Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-03-17

cent Of lime, and ii Of carb. acid, making
but "a per cent. of car Donate Of lime. Nor
can it be on account of the potash which 's
contains, being bu. trace, per cent. It's
in my judgment inferior 10 that above it
upon the estate of Mr.. Ware, or ,ha, Of Mr..
Rober. Digges, or that 8, ST. Thomas; al
though they contain less carbonate Of lime,
yet they are richer in potash, which is an
article much required by our lands TO fit
them for the production Of cereal crops
The value of the deposile at ST. Thomas
consists in the potash and gypsious sand;
containing bu, 2 l2 per cent. of carbonate
Of lime, it canno, be Of value for its calca-
reous matter. am no, informed whether
any experiments have been made with the
marls of either of those deposites, and there
fore no correct opinion can be formed Of
their value from having been used. will
not say .ha! they might no. be advantage
ously used upon .he adjacent lands. They
would evidently be beneficial upon lands
which are said to be too stiff, containing an
over proportion of alumina, by ameliorating
the coil and affording sicious matter to those
that are more argilace eous. 1t is to be hoped
that they will be tested by expermen. upon
the adjacen. fields, and if found efficaceous,
further use might and doubtless would be
made Of those extensive deposies. 1t would
be useless 10 speak further of the deposi.es
of mari !hroughou. the county. They are
to be found in various parts-and easily ac-
cessible-and all of sufficient value to be
tried upon the lands where they are.
Such are part Of the mineral resources
of the county applicable to the i'm provemeny
Of our worn-ou, lands. Wha, is requiem II
restore them? The value of land in all
countries, except those peculiarly adopted to
the production of cotton, sugar, and other
plants which more properly belong 10 a
warmer climate, is estimated in proportion
to its capacity TO produce whea. and the
other cereal grains. A temporary demand
for tobacco may for time enhance its prics
and make it aremunerating crop. But eve-
ry man who has observed the scale or
| prices for twenty consecutive years, must
admit that where labor is in demand tobac-
CO cannot be grown TO profit. There will
always be demand for breads,uffs, and sl-
though much Of its value may be consumed
by the cost Of sending i. 10 a distant mar
ket, yet i, is crop for which there will al
ways be demand; and at moderate prices
upon good lands, the farmer can realize a
more steady and certain return by the cult
vation Of the cereals than any other CROP
Those lands which have been considered the
best adapted to whea. culture in the U. States,
have declined, and some which have been
exhausted, are, by a judicious and steady
system of improvement, becoming probably
more productive than they were when first
reduced to cultivation. The rich lands in
the State of New Y York, once SO remarkable
for the production Of wheat, are said to have
very much declined, SO that their average
yield is but little more than ours formerly
afforded. The same is said to be the case
in Ohio. In Virginia the tide has turned.
There where the lands had been exhausted.
and large tracts Of country had been aban-
doned, under new system, the country
is assuming different aspect, and the east
ern or tide water portion bids fair 10 become
as it no doubt once was, the garden Of the
country. Much of The improvement of her
lands has been produced by the free use Of
calcsreous manures. Some of,he mail beds
Of Eastern Virginia, lying in the same ter
tiary region with those Of this peninsuls,
! may be richer in calcareous matter than those
! of this side Of the Potomac. But if COM
pared, they will be fonnd to contain similar
ingredients, and the lands to which they have
been successfully applied are of the same
character, containing about an equal amount
ofevery essential element. The minute ex-
animation, and lucid, learned and able report
of Prof. VIM. B. Rogers, of the University of
Virginia, made by the authority of the Le-
gisla,ure of the State, awakened the in,elli-
gent people Of tina, good old Common wealth,
che mother Of States and of Statesmen" 10
the vas. resources which they possessed,
which might be made applicable to the re-
susclation of their WORKOUT lands and BRING
them back to the high state of fertility for
which they were remarkable in the early
period of our colonial history. The scien-
.i6c reports of Professor Rogers, aided bv