The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-02-11
agricultural.
For The Cecil Whig.l
Agricultural Committees. e..

TIC goes from one of the most improving dis
tricts in the State fnot of the United States
: cecil, altho' more of manufacturing than n,
| Agricultural county, being the fifteenth in tn,
f o'a'e in point of acres, is, nevertheless tn,
, ninth in the cultivation ofwhcat, having in
creased her crop ofthat grain from lO7 .o3s
bushels, in 1889. to l6S,ll2 in 1919: show
ing an increase ofoyer so per cent in ten years
Few mon are more sensible of the growing
Importance ola permanent market Tor GU,
brcadstuiis, and of the rapid advance of thci,
production, than Mr.. Foard. For atho' We
know little of the science of Agriculture and
have had but small encouragement to apply
1t, if we did know, owing to the uncertainty
of market for our surplus, yet several farm.
ers within sight of his domicil, by an impro.
we'd mode of Agriculture now pay more none,
as lac forcounty and State purposes, than
they paidos rent to the propiictors of the lands
but few years ago.
There hasnot only been great improvement
in the manner Observation-Disclosures the Sc, d
and Grain Planter Of Pcnnock, the Reaper
" Mower of llusscy, the Thrasher & Separator
OF Pitt, the Fan Of Van Wrinkle, and last, but
not least of these valuable implements, the
Portable Steam Engine of Arcllambault, for
thrashng ofsrain and other purposrs-but
much greater quantities of lime, mari, guano,
supcr-phosphatcs oflme and plaster, have
been used, to the same number of acres, than
in most sections of the Union.
One ofthosc farms of considerably loss than
4oo acres has had put upon it at ono dressing,
on different seasons, As bushels grass seeds:
as high as 90 tons plaster; 10000 bushels
quick limo; upwards of 70 tons guano, & has
81 tons Of super-phosphatc of lime now ready
to be spread on the growing wheat as soon
as the ground settles sufficiently for men and
machines to so upon the land without injury
to the wheat.
Inc wheat crop grown the past season upon
~ acres of this farm, which cost Its present !
proprietor, but few years since, less than
Sll.OO an acre, and upon which no other fer
tlllzcr than 90 bushels quick lime had been ap-
piled at two dressings of 40 and so bushels
each, together with clover ploughed under, is
now on the market and will command 50 $685.
90: it being 81 bushels per acre at 81 per
'bushcl-total product equal S75 FER acre. |
mention this particular crop to show that we
on the Eastern Shore can get along very well
without the expense of guano; altho' from the |
Reports of some of the Committees of our Ag-
ricultural Societies, one might suppose that
our very existence as farmers depended on that
fertilizer; and that it was Guono that .saved |
the Union, !" instead Of the Omnibus Bill or the |
Compromise.
There is no subject in all the multifarious
interest of this great country of ours to which |
so little attention has been paid by our Legis-
lators, as that of Agriculture. Most of the
State Legislatures, and both Houses of Con-
grcss, it is true, have had their Committees
on Agriculture, many of whom never met to
consult on the subject, on which they had been
constituted. None have entered into the spirit |
of the matter so as to give weight In the right |
quarter, although there is no calling in the
Union of so much Importance to the well Lc-
ing of the whole community of interests.
In the Census of 1850 the value of Improved
Farms in Md. is put down at SS7,l7S $4,000
Value of Live Stock at 1877 ,634OO
s;si &: e: ' ;: {: s::
Wheat o,o,, - t0t cSn
ESQ, but value now
Owing to the worse than rcprehcnsibe par
slmony of Congress, in not publishing the
Report of the Census of 1850, in full, l am at
a loss to know the full Agricultural Statistics,
at that period, of the whole Union, but rccol-
lect, that the Improved Farms alone were
valued at more than $3,2GG,0 00,O0O.OO
Live Stock, in value 583,000,0 100000
Annual Agricultural prod'ts ], l76,O OO,OOO.OO
Of the 600,0OOO00 bushels of corn and the
l04, 900, 900 bushels of wheat raised in 1910,
Great Britain and France took only of corn
5 ,9S9,SS6 bushels; value So, 534 ,45l 900, of
wheat 2,170,S22 bushels; value s., 220, 374.-
10; notwithstanding the fact that we took of
he manufactured goods of those favored ma
ions, for whose especial benefit the Free
Trade Act of 1916 was passed, the enormous
mount of near 100000, 100000. So much
or reciprocity.
Recently rapid rise has taken place in
but we need not thank the Gov
rnment forit. This advance is only God
lend and arises from an extra export, to all the
world, of some 100000 bushels of grain, I
more than the average for the past five years,
nut of the 700,000,0OO wheat and corn grown.
This extra demand is caused by failure of {
rops in Europe and the War between Russia {
md Turkey, together with the fear that war
will extend. If this war should be speedily
'rought to close-and England and France
re greatly interested in using their influence
bring about such an arrangement, because
he scat ofwar is the country from which they
et their supplies of Decentralization the :
rces of our wheat and corn will 90 down a.
ain to the prices of 1851: say, to 80 cents for
Wheat and 40 cts for corn; particularly if we !
q tn ncroo o,,r oroS 81 +hn ,a 10 ,x,. l,o,o