Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-01
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MANURES.
The September No. of '!The Plough, the Loom and
the Anvil" edited by j. S. Skinner, Esq, notices an ar
tice in the August No OF the american Farmer on
the subject of the various sorts of "new fertilizers to
which the attention of farmers has been called for Sc
veral years past. We copy it for the perusa Of
agricultural friends, being appropriate to the present
seeding time" Mr.. Skinner says:
"Mr Edward Reynolds, a genuine scion from good
old stock in Calvert county, Maryland, while still
commission merchant in Baltimore, has had the good
luck and good to some good terra rma IN
his native county, in which, we believe ourselves to
have been the first to proclaim there is much,
more naturally good land in proportion to the whole
area, than in most if not in any county OF the State
"We are glad to see by a communication OF his In
the old American Farmer that agriculture is with
him not horse mill business, ever going round
and round in the track without thought or nqu
| ry."
Action of Guano, Bones, Poudrette, &c.
BALTIMORE, July II, 1850.
To the Editor of The american Farmer:
| SIR: promised some time past to give you in wr-
ting, the result OF my experiments with the different
| sorts OF "bought manures"
You are aware OF the fact that nearly all of the
bought manures las they are termed looked up
| on by farmers very obviously: and can you
that is WE'LL regards many of those manures, $50
called at least) that this opinion OF them does obtain
among farmers else many OF us would have paid dearer
for whistles than would have been desired. Al
ready there burnt infants" among hence
the skepticsm of farmers, to their being really any
new" and at the same time true thing under the
sun"
Since l943 have been trying to find out which is the
best OF all these "new things" and have now, after
having been very considerably "humbugged, settled
down upon bones and guano-although even the last
named, IN very dry year, has also Cheated me- but
this is by means its character as | am constrained
to admit that after having tried on all sorts OF soil,
and perhaps as long, ii not longer than any other per-
son IN the State, it is my opinion that when properly
applied with average fair season. it is very power
tu fertilizer. My mode OF using it is, when applied
Tobacco, mix and half bushels of the Peruvian
(Which is ordinarily 100 lbs) with bushe rich earth
and one bushel plaster which admits about the fifth
part OF gill OF the mixture each hill Tor every 5000
Nils and putting 1t IN the centre OF the check before be-
ing scraped SO that when the hill is made, it lies be-
meath the plant. On Wheat, apply three bushels OF
Peruvian guano, equal to 200 lbs, mixed with one
bushe plaster and bushel rich earth to the acre
sowing on the surface and plougbing it in ard
as deep possible after it is sowed The past Spring
nave put 800 lbs to the acre, on thirty Corn
being halt OF field on farm in Calvert, mixing with
1t the same quantity OF rich earth and plaster and
ing on the surface, ploughng in at very deep,
ing the cutvator only in rking it afterwards.
LOO intend to use at all with corn hereafter and
not because do not think it also good fertilizer with
this crop las my my Calvert farm, upon which
1t has been used shows very fair but only because it
never tailed to pay me threetod better wheat than
any thing else In order to test its virtue it essentially
necessary to plough it in deeply, and stir it as little
| possible afterwards.
BoNEs.-Ofthese Ihave used both ground and crush
co. ana always 10 advantage at ten TO twenty bushels
per acre, bought from manufactures here, and agents
OF houses in New York; but using the crushed dis
solved by oil OF vtrlol as prepared by myself my
farm in Cal vert in the following way: The bones
(Which we buy in the neighborhood at fifty cents per
II lbs) after breaking them with small sedge ham
mer old anvil 1--we put at the of three BUSH
els In one hall of hogshead and apply to that quant
ty seventyve pounds oil of Wit ro filling up the half
hogs head to within eight inches of the top with water
letting them remain but stir the contents occasionally
with stick say two to five weeks, according to the
tents OF the afhogshead into large iron kettle, apply
slight hire, and the whole contents, will less than
an hour, be reduced to perfect Jelly. We used two
nall hogsheads at once, to prepare it e1pedicously
We then mix the contents of each kettle with horse
cart load OF rich earth, ashes, throwing in half
barrel OF plaster mix or compost it handsomely and
use at pleasure, on an acre OF land with any crop you
choose, and you will have permanently improved two
acres al the following cost:
R zones 80. ''.'..'..... 81 %
v itTlol. s 10
per acre. and this may be repeated with proper
tentlon, as much lasting improvement may be made
each year, as many farmers derive from their barn
yards Bones, IN any form, never fail TO show their
ShS eilects on clover and other grasses. But either
bones or gaano will scarcely ever fail to produce bet
Ter crop OF clover which, with the increased quantity of
straw particularly when guano Is used) will enable and
encourage the saving of larger quantities OF barn. yard
manufes, and which must inevitably lasting i'm
provement.
Pondrelte, have used also good advantage part-
culary on clay lands the of to eight barr Is
per acre r Baynes, of this city, prepares the best ar
uce think, ever made, certainly superior any ever
used 1t Is first rate top dressing young clover in
Sprlng at two to three barrels per This article
mas oGoG prepared badly heretofore that great guam
ha y o. as was lily worthless. Mr. Baynes will,
AGRICULTURAL SALTS" fGENERArvne, .Nn"Rp
GENERATORS OF these what shall say!-I Harvested
them on corn, wheat, oats, clover and tobacco-bui
have yet to discover that they generated anything
for me, though have heard them sometimes we'll spo-
ken Of
Twill bring this long article to close by stating
that although am using large quantities of bought
manures, and have done since IS43 yet every years
experience only increases my confidence in the barn
yard system, which | meyer in the least abandoned;
and am now making greater efforts than ever to in
crease my quantity of barn-yard mauures annually.
must not overlook ashes and lime;'' these, how
eyer, speak tor themseves-they want no trumpeer-
1t you wish grass and clover and haul these buy
them lat air price, before everything else my farms
are TOO lar from tide water to haul them advantageous
y, though have used both partially, and always with
signal success
Yours, &c., Ed REYNOLDS.
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