Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-07
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Gentlemen ofthe Society,"
.Mv Brother .Agriculiurists:

Gentlemen Of the Society,"
My Brother .Agriculturists:
promptly responded to the invitation
annual address before your society. because
acknowledged, ss ell friends Of agriculture
must, think, acknowledge, an obligation
10 the farmers of Montgomery county for
the early stand they took in favor Of sgri-
cultural improvement, and for the zeal, in
,elligence, and success with " hich they have
prosecuted The subject.
\ Your system Of renovaiiDg poor lands.
Syour selection of fertilizers, and your mode
ofapplying Them, has been extensively adop-
ted your county, in short, may be consid-
cred a model county, in The whole routine
of the agricultural improvements of the dav.
Delaware farmers have read Of what was
being done in Montgomery county, and gone
into their fields on such authority, lend no
o,her,) and adopted similar course. Many
Of us as early as 1916, after having been
skep,ical as to the value Of Peruvian guano,
applied j, on the published testimony of q
farmer of Montgomery county. We said
''lhis Montgomery county witness is COM
pe.eni, he is on intelligent sgricuIlurist, he
tes,ifies to what ne Knows, and he makes
out clear case; we will act on his state
men,s." Many of US did SO, myself among
the rest, greatly 10 our advantage. II Twas
called on to designate any county in the
Union, from my reading and observation,
end any means of knowledge have as 10
what has been done in agricultural improve
men,, should say Montgomery county de-
served to be named among the first. don't
cay this in the language Of Aat,ery, or in 8
spirit Of exsggeration. ! know it is high
praise; j. is certainly high praise TO give
credit to comparatively small community
for having contributed, even 10 limited ex-
tent, TO advance The agriculture of The coun-
try. It's, perhaps, equal TO saying that such
a community is an inleiligen. community, an
industrious community, full of energy and
public spirit, &heir own and their coun'ry's
benefactors.
Now, before such an assemblsge, before
such practical class of my brother agricul-
'urls.s, cannot think of standing up and
reading an essay on some branch Of sgricul
ture, or attempting 10 demonstrate the truth
OF some new theory in agriculture, or specu
late as 10 how far science is yet TO reveal
new and hidden my sleries to US. ! can be
Of no use to you in this way can cancel
by no such mere paper currency-menu-
script charlottesville debt ! acknowledge
we ell owe you.
Every man has generally few decided
opinions; there are certain subjects he has
more investigated and pondered over than
others if his thoughts on any subject are
Of any value, it is when he gives US The fair
result Of his ma,ured opinions. He may be
mistaken then it may no, be safe TO adop,
bis views in whole or in part; bu. still we
may safely hear him as q witness, though
we should be unwilling to find verdic, on
his too imperfec. testimony.
My poor opinions ill relate for The mos
part 10 practical subjects, the mos. practical
subjects ,ha, claim our attention on the farm
and would choose TO address you in the
same familiar way ! would if ! were walk
ing with any Of you over your farms, OF
you were visiting me al this season, and we
were walking over mine.
should poin. 10 my corn fields and soy
sYou see Gu, up ell my corn; after repeat
ed experiments and much experience, ] sn
eatISOeO IL - Tue UtSt Wof ~ - ucticI loI
the corn, j, is infinitely better for the fod-
der" ! should add that some years back
win,ered hundred head Of caule, carrying
them well through the winter on little be-
sides the corn fodder, from one hundred anc
forty acres Of corn, for do no. take .he
straw largely into the account, and hae
not that season twenty tons Of good hay lr
my barns. ] annually winter my horses Ir
great par, on long fodder. nor is its length
when fed in cribs or rsll managers in the
yard, sny considerable inconvenIence. W.
iie the fodder IN bundles as we husk the corn
using rye straw, or broom corn stalks, ant
pu, il in punches Of dozen or fifteen bun
dies and haul as soon after huskiDg as W.
can, and decidedly, then, The best way is 'e