The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-06-23

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ewes left; that Mr.. Lochary had ascribed his
but he ascribed it chiefly TO the Intelligent
master of the sheep.
Mr.. silver said that it gave him pleasure t.
c"nhrm thefeports oil the TWO gentlemen whe
h"u preceded MIN; that while II Woulu Dc I'M
Poss'ple 10 MAKE otHer tli''n pieasaiIt 'ePo'
On sueh acharininS evening II wouiu De- el"ai
| ~ Impossible to do so on this property at any
time; that it was conservative to rate Mr.
| -ochary as one OF our best farmers and best
citizens, and his property as one of the best
| TILED farms
The subject of the evening, Rotation OF
crops was then taken up.
Mr.. Fred. Lochary said that on his father
farm they usually put the same field in corn
twice. followed by wheat, then NOW, and
lastly, pasture; that he had seldom noted
the second crop of corn being inferior to the
hrst' ana was inclined to think that on Il
sihaA place TINS was wise rotation. sew
sral years ago he had manured an ola sod'
and 1t was very difficult afterwards to dis
cover the place by the grass He had seen
good crops follow tomatoes, and preferred if
possible to set grass in the early fall without
any cover.
NIL ~ 'i''i 40 al NiiSi SiN eAAs III pau ~
attention TO rotation IN crops; that he had
known fields, especially one of his own, to
gradually improve without blowing, and he
would DE very SLOW to plow an old sod
Mr.. John B. Hanna said that he had re-
Gently returned from Illinois, and while there
was pointed to field which had been sue
cesslVciy planted IN corn some twelve or ht-
teen years no commercial fertilizer having
neen used and that the crop had not deterio-
rated. Planting corn was just being done
ahout May 70 and that the price OF land
W@' amy Piace rom $Loo 10 SAoo per acre,
'"e oN'S uta" JAN "siiis Inc Vi
WV no "'N eo''' P0's" ''' ss'S Vi
'sttisu it'' ilei D
MT. J. l.. McGormlck SAID that he had De-
gun to doubt the value OF an old sod, especi-
any LOT cows; that ne had on MS farm an at
traetiNe oio sou twehey-seveh years Oh age
"hieA nc Wouiu eoil'hue' sFa%ihS Cattle
out n<'u .''out eonciuueu u oleaA IT, because
ne Is III the uairy ousiheSs' that frequently
inc 'ehuehcy Oh an oiu Sou Is TO become niue
oouho' anu that IN dry weather the grass
soon becomes tough.
MI " imam n ueAei sa'u nc peheVes IN
io'''ioii vi etoPS' iie pi''tts eoih' ioiio"eu
by two crops OF wheat then grass for three
years. ne uses twenty-five oushels OF hihe
per acre each time heid comes In turn. Hs
recommends that the lime be dropped in
bushel pics the ground having previously
been checkered with harrow throw few
shoveliulS of moist earth on each pile, and the
lime VIII be in excellent condition to spread
in a few days. when one man can spread 300
bushels He has gone over his farm twice
thus since its purchase, and the improvement
is very plain.
Mr.. George e Silver believes in rotation of
crops, although he finds one permanent sod
Is no. only very convenient, but that the net
proht is good because there is no outlay for
lanor' ana very little iof fertilizer He
thought MI fuckers rotation of crops a
sood one because 1t docs not continually
take from tne sou the same fertiiizinE ingredl-
ehts' anu "ouid adu that ne had also seen
good crops OF grass follow sugar corn and
tomatoes, which he did not consider so ex-
haustinS to the soil as field corn. Probably
the sugar corn was caster on the soil because
1t Is cut before the seed Is July matured, this
being the special cause OF exhaustion OF the
soil.
Mr.. Bruins plows as little as possible, and
has meadow which he would not allow n
plow to break for $50 per acre. He top
dresses grass heaVliy anu Is satlshed that the
more you crop the ground the poorer it be-
comes. He believes that thorough stirring
with disc harrow will greatly improve the
sod.
Mr.. F. II. Jacobs plows once for corn, fol-
lowed by wheat, and then sets TIE ground
during August in clover and timothy, after
thorough preparation of the soil. He has
done this for number of years with most
excellent results, and never expects to
change. 1t is not natural to expect small
uncovered grass seed to take root on the
hard ground in spring and flourish with the
growing crops. He lines for corn.
Mr.. William Fiuney recommends that grass
seed be sown on tomato ground. He believes
1t a mistake to SOW it with the wheat
Mr.. Thomas Lochary said because of the
smallness of his farm he was compelled to
put field in corn twice and in wheat twice.
He had noticed how old sod became grass
bound and believed good cutting Up helps
1t. He did not believe in bone for clover.
but was more apt to secure sod if barnyard
Mr.. is. Kelly thought the character of ro-