Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-03-03

cent of one half carbonate Of lime, and more
than one half the value of most Of the stone
lines, or of lha, from the SchuyIkill, which
has been so extensively and SO benefcially
used.
Passing from the mouth Of Chiccamuxen
around Mary land Poin. TO Port Tobacco
creek, the country intervening between those
creeks and the Potomac exhibits in several
localities, where the mari Is exposed IN ra-
vines and at The heads of streams, eocene
fossilierous depos,es of The tertiary period
In many places within my knowledge this
mari is easily accessible, and can be used
at small expense; aud If we may form an
opinion from the results Of the application
of similar deposiles elsewhere, It's liberal
use would in few years put different face
upon that country, which, without any dis
paragemen, to it, is not in so flourishing an
agricultural condition, and in lis present
stale of cultivation, has but lillle TO recon-
mend ii, save The kind and generous hearted
aud hospIlable people who nhahn it. Let
them but avail themselves of the rich mate
rials wh hich they have SO abundanlly at hand,
by liberal and judicious application OF them
TO their lands, and in few years that whole
section, known as Chiccamuxen and N anJe-
moy, will rival, if it does not surpass, the
fairest and mos, fertile portions Of this once
rich Tide wafer region.
Doc, DucsteI thus speaks Of the effect OF
blue mari :-"From the nature of this blue
mari, and the condition of the soil belonging
to The hlly lands in this section Of Charles
county deprived in great measure, by
washing, Of their natural soIl-It is believ-
ed lha, small spplcaions-say Of ten loads
or one hundred bushels to the acre, aided
by few loads of stable manure, and re-
peaied TO given extent al intervals OF four
or five years, in proportion TO the progress
of Improvement in The soil-would be very
profitable Such soils, moreover, as are
spt to wash, will, by this operation, have
their texture greatly improved, and will
be found much less liable to run into gul'
lies. One impor,sn, observation related by
Mr. RnfIir is, tha, 'when field that has
been injured by washing is marlen, within a
few years after, many nf the old gullies will
begin TO produce vegetston and show soil
gradually forming from the dead vegetables
brought there by the winds and rains, al
though no means should be used TO aid this
/ operation.'"
We will hereafter take occasion to adver
more particularly to the use and action oI
thi. caIcsreous msnure in Virginia, and 10
compare that on tins side of the Potomac
with the marls Of Virginia, within the same
geological range. OF the great value Of the
mail depos,es on the river above Port To.
hacco creek, and Of the continuous strata
underlying the whole of Nanjemoy ant
with the proximity Of that country to a mar.
ket, and The facilities Of transportation of al
agricultural productions, ] hazard nothing
in saving that it should be, and in time mus
become, as fertile as any man can desire i
to be. We have heretofore said that The
soil must contain the elements Of the planl
which are 10 be grown upon them. II th'
ingredients which enter into, and form th'
plant are absent from The soil, i, is unneces
ssry to try to produce j, unless those ingre
dienls are suppIed-of unless The plant be
longs 10 that class which derives lis nour
ishment mainly from the atmosphere, tt
produce which successfully, the land mus
contain due proportion of calcafeous mat
ter. and the basis of carbon and ammonia
l( these be deficient, and if, when knowing
the constituent elements Of the crops whicl
he desires 10 cultivate, and the ingredients
Of his soil, the husbanhman negIec,s TO ap
ply those fertilizers which are required b,
the crops. and which his lands do not con
tain. he may not expect TO reap an adequate
return for his labor. Let us understand tbs
texture, character and ingredients of th,
lands which we cultivate, and the elements
of the crops which we desire TO produce
and adapt the one to the other, applying
whatever may be deficient that is requlsil.
for the production of the plant which is in
tended be grown.
Blu, find this essay running to fa,igu
ing length, and further notice of the geoIo
gical structure of the lands, and the re
sources to enrich them, will be reserved 70
another number.
A CHARLES COUNTY FARMER.