The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-26
JOHN C. & EDWARD, BAILEY, PRURS.

the patient to the vss naedicat,ae
nature. "
The first remedial agents were
lime. plaster, ashes, popdrette,
bone dust and guano, followed by
the employment Of all the restora.
tive resources of an enriched soil,
teeming Will, production, furnish
ing abundant and nutritious ali
rnent for herds of thriving cattle,
from which in turn increased sup
plies of fertilizers were obtained (;
and at the same time the grasses
and clover, hitherto unknown in
the vocabulary of the growers Of
tobacco and corn, were permitted
to shade the soil from burning
snns, to ramify it with their search
ing roots areate it, and fit it for
seizing upon, and storing for use,
plant,food from. the air above and
the earth beneath.
With such meaps these men con
tinncd their experiments in reno.
walton. hauling six horse loads of
fertilizers ten miles over rougi,
roads from the line of the Baili.
more and Washington railroad.-
They had tried turning under
green crops without fe, tilIzers, but
Tailed because the land was too
poor to produce the needed mate
rial for green nannring. Innum.
cradle are the experiments record
cd IN the journals of these gentle
men. some Of which 1 have been
kindly shown, which could be
quoted to sustain this -invidious
ystl lIed-high.pressure system for
the restoration of these impover-
ished lands. In no case do | hear
of the failure where the land has
been properly relieved of its Ell.
perabundant moisture, thoroughly
aerated, and literally manured.
These efforts i'm Montgomery,
Prince Georges, and other conn.
Ties, reports of which attracted so
much attention in the public prints
OF that period, gave the first im,
pnlse which has wrought the mag.
ical change from .barren old
fields" to the beautiful landscape
which now surrounds you-a land
Sroaning under the burden Of ag,
ricn!,ural wealth, the fairest por
ti"n of your State, and worthy to
rank rs an honor TO the highest
fertility and the best culture in the
Union. CO. 80
Parallel with this enrichment of
the soil ran the course of improve.
mcnt in farm stock. Well do I
remember the first exhibition of
my stock, at the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society cat.
tie show in 1913, when the presi.
dcnt's seat was so ably filed by
that noble spirited and cultivated
gentleman, Allen Bowie Davis
ucre we're the ponderous Dur.
hams, the symmetrical Devons,
with finest of horses and mules
exhibited; and an impetus was
given to stock breeding which has
left an indclible impress upon the
farm animals OF Maryland, added
to the general wealth and welfare.
and materially aided in the work
of renovating the worn out lands
of the State. =.
Snce that period, and as a di-
rect result of lite impelling spirit
of progress, roads have been i'm.
proved, new avenues of trade and
traffic have beer opened, shorten
lug the distance to market, and ia.
tcilitaripg the transportation of pro-
ducts and the return of fertilizers.
and trade generally enlarged by
the increased ability of the, farmer
to purchase.
While you have added depth to
your available soil, have greatly
increased it's productive capacity,
ameliorating your heavy, clays,
draining yourlow lands, and max
ing yonr agriculture more syste.
matte, reliable, and profitable, I
press upon your attention the fact
that the ultimate aims of progress
have not y ct been reached. While
your experiment has settled the
question Of a profitable renovation
Of waste lands. and furnished an
example which should be followed
throughout; a million acres of old
fields shall bloom in beauty, and
bear prolific burden for the sus.
tenance OF animal life, You sbouli
still remember that there; are new
fields on which, to snrmount new
difficulties, and win new trinmphs.
Yeur lands do not yet yield an
average of 80 bush hels Of wheat, nor
are yoar- seils always snfiiciently
sssmminated 9erapsetss,ly dsaiped;
Eyan may not,b ,baye tried. tue. ,axpe.
rimen' of applying one hundred
dollars wOrth OF Dmahnre to the
acre, as have the tobacco growers
aud ,,ni, N rnico oh, rf ti,> Hn.s.x.o.: