The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-14

him on the head or face and he had to fight to
| keep it from doing so. He could not account
for the strange action of the bird unless it was
because it thought he wished to disturb its
! nest or its young.
Martha Miller, a respected colored woman,
| died suddenly on Sunday night last, aged
about so years. Her funeral took place at Mt
Joy Church on Wednesday and was largely
attended. s.
"Forage Crops for the Dairy. This was
the subject discussed at the last meeting of the
| FalIston Farmers Club. We append the
views of some of those present:
Mr.. W. L. Bradbury said 1.-THE most of us
have pet crops, and the cowpea takes that
place with me in feeding cows, horses and
other stock. 1 do not consider it as hard to
cure as clover hay. cut the peas when they
are turning yellow. Cut them one day and
rake them up. The next day bunch them up
and the following day open the punches and
haul them to the barn. l would advise driv-
ing stakes and putting pieces of old rails under
the punches, as they will dry out better.
have saved eight acres in that way and it did
not take much time, nor prove tedious work. +"
Mr.. Garrett Amoss said II have cut seven
acres OF cowpeas. let them get pretty ripe
hauled them in. thresh out the peas and feed
the hay to the cattle. 1t made good hay and
they ate it up Clean"
Mr.. Robert Preston said: "My experience
has been very limited. lhave used the peas in
the BIO Win COrQ, anu nave IOuuQ Cn8L even
the vines, without the peas, make good addi-
tion to the feed. l think alfalfa will be the
leading crop for the dairy. / fed eleven cows
for ten days on alfalfa and there was a marked
increase in their product. Thirty pounds of
seed per acre, is not too much"
Mr.. ]. w. Moore said: II am in favor of
the cowpea. have been under the impression
that alfalfa would last for several years, but if
it has to be sown often it is expensive. Peas
improve the soil and the stock eat them greedi-
ly. Why had some which was left in the
field until it looked like a lot of sticks and
gave some of it to the horses and they ate it in
preference to other feed. There are variety
of kinds. like plenty of vines and not too
many peas. Feed it to the hogs. Pasture it.
The crop will depend upon the variety of the
pea and the quality of the soil. have not
cured them for hay. There is pothing that
will make the bulk that corn will.,'
Mr.. Bradbury said II think the peas Will
yield about two and one-half tons of hay per
acre."
Mr.. Charles E. Burton said: Sorghum
same ground will make three times as much
pasture as any thing else, for they grow while
the stock is being pastured on them. They
should be sown when the ground is warm. /
never tried cowpeas for hay The combined
crop is not hard on the soil. have grown
peas were pastured. You can sow them as
late as July 10th. l never used them as ensi-
lage, only for pasture"
Mr.. J. B. Twining said Zone of my fields
had been in corn three times. l then sowed
cowpeas and sorghum, pastured them and fol-
lowed with rye and grass seed. Had another
lot of cowpeas which was cut for hay. It
rained upon it and left it out until it looked
to be worthless; but finally hauled it in and
all of my stock ate it greedily. 1 think the
soil was improved by it and intend to sow
more peas and sorghum for pasture"
Mr. w. s. Preston said II do not think
there is anything to equal corn. I planted
kind of pea which ran on the ground. I
moved them, then let them remain out for
Mr. James D. watson mad founu drified corn
very satisfactory as a forage crop. He had
never tried cowpeas.