The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
Farmer Discuss the Manure oueatlon

Farmers Discuss the Manure Question
| AT the last meeting of the Junior Gunpowde
Agricultural Club the main subject DISGUISE,
was: The making and application of manur
for best results" We give below the views o
those present:
! Mr.. 7. Melville Pearce said: my trouble /
IN not getting enough manure to put on thu
farm. have found that the straw fed manurV
Is not as good as that from grain feeding. sci
| dom pillow under manure, az prefer the top
dressing OF ground after it is plowed. gel
| enough to cover about ten acres every year
NOT having cattle find have shortage o.
manure Last year I sold carload of straw
but do not like doing it.'
Mr.. Frank G. Scott said: From observation
and experience find that manure applied on SOC
land year ahead for corn gives best results. II
do not use all that way then the balance Is put
on ground after it is plowed. do not favor
blowing under manure for any crop. When ap
piled on wheat land the grass gets the great ben
when to haul it out. It is not good plan tc
keep it in the yard unless it is put in rjcks.
remember how MIR. Dickinson Gorsuch used to
or SHREDDED fodder the manure is in better shape
as the long fodder manure gives trouble.
vi Win nSE s y Ss nf
Lea who applies manure right after harvest on
newly set grass. ALWAYS got some benefit from
apply ing under manure. have been quoted as
saying that got better corn from the applica-
ton of straw than from manure. spread straw
over sod one summer which benefited the land
in the mulch, and gave an increase OF grass In
the spring of the following year manure was ap-
piled and plowed down, but the result in corn
was not as good as the muiched straw produced.
The place to make manure is through the stables.
When land will produce ten barrels of corn per
acre see no use using commercial fertilizers for
corn. A man ought to know what he Is doing If
he expects to profit by his experience. One or
more rains on 8. G. rock before the ground Is
plowed has done good"
Mr.. c. ID. Price said: 81 like applying manure
one or two years ahead on grass land and have
found it paid to do so. One field which had
been MANFRED and lined gave me l6 loads of
Where put manure on last August the grass is
doing well. Manure should be hauled out as
soon as it is in condition. If cut or shredded
fodder is used, then the manure is fit to haul out
Mr.. W. d. Curry said: IT have not changed
my plan of hauling manure. / haul IL when
out year ahead . on grass land for corn. like
putting it on the ground after it is plowed and
narrowed in the soil. then good wheat, grass and
corn are the result The land will not wash so
much when the manure is put on top; 1t holds
TIN water better. do not haul direct from the
stable, as sometimes there is too much straw in
It. have not used manure spreader. farm
nand0ften Is poor spreader, and TOO much Is
sometimes found in one place, but not too much
on the field. find the weeder will scatter ma
nure nat may be put out unevenly. have
seen the manure spreader out OF condition for
work a1d other wagons used instead. The
6auSr nS Is
out on ptsture the tramping of cattle is an adj
vantage. The rains keep the grass growing and
Mr.. d. ). Pearce said ST am putting more
land in corn and the past two or three years
plOw as much in fall as possible and haul manure
out afterwtrd; have hauled out to April. The
six months ahead on sod land gave good results.
This was done on thin land and large ears OF
corn were trOwn. The manure that Is made
each year VIII cover So to go acres of land.
have seen good results from straw mulch. In
three years nave enough manure to cover my
farm. like manure to stay in the barry ard
like to get it out of the yard, owing to washings.
The washings, il possible, should be carried to
the neid. When manure is on the pasture the
three-year rotation"
Mr.. George Frame said: ~ have heard Of po-
ing of straw. The potatoes were placed on the
surface and covered, Where manure with
woods earth and other materials added has
been tramped by sheep which impregnate the
manure by their droppinRs, the manure pile has
been enriched. This compost have heard has
been crushed and spread over the land with
acre have been applied. My farmer has two
barnyards, and never hauls out manure under
after it is made. the ammonia might be retained
by the application of plaster. Very few farmers
keep plaster for their barnyards; There is
difference in soils and some will show good eff
feet from the use of lime"
Mr.. Howard Nelson said: IT would rather
plow manure down as there is less trouble with
face If plOwed some time before we plant
crop. 1 do not like blowing it down In May and
June for corn, as the ground Is then lumpy and
land they decay and do good. have put out
straw which mulched the land and afterward
gathered the straw for the stables and found
benefit from it. 1 have seen much benefit from
the use of lime. SO much so that there was no
need for marking the place.
MIR. b. M. Brooks said: II like to apply ma
nure ON sod land some time before blowing the
land for corn. When it is put on for wheat the
benefit is seen not SO much in the wheat as the
grass which follows
Mr. 90 Onnn 10 hor1l ma
nure out in the fall, for corn next year. and then
pillow it under. 1 put the stable manure out
harvest than before harvest, as then the wealth
is hotter and 1t dries before next harvest. am
inclined to think the moon has something to do
with manure, the benefit being seen when it is
Mr.. N. r. Miles said: IT have seen the effect
of the moon on shingles, the planting of trees,
the most good from applying it to wheat and
grass land. Winter application has Benefited
the grain. In putting It on the sod a mulch is
formed which helps the grass"
Geese and the Weather.-At this time of
the year the weather prophet busies himself
with predictions of the approaching weather,
says the Baltimore american. Sometimes he
hits it and sometime he doesn't. The almanacs
do the same, with the important exception that
they assume the responsibility for every day
in the year-a scheme more ambitious than
wise The almanacs, like the weather prophets,
have the consolation that If their prophecies
miss this year they may hit in some other
year, which seems to be about all there is
to it. The predictions for the coming win.
ter are calculated to make the poor man shud-
der. The goosebone is blue-that is, one goose
bone-and the ducks are flying high.
Here is an array of proof which has become
stronger by reiteration year after year. There
is rarely season in which some reckless per.
son has not dissected goose to the breastb0ne
and discovered this somber evidence of a severe
winter Perhaps the goose fell and hurt itself,
or some one may have hurt it. Very bad
bruises are sometimes inflicted, which extend
to the bone and discolor it. 1t is said that one
swallow does not make a summer, and, per-
haps Just as true saw is that one goose does
not make a winter. If it we're established be-
yond dispute that the breastbone of every
goose is discolored on the eve of hard winter
and never at any other time, there would be
fair basis for prophecy, but It would not be
conclusive, as q particular goose might have
injured itself during period OF reckless dissi-
That the birds "honk high is scarcely more
convincing. How many geese and ducks fly
above the sky line and why do they do so !?
Not from cold, assuredly, as the higher they
fly the colder the temperature, and they can
reach southern latitudes By maintaining their
usual distance from the earth quite as easily
and comfortably as they can reach their ordi-
nary feeding grounds. The fact is, the wild
fowl graduate their distance from the earth In
accordance with prevailing winds. Some one,
at some remote period, saw them high up in
the air, and a cold winter followed; post hoe
propter HOGAN easy way of palming off fall
lacy on large part of the public. As in the
case of the goose bone, it would require q
heavy array Of statistics concerning the alti-
tude of wild fowl to establish reliable indica-
ton of the weather.
The scientists, or rather the meteorologists,
have riskily entered the field of prophecy. Il
is not altogether clear on what they base their
prediction of cold winter, though periodicity
appears to have something to do with it. In
reality their periods of heat have been punctu-
ated by winters of great severity and their
periods of cold by mild spells of several years.
duration. In spite of all prophecies, the peo-
pie have the consolatory reflection that two
very cold winters have just come together, and,
on the principle that 'two are company and
three not, the present winter may bediterent.
To Contest the New Road Law.-On
Monday last Mr.. Redmond O. Stewart, attorney
for Mr. Frank A. Bonsal and others, filed a
bill in the Circuit Court here against Messrs.
George W. Yellott, John v. Slade and Henry
P. Mann, County Commissioners, sitting as
Highways Commissioners for an order of court
.'perpetually enjoining and restraining them
from spending any Of the public funds for
plans and specifications for the construction OF
any road under the provisions of the Act of
1904 ChaDter OBS and from making any other