The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-09-30

mato ground, but the ,,r,riIcc " as ncccssariI
rough; believed clover and timothy hes
..hapted Ia our soil.
Alr. James Lee had tried a variety of e,rtSse
ahd at present was especially interested in ;
siX-acrc tract of alfalfa, planted in Septcml,cl
last. muwn three times this season. yicldin.
twenty tons of superior hay. Twcnty VII,
wears ag" he had Sown It large field nI' Ken
| lucky bluegrass, which has been a model pas
| turc ever since. Heidi not think our natural
"rcrn grass is exactly the same as Kentucky
green grass: the latter being = coar~rr broad.
| rr blade. ON his point considerable ,Iilltr
cnce of opinion existed. the majority of those
| present believing them to he the same. except
| that III addition 10 ordinary green grass we
| have Il second one called spear "raSs. oi a
| finer appearance and superior quality.
! Mr.. John Shade had found great difficulty
! III retaininE set after the wheat was re
moved. and believes that timothy and clover.
| well t"p-drcsScd. are most desirable.
Mr.. :. y. Williams had generally followed
| the Old system of securing Il grass SET. but
occasionally had had good results from SOW
ing alone or from sowing directly in corn NJ
it's last cultivation; lie thought the secret -"
success WAS land well enriched. well cult
waited. with some lime used, and if possible
top dressed with manure
Mr.. !. u. Wnrthugtou S:id the farmers
success with grass seemed to measure his
general success in farming. Grass seed bcin"
very small and tender required Il carefully
prepared Sccdhcd. and would do best. as had
been thoroughly proven by MIR. Clark uf Con
nccticut, il planted alone: this, however,
should he done in time to secure thorough
roofing before winter. and if possible should
10 :op-drcsscd with manure. The crops of
..asS raised along the Maryland and Penn
sylv:TiI Railroad in recent years fully dem
onstrated the value of lime in connection
Herewith. For good hay. he recommended
TIE planting Of one variety; for good pasture
several varieties.
Mr.. Garrett claimed to be Il good listener.
hut not good farmer. and satisfied
the evenings talk would help him to develop
Sdmr lands near Baltimore in which he was
Interested.
MIR. Raer desires the legumeS much as
possible because of their icrrilaing qualities:
believed in planting variety OF GRASSES APP
plying about five hundred pounds of good
fertilizer per acre, and had learned that in Il
feeding experiment with the same amount OF
grain hrce lots of stock cattle two pounds
nt flesh had been put on with clover hay. one
timothy; he preferred to seed grass hy itself
in August.
Mr.. W. d. Hopkins had regularly adhered
to the old method but soon lost the clover !
he had noted with satisfaction the fine crop
of grass on several acres covered with ashes |
and doubted whether farmers used sufficient |
potash.
MIR. Bruins had recently grown a heavy |
best set of grass he had ever cut; he urged |
thorough tillaEc and heavy fcrtiIizing. II
willing to wait, grass tol pasture will come
in abundance in three or four years by the
mere application of manure rs a top dress
ing. II WAS here stated that square foot of
good sod would disclose forty varieties of
grass indigenous to our Soils He especially |
encouraged top dressing with manure aud
lime.
Mr.. !. NJ. Streets experience had not been
large in recent years. hut he had developed a
very rich sod ON ground untitled AMI unSre,l-
ed ny the continued application of top dress
ing. He believed that alfalfa which is sue
recding so well in Ohio. should he Il success
tul crop i'll Ha,tord.
Mr. Atwcll had not had experience in farm
in=. but felt much wiser now than when he
arrived.
MIR. William Muuuikhuyscn said to kill
plantains, pl"w shallow shortly after hay
harvest. thus exposing the roots to the sun.
and rc-Sced to grass.
Mr.. X. Harris Archer had set field t" blue
grass thirty years a1p which has furnished
line pasture ever since: he advised heavy seed
ing TO secure a CloSr sod; believed Il half hi.Eh-
Fl of timothy to the acre not too much.
President MoorcS plants only clover and
timothy. preicrring the former, as the latter
.Xhausts the soil. He wondered whether our
trouble in securing 4 set did not result partly
from applying fertilizer by drill; did not be
cve VIC should sell hay OH the place when
he price rs low as ten dollars per ton.
The club then adjourned until its next regu-
ar meeting. at the residence of MIR. William
Il. Hopkins. near Lapidum.