The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-25

Would 1t be Advisable to Sell Wheat
0 W,nte AFTER Harvest and Store Feed for
question discussed at the last meeting of the
JunIor Gunpowder Agricultural Club. We
present: ~
Mr.; Clarence G. Cole said "For two years
past l nave been threshing and selling my
Mneat early, owing to the weevil destroying SO
mucn of it. l think well of spending cash
W s.ore away feed but many individuals have
nJt tne money to buy carload lots which are
SUI q. reduced rates. think well of farm
nj gds uniting for buying in large quantities.
inele Is an advantage in buying now over buy
ing curing the winter"
} mr.. 3. M. Brooks said: "From past expert
ehce Ind it is better to sell wheat early, as
tnels are so many pests and the price is not as
. rue, any better later on. 1t is predicted by
certain writer that wheat will bring 81 90 per
DuS1ei, but | think so cents now is as
soou as SlO later. In buying feeds now there
E y FISK OF it spelling, as through August and
september new bran will not keep in bulk.
II would be well to store all the feed we can
without the probability of loss AS regards
sne Value OF wheat bran, / have found that rye
. nian ana corn chop have given better results
tnan wheat bran."
Mr.: Calvin D. Price said: 81 believe in
.nIesmnlng and disposing of wheat early and
usually 90 so in August. We should aim to
save save. an we can and this can be done if we buy
sos1h.ner and in large quantities | usually
IL.
Mr. Daniel s. Pearce said II usually dis
pose OF my wheat early by exchange at the
nome mill, wheat for bran, and thus get the
pran at more reduced price than I would
nave 70 pay later. l think the home mill bran
y Worln SZ.00 more per ton than that we get
from The West, as | know it is free from adul-
teIatlon and is sweet | imagine what tastes
good 70 me the COWS relish. Some bran tastes
pltter; have found that money is well in
vested in storing feed for winter dairying as
| feeQS in ho T
nave Tor hive years been laying in a supply of
Iee1s and have saved from 50 to SIS per ton.
unthreShad whoat 10 unsafe tLs.s ~-<s
sIis10ld be gotten rid of as soon as possible and
the money for it put in the pocket. Itdepends
on what we have on the farm as to what we
should buy, l had gluten feed quoted me at
| 81 per ten Cottonseed meal sells from $26
to va per tor. The homemade bran is quoted
at $50 and las, year bought at $40 per ton."
Mr.. I. Melville Pearce said: II favor early
threshing and sale of wheat. Had the weather
not been so Indictment would have threshed
my wheat as i was brought from the field.
| The days are longer now and more work can
be done. The English sparrows, as well as
the weevil and oher pests destroyed much of
my grain. Two years ago, if had threshed
early, would have saved one.fifth of my
crop, as the sparrcws were so bad. feed corn
| and chop, home grown feeds, to my stock"
Mr.. W. D. Curry said There is an uncer-
tainty as general thing in holding wheat and
it does not increase but loses. The sparrows
and weevil do SO much damage that we must
meet them by an early sale. Owing to the
weevil one year in the threshed grain l was
obliged to shovel over my wheat four times
buy feed as it is convenient for me, and often
on my return home with wagon stop and get
load. have found rye bran, which is pure
and cheaper than other feeds, gives good re-
turns"
Mr.. Upton H. Tarbert said ut is more
profitable to thresh and sell wheat right after
harvest and if the machine could be had l |
would thresh from the field, bag the grain. and
put it in the cars the same day. By so doing |
l have the mows to fill with straw. A few |
years ago the prospect was good for an advance
in wheat. had nice crop and did not
thresh until spring. and instead of wheat Igot |
chaff and bran. Insects are i'll the field as well
the barn, hence wheat should be sold early. |
We should be careful in storing bran as where |
there is dampness it will spoil. Spring wheat |
bran is the best to buy, winter wheat bran not |
being so good. We do not want any -four in |
the bran. l have bought bran by carload lot |
and saved much by SO doing. l paid S16.3O |
per ton. Gluten feed does not spoil readily. |
In disposing OF our grain we can, if we have |
it in the barn, send it to the city or market by |
our teams without much cost, and return with |
feed or fertilizer for the farm"
Mr.. George E. Shelley said ut is my ex-
perience that it is better to thresh wheat and |
put it on the market as soon as possible. We |
realize more money in the end by so doing.
Usually to September LIST the price of wheat is
ABOUT as SOOu as at OLQ6r times. w men the |
money is in my hand then there is no risk. 1
am an advocate for buying feed in the fall and
storing 1t for the winter. 1t is hard to store
bran to keep. The home made bran keeps
better if put away in sacks.''
Mr.. T. V. Richardson said: II favor all that
has been said respecting the early threshing
and sale of wheat; also the storing of feeds.
/ always like home mill bran, as it contains q
sweetness that is not always found in other
brans In storing bran or other feeds it would
be we'll to have ventilation through them. /
have used but little rye bran.
49,, -
Herald, has the following to say of Mr.. Red
mond c. Stewart of Baltimore county:
This son of the late Charles Morton Stewart
is one of the rising young men of the State.
Already he has won for himself reputation
not only for ability as lawyer, but what is
of far more importance a reputation for ster-
ling integrity and worth of character of which
he may well be proud
I'm the session of 1900 Mr.. Stewart was a
member of the House of Delegates from Balti-
more county. While at Annapolis during that
important meeting of the General Assembly
he was one of the conspicuous and influential
members, and no man there was more respec-
ted. He made such gooo record, in fact his
work was so well and conscientiously done, he
was so thoroughly free from all suspicion of
boss dictation or improper influence, that he
was decorated with the covert ill-will of the
lobby. and his political career for the time be-
He was not returned the next session, and |
there is no talk of returning him this year.
But such men as Mr.. Stewart are too valuable |
to be kept in permanent seclusion from public |
affairs, and, no matter how hostile the bosses
NAV be, sooner or later he will be brought for |
ward again at the demand of the best class of |
citizens, whom he so well represents.
las a man Mr.. Stewart has quiet, pleasant |
manners, is cordial and tactful, knows how to |
meet all sorts and conditions of men and wo. |
SO lolI
who know him, even with those whom his |
rigid integrity has thwarted He lives the life |
of a country gentleman in Green Spring Val |
lev, surrounded by his relatives and large |
number of lifelong friends, all of whom know
him as Redmond Stewart. He is one of the |
best cross country riders in Maryland, is mas
ter of hounds of the Green Spring Valley Hunt |
Club, was for years an officer of the cavalry
troop of the State militia, and is foremost in |
every work intended to advance the communi- !
tv in which he lives. He is a model of all |
that is best in the younger citizenship of Mary
land and no man of his age in the State ought |
to have more brilliant future.
Public Road Matters.-Messrs. Thomas
B. Todd, E. Cuttings Merryman and s. s. Mer-
rift. examiners appointed on the petition of |
Messrs M. w. Offutt and George r. Willis for |
change in the location of TIappe road, in |
the 18th district, met on Wednesday at Tow
son and reported to the County Commissioners |
that public convenience and necessity require |
the change to avoid crossing and recrossing
the tracks of the Sparrow's Point branch of
the United Railways and Electric Company.
It ID recommended that the change begin at a |
point in the center of the road about opposite
Station III on the plan of the road and rail-
road now on file and thence run southerly in
a straight line to point in the center of Fifth
avenue and distant not less than Is feet west
erly from the west wall of the existing brick |
| cuiyert across Fifth avenue. The road should |
not be less than Is feet in width, it is urged.
| The United Railways and Electric Company is
| to bear the entire cost of the improvement.
! Bids were opened on Wednesday in the Office
of Roads Engineer Crosby for the improve
ment OF the Hillen road, between Stevenson's
lane and Taylor avenue, but as all the bids
| were higher than the estimate the contract
was not awarded and it may be necessary to
| readvertise. The bids were as follows: L. B.
McCabe, $1,000; Philip Connell, $9,000 Fed
ersI Engineering and Construction Company
$500.
Engineer Crosby reported to the County
Commissioners in regard to the Riggs road at
| oil IIoc ai6 hat