The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-09

also grazing in the pasture. He also ha:
three horses. The seventeen hogs which
have had the run OF an excellent orchard
during the summer are now penneC
and being fattened preparatory to kill.
ing. One hundred hens are kept on the
farm, from which 746 dozen eggs have
been sold since January l, besides those
used at the home. Mr.. Hays wheat is
coming up nicely, and an excellent crop
OF corn is being husked. Alot OF one and
quarter acres was seeded in Septembe
with fifteen quarts of alyske and red clo-
ver also six quarts OF timothy and two
quarts of alfalfa. There is also n very
promising plat of alfalfa. The ground
was plowed soon after harvest. having
previously been a timothy sod, and Fept
narrowed. Five hundred pounds of fer
tilizer was applied. and on September 6,
ten pounds of alfalfa seed, which had
been inoculated, was sown both ways,
making twenty pounds of seed per acre.
1t was then covered with weeder.
The subject for discussion was 81 he
Dairy, Its Feeding and Care.
MIR. Hays opened the discussion hy
reading an interesting article from /; n
agricultural paper, which said that good
tIllage is the best means of obtainit &
larger crops of better quality on which
to keep wcll.selected cows, thus makii <
higher average and getting the greatest
possible profit from the dairy. Mr.. HAYS
thinks it well to weigh the milk of each
cow, keeping a careful account, as i'll
some cases a COW giving four gallons If
milk day was not as desirable as OF
that gave only two. for the reason that
a cow giving a large flow of milk fire.
quently goes dry much sooner.
MIR. ID. p. Holdings thinks it well
to weigh the food the COW consumed, as
well as her product, to determine whether
or not she was profitable.
Mr.. X. S. Preston advocates the i'm
pr"vement of tillage, using clover and
legumes; have a silo and feed the cows
much as they will eat of 4 balanced
ration.
Mr.. {. E Burton approves of close
attention to quality and cleanliness.
One can guess very nearly when COW is
paying by the amount of milk she gives.
He considered three gallons of milk
good average, as those giving much
more go dry much soaner. Treat a
COW quietly; the better the treatment,
the better the result He advocates the
use of ensilage for winter, and sows rye
for carly spring, following with peas and
sorghum, and turns the cows into pas
ture when it is about eighteen inches
high. MIR. Burton has n natural grass
pasture and does not feed any grain in
summer.
Mr.. Curry thinks variety of food
good thing, mixing cut fodder with al
falta, thus enabling him to store his al
falfa a little greener, and getting the
COWS to eat more fodder.
Mr.. Moore practiced weighing the milk
twice a week for year and half AMI
kept an account. which made such a
good showing that he disposed of his
herd at an excellent price
MIR. Hays is making PREPARATIONS to
have hydraulic ram put in to furnish
water to the dwelling and barn.
MIR w. l.. Amoss reported having con-
suited Judge VanBibber in regard to
placing the picture of the late William
Woolsey in the court house, but that no
likeness could be procured.
Mr.. Moore, on hehalf of the road com
mittee, reported having secured the neces-
sarv subscriptions to improve the road
from the MARYLAND and Pennsylvania
railroad bridge at Fallston to Curtis
corner.
Mr. William A. Harlan was requested
to write TO the secretary of the Farmers
League, urging its reorganization.
Adjourned to meet on November "a at
"BonAir," the home of Mr.. James o.
Watson