The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-03-03

cultured young ladies' OF MS daV
AS have sad, the story made a
lasting impression on my mind, and
when I came into possession Of my
honest cad the picture Of that home and
the wonderful transformation there
made was recalled. l well remember
sitting on Il large rock in the pasture,
| while before my mental vision passed
Il scene of what desired to see my own
| old home become. In many re-
spects, precisely the same condition Of
things existed. The mousse was low
and old, the barns old and uncomfort-
able, while the manure was being vast
ed even worse than on the young mans
farm. I had no muck swamp to draw
from, but on the farm was small lake,
across the outlet Of which there had
been dam constructed to afford water
power for saw mill, which had been
given up some years before. Examin'
alton showed quite deposit of decay
ing vegetable matter, with more or less
admixture of dead fish, froge, 4. A
number Of loads of this could be obtain
ed each year, and found by using it
us absorbing material in the pigpens, |
was abe to increase materially my ma
nure supply, with a quality we'll suit
ed to the growth of corn or other crops.
! Now | have no doubt that on many
Of these abandoned farms there are rich
deposits, or near by may be some mill
pond where can be obtained hundreds
Of loads of washings from neighooring
farms, that will prove valuable aid in
res ,oring fertility. Even if these are
not at hand, the opportunity for the
yonng man to begin and make for HIM
self a home, is unparalleled in the his
tory of our country. No doubt there
instances of naturally worthless barren
soil which it will never pay any one to
attempt to reclaim, but one may rest
assured that any soil that has original
ly grown heavy timber, can be restored
by a judlcious system of proper treat
ment.
To one intending to locate on one of
| these farms who has not had expert.
ence, very naturally the question will
come as to The best means of securing
relate little incident: Some six wears
ago, gentleman who was, and still IS,
at the head Of several public schools in
the city of Brooklyn called on US, he
having years before lived on farm in
our neighborhood. He had heard be-
fore he came to our house of "man-
ure factory as We term it, which l had
just completed in connection with our
| pig pen, and even before he went to the
house he desired to look it over. The
idea | had in view was to collect as
much as possible of refuse of all sorts,
for the pigs to manufacture and help
ba'" b .i1"ds. As nearly as l can
r call his words, he said: "Down on
ong-lsland, much of the soil is too
poor to raise anything. The first thing
the people do, who come iii possession
OF few acres, is to get a pig and buil9
apen for him with yard attached, and |
into this yard is carted every refuse
from the garden, seaweeds, sods from
the fence corners, or anything obtain
able, and all is worked over by his pig
ship. This, put out on the soil, en-
ables the gardner to grow twice as
much as he could without the aid of
the pig. Soon the pen is enlarged to
accommodate two pigs, ard more truck
grown, until after little, COW is
brought and then more pigs added
You have put up fine buildings here,
but this | consider the best investment
you ever made
Each year I am more and more con-
vlnced of the wisdom and truth of his
We have neAer reached the
full capacity of it, bnt from this same
factory We take from 100 to $50 loads
Of first class manure each year.
TO the young men who are looking
about for some place to make home
let me put the question, why not visit
some Of these abandoned farms, and
con. ider their possibilities. ,
Some of them have buildings, if not in $
irst class repairs yet worth consider
lbly more than is asked for both farm I
md buildings. Many times these farms
IRE located within five or six miles of
me or two railroads, and not a long
distance from good markets, good -
choos and good churches. Sit down, y
oung man, and compare the advanta-
res Of such a farm with the farm on "
which your grandfather settled when :
he country was wilderness of timber,
without a building Of any kind, per-
aps not even settlement within
wenty miles, no church or schools,
torres or markets, with perhaps mail
nee month. 10 the young man of |
Intelligence, who will be content to be-
in and live within his means, there is
bundant assurance Of success
The advice "Go west young man"
as no doubt good in Its time, but free
'nds in the West are no longer attain
Bile, and from the results that have