Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-07-20

consisted GRIZZLY OF umOhy anu Clover
and which promised to yield from l l-2 to
9 tons to the acre.
Among the fields improved by Col. G. is
one of siriy acres, which he has reclaimed
from swamp, and now bears on its bosom
a heavy crop of timothy. This wonderful
improvement has been effected by draining;
the drainage being conducted under his own
direction. The main drains are open, the
lateral ones covered, and all made SO as to
efectualy draw off the water and leave the
soil of the whole 60 acres comparatively
dry. AS to the depth and direction Of the
drains, these are graduated so as to meet the
necessities of each particular locality. The
lateral drains are numerous, all leading to
the main outlet, which by its dimensions
and the quantity Of water which it contains,
is large enough to be called creek. The
lateral drains are formed of bricks placed on
either side of the ditch so as to form drain
of about 4 inches by 2 in volume, COW
cred by bricks. The mouths of these late
raj drains are, part faced with brick and part
with stone, the latter material the Colonel
thinks best The bricks are made on the
Colonel's farm, and he thinks drain can
be made with them as cheaply as with any
other material, and that it will be as lasting.
We walked over the meadow with the
Colonel, and made minute examination Of
all the drains. and it is but Justice to say,
thai, in our opinion, no field Of equal ex-
tent has ever been more effectually made
drv. Science, in his hands has enabled him
to completely triumph over physical OBJ
struclioDs, and to convert noXious I'M
wholesome morass, into beautiful, produc-
tive meadow.
Col Capron has made Mac-adamized
road thro' The centre Of his estate, so that
every field is approachable at all seasons Of
the year without difficulty, thus assuring
degree of comfort and convenience to be
found on but very few farms in our coun-
try.
The CoIonel's stock of cattle consists of
about 100 head, young and old-of these
35 are full bred DurhamS, 9 Holsteins, IL
Deuons-of the latter there are 6 cows. |
bull, and yearlings and calves. His Dur
ham and Deron bulls are models of their
respective breeds-lhe latter imported-a-
mong his Durham cows are to be found the
noblest specimens of that generous race,
combining every quality which could be de-
sired in COW, and the same may be said
of the Devons and Hols,eins. There are
60 cows in milk, about 20 of which are ma
tive cows selected with care for their deep
milking faculties, which quality, is alike Pc
culiar to the full-breds of each kind we have
enumerated.
From 1870 to $50 gallons Of milk are sold,
daily, in Baltimore, Washington, and the
Laurel viIlage-lhe receipts last year were
rising $4,000, and i, is presumed, they will
reach $4,000 the present year.
The pastures in which the cattle feed
are of the most luxurient character, and do
ample credit to their enterprising proprietor,
az we'll for the humanity thereby evinced
for his herds, as for the skill he has display
ed in covering hitherto barren fields with
the richest verdure.
His barn is noble structure Of wood, in
the form of Tits front is 100 feet by
As: from its centre there is another struc-
ture l2O feet in depth. On the ground floor
of the front building there are apartments
for his wagons and carts, COW stable with
three rows of stalls for the mich cows, be-
sides others of more spacious dimensions
for the in-calf cows 10 bring forth their
young in. On the same floor is the milk
room or dairy, which we need not say is
kept as clean as new Eagle fresh from
the mint; for order, system and cleanliness,
must prevail wherever the eve of Col. c. can
reach-and it reaches everywhere, for like
paternal general he superintends every
operation, every movement, himself
The barn has every appliance-every con-
venience calculated to save labor, ensure
health, and guaranty comfort its tool
apartment, implement apartment, and gears
room. The milk is conveyed from the
COW stable to the dairy in pipes, and passes
through two strainers before it reaches
its place of Observation-Disclosures, it is drawn
off into cans for market, which before being
sent away is cooled in a massey granite
trough, which is supplied with cold water
by means of pipes leading from pump near
by. Everything in the dairy is as sweet and
clean as hands, soap, and water can make
them, and the room itself is filled with the
putest air.
In front of the stalls of the cows, there
are troughs lined with tin, for watering them
in in winter-during the grazing season
they get ample supplies of the purest water
in their pastures, where springs and streams
abound. The second story of the front barn
is appropriated to the storing of hay, but
spacious as it is, it will not be sufficient to
accommodate within fifty tons of the growth
of the present season.
In the back barn is located the stable Of
the mules, 81 in number, and team of 4
splendid oxen, all of which are in the finest
condition of flesh as we'll as coats, demon
strating that neither food, curry comb and
brush, nor elbow grease, are spared to en-
sure health, comfort and cleanliness. In