Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-07


Our warm climate, and the length of our
summers, render shade almost necessity,
and there is nothing with which rural home
can be embellshed and set off 10 such adj
vantage, and at so litte expense, as with trees
and shrubbeIy. Our native forests supply
an abundant variety in the tulip poplar, the
walnut, The ash, the beech, the elm, the &C.
dsr, and other varieties; while the common
black haw, cultivated ss a shrub, would be
mistaken on the lawn, from its delicate and
beautiful foliage, for some plant Of the tropics.
The home and its surroundings give charac-
ter 10 The estate, and are not without inf1u
encc even upon the character Of those who
inhabt that home. Where homes are so
chespIy made beausiful and peasant, there is
no apology for nude, naked, exposed dwell
ing, The drapery of trees, and vines, and
shrubbery being ss necessary and more
beautiful than anything with which the
house can be ornamensed within. But this
,s all truism, and has been repeated much
more beautifully and impressvelv hundred
times before. Now, for The practical com
menr-for The rule .ha,, if followed, will
produce the desired results. Every year
before beginning to plan, corn, no matter
what the eXigencies are, let the proprietor
say,"l must first plant nv trees my trees
first, and ,hen my corn," and taking his team
to The fores, single day will suffice for
"pilching" this crop, including one or more
trees 10 be sci downat every cottage or tene-
ment on the estate He will be surprised
to ind how soon, adherng 10 this plan every
year, bis grounds will become ornamenred
with beautiful shade trees, enhancing the
value of his property five hundred per cent
beyond any actual expense. while giving
him, a, The same time, a delightful and plea
SAINT home.
There are some other practical topics
would a!lude 10, bu, have been anticipated
IN one or more Of these by Benjamin Halo
well, who, in his address before this socie-
ty in 1852, ably discussed and completely
exhausted them.
Let me now address you on topic Sc
cond. perhaps, 10 no other in connection
with the occupation we follow mean
/ LABOR.
Amorgahe tales Of the ROYAL Agricullur-
al Society Of Gtea. Britain, setting forth its
object, is the following:
'.To promote the comfor, and welfare Of
the lsborers, and 10 encourage the improved
management of their cottages and gardens"
If ] was called on 10 name or point ou,
upon what agricultural success more depend
ed than upon anything else, should say,
upon the labor Of The farm-.he farm hands,
and the judicious direction Of them.
! Good ,iIsge, working crops well and in
season, will not always insure grea, produc
ton on ell land, but The husbandman NAV
undoubtedly so thoroughly cultivate, by
''pulverizing, pulverzing, pulverlzing." as
Jelhro Tull has it, as to obtain the last par
.icle of the phosphs,es and ak eles the earth
contains, while The perfec. nl,h of the sur
face thus exposed, will invite the rsin and
The dews in their decent to dress his fields
with substitute for Peruvian gusno.
What, then. is The bes, kind Of labor Cor
Us? Those who have them, and have .hem
in sufficient numbers, may use their own
domestic servants, which is undoubtedly
good labor; bu. they are generally quite in
adequate to the supply of the labor neces-
sary in the now improved condition Of our
fsrms-an addition Of fifty to one hundred
per cent. more labor being now required in
carrying on the system Of high cultivation
tha. has been, and is being, generally sdop-
ted, than before our agriculture was SO i'm
proved speak particularly Of the north
ern counties of Maryland and Delaware.
believe that The English description Of
farm labor is the bes. we can have. mean
The labor of tenants-"co.tagers,'' as they
are called in Eng on the estate.
What is the objection to our having this
description Of labor? These English cot
.sgers are coming here, the Irish cotagers
come here, the German, the Swiss, and the
!, French come. We have but to domicilIate
them on our estates as they we're domicilia-
ted before they came. When frs. arrived,
entertaining high expectations, il may be
necessary to lei Them look about while !;
bu, in ,he end, ii comfortable collage, with
its ample garden and neat surroundings OF
shade and water invites Them, they are like
Iv Ia se,lle down con,ented, and be satisfied
with moderate wages, especially now since
The price of produce is SO advanced that the
! laboring man, even al city wages, or the
price paid by manufacturers, finds j, hard to
feed his family ou. Of city markets st retail
prices, and will appreciate the advantages
of rural home, where the necesssries OF
life may be had SO much cheaper. This
slate of things will probably continue, and
the landed proprietor, W no has so long been
oveIbid by other interests, is likely to COM
mand an abundance Of this description Of
labor.
Blu. TO &c. selection of the best of these
laborers-those trained from their youth up
in ell the details Of careful ard neat hus-
bandry-i. nigh, sImos. justify trip to
! Devonshire, where farm labor is said TO be
j cheaper than any olher part Of England
Blu, would not, by any means, con6ne the