The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-07
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Things arc following out their legitimate &C.
quences In Maryland. Too much land Is q curse
alike 10 lie owner, his neighbors and the State
On the Eastern Shore land has been sold lately
at rates greatly below iis supposed value. Aud
this seems TO be q matter Of regret among the
newspapers and the men who consider themselves
good diviners of,he signs Of the times. Excel.
lent estates there are selling for less than II would
require to erect the buildings on them. Fine
farms are being disposed Of by mortgage sales a,
less than one.half or one-third Of what they
were refused for few years ago. The reason
Is simple. wepointed out lie evil two or three
years ago. Most people In Mary land attempt to
farm too much land. They eann0, do this we'll.
Ten acres well cultivated and kept Ia good con.
diton viii yield more annual income than fifty
acres indfiercn,ly cultivated and kept in an un.
productive condition. Aud then the labor re.
quiFed is always less. Folks have been attempt
ing TO keep M their claims TO aristocracy by
Boosting Of the number ofacres they own. These
acres constantly bring them in deb, because
they are unable to improve them and TO make
them remunerative. The lack Of the requisite
labor Is the cause.
Now the policy for all our land owners TO adop,
is to sell all the land they cannot cultivate well
and apply the proceeds TO the improvement Of
the balance. There are numbers on the Eastern
Shore-and We could Lame some in Baltimore
couniy-who would have good homes to-day,
but which have been swept away by c.cdiiOrs
because OF their insane endeavor noil TO all
OF II. Thcse who puEehase-nes comers very
ftvqaen,iy-will build up the iAad ,ha, has been
impoverished by indifferent n ,iva,ion. They
come doubtless from o,hs muui,ies-itOm
other states perhaps. They 4 A-,FOduco new
modes Of farming, bring with\ new idsaI
and Initiate new sosiAi aai-s 4isssrrf ethics
tina, will 20 far towards hrsAAns up the old
modes, manners aud habits Of working aud liv.
ing tina, belong almos; exclusively TO the dead
past. What we've the means Of making pros.
Porous farm and farmer twenty years ago have
become Ca,irely obsolete and are 10 more TO ts
cultivated ,hAa We should think q restoring the
institution Of slavery ot rcmanl.ug the liberated
10 ;hc,F oll masters
We need new intaX oi population TO stir us
from our ps,msvil, o!s.eF.llke Indifference aai
iAck 81 caetgy aud eaiefPTisns activity. our
agricultural Interests demand ,hAtwe have small.
I g farms that our .anls DC better i..!el, that
new IDEAS, crops aal machinery be introduced
.a;o cgF fAfm.aS operations Aal planted "a Us'
/ sol. pss Advancement demands ,hA, q. .r =.
st4N is ts.. add !; Is enc - tbs essentials -
7 thc f4,6.mcu, q oar lesua.es AL DE ..vc.oI.
men; ct so mAsaiscca, resources TIA, le.ts
. saA.. GO, 'emAa N the hAals g ,a.se 49, are
20 .a1o!es. 81 ,o0 .al.eefeas Or 100 w,aA 8.
mAAe hem .ss.;!4. "a the Ptcdat.s 9, OK I'll.
mate Aes,Eae,,y W hold &c mAa has a right
- OWE .Asl he cannot " vi! DC; cultivate 10
rs al Aal essi saPAs.g Their .eIo.enSe aud
ln;a-.f' A'e l9.as '5s Us VIA, so,h.ns else caa
-Pg;aas car waste AcFvs INTO hands 'aA' W.
maze ,-sn bloom With abundance