Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-15
A GRICULTUR r A L.
From the American Farmer for April.
WORK ON THE FARM.


Hauling out manure.-If you have not
done so already, you should without further
delay, haul your manure out upon your
ground intended for corn. Previously 10
doing so, however, if you can command IT..
mix l bushel of plaster with every 20
double-horse car, loads Of the manure. If
not prepared to spread and plough your ma
nure in you may haul i. our, distribute
j. in such conical piles as will give You
twenty loads to each acre, SO that as litIle
loss as possible may ensue from rains, and
from the evapora,ons of the atmosphere.
1t would be good disposition Of time, to
cover your manure piles with the surround
ing mould, should 1t be necessary TO let it
remain for some days bu, if this canno, be,
done, it will be we'll to press The piles with
the back o! your shovels. SO as to turn the
rain, and as far as NAV be, arrest fermenta
tion in the heaps. When one has gone to
the trouble Of accumulaiing manure, he
should certainly GO little farther, and pre-
serve its qusli.y from deterioration.
Oats.-This grain, il not already seeded,
should be pm. in with all possible speed, as
the crop should be set sufficiently early to
have time to mature before the intense heats
and droughls Of late summer, j. being well
established fact, that the early sown oats
invariably make the mos, and best erain.-|
But unless there be substance in The soil 10
sustain and nurture the plants, unless the
elements Of fertility be therein present, toI
encourage the growth of the plant and ella
borate the berry, no reasonable grower of
this grain should expect good crop. To
calculate on remunera,ing product from
worn-ou, field, is to indulge one Of the
greatest falaces tina, ever led the mind of
man asiray. Equally reasonable would il,
be to suppose that man could sustain him
self in his daily tolls withou. food, as that
q good crop Of oats, or any other product.
can be grown in land that is deprived Of all
of the elements Of production, or upon land
which has been so scourged in the course
of long continued course Of improvdeni
cropping, as to be reduced TO a condition
bordering on steriiiy.
.Manuring.-If the field on which you in
tend 10 pitch your oat crop is poor one,
you may ensure yourself fair yield, by
either Of The following compos,s. The guam
titles are intended for an acre. !. Ten loads
of marsh mud, 10 bushels of lime and 10
bushels Of ashes, TO be thoroughly mixed
together, spread broadcast and ploughed in.
g. Ten loads Of woods mould and leaves
or pine skaters, 10 bushels of lime and 10
bushels Of ashes TO be treated as above. 8
Ten loads of stable or barn-yard manure,
10 bushels Of ashes, and bushel Of plaslel,
4. 8 bushels of bone-earlh, 10 bushels Of
ashes, and bushel Of plaster, TO lie mixed
together and suffered to remain in heap
until the mass becomes heated, then to be
spread and ploughed in. Either of these
dressings would not only ensure fair crop
Of oats. bu, enable you to sow clover seed
with your oats, with the surety of getting
fair stand Of clover; which. if limited nexl
fall, at the rate of 25 bushels 10 the acre.
would be the means Of carrying yonr field
forward to state Of desirable fertility, $500
pounds of guano and busheI of plaster,
will also give you good crop of oats, be-
sides enabling you to sow clover with your
oats; your clover must be lined next fall,
as stated above.
- Soi7s.-Oals will grow on any good soils.
best on grass swards or clover lays. In
these latter, however, the worm is frequent
Iy destructive to the young oat plants; this
may be prevented by sowing broadcas. 2
bushels of salt per acre.
Preparation Of the ground Plough
deep, and thoroughly pulverize by harrow
ing and rolling.
Quantity Of seed per acre.-Sow 2 BUSH
els Of seed 10 the acre, and be sure to sow
good, heavy well cleaned oats If your soil
be really fertile, or you should manure il,
generously, bushels of seed will be better
than 2 After sowing your seed and har-
rowing then ground, the complete your work
by rolling.
= Root Cuzlure.-If there be any Of our
readers who intend TO cultivate roots as
winter food for their mich cows and other
stock, to such We would take this early op-
portunity Of saying that they should COM
mence q. once to prepare the manure, as all
roots deligh. most in such manures as are