The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-01-22
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings Of the January Meeting Held at
the Home of James H. Maxwell.
THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

we are pretty sure Oi tue seCOuu luoWluS pay Ing
u.s. but not so sure of the third. think we will
have to be certain Of third moving these times.
Now, will it pay the farmer to top dress for the
third moving, or to pillow up the ground and put
in wheat or corn? tried an experiment last
November on piece of timothy sod, putting on
seven loads of barnyard manure to the acre. Now,
would it be better to put in corn, as the manure
is so expensive, or let it lay until the following
spring for corn? Or would some fertilizer not SO
expensive as the barnyard manure be better? 1t
is certain we can grow most any kind of crop with
barnyard manure, but it costs us at least IS per
per acre. spread on the field. If we could raise
crops without the barnyard manure, I think we
could have as much money at the end of the
year as by selling our straw and fodder and keep
4 ing stock through the winter. But think we
cannot do without the manure on the farm as we
have to look ahead for ready money to pay our
| taxes, etc.
In commenting on the essay, Mr..
Wilson said: 1t is timely sugges-
tion to ascertain how we are to
meet the expenses of the farm,
such as taxes, fertilizer bills. etc.,
land if more hay can be produced
on the same acreage it is a point to
consider.
He then gave an instance where
it had paid better to put barn yard
manure on NOW ground than on
wheat or corn ground.
Mr.. Thomp son said he had top
dressed a piece of wheat stubble
containing thin set of grass and
had been much pleased with the
result.
Mr.. Reeder-It has come to the
point when we must do something
to secure a third moving. We
know that barnyard manure will
produce it, but we have not enough
of it and must therefore depend
upon the new formulas of the
chemists who are investigating the
matter.
Mr.. Grove-Like the rest, I am
a little puzzled, but believe that
top dressing is about the only
solution. At any rate, top dressing
for hay will produce better corn
the following year.
Elwood Balderston-I do not
need any persuasion to see the
advantage of top dressing. With
the spreader we can now make the
manure go much farther than for
merly when we h I'd to use the fork,
and we can still get as good results.
We have field which has been
moved four successive years and
the last years moving is better
than the first. We intend to give
it a light top dressing and hold it
as long as possible.
Mr.. McVey-I think we are all
of the same opinion regarding top
dressing. know of a field
which has been moved for ten or
twelve years and it has never re-
ceived anything but manure. For
the past eight years it has been
moved two and three times each
year.
J. Harry MAXWELL am in
favor of putting manure on sod to
Improve the ground for corn the
following year.
Robt. T. Cameron-For years ]
have not been moving my fields
but twice each season. I have
not much experience with top
dressing but believe top dressing
two years ahead for corn will
always pay.
Alfred Kirk-The weeds keep
gaining on our acreage to such an
extent that two years is as long as
/ can keep field in hay.
r. K. Rawlings-Years ago my
father got considerable manure from
Port Deposit and for years grew fine
crops of hay but finally the weeds
overran everything and he quit
using manure. A few years ago
you were all manuring for wheat,
now it's for corn.
Thos. J. Wilson said he had
covered sod for third years
moving and got good results. He
had used Orchilla guano when it
first appeared on the market and
received satisfactory returns, but
later it did not do so well.
Elwood Balderston did not APP
prove of using barnyard manure
brought from other sections as
there was danger of its containing
bad elements in the way of foreign
substances.
The chair appointed Messrs. Jos.
1T. Grove, M. L. Thompson and
ElwOod Balderston a committee on
inspection of premises and the
members and visitors then
adjourned to the dining room
where the supply for the in.
ner man was found to be in
bountiful and toothsome evidence.