Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-09-23

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AS 5. From the Southern Gu ssss.,ss
Greensand MARI in the VicinIt gf
S Washington.
It is, believe, not generally known fhat
there are large. and for practical pufp poses.
inexhaustible deposits of Greensa1d Maff
within 6yeeo six miles of the Federal Gapfa
stol yet suchxis the fact s,s asas
They may be found on the: :farmsofd dMessrsa
Brown and Brooks. near the Marlbors roads
just outside Of the District. and within four
miles Of the Navy Yard bridge, These de7
posits Of marine shells and other fertiIizing
matter, exposed in gullies. mark the com-
mencenento Of Che far famed Forest af Prince
George County, Maryland, whose axHaert
dinary fruitfulness is mainly dueaatheIgeas
logical formation in question It is worth
any mans time who eats bread or fheatyy to
look over the farms in: the. District referred
to, and see the natural growth sc sstim'bee
the crops, and the intrinsic valueo eofsthe sail
for agricultural purposes, where rthefearth
is fertilized by the remains Of apimals.Whic
once inhabited the ocean. hereyer na7
ture has scattered the debris Of hellsfsh and
vertebrated animals with a liberal hand,
there the land possesses remarkable and en-
during prod uctiveness but where this il
not done, the object of this noticed to sugu
gest the propriety Of using this s1parl aaSs
top-dressing for the benefit of the soilaHI ri
One should not expect the saulaaimmedi-
diate effect from the application of marl on
other mineral substances which is witnessed
where stable manure or Peruvian guano is.
applied. Putrescent manures Yielding aln
monia and carbonic acid, are far more ac-
tive and striking in their effects, than the
alkalies potash and soda4Aor the sphosa
pilates and sulphates Of lime and ,nagnesia
But the latter being indispensable to ther
growth Of agricultural plants, apd not to be,
had from the atmosphere, like the former.
their supply in the soil demands the farm farm
er's first and best attention. Nature every
where uses them as the basis of richlveg-
etable mould and to attain this Object the
cultivator; must. do likewise. fGfeensand,
Mari is valuable for the purpose Of produc-,
ing plant-food cheaper and more abundant
" than it can be obtained BY any 'ctherr.
known means. Land properly marled viii
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dung of animals, has no such lasting rinffu.s
ence on vegetation. g Hence I'M lifnestoneI
districts, and wherever the mineral elements,
Of fertility abound. naturedeyelopsa mould
rich in nitrogen, and well adapted to grain-t
culture. Ammonia, derived from: nitro
gen) phosphorus acid, and potash are the
three most expensive constituents IN q crop
of wheat or Of corn. Potash is the princif- z
pal element Of fertility in green sand; while
the best mari abounds in both phosphoficf
and sulphuric acids as well as lime. d Id.
New Jersey, mari Of the character named,
has been found exceedingly valuable for Che
Improvement Of poor land Tie formation.
in which these deposits are found extend
from New Jersey to Alabama, arying more
!or less in width and depth, and wanting itf
some places, having been washed off BY an
Fc,iient tidal currents. AT Sle1l-Bluf, on
the Savannah River, below Augusta, the
mass Of shells is nearly Of quite 100 feet IL
thickness The use Of mari is extendihg1
from the good results experieneedsby practia
Ecal farmers; and it issat the suggestion Of
such that the readers attention is called'to
the subject. g a,l9s iss''AS L.''e
-l;5 -----lLi. $50 n .saas
ENouaH FOR ALL. lin early timessin
Missouri, whenssomesof the young. lagyers
fused to tear up towns, to use Bill H1n1s
|expression) during court time, Mr.. SF77s
not a lawyer of high standing, attending
court at Mt. Pulaski, then the county seat,
got on s.high.." Feeling that his stomach
had been imposed upon, he went out back
HlIT IL