The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-10-01
auNpowpER AGRICULTURAL GLUE.
Meeting at the Farm of DR.. Orrison-A
Fertile and Well Improved Prop
erty-Half Hour for Cues
tions-Selections
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ADMINISTRATIONS
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The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club met
Saturday, September 18th. at the farm of DIR. J..
T. Orrison. near Cockeysville. Mr.. John Bond
was foreman and had Messrs John s. Crowther
and N. Howard Gill as assistants in inspection.
Messrs. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., Lewis M. Bacon,
Z. g. Merryman and George Frame were absent.
Mr.. George Jones and Mr.. Thomas ]. Lea, the
latter farm manager of the Sheppard Pratt Hos
pital. were among those present. Mr. George
Z. Shelley. the appointed Junior Club member,
was absent.
Mr.. N. Fl. Gill was appointed to attend the
next meeting of the Junior Club at Mr.. Frank
g. Scott's.
: An extended stroll was taken over the grass
helds, their elevation giving a good view of
other crops and the surrounding country. Much
Interest was manifested in the good grass set in
which there is so very much of the weed known
as plantain. AS to what to do to get rid of it
much was said. Some advice was to plow the
ground and plant in corn. with thorough culti-
walton, to be followed with grain crop after
following the land and then reseed in grass.
Mr.. Thomas ]. Lea favored the blowing of the
land and planting next spring in corn, and reseed
favored the sowing of plenty of grass seed. and
said he sows principally timothy and alsyke
clover-seven pounds of the latter per acre, as
the seed is very small. He has discarded red
clover as the alsyke is more certain. He sowed
two years ago in September timothy and alsyke
clover without any grain crop, and for two years
cut two crops each year, realizing as much as
two tons per acre at one cutting. The grass
noe az @hiolr fhof nokhin0 also o0rld ornu He
always seeds his grain corn land in grass, as he
does not favor following land for wheat or grain;
not for thirty years has he turned furrow for
ask14c. He fnds there are fewer weeda -fzaaa
the seeding of the cornstalk land. As he walked
over tie clover field stray stalks of the alsyke
were ntticed by him. He pulled several to show
the difference in the growth of the two clovers.
He advocates the three-year rotation for the
improvement of the soil, for more perfect sets
Of grass AID for better results in all crops.
The CLUB congratulated DIR. Orrison on his
fertile and well improved farm, it having for
years beenrented and run down, requiring con-
siderable outlay of money. Forty or more years
ago this farm was the property of Charles Cor
such, so well known then in the upper part of
the county. Since then it has changed hands
several timesbut not for the better. DR.. Orri-
son has the cledit of giving it good appear
ance and adding to its fertility. The surround
ings of the dwelling and outbuildings are care
fully looked after.
HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
What is the experience with the corn-harves-
ter? Answer-It is very good for ensilage corn
as it saves much labor, and it gathers the corn
so that it can he easier handled, it being in bum
dies. When the fodder is loose on the wagon SO
much heavy pulling is required wearing away
the flesh from the fingers. Mr.. Summerfeld
Crowther uses the harvester but not for ensi-
lage as he has no silo. He recommends it for
down corn, there being so much of it this year
caused by the storm of September 14th.
Mr.. Gill said he bought corn harvester as
labor was scarce and besides more is asked for
cutting by hand than he is disposed to give.
As to the value and time to cut ensilage corn
Mr.. Lea said he preferred the ripe milk state of
the grain as the ensiage keeps better. He
found 1t a most valuable feed, and with it put
some cut hay and bran, gluten meal and some
cotton seed meal. He fed no long dry feed in
the stable. His cattle would eat about all of the
stalk. He never had better results in feeding it
and the gluten meal. To handle ensilage profit
ably person should be well fixed for it and
the feeding of it most conveniently. He does
not like shredded fodderas it is not in condition
for wet mixed feeding; cut fodder is better for
mixed grain feeding. He favors having the feed
mixed twelve hours ahead. The ensilage corn
gives an enormous quantity of feed; as much as
20 tons can be grown on an acre. He has had 20
COWS to give returns of $1,000 per year. AS to
the profit in the dairy he knew a farmer with no
means to run place with 20 COWS that in three
years he kept his family and bought the 20 cows
from his landlord. One COW gave as much as 5S5
pounds of butter in year. Good results in
milk he found was from one-half of bran and
half of gluten feed. The gluten is now selling
at $24 per ton and bran $23. He thinks ensilage
is as good for fattening cattle as it is for milk.
In gathering corn for ensilage he thinks it
wall 10 mil of snula- of the ears.S----.--
profit in ensilage. He has fed 10 COWS and
horses on feed from % acres of corn, and last
winter his COWS averaged him in milk a little
over gallons per day each. He fed his COWS
three times day and gave the coarse feed first
and then grain. He gave half bran and half corn
as to bulk, during the winter one pound of cot
ton seed meal to q COW. He feeds grain all the
year, and is now using the Quaker oats, which
sells at So per ton. He has found that when he
stops using it the milk falls of. In feeding
grain or cut fodder he thinks some loss is sus-
tanned by the grain sticking to the coarse or re-
fused fodder. He prefers cut clover to cut
fodder. He thinks dairymen feeding ensilage
and grain give their COWS more than they in
tend, and considering what is given the grain
ration with the corn in the ensilage will amount
to at least 10 pounds per COW day, when dairy
men generally consider 10 pounds good grain
ration.
AS to the feeding of ensilage ton was said to
last COW so days feeding, 40 pounds each day in
two feeds. Mention was that 40 pounds of ensi-
lage with clover is considered good ration.
DIR. Orrison has two silos that he will not fill
this year thinking it will be more profitable to
sell his corn or use it otherwise than making en-
silage of it, which requires SO much expense.
He sold much ear corn of last years crop at good
figures.
Reading was, Feeding the dairy COW daily
grain ration based on pounds of fat produced"
selected by MIR. ]. Summerf1eld Crowther, as
follows: 1--WE do not believe in stuffing COWS
Unfortunately with expensive grain foods.
Scientists have formulated certain feeding
standards. Until recent years the standard
daily ration for COW weighing a thousand
pounds was "A pounds of dry matter, 2.5 pounds
protein, 1875 pounds of Carlo hydrates, and about
a half pound of fat. But in general practice it
was found that this standard could not be fol-
assimiIate so much, while others needed more.
Another standard was formulated in which the
amount of milk yielded daily was made the
basis, but this was found defective as milk varies
greatly in regard to the amount of solids it con-
tains. COW that gives a milk containing
very high per cent. of solids needs more food to
produce given quantity of milk than is re-
quired by one giving milk containing relatively
q small per cent. Of solids.
''Since casein is product of protein in feed,
and since casen and fat run parallel in the ordi-
nary milk, or nearly SO, we know very closely
how much protein cow needs by ascertaining
her weekly yield of butter fat. In round mum.
bers-and farmers can only deal with such in
daily practice-if your grain mixture with the
coarse feed makes balanced ration you will
find it necessary to maintain the milk flow to
feed as many pounds of grain daily as the COW
yields butter fat in week."
A remark was that we must not feed cow
from an economical study, but for results in
milk. When it was said as much as pounds of
corn and pounds of bran are fed per cow day
Mr.. Lea remarked that he would be afraid to
give that much. Mr.. J. 8. Crowther replied that
farmers who are feeding ensilage are giving
more grain food than they think, and the cost
in protein is more than they are aware Of.