New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-24
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sh'A .hove ground; greater luxuriance oil
sN ss,b was perccptbe III the stalk a few days
+ md having added a little more, previous 10
& 'elf'b,o;nr them up in the usual way, was a.
e ETos E aslonsaed 10 iind potatoes, cutie II iof
.. t.be, at The stalks manured with guaho'
~ ~, ,bose not so treateo we,C scarcely '''"'e"
Taus ,lSannb of the same description of seed, and
a,a5 ,'.,e5 At the s,me time. Agan, applied 1t 10
Io.,oes ft to dig, the tops OF winch had lost Their
P - aopearance, and were OF the hue indicating
s.,,,;,v Of the root, aud few days only elapsed
e.a ''a. they ucve changed to the green and grow
ev s,,,e they were in some weeks previous; and
ms .s eventually found, on taking up the crop
w. ~, opy were the potatoes larger, but ,hat
p's nasond growth Of ,ubers oi small SIZE ana very
snns,ols s' had hecn the cons,q qucnce Of The ap
,.,,,on p1. Of the guano. Thssc potatoes ma
'.,rd. al The time of planting, with farn-yard
dopg
r,.;od :, scwu bfcid- Gas, on tho land. attcrward
i,lIet no liaht boiurc the sced was sowe, along.
',1s of deco drills, with farm yara manure up
aSsd a, ,he rate of ab ut 20 tons per acre, on II
eao osmy soil The braid Vi those with guano
r,ss not only stronger and more regular, but the
TONS nj the iurnils have continued IN their fresh
nd =
.,s f.len TO decay, and The cop was much more
even and better Than the other part of the field
In spsaking of this crop, perhaps 1t were well 10
mention that had sown few dnlIs without any
manure, at one side of those manured with qua
:, merely 20 see the difference. Tie seed Ger.
tsnly did braid but that was all, for they scarcely
made any progress whatever, and were considered
IS not worth the labor OF hoting; but | desired
the wo,k. girls 10 pulvcr le quantity of guano
ard NJ. a little round each sichiy plant; and
when visited the field some days alter, | was
literally astonshed to see the change that had
taken place the leaves Of the turnips had grown
and spread so rapidly as nearly 10 meet IN the
drill. and have turned out, much to the surprise
ofeyery one acquainted with the facts of the case,
very fine crop.
"The only other instance | have tried guano
in the fields is on wheat, and in this case it was
mixed with mould and ploughed in previous to
sowing the " heat came up well, and has beau
tful color, with that peculiar curl which denotes
apromsiDg crop.
81 planted several appe-trces, and put about
pint of guano to the roots of each at the time.
Thcy are growing remarkably well, and although
we did not allow them to bear last season, ex-
ceptng two trees only, in consequence of being
50 Young, i, is singular fact, that they have alt
bIossomed twice this year; and the two we al
owed TO bear, while the Iipe apples were upon
them, were in blossom at the same time. The
raspberry bushes manurcd with it also cnmc in
blossom after bearing fruit.
"From the experience have had with guano
consider it peculiarly adapted to the potatoc
crop ito which it should be applied at two differ
et times) as well as to the tuvnip and cabbage
and green crops in general. think it very APP
ulicab!e to mountainous districts, where cartagc
IS mpractcablc, for man could carry as much
m his back as would manure his hall acre OF
ground.
'"On the 2Sth OF April, 1912, : acres, 3 roods,
% perches, statute measure, of pasture land, IN
poor condition, of strong clayey nature, were COW
cred broad cast, at the rate of j cwt of guano,
and II bushcl powdered charcoal, per acre. Az
ter the first shower Of rain there was striking
improvement in the color ol the vegetation; and
the cattle evidently, after Il few days, preferred
that part 10 any other in the pasture.
At the same time 5! acres, statute measure OF
meadow land were covered, broad cast, at the
rate of y cwt. Of guano and Il buShel oil Char
coal dust per acre. The Improvement was so
immediate, and the promise OF beneficial effects
so great, that | determined to carry out the cx-
permens still farther. Accordingly, on the Goth
oil May, ID Statue dCIeS WClC CuNtitu III ihc
manner, and with the same proportions of gudno
and charcoal-dus. The nature of the soil in all
this meadow is very stiff upland but well drained.
|, had never to my knowledge been satisfactorily
productive The whole of this meadow was cut
in June. The result was abundant, and exceed
ngy thick at the bottom. On statute acres of
thr same meadow, (but where the quality Of the
soil is much better, ard always has produced
much heavier crop) 80 loads Of farm-yard ma.
nure per acre had teen laid I'm in the sprlDg. The
puduce this wear was about one.t third IN Iavor of
those p .rts to which the guano had been applied.
{" For all purposes for which bones or iarm-
yard manure are applied, guano must be success
iul. Many experiments have proved this. Gen.
eral Beatsou found
50 bushels of guano
per acre, To yield 639 bushels potatoes.
81 loads oi horse dung 626
35 loacs of hog s dung 53l g
Soil simple l4o
1000 lbs. of guano per acre, applied by MIR.
Smith of Gunton Park, gave fifty bushels and
half peck of wheat per acre; while ID bushels
OF bone dust gave only 46 bushels pr acre
MIR. Lowe, of Shoreham, Kent, spped cwt
per gcre for turnips with success. Mr. SkirviDg,
OF Liverpool used it upon Swedish turnips and
Italian rye grass; . or 3 cwt per acre he found
equal TO 30 cubic yards OF iarm-yard manure
Our own experiments with it have been on Swedish
and white turnips For Swedish turDips 1t was
applied at the rate of cwt. per acre, with an
equal quantity OF earth. For white turnips. ,
cwt per acre was used, mixed with bushels Of
earth; and | cwt. per acre, mixed with II bush
els of bones, upon another portion The ma
nufe was drilled with the seed, and the conse-
qucncc was, that large portion of the seed was
destroyed. In places where the seed had not
mixed with the guano, the turnps came up vel,
and had more luxurlant appearance than those
manured with other substances"
English paper.
MORE Rlo1ISG.-The ST. Thomas (Canadal
Standard states that very serious afray occurred
last week al Wardsville the new line OF road 10
Chatham, growing out OF disordcry conduct on the
part of some OF the at work on the road, to-
wards is females, which their friends, inhabitants
OF the place, resented. Several men were dread
fully beaten, and one dangerously wounded. Ii is
said that number Of Indians collected by the
Inhabitants To assist thcln and the road men werr