The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-14
fUNPowDER AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
me Corn Institute" Success-Ques-
0ions and Answers-Molasses as q
Feed for Horses, etc.


Feed for Horses, etc.
4 Inc Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Clubmet
A last saturday at the home of Mr. J. Summer6eld
y Crowther, near CockeysviIle Owing to the in
t vlsIenI weather the usual stroll was limited to
'sn n5 Iuiiu.ings. Mr.: George Frame was foreman
lyman as assistants. Messrs. John Crowther
JI., asa y. Gardiner. Jr., and Dr. ]. e. Orrison
1 tha e, absent Mr.. George w. Navy among
The meeting was the thirty-eighth anniver-
saIy OF the organization of the club and refer
ence was made to the fact that of many members
connected with the club in its early history but
few are lying. There are now nine members.
MI L; M Bacon having attended the last Jun
| l0f AGRICULTURAL Club meeting reported having
been pleased with the several discussions es-
pecialiy that on the consolidation of the rural
common schools.
Mr.. Daniel S. Pearce, delegate from the Junior
! CiuD, stated that the next meeting would take
place at the farm of Mr.. T. Melville Pearce, My
Laoys Manor, and discussion would be as to the
best course to pursue to get better grass sets.
MI; Bacon was appointed delegate.
respecting the farmers institute at Towson
| IL was SAID 1t was success and the addresses
were much appreciated The corn exhibits
were excellent and the information given upon
corn-growing and how to add value to the quail
| ty, was interesting and profitable.
Mr.. Uaniel 5. Pearce rehearsed many of the
important points given in the lecture and re-
| ferrea to the value of the kernel of the corn in
protein and how it could be improved and the
| interest that the State of Illinois had taken to
devee,I 6 the value or quality of corn. The sum
|
ana LOU boys were found willing to make trial
| or corn growing and a forty-dollar prize had
tspeen given an orphan boy for the best product.
iSnaIlow cultivation was said to be the plan of
J growing corn in Illinois
| Mr. Bacon thought favorably of the plan as it
to work Deeply at rs but later the rootS
should not be injured. Mr.. j. s. Crowther
thought deep cultivation was better for his land.
owing to the enterprise in cOrn-grOwiDg and
agriculture generally in Illinois land is rapidly
i advancing in price there-as much as 80 per cent.
in four years.
The next meeting of the club will be held
| April 4th, at the farm of Mr.. James B. Ensor
SuDlsct for discussion, Corn planting, cultiva-
f. ftNhs decided that, beginning with the next
afternoon.
T. HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
How abeut using the harrow after clover seed
has been sewn2 Answer-A light harrow would
be no disadvantage to the grain, but it would
cover the clever seed, which Is important. We
nave been depending upon the rains to cover
the seed. Mr. Bacon said he thought it was well
the seed faiiedto set. Mr.. John Bond Thought
ltwell to follow the harrow with a roller. Mr..
James u. Ens0r found that where the ground in
! over the grass took much better and was sur
pr1Sed to lind one season that clover took better
on smooth ground than upon that cracked open
on the latter, too, was the first seeding. Mr.. d.
| 5. Pearce said he worked corn shock rows for
| wheat but failing to get the grain in, he worked
the ground and Sowed oats and clover seed in the
| spring. and the clover showed decidedly better
in the rows than elsewhere in the field and made
| good growth.
Reference was to Mr.. w. D. Curry, of My
! Lady's Manor, having sowed clover last fall with
| his wheat and when last informed it looked we'll.
Mr. John Bond said he heard of a farmer who
| never sowed any clover seed and always had
good sets /; his plan being to pillow down the Sec
ond crop of clover which reseeded the land.
| None of the members had sown clover seed
| this year but Mr.. e. G. Merryman expected to
| SOW soon.
Is there any remedy to correct the acidity in
avail Donn OF haa w.1c kI.oA 4 H.
bottom of the silo the ensilage there turns acid.
| No experience was reported. Mr.. Bacon said he
| had fed about half of his ensilage and spoke of
| it as most valuable and economical feed. Mr.
ID. S. Pearce said he prizes it so highly to
want more and will build another silo. He gets
| 90 gallons of milk from 30 cows Besides ensi-
lage, clover hay and fodder he gives lbs of
| grain ration. His ensilage is the best he ever
had and the corn was the driest he ever put up.
| He used some water on it while packing. There
was not green blade below the ear. The corn
should be glazed before the stalk is cut. The
con said we read that the most Successful dairy
men use ensilage. Mr.. J. s. Crowther said he
has not been favorable to ensilage as an eco
nomical feed and as to it being the best way to
handle fodder. In calculating the grain ration
fed by Mr.. Crowther the several feeds mention
ed by him, it was seen that he was giving his
cowS-at the rate per cOw-Of IA lbs of grain,
which was considered high feeding. His COWS
get in addition cut fodder and hay. The pro
cow per day. 1t was said the Messrs. Tarbert
value ensilage very highly and with it and bran
and cotton-seed meal excellent results are OBJ
tanned.
In putting out manure should it be literally
done, or spread lighter to go over more space
Answer-The Deer Creek Club, as reported in
The UNION. favored light spreading. Mr.. John
Bond favored the spreading of manure with a
wagon machine spreader. The spreader can be
gotten large enough to carry good loads The
price is about 1925. The usual way of handling
manure was for one man to stGy in the yard to
load a wagon and two to go in the field with
another wagon to spread from. The spreader
Mr.. Bacon said his young set of grass is a fail
ure and wanted to know what to do with the
ground. He thought of putting it in cowpeas.
Mr.. James B. Ensor will leave his, hoping he
Ban not pay Mr. Bacon to let ft
stand ybetter put some of the land in oats and
some in corn. Mr.. d. s. Pearce said, Mr.. Bacon
having 81 acres, it would be big job to harvest
all of 1t In peas he had better put part in corn.
Mr.. Bacon said he expected to put some of the
peas in the silo and make hay of the balance.
land where the grass failed, and stated that
where neighbor in early fall sowed timothy
over the poor set of grass and narrowed it in
met with no success. The growing of sugar
corn was suggested to replace the poor grass set.
What are cowpeas WORTH Answer-The
blackeye $1.30 per bushel
The disc harrow was mentioned as q good i'm
plement for working manure in the soil and
preparing the land for general use.
Reading was by Mr.. George Frame an article
entitled, "Horses Eat Molasses,' as follows:
Between 1000 and 1900 horses in Brooklyn are
being fed on molasses because it is cheaper and
better than oats. This interesting and sur
prising statement was made by DR.. George H.
Berns, of the Berns Veterinary Hospital, Brook
Ign, to a Tribune reporter.
I'VE are using molasses as food for horses
very extensively" said DR.. Berns, mot only in
my own hospital but in 9, number of stables
under our care professionally. l find it a most
nutritious and digestible food for hard-worlSing
draught animals.
'Horses in harness from twelve to fourteen
hours day do not take time to masticate and
properly prepare dry oats and other dry fodder,
and the result is that the most of it is expelled
| from the body, without having been digested or
| assimilated; therefore they receive but little
nutritive value from their food. Oats must be
| converted into starch, and starch must be con-
verted into glucose and sugar before they can
| be digested and assimilated. AS our animals, by
| reason of fatigue from overwork and excessive
| hunger, do not take time properly to masticate
| in an indigestible condition and causes fermen-
| tation, gastric disturbances, and colics very
frequently: 20
| cut hay. bran, and meal in proper proportions
is in digestible condition and ready for assimi-
| latiOn the moment it enters the mouth. Its nu-
tritiye value is, therefore, quite apparent. It is
| not only better and a more nutritious food
| than oats but is much cheaper in the end.
81 have been feeding on molasseS about 100
horses of Arbuckle's sugar refinery for nearly
| two years past and have been feeding horses in
my hospital on mo d;S g. and have been con,
| in Brooklyn during that period. The cost Is
about thirty three per cent. less than the old
| Dr. Berns added that the proportions for an
| ordinary express wagon horse, weighing 1,1OO
| pounds, were one quart of molasses and three
| quarts of water, mixed with two quarts of corn
meal four quarts of bran and five pounds of cut
| hayl of good quality. The cornmeal, the bran
| and the hay were mixed, the molasses and water
| were mixed.and then the solids and liquids were
| mixed together. This mixture should be fed to
the horse three times day if indoors. but if he
| is out of doors during the day he should be fed
| oats in the middle of the day.
The doctor maintained that not only was mo-
lasses thirty-three per cent. cheaper than oats.
but that it caused no digestive disturbances and
| that horses fed on molasses would lay on flesh
| faster than when fed on oats.
| Mr.. Merryman said, referring to the article,
| that he grows sorghum for his stock and con-
sders it fine feed, as it contains so much sugar.
| His hogs like it better than sugar corn. He
grew seven acres last year and favors putting ii
| fu-40wS so as to cut with a corn harvester
| Mfs. Crowther gave her guests an elegant din
ner or 'frivolity," as she called it, and had the
| assistance of Mrs. George w. Navy. Mrs. e. G.
| Merryman and Misses Mary Bradford and Page
| CrDwther.
In reading over the minutes of the last meet
! ing, where the early hour of meeting during the
| winter was sowing to allowing the county mem
| bers to get to their homes at reasonable hour"
| Mr.. George Frame called the secretary's atten-
| ton to the invidious distinction he made be-
| tween the city and county members, as he only
mentioned and had published in THE UNION the
reasonable hour advantage for the county mem
bers