Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-02-17

OOcT-STOOH FAT STOCK III the Union. wen
no longer care to have their physical eyes
charmed and grati6ed in looking upon
pretty horse, fine OK, or beautiful sheep,
but their mental eyes have been opened late
ly and they wish to look on what is epecu-
rian die! for their sys,ems-lhese are the
eyes now to be pleased-mind is to be fed
with rich and wholesome food in essays
and reports upon the all important subjects
of renovaling lands too long abandoned, and
the mind is to be treated with the rich en-
tertalnment at which it learns 10 make MANY
blades of grass grow where none grew be-
fore 1t is no longer the sensual, but the
intellectual appetite that is desired to be
whelled and then gratifed. It speaks we'll
for the gentlemen of Charles county, Gen.
Chapman and others, that in their very first
start, they make provision for intellectual
qualification, knowing full we'll that if the
"inner man" be provided Tor, the '"oulward"
will be taken care of, as matter of course
Success to their efforts!
"yMr. Boavie's great Speech."-Afier the
many handsome compliments paid to it,
yours among the number, shall decline
saying but one word about it, and tina, is,
was not surprised at all to find it called
great speech, for know T. F. Bowie, ESQ
and hnoa0 that he is The man that can do
these things ''as we'll as the meet MANI
Talking abou, speeches, Mr.. Stevenson of
Va. has lately delivered one before an Ag-
riculural Society in Virginia. and like Mr..
BIS. bright gem that should adorn the A.
merican Farmer. 1t will prove very accept
able 10 your readers.
At the "Talbot County Cattle Shot,"
you, MIR. Editor, must have had nice time
lois of nice things-pre,.y girls-great
fun-good eating and drinking in the bar
gain. No wonder you wrote SO long and
hashy an accoun, of it. Turn and turn a
bout is but fair play, so next year l'll 60 to
Talbot Show if you will come TO "Prince
Georges County Fair''- you will have "a
street time assure ye,'' and be most well
come. But word in your ear, you say
among the ''Household MANY aetures." tina,
there were 'sjellies, soap, starch, &c" and
only one liquid article mentioned "rinegar;"
now are you sure have you clear recollec-
ton that on that very delightful occasion
you tasted nothing in the fluid line, nothing
but ''uinegar," or was it that you mentioned
not the thing understood, which perhaps
added vigor to the pen that wrote that &C
count so complimentary to the fair and the
gallant of Tabot-don't be bashful was
there not some home brewed ale-some
sweet cordial, or ''zittle nice scine Pr
Verb. sat-
"Draining - Under Draining."- Too
much canno. be said upon the good effects
of thorough system of Understandings
was delighted 10 find you again calling al,
,ention to this very important subject-hun-
dreds of acres OF land now destitute of all
vegetation except some wild sour grass, and
called poor heath land, would be very pro-
duclive if only under- drained 1t would
need in some instances no manure, but yield
abundanlIy, as soon as perfectly drained.
There are many powerful illustrations OF
the great efficacy of thorough draining; a.
mong them are to be found those miles of
beautiful undertaking., on Col. Capron's
farm, in Prince Georges, which improved
those fields almost as much as the bought
del. While others have been solely atlri-
bulng TO manure-mineral and animal, and
vege,abIe-lhe improved condition of Col
C's lands, have thought that but Tor those
under-dsains, his money would have been
lost-hiS manure been useless, and only
''wasled its Sweetness on desert air." His
skill and science in the management of his
-, 10 oF q
value, than Is displayed by these long lines
of bitches. Where once cat could scarcely
crawl. or a raccoon find room to bear him
up in the fight, now can safely be driven a
'big -six-mule-team" with its load of sweet
scented red-.op and timothy hay-no ground
is lost, nor would you know that there was
a drain under ground, unless you saw the
acire-acickft work mouth of it where It emp
ties itself in the chief canal. running through
the field this big ditch is left open. The
Col would do a great service TO the public,
at his earliest leisure, by expressing his
views upon this subject, stating the benefits
he has found resulting from 1.-THE mode
of building blind bitches, the cost, sc. with
drawings, or plans showing the appearance
tnat theSe drains present. OUCH C"ihHu-
nca,ion would be of great value, and deserve
the thanks Of the public.
PATUXENT PLANTER.
| The fact which the writer states, and
which is doubtless justified by his expert
ence and observa,ion-lha the good effects
of Plaster, after being applied for. a series of
years, ceases to be visible is easily accounted
for. Plaster, like anything else in the form
of manure, can only perform its specific Of
fee. The plants of the field require d.
versily of food, and by the laws of Nature,
are invested with the power of taking up
portions of each as may be essential TO their