1882. J 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



171 



lunca ; Ciilviu Cooper, Birfl in-Hitml ;.C. L. Hun- 

 sc'uliLT, Maiilicim ; E. 8. IIoovpi-, Manlieitn ; E. W. 

 Kslilcnian, Manlieini ; S. P. El)y,eity. 



On motion tlie reailinir of tlie minutes of tlie last 

 niec'tiiiir were fliepcnsed with. 



Mr. M. D. Kendig, wlio was one of tlie eomriiiltee 

 to visit the York County Fair, reporleil tliat lie 

 found a large exliitiit. The atlendanee was also 

 larfie, and the display of cattle, horses, sheep, ele., 

 was ttood. The fruit display, however, was not so 

 good, and what was on e.xhibition was of a very poor 

 quality. 



J. C. Liuville stated that it, had been understood 

 that Mr. V.t\gc had apreed to address the society at 

 its Octolier mcetins;, but on account of illness he 

 was unable to do so. He was unable lo promise 

 when he would be allowed to do so, on account of 

 ill-lieaUh and a fjreal amount of other work on 

 hand. 



Mr. Linvillc, of Salisbury, reported an unusual 

 prowlh of grass this fall. The stubble fields have 

 an extraoidinarj growth of clover. The wheal sown 

 in October looks well. The corn crop is about an 

 average. lie never knew the corn to be put iu the crib 

 so green as it was tliis (all, and he was afraid this 

 would prove a disadvantage. 



n. M.Engle, of Marietta, said young clover was 

 doing remarkably well. He bad made young hay 

 from it, something he had never done before. It 

 was a little coarse, but the cattle appeared to like it. 

 The rainfall for last month w.as one inch. 



M. D. Kendig reported tlie ■.■aiiifall in his section 

 to be 1 1 ■') inches. 



These reports were corroborated by other mem- 

 bers of the society. 



Mr. Kendig inquired as to the probable tendency 

 of the wheat market. 



.Mr. Ditlenderffer said he was of the opinion that 

 the price of wheat would remain about as it is at 

 present. He said there could not be any argument 

 which would lead him to beliere that it would ad 

 vance in price, for the reason that the late crop was 

 larger than it was for some years. The Chicago 

 Board of Trade put the crop much higher than it 

 ever was. 



Mr. Engle asked when it was most advisable to 

 [low clover sod for corn, fall or spring? He said he 

 was of the opinion that fall was the best time, es- 

 pecially if the season was dry. It should then be 

 thoroughly cultivated in the spring. 



Mr. Bollinger's practice was fall plowing. Mis 

 reasons for fall plowing were because he had more 

 lime ; another was because in spring the ground was 

 loo wet, as a general rule ; the corn should be thor- 

 oughly cultivated in tlie spring; this year he was 

 expecting fi.T or 70 bushels per acre, although it was 

 planted in May. 



Mr. Resli advised manuring heavily in the fall, 

 and then plowing it thoroughly in the spring. He 

 had bad tried this plan and always found it to work 

 well, especially if there was a good set of clover. 



Mr. Hoocer said he held the same idea, to a great 

 extent, as that held by the gentleman who had pre- 

 ceded bim If he had level ground he thought the 

 lilan would work well, but if the land was sloping 

 he would not advise it. He was in lavor of fall 

 plowing as a rule, but he was of the opinion that in 

 the fall there would be a scarcity of manure, and 

 then some of the land would not get any manure at 

 all. He, therefore, advocated doing it by degrees, 

 just as he secured his manure. 



Mr. Engle was of the opinion the plan of exposing 

 the plowed surface, during the winter, would prove 

 benetii'ial. The L'cneral ^elllimcnt throughout the 

 country tended towards surface manuring. He did 

 not, however, like to leave his manure exposed lo 

 the elements during the summer season. He was 

 in favor of having his manure in good condition, 

 then be would have a good eullivalor and properly 

 apply it. 



Mr. Bollinger said the only objection he had to top 

 dressing in the fall was that then the manure would 

 Lot as a rule be in proper condition. He thought we 



would destroy the insects, especially the cut-worm, 

 if we would plow in the fall. 



Mr. Eby instanced a case where the cut worms 

 were most numerous in a tobacco patch which had 

 been plowed in the fall, but Mr. Engle thought this 

 ase was an except ion. 



Mr. Linvile plowed in the spring, because he then 

 could have his manure in proper condition. He was 

 of the opinion that land plowed in the winter and 

 exposed to tlic elements, would become very poor. 

 It may kill the cut-worm, but be thought it did not 

 pay in the end. 



Mr. Engle stated that J. B. Oarber contributed 

 several specimens of the KieflVr hibrid pear, and he 

 moved that a eommitlee be appointed to examine 

 the fruit. 



The motion was carried, and Messrs. Engle 

 Cooper and Eby were appointed. 



The following questions were referred: At what 

 age should stock cattle be put up for feeders? to E. 

 S. Hoover. At the present prices of corn and bran, 

 what constitutes a profitable ration for beef cattle ? 

 to n. Ci. Kesh. What is a profitable ration for milk 

 cows? J. H. Landis. Is there any truth in the oft 

 repeated assertion that farmers cat too much 1 F. K. 

 Diirendcrffer. Adjourned. 



POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The Lancaster County Poultry Society met stateillj 

 in their room in the City Hall building, Monday 

 morning, Nov. 0, with the following members pres- 

 ent : Geo. A. Geyer, Spring Garden; .1. B. Lichty, 

 city; Dr. E. H. Witmer, Neflsville ; S. G. Engle, 

 Marietta; W. A. Schoenberger, city; S. P. Eaby, 

 Esq., city; F. R. Dill'enderffer, city; C. A. Gast, 

 city ; Edward Brackbill, Strasburg ; Peter Bruner, 

 .Mount Joy. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read 

 and approved. 



Philip Borngresser, city, was elected a member of 

 the society. 



The Secretary, Mr. Lichty, staled that he had 

 written lo Mr. J. W. Bicknell, of Buffalo, and 

 Charles Becker, c^ Baltimore, to act as judges, the 

 former on poultry and the latter on pigeons, at the 

 coming exhiliition of the society. These men are 

 said to be among the best judgesin the country. As 

 it is the intention of the managers of the show to 

 keep the man selected to judge the poultry exhibit 

 at the show during tha entire time, one person, it 

 was thought, would be sufflcient. 



The question of a suitable room for the exhibition 

 was then brought up, and the Executive Committee 

 was instructed to secure, if , possible. Excelsior Hall. 



The present season was reported to have been a 

 profitable one for poultrymen, as eggs and chickens 

 have been unusually high 



The Secretary said he had received up to the 

 present time nearly §50 for advertising space in the 

 catalogue, and he had no doubt a great deal more 

 would be paid for advertisements than would be 

 necessary to pay for the printing and mailing of the 

 catalogue. 



After an informal talk on the subject of "gaps" 

 iu chickens and the various remedies for the same, 

 the socicly'adjourned. 



LINN.«;AN SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Linnitan So- 

 ciety was held in Dr. Knight's olliee on Thursday 

 eveningj October 2(1, at 7;^ P.M. The following 

 members were In attendance : Dr. Dubbs, Dr. M. 

 L. Davis, Dr. Knight, Prof. Kathvon, S. M. Sener, 

 W. L. Gill, Mrs. Zell and Miss Lefcvic. Dr. J. R. 

 Dubbs, the Vice President occupied the chair in ab- 

 sence of the President Dr. S. T. Davis donated to 

 the uinsenin a fine specimen of opalizcd wood oh 

 tained by bim in Dakota, while on a visit there re- 

 cently. Dr. H. B. Knight donated a specimen of 

 the hermit crab, occupying his stolen habitation, 

 which was procured on Long Island. The Patent 

 Oflice Qazette, Nos. ll, 15 and 16, and yearly index 

 of the same were donated to the library. Prof. R. 



K. Buehrle was unanimously elected a member of 

 the society. After jiassing an hour in scientific 

 gossip of an interesting character the society ad 

 journed to meet on Saturday, November 25th, at 21, 

 P.M., in the museum room. 



Thi 



FULTON FARMERS' CLUB. 



Fulton Fanners' Club met statedly on the 4th 



intt., at the residence of Christopher C. CautTman, 

 at Wakefield. There was a full attendance of mem- 

 bers and their families, together with a large num- 

 ber of visitors. 



Exhibits. 



S. L. (iregg exhibited an apple to be named, and 

 it was • pronounced to be a Tewkesbury Winter 

 Blush. Day Wood exhibited a Spanish chestnut. 

 C. C. Cauffman, who had recently been on a West- 

 ern trip, exhibited some Odessa wheat from Iowa, 

 some Icwa soil, and a specimen of paper manufac- 

 tured from poplar wood . The wheat was the pro- 

 duet of l.«81, and was said lo be belter than the 

 wheal of the present year ; but here such wheat 

 would be considered of extremely poor quality, and 

 it speaks but poorly for Iowa as a wheat producing 

 Slate. Wm. King exhibited Pomegrise, Nottlng- 

 ham Brown, and an unknown variety of apples. 



E.H. Haines reported having received from John 

 H. Landis ten copies of the report of the Slate Agri- 

 cultural Society for distribution among the members 

 of the club, but said be was unable lo have Ibem 

 present . 



Qui stions and Answers. 



Montillion Brown — How is the corn yielding the 

 present season ? Most of those present could only 

 gmssat the number of bushels per acre. One or 

 two had made an estimate by the number of wagon 

 loads, and the whole seemed to indicate an average 

 of from GO lo Ci.5 bushels per acre. The lowest being 

 4(1 and the highest 7.5 bushels per acre. 



Day Wood — Does it pay to shell corn lo grind for 

 feed? Nearly all preferred to have it ground in the 

 ear until toward spring, when the cobs get hard and 

 then they shell it. 



Montillion Brown feeds his without grinding as 

 lodg as the cobs are soft and after that he shells it 

 before grinding. He cuts the ears into small pieces 

 before fe. ding them. 



Josiah Brown— Does it pay lo buy bran lo mix 

 with corn for cows? Day Wood said he believed a 

 portion of cow's feed should he bran ; he had known 

 it lo increase the amonnt of butter when there was 

 no perceptible increase in the amount of milk. 

 Lindley King also prefers lo feed bran. Montillion 

 Brown thinks that the principal benefit to be de- 

 rived i;rom feeding bran is in the health of the anl- 

 mals. He had known serious results from confining 

 animals to corn alone. 



After dinner the men inspected the buildings, 

 farm and stock, and after reassembling at the house 

 all expressed Ihemelvcs well pleased with what 

 they had seen. 



Montillion Brown read from the Lancaster 

 FAK.Miin an article on "Gapes in Chickens." This 

 started quite a discussion on the cause of the gapes. 

 Edwin Stnbbs said that at three different places 

 where he had lived he found that when the chickens 

 were allowed to drink from the dileh that carried 

 the slops and water from the kitchen they were, 

 always affected with the gapes, and that when they 

 were not allowed access to this ditch, or when It 

 it was cleaned out every few days, the chickens 

 were free from this disease. His experience con- 

 firms him in the belief that if the co<i|)6 are kept in 

 dry, warm places, and the vessels out of w hich the 

 young chickens drink are kept scrupulously clean 

 there will be no trouble with the gapes. 



Robt. Gilison dissented from this view of the mat- 

 ter, and said that at his place the chickens had the 

 gapes much WKirse than at some of his neighbors, 

 where there was much more impure water standing 

 about. 



Montillion Brown said the gapes were worse In 

 some locations than others. He had on several ocea- 



