Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-16

be drawback upon his profits. Nothin
; but the most lmperious necessity should in
duce any one TO put more acres in corn tia
he can manure well, unless the soil is alrea
dy IN state of such fertility as to justify III
belief of productive yield. Corn being
crop that requires much labor and grea
strength Of soil to ensure profit, Shout
never extensively be undertaken withou
due calculation being made as toresults. TIL
ambition of having many broad acres cover
ed with II, without one should have the a
blli'y.to do justice both in putting in til
crop and tending it afterwards, is that kin
OF ambition which, in lis qualification nei,he
hills the pocket nor adds to the reputation
OF the agrlculturist, whilst it most generally
tends to the impoverIshment of the soil
! with these premonitory remarks we shall
direct attention TO what should be done
ON THE FARM.
Scoring Of C1orer tSeed.-As we hold /
to be an agricultural truth that none ca.
galnsay, that the fertility of no soil can bt
kept up where czover does not form one O
the Items 10 the system of rotations we adj
wise all who may not have already done so
to SOW IL or ID lbs. Of clover seed on every
acre of land which they may have set If
acAeat If the wheat is much winter killed
after sowing the clover seed thereon, we
would farther advise them to pass Iigh
harrow over the ground and then TO roll it
These processes we feel certain will serve
to destroy much grass and weeds, act as a
cultivation to the wheat plants, encourage a
disposition TO .iller in them and gill up many
places that would otherwise remain blank
What roots may be torn up by the harrosc
Will be restored to the earth by the roller.
SO that such roots will not only grow again.
but each joint which may be thus pressed
into The soil will form a series of roots and
send forth It's plants to add to the product of
the field.
NhIie we are thus recommending the
sowing of clover seed, we feel it due to our
sense OF candor TO reiterate here, that clover
cannot be successfully grown in a soil from
which lime is absent, and to state that so
soon as the wheat crop may be harvested,
every held which may be thus situated
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put on full dose of lime at that time, we
would recommend the application of 10
bushels per acre and one of plaster. With
this moderate dose of these minerals, II the
land be rich in vegetable matter, a fair growth
Of clover may be expected. But in advance
we will here admonsh all, not to suffer
stock of any kind to depas,ure on the field
during the first year, as should they do SO,
their clover will be destroyed, it being in
that the plants should have thar
time to become firmly rooted in the the
soil.
Clorer Fie1dS.-Sow over every acre you
may have set in clover a bushel OF plaster
sow early in the morning while the dew is
on the ground.
.Neadous.-If you have any meadows
that are tight bound and which yielded but
indifler entity las, season, SO soon as the frost
is out Of the ground harrow them thorough
~, then sow gallon Of timothy seed per
acre, and spread thereon five or ten bushels
of lime or ashes per acre. or one bushel OF
plaster. and finish by rolling.
Old Felds-As most Of the old estates
in our country are annoyed by these I'M
slightly appendages, we will remark, that if
they be under fence and the cattle be kept
off they may be covered with verdure III one
season by the following process: Harrow
until filth be raised, then SOW on each acre
compost made of bushels of lime, 5 BUSH
els of ashes and of plaster. Thus treated,
ifgiven one years protection from the stock,
they may be converted into fair pastures,
relieve the eve Of the owner, and made the
source of profit.
Preparation Of Corn Ground.-As every
corn grower should make his arrangements
so that he may be able 10 plant his corn al
the earliest period allowable in the latitude
in which he may be located, he should a
once go ahead, haul out his manure, spreac
and plough it in SO soon as he may be JUS
tilted in doing so by the weather. Wher
tina, time may be, in a country like ours
must be determined by the judgment of thu
corn planter himself, all that we can say
upon the subject is that each should make
a moral duty to be forward in his work-te
to see that the manure when hauled out L
evenly spread, and ploughed in, If possible
when spread Whenever it may be tount
imprac,icabe to make the ploughing keel
pace with the spreading, a bushel OF plaste
should be sown on each acre on which ma
nure may be thus spread. Indeed, it woul'
be better that plaster were sown on all tn
manure, as it gives fxidity to it, prevents tn
loss of its most active nutrient principle, ant
prolongs its action.
With regard to the quantity of manure &c
be applied to an acre of corn land, 1t is oil
ficut to prescribe what is the right quantity
Tho corn nlant is a greedy feeder. and is dli
ficult TO be overfed. it may, however, o.
very safely affirmed, tina, 20 double hors
cart loads is a reliable allowance to be glve'
to an acre grown in corn. With that q"an
tilv, under the influence Of favorable sea