Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-23
AG RICULTURAL.
From Tim Southern Planter.
The use Of (:ueanO.

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many years, and thinking, from what hear,
that there is danger to be apprehcnded
from many who are buving il freely and
using il incautiously. thereby prciudicinp
those who are still sceptical against its use.
I ,y;Il 6fvou think Them worth nublicat;onl
Give nv views ON the subject. All who
have used ouano know. from its effects.
,L,, !, ia \ si;mnlan, NJ The HIGHEST class,
IA ,h,, 10 co,,,;;,,on,s Nc, ro,,erG,llv nv,
.oI When ,bcrecore. large ouant;tv
snv two hundred pounds to the acre. Is az.
MED the land ,bouob moor. produces a
iaroe cron bu, afterwards shows no nro.
,rrass;vo ,,,nrovoror,. hence tho chico.
Ion i so ofic, made 10 i, ne wanting Din.
r,h;,;,v
Anan,,ys;s made nv Professor Jobn.
nIso5 L,s n,,or,'oJ &c e
r., H., ,ho al ,,Lo.,l,,.nr soJ,
~ H. .,i,a".h.,aa anJ - orE,aa
I'D ,o.dna.;a axcooJ hv f.oc,;on seven.
So o,r,s ~ bnnjro1 ,nd 7 ,b;nL
g., III s.ma on,Jvs;s ~. s,I,s of am.
-, al do 80. ,na,,.r ,o;,h, Lo
~, Jowr a, s;x,,sn Hero ia Eaod Gar
-. nooLoJ al so,so,oJ. anil n, ,Lo
p - chor,;o,i ao,;an ~,
-, Ill, anaLIas !, nv ,Lo al a,;na
-. e H., saI,, uat ;no ,ho ;nsnIuhlo
nonu solnI,lsl 70 ogsr 70 the GROWING
nron avsrv .lsmer, orcr,;l;,v !, nossesscs
H., a., rrorr hi. s,,t.u,en, or Tho
c.so onob, !, 10 surpr;se onv one that rho
6rst cron on moor land. If the season Is "a
yorablc. tnkes nm all the organic matter of
the puano: as well as that contained in the
land For land is called poor because it
does not produce although il NAV be filed
with insoluble peine which REQUIRES the
chemical action of carbonatcs to make it
soluble the alkaline bases of the salts in
cuano will produce the same chemical &C.
lion. This cxplaips the cause of puano
acting more powerfully on poor than on
rich land. Manurcs are valuable in di-
rect proportion to the GENE or its clements
thew contain. DIR, Dana estimates the
soluble peine in puano at twelve per cent.
That large crops can and will be made bv
ia use. and the land improved. | bavc no
doubt. For several wears I have cultiva-
ted ten ncrcs of the poorest land in Prince
George without lime or any thing bu,
guano. In ls45 fallowcd and dressed
with two hundred pounds of African. fan
inferior MARCEL of that inferior dcpos;t1 7,
produced c;cbtv.tbrcc bushels of wheat.
In ls47 | followed it again and sowcd i,
nj the rate ofone bushel tn rho ocrc. ne 7
had done before. The faliow was from
drought so late that had no expectation
ola good crop. 1t brought fftv. fvebusb.
els. In the snr;nc of ISIS I sowed II i,
oats, and after harvest fallowed il, dressed
with one hundred pounds of Peruvian
The crop was not measured: the averacc
of the whole field wa. eight. within a very
small frac,ion-,bc guano land best TO The
eve; !, therefore call it eighty busbels.-
The three crops added tocc,bcr amopn, 70
two hundred and eighteen bushels. and
brought, in money, two hundred and thirty
dollars. / gave for the land FIVE dollars
an acre. and the guano used in the two
dressings, cost, all expenses told, sixty.
three dollars-making the purchase and
improvement one hundred and thirteen
Three crops have, therefore, returned me
my purchase money and all the costs of
Improvement. with one hundred per cen.
interest, to saw nothing Of the oats. The
land is now in corn with one hundred Pc.
ruvian in the Hill. and ifthc season is "a.
yorable will brine a, the least c,ur barrels
After the application Of the African puapo
do,orn,;,,ad 80. -, ,,s, ,,nr,,
bundred Of Peruvian 10 The acre. Gor NV
nation, was weok AID | a,lon,,l IN, H.
ncaL,s;o;ans ~ $40 r. - Pc,
bayea field in Whoa, NOW ar.sssJ ,r;,h