The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-06-23

A. Timely Topic DISCUSSED by q Farmers
Clun. AT the last meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club the subject discnsse,
was harvesting" We append the views o
Mr.. George &. Shelley said: IF the weathe
is good We can get along with harvest. It take
the pest judgment and management for bat
be used and the hay punched. then It comes on
of the NOW better. The punches might b
opened little the next morning TO allow the
air 70 circulate through the hay. timothy hay
should be gotten in as soon as possible it drieI
more rapidly than clover. have not hay ted
der. L would rather have hay caught out In
quires fork to turn it. Last year got about
all OF my wheat in without getting wet. "A good
twine is necessary. ] have used an Osborne
It this year. We should be prepared for harvest
and not neglect it for any other work. Labor il
the question, as we cannot get 1t: One great
Mr.. Laban Sparks said: II think improved
machinery is necessary; then with plenty of
labor and speed the work will be accomplished.
proved machinery the work was pushed. There
should De the best thought and judgment IN
connection with harvesting"
ME. JOhn Cr0Wther said: II think the clover
heads should be half brown before cutting, and
it better to wait until the dew Is about OF the
grass. Timothy should be cut after it blossoms.
with the help of boy using the hay-loader:
Every one saves grain alike because of improved
machinery handling 1t, and each man In q To-
caliCy handles it about the same. favor haul
ing grain IN under shelter as soon as possible.
as the weather is uncertain. have never seen
Mr.. John S. Crowther said ut has beena long
time since had any clover. set two mowers
going, and next day start to get 1t up. put
5ayes OcR n SocEs TTs oatS reas vb p1s
formerly lived threshed the wheat in the field |;
the ne,ehbors would help one another and
Tested. The cost Of sayine Of the Wheat would
be 70 cents per bushel. 10 save corn the
harvester should be used. The bundles had
dragging them from place to place, which gath
ers great deal of dirt. lind that husking corn
by machinery ID better and more economical,
and the fodder does not mold, If in fair condi-
ton. ! run the fodder up in the barn. had 10
WORK short time and can cut about an acre In
an hour with harvester. can haul corn on
the ioaqer IN less time than haul fodder' musk
MID. s. Pearce said: III have not had clover
hay for several years. cut down the grass
cock as littl hay as possible, as It takes more
time to save + use the hay fork when the
hay is put up high; when low In the NOW the
hay can be rolled OF of the wagon very readily.
Last year let ny wheat get thoroughly ripe !;
then it can be gttten in sooner. DO not favor
letting grain stsJ out ana then WORK th tne nay.
ding around the field and then cut back for the
grain left along tho fence: do not grow oats
other than In corn strips. Ibelieve IN improved
machinery. and thaAall machinery should be in
order; also that gosd grade of Irvine should be
used"
ant to engage labor ahead and to use improved
machinery, which shoult be in the best condi-
ton before harvest Begin. l favor cooking hay
for over night, and then i in condition, house
can be cut In the morning and gotten up in the
afternoon. Care should be exercised in getting
the hay in the best condition. l had much more
mOw-burnt hay last year than usual. Wheat
should be quite ripe before cutting, as it handles
Mr.. Upton H. Tarbert said lis very easy to
weather like last year it was difficult work to
harvest. We should plan and know just how to
do it. With me 1t Is problem to save clover in
bright shape. My experience is the hay in cocks
does not dry. / find in very heavy grass the
mower punches it and the tedder does not dis
would be of advantage In moving hay. The hay
loader and the hay fork are valuable helps. It
requires three men to handle hay from loader
fork hay on q wagon. do not see how two
horses to wagon with boy loader can do the
work of loading, nor how q man and boy, as
has been said, can with loader handle a CROP"
Mr.. Granville Matthews said: II hndt the best
thing to do on the start to be ready. Last year
the weather being wet, found the hay tedder
hay SO it dried more rapidly. have never used
the hay loader and think tt must be difficult to
work on hilly land. While weliripened grain
can be housed more readily. yet wheat that is
cut before dead ripe makes the best flonr. l
think It we'll to break sheaf or two, and throw
over the shocks of wheat as protection and to
better after rain. l have binder which has
been in use for 10 years and is still good."
Mr.. James b. Ens0r said: II agree with all
that has been aid. II hay cocks are put up all
right, which usually was the pride of our fore
fathers, then they would stand the weather and
the hay cure properly. Part Of my alfalfa was as
good condition and the color was not changed"
Mr.. W. d. Curry said my experience is like
the rest 10 the cutting and handling OF hay.
think well of putting layers of cut fodder in the
hay. have some of the prettiest hay in the
barn two years old that was grown from early
fall seeding Of grass alone. To get wheat in
start the binder and haul it in right away"
Mr.. Lewis NJ. Bacon said: II think favOrably
of what Mr.. John Crowther said about letting
said about punching and not cooking the hay.
Last year the weather was so wet could hardly
get in two loads of hay in a day. Our fathers
great care was taken in the cooking of hay and
the Gaping of wheat. l saw wheat capped last
year that did well. as after the rain the condi-
alfalfa recommend caps for hay cocks. The
work In harvest depends much on the condition
of the machinery and the knowledge OF its
Mr.. 7. Melville Pearce said: 81 deem it wise to
have machinery in order and to engage labor
before harvest e rns nay crop should s DC Sas
is harvested In better condition If 1t Is well
ripened before 1t is cut"
Mr.. Asa b. Gardiner, Jr;, said: II am not q
farmer but an observer. think last year the
lazy man had q favor conferred, as he could get
ready during the wet weather. He did not suf-
ward. and it NAV be he was not advanced for the
hail. Every farmer. it is evident, should be
prepared to begin harvesting. I have been
handling farm products and with my knowledge
n nrOOnC0 been
handled. I bought some hay at $ll per ton; 1t
was short and tender and the condition was due
it should be cut as it blossoms. The incest cur
ing is in cocks. Care should be exercised in
putting away hay or grain, as sweat Is apt to
Mr.. Thomas V. Richardson said II have found
that If you want to get great deal of work done
one must have 1t well planned and carry out
to try to get two crops In at the same time.
Wheat should be gotten in at once, and then go
at the hay. IT the hay is IN cock 1t Is well 70
use cans. break sheaf of wheat over wheat
for q protection. The cooking of hay requires
more time. Cut the oats and let it stand awhile,
and then thresh as soon as possible then the
straw is good. Oats needs to be stirred. / have
% acres In oats. The best crop yielded 81 bushels
per acre, and 1 seldom get less than 40 bushels.
They are good for AL stock. l have been grow
ing for three years black oats. Oats, like pota-
toes. needs change in seed. SOW oats In corn
ground, After the wheat Is cut the grass Is
grazed had fine clover last year, but this year
wise thing to SOW. redtop grass, which is a
natural grass and ripens with timothy"
Many Patients Treated at Eudowood
Hospital-The report OF the Hospital for Con.
sumptives of Maryland. just issued, shows that
46 of 116 patients treated during the year 1905
were discharged as having been greatly bene-
fitted from the treatment they received. Twen-
ty.two of the number are marked as much
improved" % as improved" while one
patient was discharged with the words disease
arrested" recorded opposite his name. Sixteen
patients failed to show any improvement.
Nine died at the institution, which is located
at Eudowood, near Towson.
DR.. Henry Barton Jacobs calls attention to
the fact that owing to the lack of facilities for
treating any large number of patients, only
those in whom the disease is well advanced are
received at the institution. The record was
made notwithstanding this fact
'Consumption," says DR.. Jacobs in his re-
port '.is the greatest scourge of the day, and it
Is preventable and it is durable. If we but
devote sufficient money and effort, the time
surely will come when this disease will have
become thing of the past, and all the suffer.
ing and all the blasted hopes of the young and
old incident totuberculosis will be averted. For
the most part 1t afficts not the rich of the com.
munity, but the poor-those without money OF
means to resist its attack or to secure the COM
forts to provide for it."
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