Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-26
PRACTICAL TEST IN SOIL
BUILDING. I
BY TIE
COUNTRY PARSON.

n
Vita cleriei evangeiium est populi''--
The life Of the clergy IS a gospel TO the
people . Preaching must be followed
BY practice. Practice must demonstrate
and illustrate preaching. For, ''Ex-
ample is better than preeebt
President Buttersorth. of the Deer
Pow Company, must have had this 10
mind when he asked DR.. Cytil G. Hop
kins II he could demonstrate his
theories Of soil fertilization and perms-
nent agriculture in actual prattice, or II
he had just been making spesth %
some farmers. Il happened j u.d+r-
stand, at the hotel, alter lecture where
Doctor Hopkins, like jeremiah Of oil.
had delivered his message predicting
disaster and ruin to the agricultnrisis
|of this country unless they turned from
their ways OF wicked exploitation a
theways demanded Of them by scientk
tic truth. What prophet would dare
to give any but an Affirmative reply 70
such question: The result Of the III
tesview Of these two men was this:
Doctor Hopkins agreed to make dem
onstration Of his teaching on some worn
out ground to be selected ny the parties
interested. The Deere Piow Company
agreed to furnish THO necessary funds
for purchase aud demonstration, with
the understanding that It's Loskeepers
keep exact account o. eyacy'fcent ex-
pended or received. :,
An fort was to be made to show that
an utterly exhausted tract of land ,-ai
an expense OF not more than nifty dol
lars per acre, could be brought up to
state Of productive fertility whicifwould
pay larger return on the invesgment
than the best general farm lands OF
Illinois. This was not to be done BY
the application Of manures produced o.
adjacent farms, 10 other words robhing
Peter to pay Paul, but by restoring ~,
the soil those chemical constituents
which exaca Investigation showed 70 9
lacking. These chemica. consignment.
were to be applied, not IN tbs form OF
factory fertilizers, batin their raw stat
as found ia nature. Ii vas also agreed
that this tract Of land was to have 10
especial advantage il the way Of cs-
ton. Proximity o naarket, distaLce
from railroad. conditions for hauling
all were to be sucltias ordinarily Oh ali
in the average agricd4tusal Districts or
this country. surely, this Is an Interest,"
ing proposition. think that both men,
the prophet and his doubling Thomas.
deserve the gratitude of every per.e,
interested in agriculture fl 81
tempting the soluti' n OK laci.N prob
lem.
n ifS saw the farm they seiectT
bout twey years ago. Ills locs,k
lower laeince George county. Al
on the so-cslIed Pope crseir
the Pennsylvania Railroad 'nSol
and one half miles from the i hree
srxteen niles distant bAwafs a and
from the National Capital ~ COB 5cap
iuclodessa little ps- 49, The fgaet
abom as W z5re than 500 aces
ths at luv9ca ,hich wers deared, wlals
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and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sol'pos,s'on
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This trre j, .,i u 10y , NJ.
a considerable supply Of moistpr. ,lur
ing tile entire grewioo season n, !.