Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-09-06
Agricultural.
Ac,loss Of aaano, Bones. Pousirette, Sc.

Baltimore, July II, 1850.
To the Editor of The american Farmer
SIR II promised, some time since, TO give you IN
writing the result of my experiments with the olner
ent sorts of bought manures."
You are aware of the fact, that nearly all OF the
bought manures,n Gas they are termed are looked
upon by farmers refy obviously; and can assure
Won that il is we'll as it regards many OF these man.
nres ESQ called at least that this opinion of them
does obtain among farmers, else many OF us would
have maid dearer for our whistles than would have
been desired Already there are some burnt in
fants among us: hence the skepticism OF farmers,
as to there being really any new and ut the same
time I" true thing under the Sun"
Since IS43, have been trying to find out which is
the best of all these snew things" and have now
after having been very considerably "numDugged,"
settled down upon Bones and Guano-al although even
the last named in a very dry year, has also cheat
edn me but this is by no means its character,
am constrained to admit, that after having tried it
ON all sorts of SOIL and perhaps as long if not longer
than any other person in the State 1t Is my opinion
when properly applied, with average fair season.
it is veru poacerfd fertilizer. My mode of using it
is when applied on Tobacco to mix II bushel of the
Peruvian (which is ordinarily 100 lbs.) with one
bushel rich earth, and bushel Plaster which adj
mits about 18th part of gill of the mixture to each
hill for every 5000 hills-and putting it in the CEN
tire of the check before being ecrapeds that when
the hill is made, it lies beneath the plant. On wheat,
apply three bushels of Peru Guano, equal to 200
lbs. mixed with bushel Plaster, bushel rich earth
to the acre. sowing the surface and blowing it in
as soon, and deep possible, after it is sowed-
The past spring have put 800 lbs to the acre, on
80 acres Corn-being half of field, on farm in
Calvert mixing with it the same quantity of rich
earth and Plaster and sowing on the surface plow-
ing in at once very deep, using the Cultyator only
in working it afterwards.
do not intend to it at ALL with Corn, hereaf
ter and not because do not think it also good fer
tilizer with this crop, Gas my Corn my Calvert
farm, upon which it has been used, now shows Gerry
fair but only because it has failed to pay me
three fold better wheat than on anything else. In
order to test its virtue, it is essentially necessary to
pillow it in deeply and stir it little possible af
forwards
Bones.-Of these have used both ground and
crushed and always to advantage at 10 to 20 bushels
per acre ; bought from manufacturers here, and a.
gents of houses in New York but am using the
crushed, dissolved by oil of vitrol prepared by
myself on my farm in Calvert in the following way
The bones (Which we buy in the neighborhood at 80
cents per liz bs.) after breaking them with small
sledge hammer old anvil we put at the rate of
bushels in one-half of hid. and apply to that
to within inches of the top with water, letting them
remain (but stir the contents occasionally with II
stick say to weeks, according to the quality and
strength of the vtrO then start the contents OF the
half hid into large iron kettle, apply slight fire
and the whole contents will in less than hour be
reduced to perfect jelly. We use two hhds. at
once, to prepare it expeditiously.
We then mix the contents of each kettle, with a
horse cart load of rich EARTH ashes throwing in
half barrel Plaster, mix compost it handsomely,
and use at pleasure of land with any
crop you choose, and you will have permanently i'm
proved two acres at the following cost, viz: