Lee said II was forcibly struck
| with the remarks of Mr.. Moores: that we did
not raise AZ bushels to the acre until we used
/ Fultz wheas. In my opinion we have done better
| with that variety than with any other; / have
raised as high as 40 bushels to the acre never
knew this Quantity to be raised from other va
| rieties. Onespecal point is in the preparation
of the groun1 Mr.. John Moores is one of the
most succesIfuI wheat-growers and he pays
strict attention to thoroughly preparing the
1 ground"
M. W: Beatty Harlan said "For good many
i years we have used the Fultz My father tried,
| for three or four years, the Deitz; but on the
/ whole we did rot find it to be very satisfactory.
7 recently saw in bulletin of the Maryland
| Agricultural College statement showing ex-
| periments made at that institution with 20 va
| rieties. The experiments covered a period of
! BIZ years. Incl uICZ WlodU SURPASSED LQ6m dll.
| In each year of the six some other variety ex-
! celled but for the average the Fultz was supe-
rior. d advocate early blowing and working the
ground well; would plant between September
10th and October LIST; there is danger of fly if
planted too early"
Mr.. William Silver, of j., said: " was down
at the Experiment Station, at the Agricultural
College. and was told that they had experiment.
ed for 10 years and had become satisfied the
Fultz wheat was the best from year to year. They
are now trying to improve that variety. l tried
the new Fultz-O. Mediterranean, this year Mr..
Walker tod me ne had ar raised p bushels to the
better results: There is one disadvantage that
noticed in harvesting my crop; it skaters
badly unless cut at exactly the right time. I
have always understood there was danger of fly
If planted before September 25th. Pillow early,
prepare carefully and pulverizs top"
Mr. j. ID. Worthington said Il prefer to make
astudy of how to get out of at-raising. This
isone crop that we never know what we are to
g one Of wheat Yeaf IL S al She COCO
can over-fertiize wheat. You can't do that
with corn. Fultz wheat has left the best record
during period of twenty years. 1t is safer to
stick to what you know of for this crop. Drills
ought to be kept sharp so that the wheat Is well
covered in the sowing"
Mr. William w. Finney said: 81 try to get
along with planting as little wheat as possible.
we can't get along without some straw. As
rule the crop has been Improbable. | get bet
ter results by planting early and sowing beard
MR.. B. Wysong said ''I stick to Fultz wheat,
and believe in early blowing; this is very i'm
portant. Wheat is a peculiar plant and no one
can guarantee crop. 1t pays to raise certain |
amount of wheat. This is the only way to get q |
good set of grass"
Meeting of the School Board--Miss
Moore's Case Again Considerably |
School Board held a meeting ON Wednesday, |
with the president, Mr.. Thomas B. Todd in |
the chair. and Prof. A. s. Cook, secretary.
All the other members of the Board were pres
ent. viz, Messrs. James B. Ensor, Reister |
Russell John Arthur, G. Herbert Rice and |
Samuel M. Shoemaker.
Mr.. George M. Fultz, manager of the paper |
mill at Beckleysville, 9th district, appeared |
before the Board and urged the establishment |
Of Of another school in the 9Th district. "A petit
object in view set forth that it was dangerous |
for children to attend school in proximity to |
aspowder mill and dynamite factory. The |
matter was referred to committee consisting |
of Messrs Shoemaker, Rice and Ensor, and |
Mr.. Shoemaker reported that after careful |
examination of the location of School 1, 9th |
district, at Hoffmanville, the committee had |
come to the conclusion that no legal action on |
the part of the Board was justified. Mr. Todd |
said the tendency was toward consolidation |
rather than division and that there were too |
many school houses already but that change |
OF location was another question. The matter |
was laid over for future consideration.
IA The Board completed the appointments of |
teachers for the colored schools. There are |
forty-ive of these schools in the county.
"
of school 8, 9Th district, who had been dis
missed by the local trustees and had appealed |
to the Board, was again up for discussion. |
The latter reinstated her, whereupon two of |
the three trustees resigned. Then Miss Moore |
also sent in her resignation, and the regularity |
of her action as well as the election of a success
sor figured largely in the deliberations of the |
Board. Mr.. Ensor contended that in the alb
sence of local trustees the resignation had been |
sent to him. This led to the question as to |
the manner of selecting someone in place of
Miss Moore, Miss Bessie Kessler, who had |
been the choice of the old trustees, having |
been proposed. The law on the subject was |
examined and it was found that the Com
missioner for the district could only act if it |
were found impossible to secure competent |
persons as trustees. Mr.. Ensor was advised |
to. make inquiries and select two new trustees, |
who could appoint Miss Kessler. -r.. |
p IN executive session an order was passed to |
appoint an additional teacher in Towson High |
School at some future time, and that the salary |
of the principal be raised from 81 900 to 81, 200.
An additional grade is to be established at |
Catonsville school. Mr.. Rice said his inten- |
ton was to have full high school at Cations |
vile next year.
The resignation of Newton w. Hershner, as
principal of School 2, district Z was accepted. |
+ Mr.. Hershner will study medicine.
The annual report of the Board for the year
ended July 31st was presented by Secretary
Cook. 1t shows that the total number of pu-
pills was IL ,305, 2,208 being colored. The re-
cepts for the year were $276, 728. 40, expendi-
lures, 269, 1857 SO balance $6,87081.
| Miss Virgie Pearce, daughter of Thomas C.
Pearce of the 9TH district, and Miss Sophia B.
Frock, daughter of John Frock, of the Sd dis
tric, were appointed to free scholarships in the
State Normal School at Frostburg. The ap.
| pointments were made by Messrs. Arthur and
Shoemaker, respectively.
Emma w. Reed was appointed principal of
colored School 81 district IL, by MIR. Arthur,
and contracts with Ellen L. Wellmore School
5, district Is; L. e. Cross, School 10, district
4; Harry L. Caples, School 8, district Z, and
Samuel M. Webb, School 9, district Is, were
confirmed.
i II was ordered that Contractor M. H. Merry
man Be released from paying s25 rent for the
old school building at Lutherville.
z Insane Patient Killed on Railroads.
little after O'Clock on Monday morning the
dead body of Miss Lydia P. Brown was found
on the track of the Maryland & Pennsylvania
Railroad in the deep cut few hundred feet
north of Sheppard Station, by the crew of
north bound freight train. Miss Brown was
patient at the Sheppard and Pratt Hospital.
Her home was in Loudon county, Va, and
she 8aarno IN tho hoenifal vOluntarilv in tho