Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-10-19

even partial failure in single crop, from
experimenting, will be sensibIy felt in his
slender income, and perhaps for year to
come. This feeling, to certain extent at
least, is all RICH. and proper; for expert
ments, to test any new theory, are best un-
dertaken on limited scale time may be
lost thereby, but money mag be saved in the
end.
! will now briefly give some accounts of
the practical operation Of my theory. My
first application of lime to any extent. was
200 bushels, mostly air Stacked, hauled 6
miles and applied to a acres just broken
up for corn crop and narrowed in. This
portion Of the field particularly, was so tho
roughly exhausted by previous bad man
agement. that the yield in corn was only 5
or 8 bushels to the acre; nor was the crop
senslbly increased by the lime As the
main object in cultivation was to set the
field in grass, the corn was followed by a
crop of small grain, and a liberal supply Of
clover and timothy seed, and plaster: the
latter producing no visible effect whatever;
and nearly all the grass seed persisted, leav-
ing the surface as bare as before But be-
fore the field again came in course for cul-
tivalion. the good effect of the lime was So
evident by the growth Of white clover-a
meD variety in that vicini.y-that was en-
couraged to lime the whole field containing
about IL acres, and also including this 4
acres; put on as before, just after breaking
up for corn. The crop on this portion, was
increased fully 5 to 6 fold, over that adioin-
ing, and but recently lined !; thus literally
paying all expenses, and has continued ever
since TO produce profitable crops. Plaster
now acts on it with marked effect. The
first application was made some Is to l9
years since; and to test the durability of
lime, these a acres have been kept for expe-
rlment, and without the addition of other
manure; except portion, intended for still
further experiment. About 9 acres were
sown in broadcast corn, with 200 lbs. Pc
ruvian Guano-,hen followed wheat on the
4 acres, and with 200 lbs Guano to the
acre, leaving 2 lands wi,hou, guano.
The corn was materially benefited by
the Guano; but the wheat was not benefit
ted by the previous application OF it; though
it was nearly or quite doubled, over the two
lands left without any Guano: the wheat
was harvested two years since; and no one
could now point out by the growth of the
clover, uniformly. good on the whole, and
equallyllmed, which portion had and which
had no Guano-the conclusion is, that the
renovating" effects of lime, are thus far,
TEN times as durable as Guano; how much
longer remains to be seen.
Some nine or ten years since, determin-
ed to reclaim an adjoining field, at whatever
cost. was told long previous by one of
ny neighbors who sold his farm, and re-
moved to the west, in order to settle on
better land, that the attempt would be futile;
Or, if it ever was made productive, It would
cost grea, deal more than the land was
worth. The prospect aDas forbIdding for
he larger portion was as much reduced as
could be, by shallow tillage, no manure, no
grass seed sown, and constant washing, even
% gullies, and producing little else than run
hing briars. 1t was broken up in the fall
md winter, to much greater depth than it
was ever ploughed before; sixty bushels
Of quick lime to the acre, were applied in
he spring, the ground we'll narrowed and
planted in corn; such portions as required
i, having been we'll under-drained-som
to acres-and which were about the a.
mount that produced anything of crop, or
ha. more than paid the expense of plough
ing. A crop of oats and grass seed follow
ed !; as it was not considered worth the
trouble and expense put in crop of wheat,
on l-3 of the field. After or years, the
same field again coming in course, exactly
The same plan was pursued, as to ploughing
and lime; but rather increasing the depth
than otherwise.
The crop of corn though injured by the
bud worm, was good enabling me to do,
what had rarely, or never done before, sell
rom IA to 13 of the average crop.-Oats
followed, on about 2-3 of the field, with
some 5 or bushels Of bones TO the acre,
and wheat on the balance, with Guano:
both heavy crops, and lodging over the
greater part of the field. Then followed
, wheat crop on the whole MANFRED as
much as possible from the barn yard, and
On the balance, light dressing of guano
If some 50 to 100 pounds to the acre.
The average yield of the field, was over
hirty-three bushels to the acre.
These results are attained with certainty;
or every field and lot are accurately sur
eyed, and the contents noted on the plat
If the Farm and the product Of this field
vas kept separate, ,hreshed, and measured
y itself. The greater portion suffered from
he drought early last year; and the harvest
ng was badly done, owing to the fallen and
angled state of the grain from a storm,
bout the time of ripening; but have no
oubt, several contiguous acres might have
cen selected on the lowest ground Che
orlion under drained) on which the yield
vas over 40 bushels TO the acres This sea-