Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
AGRICULTURAL.
TO FARMERS,

TO FARMERS
You, who draw your living and your
wealth from the soil, will grow more veal
Thy and increase in the comforts of LIVING
In proportion as you understand the science
OF your occupation, not IN proportion to the
amount oil hard work you perform. You
may labor from early dawn to late twiliob,
and accomplish bu. mere ,rile if your ia
Dor is not judiciousiy applied acknowledge
Power'-far more powerful than mere
physical labor. A correct knowledge OF
The chemical properties of the soil of every
part Of your farms would enable you to re-
a'ize twice or thrice The yearly value you
now do, with The same labor A know
ledge OF the best grains for seeding, and We
getable seeds, is also indispensable, if you
wish 10 prosper and grow rich by your oc-
cuPation. There is no natural necessity
Tor having poor crops; let correc, know
ledge oil agricultural chemistry be applied
an The cullivaion-let an accurate know
ledge be obtained of all the advantage and
faculties afforded by farm, lie. them be
more available, and you will no. be mourn
ang over short crops.
ledge, relative to farming. A man who was
born and raised in the city of Philadelphia,
and brought up TO the boot and shoemaking
business, concluded at the age of abou,
overweight years. 10 try farming, bust
ness he knew nothing about. lie purchas-
ed small farm in the section of New Jer-
sey where the soil was considered remark
able poor, and sold low. The old resident
farmers about there found it very difficult to
raise their families and pay their taxes
They managed their agricultural occupa-
tons in the same manner as their fathers and
grand fathers had done. and had not their
farms been pretty good for some kind of
fruit; they would not have been able to
make living. The shoemaker had no "a
Their or grand father to take pattern from in
farming, SO Ire bought the best works on
agriculture that were published al that time
These he studied attenively, and made him
sell master of the information they contain
ed. He commenced cultivating his little
farm, guided entirely by the knowledge he
had derived from agricultural books. His
old arR,ing neighbors laughed among them
selves at the ignorance of the shoemaker 10
farming. They saw a, once that he man
aged differently from their fathers and grand
fathers, and from all The old residents in the
township, and of course supposed him gno-
rant OF agriculture. In the short period of
two years, the farm of the shoemaker began
10 look better. and produce better crops than
the nelghboring farms in its vicinity, which
had always been managed by regular bred
farmers. This seemed very mysterious to
the old farmers, and they first attributed i,
all TO good luck. But as crops of the shoe
maker increased in quantity and quality
every year, neighbors began TO feel puzzled.
Fifteen bushels Of wheat per acre was con-
sidered large crop in that section of the
Slate. In four years from the commence
snent Of farming the city bred shoemak err
ans wheat crops averaged thirty bushels to
abe acre. His Indian corn turned on, fifty
bushels to the acre, while the old residents
found it dflicul, to raise over twenty five
bushels. Such was the result in one in
stance Of science and industry, over hard
work without science, and such will be the
result IN farming whenever it is tried.
visited The city shoemaker, for he was
an intimate friend of mine in the city.)-
Every par, of it looked equal to what we
call first rate farm in Pennsylvania. The
natural soil in Lancaster, and adjoining
Counties is vastly superior to the original
quality of the shoemaker's farm. | fire.
quently see farms abou. here, that makes
me wish some one who does not repudiate
book farming, as it is called, would pur-
chase, and make them doubly productive.
Before concluding this article, will say
few words about fruit. If you farmers
will take your states, and make a correct
arIthmetical calculation of the cost of rails
ing fruit, and what i, will bring when the
prices are lowest, you will discover that
raising fruit will prove the most profitable
part of your agricultural pursuits, especially
if you raise good fruit. There is a grea,
scarcity Of apples, pears, and peaches Of
good quality in this part Of our State, and
every farmer would find his interest pro-
NOTED, by the cultivation Of every variety
OF good fruit. Now is the time TO prepare
for graf'ing-if you neglect your own inte-
rest. Supply yourselves with the best sci
ons for grating, and carefully preserve them
TILL time for insertion. ! will not say that
good pears are never brought to market, but
must say have never seen any, don't see
but few real good apples in the bes, season.
J have more TO say on the subject of fruit,
which will be forthcoming in due time.
BEN BEEcHwooD.
To PREVENT PoTATo RoT.-We were
informed few DAYS since by our friend