New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-28
For The Tribune
-r,.:x Cor,uaratiye Value.


nany practical Farmers well as able Agricultural
writer's BY reference TO the writings OF Lie5ig'
be Lectures of james F. W Johnston, and the
Farmers Encyclopedia and Dictionary Of Rural
slars," it will be that the fertilizer prepared
rom Night Soil, called ROudreHe, Is esteemed one
ii the most powerful in use in Europe.
At page 84l of the Farmers Encyclopedia II Is
iaid that
Night so powerful yet has not been en-,
,oye extensively England rs on the Continent ahous
certainly Ui The most valuable OF the Organic iiuie
And on the following page he says that
Long experience hastauCh, mans nations the value OF ii
manure In China i preserved with the sreaest care lIsd
,i fat mari and according SIR George stanton, mace
uo cakes which after being dried the sun constitute re
,uar ac. traffic between the citizens tnu 'he cu'u'o'
Of the soil"
Professor Johnston SAVE, in his Lectures on the
Application OF Chemistry and Geology 10 Agrcu!-
ture, that
qyen 3y se 9aa ~ bIse PGnds a, e@npale @ with
nure iO5s lbs fine former 10 100 io OF the latte'
And Mr.. Dixon eminent English Agncu!tu-
ris,, says that
Tin. manure Is by far the invigorain- Of any have
ever ye; ircd gone nny will teaf no copurson 10
Il as a help for any crop
The fore gong quotations may be- quite sasiacto-
~ 10 those who are familiar with the writings OF
lhese authors: We, many Farmers will prefer nior
NATION of domestic origin, the experience OF
American Farmers on American soil-ihereiure
give few short extracts from some OF the numerous
Reports nude to me by intelligent practca! Far
mers who have used the article prepared by me or
the New-York Poudrette Company for several
wears on the various crops generally raised by Far
mcrs IN this vicinity. Ii is pretty generally under
stood that the manufacture was frs; commenced IN
I931-and there are Farmers on Long Island and
elsewhere who have used from loo 10 800 bushels Il
yeur since 1885 or 1899 with highly satisfactory re-
suits rs the following extracts from their statements
will show although their experiments were not made
with the intention, their part OF nav ing them pub
lishej.
A gentleman residing at Sinilhtown, l.. |. VINO has
used over Il thousand bushels within SIX Years pre-
pared by this Company, says
when used IN cutn gill put the hill against esf
times the Gunuuy oi pen innnuFe aui nsS'.t e te
qunnty OF iis manure u, compost oil snnS io ana ern
prepared tho previous autumn VAN results InuSn III ia.o o.
The poudetie io the f weeks aiieI wh;hits suisfoii
nearly equal that no difference could he perceived
He says, also, that
ION srass land in the month May, ha decidedly bene
cil effect top dressing: should think twenty bushels
To the acre would double the crop tUI one yeaf
Another gentleman residing in the vicinity OF
Huntingdon l.. used barrels last year. along SIDE
of street-rnanure which cost him so. He assures
mel tIlit
poudrctlc than from the street manurc and he has
nurchased over ninety barrels this year.
gentleman residing III PnladcIphla writes as
follows
Last Spring made experiments in Ken, COUNTY, De'a,
ware, com. with poudfee manufactured by M Mnot OF
dfocL IN instances IN cO|iuct with The seed ut e tie
ri pnnne ana n Others niown upon upon ,e MI h,er n @
areLt fields ALL however, u tey similar 81 VIZ H.ht
Iuy m, Greatly improved by lo lage. wi;hou, the
anfm instance the corn grew OH Will
anil,y which the admiration OF all who saw, ana
cona;cd viii, that the vicinity. even such as ad
received help of other manure. The quaniy applied
was only ci the l about ten bushels to The mere ana
the product at least double t'lt Oh Ae ndJhceht GROUND
the application was mnde IN contact with Tie seed TIE
com proved the best.
A gentleman residing at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
says: Gill;.
pon English pen eontrsed with hcncoop manure on po,n
wits The soil and on early York cqbJuge> lnsyey case It's
s,Dcrorty the cabbage lhe pens were
de,uGn acc tny m y are I NO hp better than the others The
onions wec rs line they could well could not ascertain
Win accuracy the difference lts effect the
nn r"r 1 ls nD., peccprbe superiority was on the
corn, difference being fully Us three To one WHY II dd not
liberty expressing opinion. should say ta consde
valuable manure have ever used sept % lei5'
\ gentleman residing III tie Iicirity oil Savai;naH'
Ga purchased twenty barrels last year 10 try II on
Sen Island cotton. lie SAYS lie applied ten barrels,
or tcrtv bushels TO pur, of field at the rate oi
about ten bushels 10 the acre, aud The result was
that where it was used the cotton was nearly double
in the same field 10 where none was used. such,
indeed, must be the result, II there should be an
ordinary share OF rain after II is applied
might give similar extracts from letters and YER
bal reports To fill dozen columns II II were neces-
sary but is not, Us our sales this year have been
nsnry double he, Of any @ sG s m
worthy associate ~ 4. hcnt'Si ,.,..-..,-..
amusing the selicompiqcency OF these gentlemen
unmphlet which. tlt
the Puudrette trmerfU prepared 10y them was iyper cen"
and on page II ihey that they will rGrrdnt the manure
MOlr offered by ten contains az caSt thirty per cent hore c
rctying matter iun poudree GcOre made m any
part OF The GioJc," Thus certainly shows vast improve
in aeir Tc M , the reports S '%se S
highly desirable Ihey a." III Their nmnornds m , m ~ @
drelte manufacturer, ae much more aAgus about
qudny quaiitv In this caution cheetiuly JON them
nce are much ANXIOUS about the QudRttB thGn the
qnal'tg OF what ihe{ sci espsc'Gy spec az m ,ey NAY ,[ m aUuH
the Durp0seS 81 Me CopdHp on Their own pisist; while
charges the naca from the Suk Tor each 6SS u lOu
IL e0I,Ies on the average three cubic ieet Of the maleal
as removed from the sink. Ia make bnsc OF loudrce
ru manufacturer has ample supply OF thiS material
Is pa, FIVE or x cents cubic loot Tor collecting IT, instead Of
pay ns four cents foot tor IT, there might be Ie'
suppose that the nc would lie ndnlieiaied but
when the manufacturer from hs position or locuio has u
tclc. consequence oil his m9d oi receiving t. yet he u
usually assertions IN relation to the gaaB oil III, Soap
-tl IUHdTCi's,
chase; Will do well for himself before he gives ms
order.
submit the following facts 10 tho consideration of those who
desire tu valuable fertilizer and Will then leave the sub
cct wthout Tor their decision To wu uf-
der the crcun aaccS likely 10 aduItcrae and nell
poor article;
lst The sinks in city mostly walled up with common
building stoac without mortar cement and therefore ~
many parts city liable In te hled up time with tr9'rr
and sand which forced 10y the heavy and the work
M. OF ,hS rats which lnsi the houses aud burrOw the yad
From and the ndoence and pre and dishonesty
of muny servants the sink becomes the receptacle o and they
uuircQIen filled by that winch should never be
found i'll them OF course. IN collecting tie material io max
pOudreite particular attention should be gwen IL l. thht
tccrteS portion fnuy be discarded When the collection
made tubs casks and 5JIcS, and deposited ~ the manu-
factory hy dasisst the worthless PORTION may e end,y de
and tbuwn aside, done. almost daly 10y the NEW
DIRK COMPANY, whilst 81 o'tS engaged III the business III
e yiciuyt az CITY New York, eir material
beats where dcpusied al night hy the Sr2VengcrS-c
irgfr aud sand and svnd uaeral all N Il j.
moved from the various sinks. Thus wi! be perceived that
IN the coecliu. the material, these gentlemen who boast
~ loudly oi ma kin: superior article, have advantage
the New York Company bat that quite the the tact
End This company IL pad from I'VE cubic
foot, or renoyin. the material! L. thel! pr-nlewhst al
thers engaged the business New NUrk have pay
for the material the shape oi rcish iTanshpmeni and
other SA,encs the, each several miles by wutef
10 hc respective farms. winch there said 10 be pea;
beds, marsh mud, abundancc-thuS removing the
aeary material the shter which or should BE- mis- pro-