Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-03

understood a. utiering xogd against
the benefit arising FROM The use Of arti-
fieisl manures when furnished at . fair
price and AUST profit; % the contrary,
their usefulness, indeed. might say.
almost absolute necessity are establish
ed n the most conclusive manner, both
in theory and practice. Withou. IN
crcasing the length Of this communities
ton BY numerous references, will
merely quote an extract from paper
lately read BY the great Chemist Of
England, Mr.. J. B. Lawes, before the
English Society Of Arts, in which be
speaks Of the crops raised on his own
land By the use OF these manures for
number Of years, the same fields being
worked i'm the same crops continuously.
After making statement Ofother crops,
such rs grass, barley and roots, he
speaks Of permanent wheat and says
siIn ike manner artificial manures used
alone, supplying nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash. have given an average
over twenty-five years OF 36a bushels
OF dressed gram and more than two tons
Of straw per acre per annum. The pro-
duce Of the present year (fsT7) was 40
bushels Of dressed grain and one ton IA
cwt. ofstraw. Nodung has been applied
TO this land for 80 years" These fine
crops produced in succession on the
same keIds by these manures would
prove that by q like system here the
condition of The farmers might be great
ly improved. Feed the crop and then
there il no necessity Tor resting the
land. We do not rest our gardens. To
the extent We shall be able to buy these
ingredients we shall IN proportion reap
the crop If the seasons are moi adverse.
We must see that we have these ingre-
dents unmixed with baser matters
kind Of make weight for which we
should not be called on TO pay our mon
ey. Now, what is the remedys Or
gan,ze q company Ian incorporated
stock company which shall have no
secrets from The. people. "No admit
lance" shall never be enforced against
reasonable enquiry, especially If a
stock holder or farmer. Let the COM
pany openly display the materials they
have and use, which shall be such as
produce the best results, and lei the
purchaser order il to be mixed to suit
his views, and If he chooses, stand by
and see il done. Let the manure be
sold at what il cost the company to buy
and prepare il with q reasonable per
cent. OF profit, to enable it TO pay taxes
and other like expenses, and for just
dividends TO the stockholders on their
investments. Let the stock be so a
share which will enable every farmer
to take one share, while, the larger and
more able farmers would take many.
Let the houses be built and the bus
mess conducted on the deep waters of
ST. Mary's River. navigable for ships
to bring in the raw materials and which
is convenient as any water 10 the seve-
raj counties of the Western and Eastern
Shores of our State and to Virginia and
other portions Of the South. / have no
doubt that such acorporation, upon such
basis, would give the greatest salts
faction. Thus its manures would be
largely sought after, and although It
would sell at small profit, il still would
be remunerative 10 the stockholders.
Having spoken with many farmers at
the late SESSION Of our Court who heart
lily approved Of the scheme, ] shall soon
present an act Of incorporation to be
passed upon by Judge Ford and then
open books for subscription to stock, TO
which / hope farmers here and else
where will respond with alacrity and
public spirit so that this useful and sim
pie arrangement may without unneces-
sary delay be brought into operation.
b. G. HARRIS.