Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-08-17

session OF his estate. the soil, from long con-
Iinued cultivation Of Tobacco, without the
ailernallon OF clover, had been reduced to
state OF great poverty. But by change in
tne system, rejecting the culture Of tobacco,
and adopting grass culture, he has been able
10 improve some SO or 60 acres, each sue
ceedlng year, from the resources Of his farm
alone, SO that aow, where the sedge was for
merly the solitary tenant, he is sure of a
good crop OF grass, 5 or 6 barrels Of corn,
or good crop of oats. II being his desire
10 get the most of his 1900 acres Of open
lands IN grass, he grows no wheat, bu, sows
clover and orchard grass with oats. As we
have before stated, Mr.. G.. incurs no expense
IN The purchase Of mineral manures, but re-
lies upon his a1oods his marshes, his coav and
forse sto6/es and saao mill, to furnish the
materials for manure. His saw mill fur
nlshes, daily, large quantity Of saao dust,
which IS used, as before stated, in his COW
stables, and there manipulated into ma
nure; and, by the bye, adds much to the
quantity.
The only mineral manure used by Mr.. @.
IS the ashes made on the estate; but IN this,
we think he is wrong, as we believe that
TIME would greally improve all the dry clay
soil on his estate, and secure to 1t largely
increased capacity for production.
The Crops.-Mr. Calvert had $50 acres
IN Oats, and made a good crop, the Clover
sowed with the oats is we'll set and looks
we'll; he has now $50 acres in Corn, which
promises 10 realize his most sanguine ex-
pectalions: he has, and will have when his
Ru,ahagas are all in, between 35 and 40
acres in roots, 20 Of which are Ruta- Bdgas,
a root 10 which he is vervs partial. His last
YEARS stock of roots lasted until June,-and
here it may be proper to remark, that his
root houses are constructed of rustic mate
rials, above ground and that out of the
many thousand bushels which he raised
last year, he lost less than 2 cart loads, by
fo,ing.
There are several acres in a Pumpkin
patch, besides which, many acres Of one Of
his corn-Geds are occupied in growing the
same vegetable.
.MlIs.-Nr. Calvert has on his estatsSa
merchant mill, propelled by water, wlfeFtin
ne manufactures -four, and purchases large
quantities Of wheat from his neighboring
farmers. He has also one of Pages saac
mills, propelled by steam. At this he man
features large quantity of lumber for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the timber
being cut from his own forests. We saw
plank cut from log 20 feet long, in 40 Sc
conds, and a second one in As seconds. He
has lately purchased one Of Coleman's fence
making machines, together with the right
for Prince Georges County, and intends TO
90 largely into the manufacture Of that sub
stanlial kind Of fencing-for which, we
doub, not, he will find ready sale, as to great
substantially, it superadds much beauty.
Oakcn Fmniture-We saw at Mr.. C.'s
several articles Of furniture which had been
made from achite oak grown on his estate.
and sawed at his mill, and which, for deli.
cacy Of shade, height Of polish, and exqui-
sIteness of finish, appeared in our eye inf
Intely more beautiful than any articles of
mahogany furniture we have ever seen,-
and certain are we, that in durability and
aslngness Of color, the white oak will far
exceed mahogany or any other wood
As we looked on these fine specimens the
mechanic arts, and reflected that they had
been fashioned by American genius, and
grown on American soil, the question pre-
sented itself to our mind: when our own
forests presented materials so rich in all
the elements of beauty, and so serviceable
Wlthal-when our own mechanics are com
pelent to mould into form, articles at once
so elegant and so ulile, why 90 abroad >
If we thought we could exert any control
ling influence over Mr.. c., we certainly
would ask him to exhibit some Of his arli-
@Ies at The fair to be held in Baltimore, in
JOY The same harvest Of delightful feeling
winch we did while examining them under
his hospi'abIe roof
The Garden covers an area Of between
D and acres, with an inclination and expo
sure to the South. 1t has been recently en-
larged, but has at present only about 9 1-2
acres IN cultivation, which is well arranged,
and well filed with the choicest vegetables
and fruits
We have skelched hurried and we fear
imperfect account Of what we saw while on
our visit at Mr.. Calvert's,--and in concIu-
sion would remark, that we found in him a
genuine representative of the old MARYLAND
gensIeman-learned,b but devoid of The starch
ana pedanlry Of the ols-lhoroughIv
educated IN the science Of Agricul,ure-en
'erta'nlng broad comprehensive views of
principles and theories, and possessing that,
happy power of app wing them to practice.
which is always desirable but rarely TO be
met with. Having already said tha, he was
"a genuine representative Of the old Marv-
land gentleman it is perhaps superfluous
to say more, but we must be INDUCED with
the additional remarks that he received and
entertained us with the ease and grace for
which that race of true men were distin-