The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-10
aUNpowDnR AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
IUNFOWDER AGRICULTURAL CLUB.
Meeting at Bell1eid Farm Questions
and Answers-The Making and Hand
ling of Manure for Best Results
Secretary Taft's Speech
A Well Titled and Pro-
ductive Farm,
Etc Etc.

A Well Titled ana Fro
ductive Farm,
ETC., Etc.
The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club me
Saturday, October 9th. at Bellheld Farm, tn,
home of Mr.. John Bond, near Butler. Mr.. N
Howard Gill was foreman and selected Messrs
j. 8. Crowther and James B. Ensor as inspection
committee. Mr.. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., DIR. ]. E
Orrison and Mr.. T. ]. Lea were absent. Mr.. G
h. Price, the appointed delegate from the Junior
Club, was not present.
Mr.. George Frame, delegate to the Junior
Club. reported an interesting meeting, and that
Mr.. Joshua G. Bosley, in discussing manures
included artificial manures or green crops. Mr.
Frame mentioned the fact of Mr.. Charles II
Price, who entertained the club, had grown
| white wheat, which does not sell well now as II
VIII bring six cents less per bushel than the
Fultz. It can be sold by mixing with other
kinds of wheat. few years ago it brought
more than the Fultz.
As to the expense of the recent farmers pic
mic, it was said the receipts from the sale of re-
freshments on the ground nearly met it. The
club decided to pay its proportion, with the
| Junior Club, to meet the deficiency.
Mr.. Daniel s. Pearce invited the club to at
tend the meeting of the Junior Club at his farm.
| The invitation was accepted.
The next meeting of the club will be held No
vember 24th, at Mr.. Lewis NJ. Bacon's, near Bel
I fast Question for discussion "How best treat
| cornfodder to make it most valuable for feed
ing purposesa"
HALF HOUR FOR QUESTIONS.
! What objection, if any, to flve-year rotation
of crops on a 16O-acre farm, and requiring the
Etenant to grow 60 acres of wheat and 30 acres of
1.{a nd An
lHwer-There is rather too much wheat for the
tf0tation. 1t should not limit his holding of
| cattle as the more cattle the more manure for
| the benefit of the farm. A tenant who only
| givespalf of the crops and feeds his own cattle
| has the advantage. The owner should get his
| just part. Expression was that dairy farm
should pay money rent. An instance was given
where a dairy farm was let out by the owner
who furnished the herd and received as rent
half of the milk receipts. The tenant got the
other half and the crops, but fed all the stock.
How longsh milk set to get the best re-
suits in butter? Answer-Thirty-si hours.
All of the cream will rise in "a hours but a
longer time gives it body or time to ripen.
With ice and creamery about all of the cream
will form in IL hours, but spriug water, with
temperature of 81 degrees, requires longer
time. The temperature for milk for churning
should be at So to go degrees. When cream is
allowed to stand SO hours there should be two
churnings week, as it is not we'll to mix the
Oldest cream with the other.
How much cream is generally obtained from
milk 2 Answer-Five gallons of milk is reck-
oned for a gallon of cream. From ~ gallons OF
milk in creamery gallons of cream was gotten.
From gallons of cream as much as 17X lbs. OF
butter has been made, and usually from gallon
of cream pounds of butter. AS to the quality
Of ice-cream, the cream that will produce two
lbs. of butter will make good ice-cream.
AS to the condition of corn remarks were that
the fodder is damaged but the corn seems sound.
Mr. E. G.. Merryman got in 125 barrels of good
quality. He grew sorghum as usual and feeds
it whole. During the recent frosty nights and
very wet weather some of the members kept
their cattle in the stable at night and in three
nights the loss in the product of milk at one
place was 10 gallons. A remark was that when
COWS are kept up at night they should not be let
out at night again, as they should get accustom-
ed to it. Mr.. E. G. Merryman said his COWS lost
gallons. Mr. Bacon said his herd does not re-
gain as he would like.
The Pure Food law, as passed by Congress, was
favorably commented upon as being great ad-
vantage to the public in getting fewer adulter-
dency to add to the price, Itwas said the prices
of other articles in many instances are higher
than they should be because of the tariff, and
reference was made to clothing in Europe being
cheaper than here. Some expression was that
a tariff for revenue would correct it. and that
cheap food and clothing are blessing and go
with good times.
As to stock cattle selling we'll and many not
weighing over 700 lbs. a head, one said the best
cattle cannot be had /; three cents per h. was
paid for a recent purchase of GA. Those who
have been buying cattle to fatten are Messrs.
Stewart, Fuss and Caples. There have been
about $50 cattle delivered at Cockeysvile up to
this time.
Respecting the rainy weather being favorable
to the early sown grain, yet it retarded num-
Der of late farmers, several not having sown any
wheat before the wet spell. The condition OF
the early sown of number of farms was spoken
of, but Hayfelds, the farm of Mr.. N. Bosley
Merryman, was said to show the best grain, and
that calves were being grazed on the growing
barley.
REGULAR QUEsTIoN-''THE MAKING, HAND
LING AND APPLICATION OF MANURE
FOR BEST RESULTS
MR.. s. Crowther said II aim to get together
all the manure can and find that the best
VI
out in cart loads and dump in piles and when at
leisure spread the manure over the field.
dump the loads fifteen steps apart. can keep
ground cleaner by blowing the manure under
IL the manure is on top there are more weeds.
Horse manure spreads easily and need not re-
main unspread as long as the COW manure. 1
endeavor to keep the manure hauled away from
the barn or stable. Commercial fertilizers re-
duce the profits of the farm. A crop of wheat
can be raised without them, and while the yield
will not be as large, yet the profit is about the
same, as fertilizers are costly. Considering the
average of bushels per acre without fertilizers
and 16 bushels with fertilizers, reckon the profit
to be so cents per acre in favor of the former
besides the small yields give the better prices.
Farmers are growing wheat for bushels and APP
pearance and not for profit. With yield of
900 bushels of wheat the price is low; If
we grew less, then more profit, as the prices
would be better. We should endeavor to grow
| grain with the least expense. If I held the
| manure In the barnyard would have manure
| spreader."
Mr.. James B. Ensor said: Had the farmers
not learned to use fertilizers they would have
\ been better off /; however, we cannot. it seems,
T grow wheat without them. Iclean the barnyard
I out three times year and it is astonishing how
b much can be made and gathered fromit. Happily
| manure on wheat land and some on sod for corn,
i but my preference is on sod a year ahead for
corn. In a week or ten days the manure about
/ the stables is removed
| Mr.. L. M. Bacon said: II do not pile the
manure in the barnyard to get an increased
| value but for better handling and uniformity in
mixture, as that from the horse stable goes with
that of the COW stables. 1t is hauled out in about
| ten days. 1 cannot clean out the stables and
haul directly. think it pays to cut the fodder
| for feeding in the stable. There is much benefit
! from the application of manure to the sod, al
j that put on two years ago has improved the bare
i places. / am experimenting as to the manuria
I value Of crimson clover plowed under and the
growing of cowpeas. If successful will grow
4 them on the low land and put the manure on the
! more elevated places. 1t does not pay to grow
wheat without fertilizer, as / see great differ
ence in the grain. The commercial fertilizer
/ benefits the grass as well as the grain. pait
SIS per ton for most of my fertilizer and $25 TO
/ some. have used 8. G. rock and think we car
rarely get pure bone. In growing crimson Glove
i drawback would be the blowing of the grount
late and in u very busy time. / will plow /
down for corn.''