The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-22
eUNPowDRR AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
Meeting at the Home of Mr.. Crowther-
FARMERS Institute SUGGESTIVE
value OF Ensilage as Feed
Questions and Answers
Officers Elected. etc


Farmers Institute SUGGESTIVE
value Of Ensilage as Feed
Questions and Answers
officers Elected, etc.
The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club met
saturday, February 18th, at the home of Mr..
Jonn Crowther, Jr, in Lutherville. All the
members were present except Dr. J. E. Orrison
and Mr. John Bond. The Junior Club was not
represented. Those present were John Crow
Their. Jr., Asa D. Gardiner, Jr, James B. Ensor,
;. Franklin, Hon. j. F. G. Talbot. Capt. Emanuel
Herman, j. Summerfield Crowther, William b.
SaDds, Joseph Crowther and Thomas ]. Lea. Mr..
Gardner was foreman. Mr.. Bacon was appoint
ed delegate to the Junior Club meeting at the
farm of Mr.. Thomas v. Richardson, when the
QUESTION: How can we secure better grass sets ~
Will be discussed.
Messrs. E. G. Merryman and George Frame
were appointed a committee to act with a COM
mlttee of the Junior Club to arrange for meet
ing of farmers to have the subject of 1.-THE grow
ing OF the cowpea and its value as a feed for
cattle" presented.
AS to the recent farmers institute held at
Monkton, Mr.. Gardiner said it a success as
to the themes presented and the attendance of
farmers.
Mr.. Ensor said he had learned the value of
shelled corn over ground corn for calves. He
has round his calves are doing well since he has
been using the former. The advantage is that
the whole corn causes the saliva to flow and
digestion is better.
The next meeting. March 18th, will be held at
the nome OF DIR. }; L. Orrison, $40 Hamilton Ter
race, Baltimore. Question for discussion: why
is it farmers sons are losing interest in the farm
and are seeking city life Z"
HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
Mr.. Gardiner said he finds large per cent of
the corn in the ensage is not well dlgested, as
much is in the droppings of cattle. He asked if
there is any way to prevent it.
Mr.. Bacon thought the corn is too old or hard,
or the variety is too large. His ensilage corn
has small cob and more small ears on the stalk.
He notices very little of the whole corn in the
manure
Mr.. Lea said he always fed dry fodder mixed
wi md hIlf 10 nf fhn
digested corn.
| Mr.. Bacon puts some salt in his ensilage when
he feeds it. which may help to digest the grain.
counting the cost in connection with the max
ing OF Susilage, is it not an expensive feed?
Mr.. Bacon said he put up 81 acres of ensilage
corn and began to feed it the first of November
and it will lat to the first of June. His cattle
get no hay, but pounds of grain, consisting of
rye bran ana gluten. He thinks 20 acres in
alfalfa and 20 acres in ensilage corn will be sufi
cient, with yer! little grain, to feed go head of
cattle.
Mr.. Gardiner said with alfalfa and ensilage
there is no need of grain. The ensilage is an
economical feed,
What is the price of bran ? Answer-From
What corn aoss barrel
What is the price of hay? Answer-$15.50 per
ton for baled, and loose hay from Sl3 to SIG per
What best do when sows eat their pigs? Mr..
Bacon had thirty pigs, about three weeks old,
the mothers are too fat; that lean mothers do
not eat their young. Writers say they should
not be given corn for some time previous u far
rowing. The giving of salt herring might reme-
dy the bad habit. One suggestion was to kill The
mothers, and yet it has been known that mothers
having eaten their young once never did 81
again.
Has there been any constitutional falling off
of the milk supply? Answer-DO not know why
unless weather has been bad on stock and water
with many is not convenient to cattle. Those
who have water in the stables should not lose by
the failing off of milk.
What is the best potato for the family for the
Iorlxy 4of,,
the Puritan. New seed was deemed necessary
every year.
Is it advisable to plant potatoes in an orchard {?
Answer-No, if there is much shade.
Has anyone experience with the sowing of
nitrate of soda on grass Answer-No differ
ence is seen, yetiti is claimed three times much
hay can be grown with it.
Mr.. Thomas ]. Lea spoke of growing timothy
hay alone and giving more profitable results
than wheat, which generally precedes the grass
crop. He said by top-dressng timothy with
manure two tons of it can be grown per acre.
The sowing of clover in the month of September
was said to bring good results.
An election for officers resulted as follows:
Executive Committee-John Bond, James B.
Ensor and Lewis NJ. Bacon.
Nominating Committee-John Crowther, Jr.,
John Bond and Lewis M. Bacon.
Library Committee B. Gardiner, Jr., Lewis
M. Bacon and DR.. j. Il. OrriSOn.
Committee on Fruits, Seeds, etc.-John Bond
George Frame and Lewis M. Bacon.
Machinery Committee-E. Cuttings Merryman,
James B. EnSor and John Bond.
Fertilizer Committee-James B. Ensor, Lewis
NJ. Bacon and John Crowther, Jr
Maryland Agricultural College Committee
George Frame, E. Cuttings Merryman, John
Bond, James B. Ensor, DR.. J. E. Orrison.
Treasurer-Lewis NJ. Bacon.
Secretary-W. W. G. Stewart.
READING BY CLASS NO. 3.
[Nr. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., manager of the Fill
ston Farm Com pany, read an original paper on
Baltimore County Farming" which will be
published in full in THE UNION next week.
Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman selected "Sweet
Corn and Sorghum for Hogs from The National
StOckf1dn and Farmer, as follows: 1.-Two spring
crops that should go into the yearly calendar
and are especially adapted to COWS and hogs are
sweet corn and sorghum. Sweet corn can be
produced cheaply and is an ideal feed for young
stock, especially, young pigs. Sorghum is a
heavy yielder and makes great deal of succu-
lent 3D. The small stalks are better for COWS,
but the larger ones the hogs. prefer. For an
ordinary farmer with ten brood sows and some
growing shoats an acre will be enough and then
some will be for the cattle. l feed brood sows
two ears of corn per head with sorghum night
and morning and they never looked in q more
healthy condition. To cure the crop a large
shed is used with the sorghum set up along the
walls; if no shed then cut and shock like corn
till cured. then store in barn. There is no waste
in sorghum fodder, as horses and cattle eat all of
it. Cows will leave good fodder to eat sorghum.
Five pounds of seed will plant an acre, when it
is planted feet 6 INCHES by feet in hills and
not too much in a hill, so as to get as large a
growth as possible of stalk"
Mr. Lea said he favored hill-culture for hogs
and broadcasting for stock.
Mr.. Merryman said he expected to SOW Is
pounds to the acre broadcast and to cut the crop
with binder or corn harvester.
Mr.. George Frame read from the Delaware
College Agricultural Experiment Station Bulle-
tin 1.-THE Periodical Cicada, or Seventeen Year
Locust as follows: There is probably no in
sect that has attracted more general interest
and attention in this country than has the seven
teen-yea locust. The earliest settlers doubt
less associated it's vast noisy swarms with the
devastating invasions of the migratory locust of
the East. Hence the popular name locust which
has been used so long that it is doubtfulif it will
ever be discarded for the proper name, Period
ical Cicada.'"
Mr. william B. Sands, who for many years was
associated with the american Farmer, took notes
with the object of writing a letter for The COun-
tTy Gentleman, setting forth the many details of
farm life of the State and the interest that organ
izations manifest in all that pertains to agricul-
ture.
Mrs Crowther and other ladies of the family
served an elegant collation. of substantials and
delicacies.
While Mr.. Crowther is not now engaged in
farming, yet he is interested in it and enjoys an
evening spent with his retired and active farmer
friends. Many topics of interest bearing on
State and county issues were talked over. The
Campbell Morgan school bill for Baltimore city
was disapproved
The results from Mr.. W. w. Crosby's labors as
Roads Engineer were favorably spoken of and
copies of his report were distributed
Hamilton Church Finally Dedicated
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