The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-10-22

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j we grow, and when and how shall we seeC
those present:
Mr. Frank H. Jacobs said that he raised ONLY
clover and timothy, ordinarily sown in thu
old way with wheat, but wondered whether
} there were not other profitable grasses for Har
i0Te FARMERS. kome years since he had greatly
improved the set by striking grass seed in on
wheat stnbble with the disc harrow, and coca
sionaLly had secured a set directly from toma.
to ground. He added that during the past har
vest ne had housed seventy three loads of hay
Wnlcn WOULD amount to over hundred tons.
MI. ", y. Harlan generally plants only
clover and timothy, usually with wheat, and
recommends sowing half of the clover in Feb
ruafy and the other half in April. He has
strengthened the sod by adding blue grass. thus
securing excellent pasture. This year he has
set sevepteen acres of corn ground in timothy
at the last working, and seems to have fine
set. pennsylvania farmers frequently add
hero grass and redtop to their mixtures, thus
securing one variety If another fails to catch.
He seriously debated in his own mind the inn
portance of fertilizing seed by incubation,
which today is SO popular.
Mr. w. Finney was interested in Mr..
Jacobs experiment to grow grass without q
shelter crop and believed that he would sue
coed. De had raised heavy timothy directly
from tomato ground, but the surface was me-
cessariiy rough; believed clover and timothy
best adapted to our soil.
MI. James Lee had tried variety of grasses
and az present was especially interested in q
six-acre tract Of alfalfa, planted in September,
1908 moWn three times this season, yielding
twenty tons of superior hay. Twenty-Five
| years ago he had sown large field of Ken
lucky bluegrass which has been q model pas
<ture eveEsincei He did not think our natural
| green grass is exactly the same as Kentucky
! green grass; the latter being coarser, broad
ef blades On this point considerable difference
I OF opinion existed the majority ofthose present
| believing them to be the same, except that in
additiQnto ordinary green grass we have Sec
ondsO one called spear grass, of q finer appear
f Mr.. John Slade bad found great difhculty IN
retaining. a set after the wheat was removed,
and believes that timothy and clover, top-dress-
ed are most desirable.
Mr.. s.. A.. Williams had generally followed
the old system Of securing grass set. but oc-
casionhlly had had good results from sowing
alone or from sowing directly in corn at its
last cultivation. He Thought the secret of sue
cess was land well enriched, well cultivated,
+ with spine lime used, and if possible top-dress
ed with manure.
Mr.. 3. d. Worthingtoh said the farmers sue
cess with grass seemed to measure his general
success in farming. Grass seed being very
small and tender fequired carefully prepared
seeded, and would do best as had been thor
oughl1 proven by Mr.. Clark, of Connecticut, if
planted alone. This, however, should be done
in time to secure thorough roofing before win
ter, and If possible should be toPdressed with
manure. The crops of grass raised along the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad in recent
years fully demonstrated the value of lime in
connection Herewith. For good hay he rec
commended the planting of one variety; for
good pasture, several varieties.
Mr.. Robert Garrett, Republican nominee for
Congress. who was guest of the club, claimed
to be good listener, but not good farmer, and
was satisfied the evenings talk would help
him to develop some lands near Baltimore in
which. he was interested.
Mr.. J. g. Baer desires the legumes as much
possible because of their fertlizing qualities;
believed in planting variety of grasses, apply
ing about five hundred pounds of good fertil-
izer per acre, and hadlearned that in feeding
experiment with the same amount of grain to
three lots of stock cattle two pounds of flesh
had been put on with clover hay, one and
half with: cowpea hay and one with timothy.
He preferred to seed grass by itself in August.
Mr.. w. B. 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.
Mr.. Henry B. Bruins had recently grown a
heavycrop of cowpeas, which were followed by
the best set of grass he had ever cut. He urg-
ed thorough tillage and heavy fertilizing. If
willing to wait, grass for past ure will come in
abundance in three or four years by the mere
application of manure as top dressing. 1t
was here stated that square foot of good sod
would disclose forty varieties of grass indigo
nous to our soils. Heespecially encouraged top
dressing with manure and lime.
Mr.. j. NJ. Streets experience had not been
large in recent years, but he had developed a
very rich sod on ground untitled and unseeded
by the continued application of top dressing.
He believed that alfalfa, which is succeeding
SO well in Ohio, should be successful crop in
Hartford.
Mr.. William Munnikhuysen said to kill
plantains, pillow shallow shortly after hay har-
vest, thus exposing the roots to the sun, and
reseed to grass.
Mr.. r. Harris Archer had set field to blue
grass thirty years srs,, ago which has furnished
ing to secure close sod; believed half bushel
oftimothy to the acre was not too much.
Mr. John Moores plants only clover and tim
othy, preferring the former, as the latter ex-
hausts the soil. He wondered whether our
trouble in securing set did not result partly
from applying fertilizer by drill; did not be-
lieve we should sell hay off the place when the
price was as low as ten dollars per ton.
whythe Leaves Turn In Autumn.-When
the leaves begin to turn most of the people who
admire the beauty of the woods then and say,
How wonderful never wonder what it is
that changes the green into the splendid, glow
ing tints of autumn.
Askpine persons out of ten and ifthey hazard
guessa at all, they will probably say that the
frost has tinted the leaves. But the frost has
nothing to do with it. Leaves colored by a
frost look quite different from the leaves color
ed in the due course of nature.
The coloring of the leaves is due to genuine |
preparation for winter which goes on among |
the trees and shrubs just as it does in the ami.
NAL world.
The leaves, as you know, are the feeders of |
the trees. Now, as autumn arrives and the |
time approaches when the leaves must suspend |
their functions there is a great hurry in the |
arteries and veins of the plants to extract all /
the nodrishment that is left and to store it |
away deep in the trunks and branches, to stay |
there through the time of frost and snow.
This increased activity, which sets all the |
tiny pumps of cells working from foot to crown, |
extracts the matter from the leaves which is |
known as chlorophyle and which serves to |
give the leaves their bright green color. All |
the albumen and starches in the leaves are |
changed into liquid at this time and pumped |
easily into the storage houses under the bark, |
where they are preserved, safe and sound, till |
the following spring, when they furnish food |
for new. leaves and sprouts.
The most prominent color of an autumn |
scene is yellow. This yellow is caused by |
waste matter-stuff that is left behind as use |
less when the little pumps take in the material |
that makes the green color; and crystals of |
lime that were left when the chemical factO- |
ries of the plant turned the albumen into |
liquid so it could be pumped, also help to |
make yellow.
To change the starchy matter into sweet |
LIQUID another chemical process is used, and as |
it does not succeedwel the light is too strong,
the plants manufacture curious substance |
which turns red the moment it touches any of |
themany acids that exist in almost all leaves.
Thus, the red, yellow and orange colors of |
the autumn woods are anything except mere |
tricks bf nature, Intended only to delight. AS |
every body knows, these tints are especially |
powerful for resisting the passage of the suns |
rays. u Furthermore, they have the property of |
changing light into heat. This heat, again, |
spurs all the plants cells to new activity, 90 |
the autumn foliage of the woods is by no means |
sign of sleep. It is then that the chemical |
Laboratories are attheir most feverish toll.
Musicaleerfor Hospital for Crippled
ChildEep- sMnsical Treat Promised.-The
musicale for the benefit of the Hospital for |
Crippled Children will take place in new Guild |
Houses Towsou, on Thursday evening, Octo- |
Der 9th, commencing at 8 o'clock. An en-
joyable program will be rendered by such |
artistsAs
- Mrs. Raleigh Thomas,
~ Miss Edith Stone,
5.a.ar Miss Alice Gilmor,
Master Harry Percy Veazie.
Mr.. Miles FarrOw,
,i "a Mr.. Raleigh Thomas,
Ai Mr.. Edwin L. Turnbull,