Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-07-02
Volume ZXXII.---No. 9.

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other manure; except a portion, in
tended fof still further experiment.
About acres were sown in broad
cast corn,' with 200 lbs. Peruvian
Guano-then followed wheat on the
4 acres, and with 200 lbs. Gnano to
the acre, leaving 2 lands without
guano.
The corn was materially benefited
by the Guano; but the wheat was not
benefited by the previous application
of it, though it was nearly or quite
doubled, over the two lands left with
out any Guano: the wheat was har-
vested two years since; and no one
could now point out by the growth Of
the clover, uniformly goed on the
Ylt1s md ss.;al u inse.l xhich nor=--
sicil had and which had no Gnallo--
the cotclusion is, than the "renovat-
ing" effects of lime, are thus far, TEN
times as durable as Guano; how much
longer remains to be seen.
Some nine or ten years since, de-
termined to reclaim an adjoining field,
at whatever cost. was told long
previous by one Of my neighbors who
sold his farm, and removed to the
west, in order to settle on better land.
that the attempt would be futile; or, It
it ever was made productive, it would
cost great deal more than the land
was worth. The prospect acas forbid
ding; for the larger portion was as
much reduced as could be, by shallow
tillage, no mannre, no grass seed soWn,
and constant washing, even to gullles,
aad producing little else than running
briars. 1t was broken up in the fall
and winter, to much greater depth
than it was ever ploughed before; six
ty bushels of quick lime to the acre,
were applied in the spring, the ground
well narrowed and planted in corn;
such portions as required it, having
been we'll under-drained-some 2 to 3
acres-and which were about the a
mount that produced anything OF
crop, or that more than paid the ex-
pense of ploughing. A crop OF oats
and grass seed followed; as it was not
considered worth the trouble and ex-
pense to put in crop of wheat, on
of the field. After or Z years, the
same field again coming in course, ex-
actly the same plan was pursued. as
to ploughing and lime; but rather in
creasing the depth than otherwise.
The crop of corn though iniurell
by the bud worm, was good enabling
me to do, what / had rarely, or never
done before, sell from to ] Of the
crop. Oats followed, on about of
the field, with some or 6 bushels of
bones to the acre, and wheat on thu
balance, with Guano: both he1
crops, and lodging ever She lre--.,., -..slll
part of the field. Then followed 4
wheat crop on the Whole; manured as
much as possible from the barn yard,
and on the balance, light dressing
of guano of some so to 100 pounds to
the acre.
The ayerege yield of the field, was
over thirty-three bushels to the acre.
These results are attained with cer-
.tainty; for every field and lot are ac-
curately surveyed, and the contents
noted on the plat Of the Farm; and
the product of this field was kept sep
arate, thzeshed, and measured by itself.
The greater portion suffered from the
drought early last year; and the har-
vesting was badly done, owing to the
fallen and tangled state of the grain
from storm, about the time of ripen-
ing; but have no doubt, several con-
tiguous acres might have been select
ed on the lowest ground (the portion
under drained) on which the yield
was over 40 bushels to the acre. This
season, the same field yielded the heav-
lest crop of grass | ever harvested;
and even on what was originally the
poorest part, there is now luxuriant
crop of second growth clover, and in
tended for seed, that is lodging over
the whole extent. We will estimate
the profit and loss by figures:
To 60 bushels of lime, cost at the kiln,
7years interest, Though it paid in
pasture in less time. 4.03
60 bushels of lime, cost at the kiln,