Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-02-19

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10 re to your Grange meeting and to
have heard the talk about the soil Of
this bounty and It's capabilities. For
the ai few years have been interest,
% the orchard 81 Grant Hltchlngs.
care billy Guided By Professor He'd.
rick lot Geneva, 4 reposk OF whoss
Iectkp Was printed IN the Rural New
Yorker. mo. january sl) This
Hitcbings system IS to leave sod about
an orchard 50 as 10 prevent erosion OF
the soil and NOW 1t, leaving ALL the
growth where il falls. After some 20
years Of taking the apple premiums q
ihe New York State Fair, it wonle
seem that 'bestH apples can be grown
~ that method. The report OF Prof.
Hedrick, so be- writes IN recent letter
will be published shortly; from his
lecture, however, the method IS com
mended for deep soils. Cyril Hopkins.
in his book: EARNS That Won
Wear Out, I" shows pictures Of corn
fields Of this county and the "befor
and alter Illustrations OF clover and
phosphate rock powder cannot bui
Impress one that this county needs
clover and phosphate rock In order to
make good crops.
Attention Is almost forced by such
catalogue as that Of Harrison &
Sons, 81 Berlin, Md, that money can
se nude from orchards and II one
plant apple or pcash orchards and
FAY titm down q veich or clover and
now several times during the growing
seAson surely our farms should pay
aand somely with the least amount OF
labor Until the trees arc Of good
size much OF the clover and vctch can
be moved for hay. For which am told
there is market In the county at re
tail Baltimore prices.
For permanent sod for orchards,
particularly for side hills to prevens
erosion and Che draining OF the bcs
81 our soils into our rivers to thei
destruction; Dr. Jabcz Fisher, Of
Fiiehburg, Mass, uses white clover,
fhis he was obliged TO cut and remove
81 hay after the third season 70 pre-
vent too rampant growth. DR.. Fisher
has tried white clover for some s
year, In both orchards and vinegar
with success.
The corn crop here requires muc
caIsiyation. Mr.. Alton Dorsey, y
obtain the usual crop last year, Ii
icing droughsy yearl, had 10 culti.
sate eight times. NJ tenEnts ealtlvni-
ing but two or threo tIsnes got . croI
scarcely paying 70 harvest. The
wheat seems 10 he : failure, 20 j
should Judge that hay and fruit would
pay better.
ihage field Of rye and baelerlred
veich and clover and ! am AaitinF
with much hope 70 seq The result Il.
s cuts tso tons 10 shs acre about Mas
Ath and the vctch alone ton Ia Sop
sainhcr IL would be paying venture,
,esides greatly enrichlng the soil b,
supplying humus for = foot or Two 10
depth, This preparation costs about
- an acre TO put down. But " bui
one ton Is cul Il would more than pay
10 dollars for The expenditure and ths
soil would DO greatly l,eneistcd. /
might add that ite year before The
sosing a considerable amount Of com
inercial ferslllxee vas used. II put
trees directly in this sod / would b.
conforming 70 tho HItehlngs' mothod.
Il Is, however, ms intention not 70
use this Geld for orchard but 10 dlse
the sod or stubbie Ia September ana
aud SOW again ~ last fall. This
method, ] believe, will soon give me-
very rich Geld. There arc insercst-
sng pamphlets on clover, vcsek end
orchards published b. the bowman,
Galloway Bros, OF Waterloo. Iowa.
xhleh would 10 OF value 70 the farm.
ers Of this county.
In recent trlp 70 New York / was
astonlshed A. the very little cultiva
slon there i 81 me soil. l dont be-
..oye thai one field 10 ~ was caltlvat.
I'd. Most Of The land Is Abandonc.
aud The reason Is thai shay are TOO
poor 70 grow profitable crops. This
eiover-yeseh phosphate treatment, /
,elleve, would soon make tho land re-
cover is fertility. / shall be glAd 10
know 1T your next Grange meeting.
ELBERr WAKEMAN.
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