Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-07-02

be ploughed much deeper than usual,
should be broken up in the fallsssno
crop should be seeded the ensuing
season, that does not admit Of frequent
ploughing or narrowing; and if PRAC-
TIcABLE giyeita a dressing before plant
ing, unless previously prepared fl
the operation, by linipg 4 year or two
in advance) of Ii some other
kind of manure.
These two brancKks, viz: Draining
and Ploughing are considered import
ant in the system of renovation, and
more might be added; but perhaps
sufficient space has been devoted to
them, with the further remark, that
80 land with u clay sub-soil, should
III piuaghesh citi4r slcefs 5E sinsastts-s.
when in state too wet to crumble or
break freely before the plough. The
injury is irreparable, at least for that
season, as nothing short of winters
frost will etfectually pulyerize it.
We will now proceed to the third
important step in the process of ''ren-
oyating worn-out lands" The prop
er kind, and application of manures:
Wig, stable manure, and vegetable mat.
ter produced by the farm: lime, mari,
bones, ashes, guano, plaster, and turn
ing in green crops.
1t may be considered almost an axi-
ON in farming operations, that no one
should 60 in debt for any kind of ma
nures, unless in favored situations
where the price is very low, and the
transportation cheap, Except perhaps
for limel without first having fully
ayailed himselfofa all his own resources; /;
and his manure heap too, should be
his first care. No farmer need ever be
at loss for prcdtatie employment for
himself and hands, in adding to his
stock Of this all important requisite
10 successful operations; and i'll pre-
venting the loss and waste of what is
already accumulated. When not ne
eessarily otherwise engaged, the time
is well employed in many situations
by hauling the rich earth, and decom-
posed vegetable matter, which has ac-
cumulated in the marshes, leaves,
weeds, &c. and incorporating them
with the contents of his barn yard; in
dependent of their own fertilizing
properties, they ~ valuable as absorb
ents, 10 receive and retain the more
volatile ingredients that otherwise
might be lost in the process of fermen-
tation aud decomposition; q few BUSH
els of plaster may be used with much
advantage for the same object.
II was the maxim of u wise man,
who began the world with nothing,
and became independent-and that
too, without the charge of dishonesty,
or extortton ever having been alleged
against him-that u penny saved, is
two pence gained" Ii is emphatical-
~ true, with regard TO the saving, and
jud:cious application of manure.
As an evidence of what care and at
tention in regard to making and sav-
ing manure will accomplish, it is with
in the knowledge of the writer. that
two loads of manure with two yoke
of oxcul have been hauled ogt this
season, for every acre of arabic land
ON the farm; and with small excep-
ton. produced OH the farm itself, with
out extraneoGs aid.
As germaine to our present purpose
aud object, will here remark, that
many farmers whose lands most require
''renovating," keep too many horses; ;
in nineteen cases out of twenty, and
for nearly all farm purposes, one or
two good yoke of oxen are decidedly
preferable. They cost no more at first,
aud will perform twice the labor; save
in expense of harness. and still more
i'll keeping; and after working to 6
years under good management, are
usually worth more than the first cost,
for the shambles.
ndrl.-I can say but little from ex-
perience, in the use of calcareous ma
nures; but am fully satisfied both by
information derived from others, and
from personal observation, that wher-
ever it abounds, it might be made A
NINE OF WEALTH to the proprietor,
and the adjacent districts which ad-
NIT of water transportation.
The only apparent reason why they
are not more so, is, either ignorance
of its great fertilizing properties, or a
lack of the necessary enterprise and
industry TO BECOME RICH, when every
facility for the purpose, is as it were,
laid at their very doors. The quantity
of mari required to the acre, to pro-
duce much beneficial result, does not
admit of extended land transportation:
but there are thousands, if not tome Of
thousands of acres, bordering on, and
and near tide water, both in this. and
neighboring States, now thrown out
as waste lands, because they will no
longer yield even a stinted growth of
vegetation; most, if not all of which,
might readily be reclaimed by the ju-
dicious use of mari; and at one-fourth
the cost per acre, that lands in the in
terior,-originally no better, ifso good,
are made to yield 10 to 12 barrels
of corn, or 80 to 40 bushels of wheat
to the acre. | have been informed by
some of the large landed proprietors
not owning, nor residing within less
than to 10 miles of the mari beds
that boat load of a thousand to
twelve hundred bushels OF mari,
rich in carbonate of lime, could be de-
livered at many of their landings, at
an expense not exceeding s to $10.-
Yet not one bushel was ever used!!
But as was Justly remarked, by one
of these very intelligent and hospita-
BILE gentlemen, ''it's no use to preach
to a deaf congregation" and further
remark or two will only be added; not
altogether without the hope that
something will eventually "stir them
up" and induce trial at least of this
valuable manure. 1t matters less
how when or what uuantity of Marl