The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-01-04

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on fire. Darn the snakes
PROVERBS By 4
.NODERN S)LONON.
but an honest coal dealer is the nollest
work of God.
Do not rob the poor bccans' he Is
poor. 1t is easier to buy his real estate
at Il tax sale.
The wicked flee when no man
pursueth. but the otllce-seeker abdeth
with lis forever.
A hoary bead is a crown of glory
but IA deadhead is Il holy terror to
the railroad uperintendent.
Look thou not upon the poker chip
when 1t is red, lest thine adversary
have an ace up his sleeve.
Rejoice not when thine enemy
falleth ana let not thine heart De Slad
when he slippeth on Il banana peel
Confidence in an urfaithful man IN
time of campaign excitement is like Il
broken tooth and foot oui Of Joint.
Train up child in the way be
should go and when he is old lie will
not chew plug tobacco or play on the
accordion. Be not a witness against
thy neighbor i'll Il contention over a
line fence. Say not 81 wi do HIM
up as he hath done to me-
A prudent man forseeth the S'ove-
pipe hat with brick in it and passeth
by. but TIE April fool kicketh it and
howleth with range.
Whose keepeth a crabapple tree
shall eat the fruit thereof, but whose
cultivateth the melon patch imparteth
chastisement and cramp collie to the
small boy.
A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but a tough answer, in the hands of
an unskilled carver, scattereth gravy
! and confusion throughout the family
| circle.
The wayfaring man stirreth up
strife and the frult-tree peddler abonn-
deth in transgression.
LNPROT1NG POOR LAND.
\ North Carolina farmer writes:
II have ii field which, in its present
condition, will not make more than
ten bushels of corn per acre. How
much and what kind of fertilizer must
use to get twenty bushels per acre.
The writer gets many letters of a
similar purporJ TO this on. They
show how deep hold the practice of
''fertilizer gambling for Il sale crop
the soil in the South, and how the
| planting idea has taken the place of
real farming. Now any man who
would try to answer the question IN
| this shape would be ii mere qnack.
cannot pretend to aswer it. am IA
strong al vocate for the proper and
intelligent usa ofcommercal fertilizers
but this sort of betting Oh fertilizers
against the chances Of Il crop has been
the agricultural run Of the Sou h.
Then our correspondent sets so low
an ideal for himself. Any man worthy
Of the name of farmer. living where
this inquirer does should be ashamed
Of IA crop Of corn of twenty bushels per
acre, to say nothing Of his ten bushels
The Census statistics show that the
average corn crop of North Carolina
is even less than this amount pei acre.
Now any of the red clay up'andS of
North Carolina. if properly faremd.
can be made to produce ia favorable
season, fifty bushels per acre. | know
this because it has been done right
here. on land that was at first as poor
and thin as any red clay upland in
the state. 1t was done. not simply
by pillng Oh To- Of fertilizer, but by
good farming, in which good blowing
and clean culture aid proper fertillza-
ton. Our correspondent can in the
same way make his land produce out
only twenty, but fifty bushels per acre.
But he cannot do it in one year, or