Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-08-21


vegetation different. pretend not to say
In what this difference consists; this cEem-
istry has not yet reached, though can
but hope the goal will presently be attain
ed. am not therefore entirely satisfied
with any account whichChemlstry has CIV
en- Of guano. so far as its operation is con
cerned. Ii has dsne much, and is clear
ly eSle 10 determine the different specific
values Of different samples. This is OF
grea, importance to the farmer, and not
less so to the dealer. But the specific
quantities Of this eriraordinary manure, as
proved by IFS effects, are, science, yet to
be discovered.
Zone, indeed, may well speak Of its Ell.
fscts as extraordinary, from what have
seen. InScotland, last autumn, two shrubs
were shown to me, sweet bria's growing
in front of two.story house, and trained
upoa IFS sides one a, one, the other at The
other end. The soil in which they grow,
the aspect, and other circumstances, were
the same. One in the season bad grown
g orr feet; the other nearly 30 feet. This
had been repeatedly waleTed with liquid
euaao, by tho hands of the fair cultivator.
| have seen the effects of the application oil
Guano all over the country, and have met
with very few instances OF disappointment.
at has been used for tarnips, hurley,
mheai, oa,s, grass, garden vegetables,
onions, asparagus, potatoes, fopers and
trees. have seen its application in all
these cases, excepting asparagus and
5000. bu, Tho tostinnonv Va hich cartifiaa H.
success in these cases is unques,onable.
"In regard TO the mode Of application
il is well settled that il should seldom be
applied alone. To garden vegeta bles, or
greenhouse plants, II may be applied by
being mixed with four or SIX times Its
quantity of dry earth or mould. In this
way il may be sown broadcast over :he
field, and then lightly narrowed or turn.
ed in; or il may be sown first where the
seed is TO be dropped; great care mus, be
taken, however that It does not come IN
contac, with the seed, or il will destroy
the vegstative powers. 1t is desirable
it should be covered as soon az may be
after being sown. Il should never be
mixed with lime, bones or wood ashes, as
will drive off its ammonia.
"Where the portion If barn manure had
been applied in connection with gusno, the
mixture was found much more eflicacious
than the manure when applied alone. 10
an application which saw, guano gave7
tons of turnps increase to on ac:e over an
artificial manure which had been much
praised, and was applied at the snme time.
"ln an experiment, by John Dudgeon.
Esq, of Spylaw, and reported TO the
Highland gricuI,ural Society, guano was
used against bone. duSt-two hundred
weight OF guano, and Is bushels Of bone
dust, were applied to the acre-the result
was, that the guanoed ,urups gave 81 cwt.
and stone, whereas those MANFRED with
bone-dust only gave "a cwt. stone, on
the same quantity ofland. The drills ma
nured with guano were ready for the hoe
eight days earlier than the other.
"Guano has been applied to winter
wheat, both in drills and broadcast, and
with singular success. 1t has been applied,
with great success,to grass and pasture land.
"On an 8 acre field, s1wn with 900
weight of guano, and three bushels Of lta!.
ian rye-grass per acre, tho produce weigh
ed, when dry and ready tor the stack, 4
tons per acre. Much Of this crop was 5
feet long. So rapid was the growth, that
so hours after cutting it had grown to the
height of 18th inches"
These results as to the efficiency of gu.
ano as fertilizer are entitled to tho high
est consideration. Amer. Farmer.