The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-12-12
euNPowDER AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
questions and Answers Much Interest
ing and Valuable Information
Impaired, etc., etc.

~~A%@OA 00hpOWuCE AGRICULTURAL OluD met
saturday, November 2Sth. at the residence of Mr..
George Frame, North Calvert street, Baltimore.
mr.Laban Sparks, delegate from the Junior Club,
and Mr.. William NJ. Knight and Mr. Thomas ].
Lea, farm.manager of the Sheppard Pratt Hos
pital farm, were among those present. Mr..
Lewis N. Bacon was foreman.
Inc usual minutes and the report of the in
spection committee-at Mr.. Lewis N. Bacons-
were read, and as already published in full In
THE UNION.
Mr. Bacon. delegate to the Junior Club meet
ing at the farm Of Mr.. Upton H. Tarbert, spoke
commercially of the farm management and the
carpenter work about the new stables which
was done by Mr.. Tarbert and sons.
Mr. Laban Sparks said Mr.. Tarbert's new barn,
which takes the place of one destroyed by fire.
Is complete in every particular. The COW stalls
nave no partitions and the COWS are fastened
with stanchions. They are well cared for, with
plenty of ensilage, and are well MIXED.
Mr. Frame was appointed to attend the next
junior Club meeting at the home of Mr.. Benja-
min M. Brooks, near Monkton.
HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
Are not cows udders liable to be injured when
there are no partitions between the COWS, they
stepping aside while some Of them are lying
down? Mr.. Bacon thought so as one or more
udders Of his herd showed injuries that might
nave resulted in that way. He advocated plenty
OF room for the COW.
Mr.. Asa B. Gardiner said feet inches pro-
vioed plenty of room for COW. Mr.. Thomas J.
Lea said that he had charge of 70 COWS when at
Mr. Harry A. PARIS farm and the five years he
was there he had no trouble from COWS treading
on others and during that time only one udder
was Imperfect in not giving milk from one quar-
ter. The sfQhloc No mi tall
Where there are partitions the milking cam
not be done SO well, as the mixer is crowded.
Will there be any injury to the new grass sets
by stock grazing when frost is on themi Mr..
Lea said no and he has IA heifers out and they
have not been stabbed once. They have woods
to run in for protection. Last year he let his
stock run. out later, as cold weather did not set
in until after the 9th Of December. Mr.. Gardin-
er said the grass sets may not be injured, but
stock might be as he had several heifers to die
from grazing On frosty meadows. Mr.. E. G.
Merryman said he has been pasturing some of
his stock during the cold spell.
What best dc with field of grass that the
year before did take well and the field has
washed considerably? Mr.. N. Howard Gill
thought well of seeding the field to oats, to be
followed by wheat and grass. A remark was
that oats is a starvation crop. Mr.. Bacon said
manure should be spread along the cutters so
that grass will readily take and prevent more
washing. In the spring peas could be sown and
If they are not harvested in proper time the
vines run over by q disc harrow, would be cut
so as not to prevent blowing them under.
Mr. William M. Knight said he had very little
experience with the growing Of peas and turn
ing them under as a soil improver He has had
some difficulty in blowing vines under and was
glad to know how to do it the best way. AS to
the injury by late pasturing of cattle he thought
1t better to keep stock of the grass during
frosty weather. as the grass sets will not be in
condition to stand the winds and cold of winter.
Mr.. Knight owns several farms In Cecil county
and they contain ] 200 or more acres. His father
was successful farmer and left each of his
seven children $50 acres of land. Mr.. Knight is
of the Baltimore firm Of Frame, Knight s. Co.,
grain merchants.
Mr.. Lea said it would be well to pillow the land
and seed in the spring with alsike clover. Peas
would do very well but they should not be sown
before June the first. If the peas are harvested
or not, the ground would not have to be plowed,
as he has prepared and sowed wheat on cortland
on which there were peas, they having been
sown in the corn. They benefit the ground and
wheat and grass show it. Ground should not be
plowed for wheat as I have proven by good
crops that wheat can be grown successfully
seeded on cornstalk land. An experience of
thirty years favors it. The grass sets are good
also when seed is sown on the cornground.
AS to the shocks of corn in the field being a
disadvantage to seeding the cornground in
wheat. Mr.. Lea said he puts the corn in large
shocks and drills around them and after the
shocks are removed seeds the spots with grass
md oft d. TIa has
generally been successful in grass sets and large
crops, especially since he began sowing alsike
clover.
AS to his yield of corn on the Sheppard-Pratt
Hospital farm he said he put away GIG barrels
from 81 acres.
AS to rats about some buildings 1t was said SIC
of them had been caught, as many as 25 in one
trap.
Has anyone had experience with treating an
animal with lockjaw? Answer-No. Reference
was made to mule that had the trouble from
getting nail in its foot and its jaws were locked
for fifteen days and the only nourishment it got
was sucking oatmeal in water. Anti-toxin had
been used, but the animals life seemed not to
depend on it. 1t was about to. be killed, the
time being set, when an improvement was
seen and it is thought might have commenced
from persistent effort of his attendant to pry
begins to eat freely. 1t was said the mules
tail stuck out straight when he was at his worst.
A remark that the old saying was, ''cut the tail
OF to cure the disease" A response to this re-
mark was that the. hollow horn of COW was
cured by hole bored in the horn was saying
of the past, but now we hear nothing of the
hollow horn and since COWS generally are de-
horned it is evident that all show hollowness,
except the very youngest.
AS to the weather being unusually cold for
November the formation of ice on the streams
and ponds was mentioned and as much as three
inches thick on the Sheppard Pratt Hospital
farm pond.
Respecting the yield of potatoes this year Mr..
France said bis farmer reports the best in quail
ty and quantity he ever raised.
The next meeting will take place in January,
December being omitted. There will be the
annual election and reading by Messrs. E. Git
tings Merryman, George Frame and Asa B.
| Gardiner, Jr.
The discussion on "The Curing Of Neat was
not taken up.
The manner of succeeding in business and
| how many men make their millions was con-
sdered In part By legitimate means it was
| thought men cannot amass millions. Watered
| stock and other such plans are detriment to
| success along Jne line OF many enterprises. One
was quoted who said that the majority of the
many firms would dread the public knowing
| how they work. One or more lines of business
were mentioned that along right doing 100000
| might be accumulated. It was acknowledged
that some men have longer heads than Others
| and grasp at opportunities The farmer was re-
ferred to as in many instances rather unsuccess-
| full notwithstanding his long hours and earnest
| efforts and that the hat should be lifted to the
farmer who succeeds. The business life is q
s8riOus question and whilst there may be in
stances when the worst conditions for carrying
on an enterprise are shown. yet there should be
less of them and the many persons engaged in
enterprise and business should frown upon and
try to prevent illegitimate transactions.
Persons who have become rich might leave
their descendants their millions, which invested
bring millions again, but to start in life with
moderate means and gain millions seems i'm
possible by fair means. The making proper use
Of what we possess was considered the line Of
action for everyone. Using the skill that's ours
rather than depend upon luck for our fortune
| was deemed the wise thing.
The Panama Canal and Panama Republic
| question being about the most prominent in the
| minds of the Dublic some remarks on those