St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-02-10

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|iinpor,ahs discovery OF iimpftJss snlfisa:
ion. .n.ldr By Mr.. Russell coasTocAz !
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with interest:
We have been not little interested by
the examination of paper containing
mass OF matter relative 10 l0'e d:scoye.
ry OF principle Of natural law in vege-
taiion, by Mr.. RUSSELL Cornstock, of Nab
beltsville, Du,chess county, New York.
1t appears The fact of Mr.. Coms,ock 5 lis
coycry has been for some time before the
public, but owing to the want Of any pro
vision in our patent and copyright laws,
recognizing or securing reward for >uch
discoveries, he has :hus far Cn'y made
limited and confidential communications
of his new agricultural theory, sufficient
TO test and demonstrate its practicabiliiy
and Importance by actual experiment.
! As the only method by which he can dis
seminaie and obtain any remuneration for
his discovery, Mr.. Comstock gives private
! and confidential lectures all over the
! state, wherever a sufficient class or num-
/ Der Of subscribers are obtained TO Justify
his attendance, charging one dollar for
admission AMI FIVE dollars at the end of
the year 10 those who adopt and make
practical application Of his new theory.
For two years Mr.. Comslock has made
his confidential disclosures to agriculiu-
rists, aud as the result of The information
thus communicated, he now presents GER
iifcaies nd letters from a large number
of gentlemen Of known intelligence, prob
i,y and honor, all tending TO establish and
prove from actual experiment the validi-
> ~ OF his prisciPle, and the most remark
Is and men of leisure-it is still a genius
6blf sst-s 80 i,rae,is..- s7ffIe asf,ii.
10 irs experiments prove a general law
applicable TO the whole vegetable king.
dom. BY the terra culture all kinds of
trees, forest, fruit and ornamental, -four
lsh; peach trees fifty to a hundred wears
old, partially decayed and barren, are re-
stored to healthy and thrifty condition. as
when yonng, in single season, so as to
! produce the most abundant and finest
fruit. The same results are produced
J
upon all fruit trees, and what seems
scarcely less remarkable, it appears that
! The precise age Of trees is ascertained
and determined by Mr.. Comstock's the.
ory.
The terra culture has been applied to
all kinds of garden vegetables, plants.
fruits and shrubbery, as also to all kinds
! of crops, with wonderful success. We
cannot 60 into detail Of what experiments
have proved. Crops Of grain and vege-
tables are, al great saving OF labor,
more than doubled by terra, culture. One
experiment shows the production Of I35
bushels Of sheiled corn 10 the acre. and
another the production Of 1000 bushels Of
! Mercer potatoes 10 ibe acre, II is also
shown hat the gTeI: crops which have
commanded premiums at agricultural
fairs have been produced, accidentally,
by terra culture, Of which we have an
evidence i'll Oswego county.
On the Gath ult, Mr.. Coms,ock lee.
tured to large number of the farmers Of
Oswego county. a: the village of Fulton,
among whom was Mr.. William Tnrell,
of the town Of Voinev. who for the two
last years has received the first premium
on corn at the Safe Agricultural Fair.
We learn from an intelligen. agricuItu
rist of this city, who was also present,
that The course of the lecture, which has
the form of fo.ty questions propounded
and answered by the lecturer, anx. per-
son present being at liberty TO put and
answer qestions, it was clearly ascer-
tanned that SIR. Irgell produced bis l35
bushels of corn to the acre by the acct
dental application of the ;erra-cul,ure
principle.
From the evidence before us, which
may be seen at our Office, we cannot re.
sist the conviction that Mr.. Comstock's 9
discovery OF natural law of universal