Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-11-09

without reference to the annual returns dur
ing the time that they were being brought
to the desired state Of fertilty-and these
lands have been considered separate and dis
tinct, as it were, from the farm.
trust, may be INDUCED in offering a
system of farming these WORKOUT lands,
which has ever been favori!e theory with
me, and to a great extent rrac,ced upon
with eminent success 1t is one which is
practicable and requires but a small annual
outlay in money.
The majority Of those who possess these
poor lands, have not the means of procur-
ing costly manures, and are not in pecu-
mary condition to borrow, until the crops
return the sums expended; nor can they
wait for the full action of these fertilizers
before taking crops from the land for their
own support-coald they expend $40 per
acre and reap crop, the proceeds of which
would 60 to refunding the $40, it would be
well for them to borrow, but as large.por-
ton of the crop would have to 60 to the
support of their families, they are not justi
fed in SO extensive an expenditure. For
clearer calculation Of my views, will
state a, case which is seen every Lay-a
young farmer By inheritance or purchase,
comes into possession Of 800 acres of these
barren lands. with personal property sufi-
cient to work ii, but he has only limited
credit, no ready money, and growing fan
ly to be supported from the farm, whilst he
is in debt although not seriously involved.
To such an individual, my advice would be
this devote two-,enths of the proceeds of
your sales TO the purchase Of manures Of
such kinds as may suit your soil or differ
ent sols-that is, if your clay land wants
lime, buy lime; on your sandy land put
ashes, and use bone dust where you desire
TO grow hay-put poudrelle in your corn
hills, and use guano on your wheat, use
any one or all Of these each year, bu,
only to the extent Of two-len,hs of your
proceeds of the sale of crops-taking care
however, to expend at least one-haIf the
sum In either lime or ashes, as they are be-
yond doubt the most durable, and in the end
make the best return for the money expend-
ed-drain and clean your land-plow deep
SO as to approach as near as possible spade
cuture-provlde youself with cart, four
good oxen and careful driver. This is your
manure team, to do nothing else, unless to
carry away your produce, when it has re-
turn loads of lime and other manures; never
otherwise to be employed than in making
manure and caring it out. This man should
be constantly in bringing in litter, weeds,
grass, leaves, muck, rich earth and mud, and
ditch banks, &C., and carrying out return
loads of manure, at all seasons, top-dressng
the field for culture the ensuing year-let
all your cattle be soied until the lst ofJuly.
This man could cut the grass and feed it to
them in racks, keeping them in pen No. l
for month, and see that it be kept well
Uttered all the time. Then put them in pen
No. 2, and while,he carted out the contents
of pen No. l, he could bring return loads
of stuff to keep pen No. 2 well Uttered
This process of manure making will be
much aided by keeping all your hogs in
the pens with the cattle. These pens should
be of convenient size, SO as not to crowd
the stock, and they should have fine shade
trees or good sheds TO protect the stock
from the heat of the sun and the hard show
ers Of summer. When the cattle are TO be
removed from one pen to another, take all.
hands, and throw the manure up in heaps,
and if rainy day comes, or the earth is too
wet to work, or leisure hour, or so, offers,
take every body there with carts and wag
CONS and run it off in hurry to the land
where it is needed. Then spread it and
leave it, till you wish to work the land. If
yon desireto get the whole benefit of the ma
nure, spread one bushel ofplaster per acre over
it as fast as it is spread-plasler should be
sown frequently over the manure in the
pens, to the amount of al least one barrel
for each pen. ;,
In every farmers kitchen yard should be
sink for the reception ofthe ashes, sweep.
ings of the house and yard, contents Of
house buckets, soapsuds, weeds and grass
from yard and garden, SCOT from ehimneys,
cleanings from poultry-houses and coops,
and indeed general depository for all that
would otherW Use be offensive to the sense,
and every way inconvenient. By having it
all concentrated in one spot, and sometimes
throwing over it little dry straw or litter,
and sometimes lime, and every week lit
tie plaster, tits never in any way offensive,
and the back yard is kept clean and neat,
while there is accumulating treasure for
the farmer. By strict attention to this sink,
fifty or seventyfve loads of manure, worth
fully as much as ashes, will be saved in one
year. By these several means, you will
not fail to make and haul out twelve hun
dred loads of manure per year at the low
est estimate. This will enable you to put
40 loads per acre, on thirty acres annually,
which is making rich one-lenth of your
whole farm each year. But you had 300
acres, OF which as general rule, 60 would
be in waste land, woods, ways, houses, gar
dens. Sc, leaving 24O acres for cropping