The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-11-29
TOWN POINT.

attach to place bearing the proud title of
town." if located south of Mason and
Dixon's line, these features have long since
departed, if the place was ever invested
with them. This noted d" Point - is geo
graphically situated at the continent of the
Elk and Sassafras rivers, and is considered
one of the best ducking points on the
Chesapeake Bay. The farm situated on
the extreme "Point - is ut present own
ed by Mr.. Foulks, of Philadelphia, who
came in possession Of the place some six
or seven years ago, and has since that time
made many improvements, and is still i'm
proving the property. MI. Foulks, being
fond Of ducking has been fortunate in
securing Town Point, where his family
reside, while he spends most of his time in
the city in the pursuit of his profession
Mr.. Evans, and MIR. Nipple own the adjon-
ing farms, and have handsome dwellings
so located on the rising ground as to over
look both rivers and command view Of
Turkey Point and the Chesapeake Bay.
These FARMS which were cultivated by their
former owners in the customary slovenly
style of the country, have, since falling
into the present intelligent hands, been
converted as fast as possible into fruit
farms. The cultivation of peaches is not
made the Alpha and Omega of their system
| by the present enlightened owners, but
pears of the most approved varieties, and
| oyto VIII dc Of ha
are successfully cultivated.
The land is composed of clay and gravel
soil with clay subsoil which requires in
many places considerable undertaking,
and which would be all the better for
general system of draining by tiled bitches.
Experience has proven the soil and eli
mate of these '!necks - or points, which
are formed by the converging Of the North
East, Elk, Bohemia and Sassafras rivers
on the Chesapeake Bay, are admirably
adapted to the cultivation of the most
profitable fruits, among which are choice
varieties of pears. Mr.. Nipple was the
pioneer in the grape culture of this section,
followed by Mr.. Evans and Foulks. The
latter has also planted out large plum
orchard, which looks thrifty and if the cur
culie, the great insect enemy to the plum
can be successfully combatted, the plum
will doubtless prove lucrative branch of
fruit culture.
Mr. Evans put out $4,000 raspberry sets
last Spring, costing $50 a thousand and
lost all but about one thousand, by the very
unusual drought of last Spring and Sum-
mer. Such discouragements are often
among the experiences Of the farmer, gar
dener and horticulturist. But by well
matured system, persistently and iutelli-
gently carried out, ultimate success is GER
tain, nature never failing to finally COM
| pensate her faithful children by an over
flowing bounty in return for persistent
and intelligent efforts.
! The steamers which ply between Phila-
delphia and Baltimore through the Chesa-
peake and Delaware canal. afford the own
ers Of the land along those rivers, the
cheapest and most certain facilities for put
ting their products into the markets in the
very best condition; but the thousands of
acres which overlook those broad avenues
of commerce, are at present given up in
great part to bushes; while the land under
cultivation is almost wholly devoted to pro-
ducing meagre crop of grain, which re-
duces the soil to the lowest possible condi-
ton of fertility while year after year these
| IN a fol-
Instead of grain and its rotating crops
which have oppressed and beggald the soil
of these necks for more than a century, if
the entire region bordering the rivers was
converted into fruit and grass farms, the
proceeds would be counted in thousands of
dollars whore now it is told in hundreds
| To carry out such a system of culture
would require much higher degree of
mental cultivation than the average farmer
can boast of, and also he who would possess
a valuable fruit farm must be content 10
"labor and to wait " for several years, to
drain and cultivate in the meantime care
fully and intelligently; but when establish
ed he has permanent investment, from
which he is sure of a handsome annual
income from comparatively few acres
| The gentlemen we have named are shaping
their business with this object steadily in
view, and having soil and climate both
most favorable to their enterprise, failure
is scarcely within the bounds of probable
ity.
| We hope to visit Clown Point" again
in the not far distant future, when we will
endeavor to give a more definite account of
| the vineyards and orchards, which are
| beginning to attract attention and bring
returns for the years Of patient toll and
abiding faith of their owners.
The open.handed hospitality of the pro-
prietors, Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Foulks must
be enjoyed to be properly appreciated
While Mr.. Evans finds his chief delight in
making two blades of grass grow where
one grew before, or vines and improved
fruits grow where mors grew before, Mr..
Foulks adds to these the pleasures and ex-
elements Of the sportsman, and finds un-
limited opportunities to enjoy the passion
LOT uell Sports, Ill Cne unsurpassed duck
shooting from the points on the two rivers,
and partridge shooting in the stubble over
the finest trained settlers that the country
can produce. cartridges are generally
| very plenty in their season in all those
necks. They seem to leave the higher
country further inland when the cold storms
of Autumn commence, and migrate to the
milder and more sheltered thickets near
the Bay and rivers.
| We cannot close this article which is
made up of digressions, without need OF
praise to the young naturalist Mr.. o. d.
| Foulks, son of our host, and on whom
devolves the principal care Of the farm.
This gentleman early manifested love for
the study of nature, and while attending
college employed his holidays in procuring
specimens of all the birds in that part of
the country which he stuffed and mounted,
and the result Of his genius stands in the
| hall of their comfortable family mansion