The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-30

we use all the wheat straw at $50, for the
manure, (which is thrown out to leach for
six months and just the bulk drawn to the
field, where ifthe manure was hauled out
to field as soon as made II would be worth
ten times as much as when left to leach.
In addition to feeding one-half the hay,
two-thirds the corn, one-half the oats, we
have to buy, let us say, S tons bran O. $27,
$IIo; tons gluten e. $26, $52; let us add
$53 for calves, les we have to allow for
cows losing them and a COW or two not
catching.
Now let us see how our two accounts
compare. By a rough estimate I have
made and not counting the wear and tear
and wages and for using Is acres for pas
ture instead of farming and other Incl
dentals, I find that by farming and not
running dairy there is difference in
favor of farming of $500.
This is in regard to farm that is not
within a reasonable distance of q town or
city where you could get first price, and
not the leaving after the middle man,
outside men and all others get slice
before you. 1t is the dollar we are all
striving to get and if We can get it easier
one way than another and not make our
working capital poorer (which is our
farms) why not do so
You will find that when high land is
not pastured ever, though it has no barn
yard manure and the grass, ETC., dies
down. they will cut a larger s~arth than
if the land was pastured. had just such
case this year. I had field of grass
that my friends said would cut M tons
per acre. Could let it stand? No,
although if / had let it stand it would
have cut almost 20 tons, and it has been
in grass five years and has not had a
pound of any kind of fertilizer on it in /
that time, but pastured every year after
harvest So having no meadow 10 turn
my cows in had to turn them in field
that would have paid me in hay, say $I8o
to be safe, when the whole bunch of cows
did not pay me $40. And it is not only
this year but every year, and that is why
ask do you think farming pays on good
high tillable land?
A. j. Kitchener was very much
pleased with the paper and thinks
our land would be much better if
we did not pasture it too close. I'll
grass was allowed to grow up and
be tramped down, when the field
was plowed the ground would be in
much better condition. Mr.. Mich
ener knew party living in Ches-
ter county who sold all his crops
and kept no stock, except enough
to work the farms, and he was
making money.
Jos. S. Scarborough thought the
essay had shown an independent
thought and he was going to try it. |
Jos. T. Grove was very much
pleased with the paper. Does not
think hewill keep but two or three
COWS hereafter.
M. L. Thompson thinks it does
not pay to pasture land.
Wayne Reynolds thinks it the
best essay he ever heard and
doesn't believe in pasturing upland.
Robt. T. Cameron says it pays to
do mixed farming; to keep ten
cows, feeu ten cattle and some hogs. |
J. a. Maxwell was much pleased
with essay, thinks it showed much
thought. M. G. Reeder says the
COW is good producer of a farm
and thinks the dairy is the greatest |
production of the farm.
J. Harry Maxwell thinks we
don't know how much profit we |
have in the COW, for we don't |
count what we use in our family
and for hog feed.
81. @. Mcdowell says it pays to |
let the grass grow up on our fields
after harvest. He finds it has
stayed mellow, is much easier to
work and has much better corn.
DIR. Dare thinks the COW is prof
table. He had four cows on his |
farm and had received $3.50 from
them in one year.
Elwood Balderston thinks the
cows are profitable if properly
handled. His cows average 24O
lbs. butter per year, with an aver
age of $40 per COW.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to view the premises: @. |
Ross Biles, Jos. T. Grove, M. L.
Thompson.
Dinner was then announced and
| it showed that Mrs. Cherry knew |
how to prepare a dinner that was
pleasing to a Farmers Club, and
we all partook of the dinner as i'll
we thought it would be long time
before we would meet with Mr.. |
Cherry again. We were waited on
| by the Misses Worthington who
showed no Partially to either
young or old and were always near
when anything was missing on
your plate.
The committee reported that in |
the barnyard there were IL head of
grade Guernsey cows and heifers,